Presbytery of the Miami Valley
An eUpdate for Church Leaders - February 2021
Presbytery Meeting
February 13, 9:00 A.M.
Via Zoom
Catch the Building Spirit
completes 28th Habitat House
Catch the Building Spirit, a coalition of Presbyterian churches working with Catholic churches, completed their 28th house build together this summer. Each year the coalition works together to fund and build an affordable home for a low-income family in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton. Habitat Houses through Catch the Building Spirit is a network of Presbytery of the Miami Valley.

A special thanks to the participating Presbyterian churches from our presbytery: Bath, Corinth, Fairborn: First, Southminister, Sugarcreek, and Westminster: Dayton.
It was a difficult year, and even with a late start we did complete another house. On December 11, 2020, the “Catch the Building Spirit” coalition dedicated a new Habitat home (pictured above) at 6718 Sandy Drive in Trotwood for Christal Works and her family of three children. Christal Works has been in the Dayton Habitat program since 2015. She completed all the required education courses and completed the required volunteer hours by working at the Restore and at a number of house builds. The family was elated to get their new home just before Christmas!

For information about the 2021 build and how you can get involved, email Hank Baust or call 937-429-0360.
More News and Information for You
Our presbytery offices may be
closed, but we're here to serve
The presbytery office is located in Montgomery County, which is a red county, level 3, for Covid-19 cases. That means the presbytery offices are closed and open to staff only for essential business.

Staff are working in a hybrid fashion- from the office when being in the office is necessary and from home for all other work.

All staff members are available to assist you via email, phone at 937-258-8118, or Zoom conference call:

Terry Kukuk, Executive Presbyter

Lynn Bova, Stated Clerk

Martha Keil, Interim Bookkeeper/Treasurer

Don Nowak, Website & Communications

We are grateful to be partners in ministry with all of you!
Summer Camp at Kirkmont Center
Registration is now open for 2021 Summer Camp at Kirkmont Center, Zanesfield.

Eighteen day and overnight camps for all ages are available from June 6 through August 6.
Presbyterian Giving Catalog offers
a free VBS resource for churches
Many churches are weaving the Presbyterian Giving Catalog into their Vacation Bible School planning to celebrate the power of giving. The Jerry Can Curriculum is a free one or five-lesson resource that provides hands-on activities by grade level packaged for your VBS program.

Some congregations use Vacation Bible School not only as a learning opportunity, but as the chance to make a direct impact through a special offering and gift to the Presbyterian Giving Catalog. This giving opportunity is especially exciting for children as it allows them the chance to decide what kind of gift they’d like to share and to work together to meet their goal.
NEXT Church 2021 National Gathering in March
A FREE Live-Streamed Gathering for all Church Leaders

Registration is now open for the NEXT Church 2021 National Gathering to be held March 5-7. This is a FREE Live-Streamed Gathering for all Church Leaders. This year’s theme is “Breaking, Blessing, Building: A Call for The Common Good.”

The NEXT Church National Gathering is filled with church leaders (pastors and lay people) sharing stories of their experiences of ministry, new ideas they are trying, and honest conversations about ministry today. Creative worship centers participants around God's presence, and multiple opportunities to engage in workshops and conversation about particular aspects of ministry foster new and deeper connections.

NEXT Church is a network of leaders - church members, ruling elders, youth leaders, educators, pastors, seminarians and professors - across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who believe the church of the future will be more relational, more diverse, more collaborative, more hopeful and more agile. NEXT Church provides hopeful space for robust conversations about the theology, culture, and the practice of ministry, supports strong, faithful leadership in a time of adaptive change, and encourages collaboration and creativity across congregations and geographies.
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