Because Presbyterians Love Good Hygiene
FPC Llano made the Llano newspaper for two hygiene product giveaways they are hosting each month during the pandemic. They will be continuing the ministry throughout the summer and will partner with other area churches for the city-wide Back-to-School giveaway.
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MISSION PRESBYTERY
WEEKLY NEWS
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is accepting applications for the full-time position of
STATED CLERK
with offices in San Antonio, TX.
Serves as esslesiastical officer of Mission Presbytery
Requires ordination as Ruling, Teaching, or Commissioned Ruling Elder
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For job description and application requirements, please go to:
Deadline for applications: August 1, 2020
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Presbytery Offices Closed
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Covid-19 closing
Due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases, the Mission Presbytery staff will resume working from home until further notice.
You may still contact us at office phone number, 210-826-3296, and it will be redirected to our cell phones.
Independence Day closing
The Mission Presbytery offices will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of Independence Day.
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21-day Racial Equity Challenge
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The Network for Dismantling Racism, a new Network of the Synod of the Sun, invites you to join us in making a commitment to learn about racial justice.
The 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge is an opportunity to read, watch, act, or listen to one thing every day for 21 days to further our understanding of racism in the church and in our society and how we can work toward racial justice. Will you join us?
Read more about the challenge via the link below and check out our Facebook Event posts on the Synod of the Sun Facebook page.
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The Church Financial Leadership Academy is Here
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The Presbyterian Foundation is
pleased to announce the launch of the Church Financial Leadership Academy (CFLA). The CFLA is an E-learning platform designed to help
pastors institute best practices for church financial leadership, introduce them to new models of giving and stewardship, and offer new ways to talk about money and form generous disciples within their congregation.
The CFLA will enable you to:
- Complete the courses at your own pace
- Use the courses as a resource later
- Share your playlist with other congregational staff
- Access courses and resources at no cost to you
Experience the interactive online educational tool for pastors today. Simply visit
Churchfla.org
and create an account using the registration code: PCUSA
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With persons both in the room and virtually, the Rev. Ezequiel Herrera was ordained at FPC McAllen, TX.
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The shortened General Assembly brought "a week's worth of deliberation" being squeezed into 3 days. Most of the business for GA224 was forwarded to GA225.
One added item of business was the report of the state of Native American congregations. Sallie's own experience in the Presbytery of Santa Fe is that there is a great deal of work to be done in a partnership. Read more about this opportunity in this week's edition of Sallie's Ponderings.
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I hope you and your family are safe and healthy. I am writing to inform you that a camp staff member at JKR recently tested positive for Covid19. This staff member was on support staff and not in a cabin with campers. Please understand that for privacy reasons we are unable to share the individual’s name. The staff member reported the symptom of inability to smell and taste on the morning of June 29. Following our safety protocols, they were immediately quarantined and scheduled for a rapid Covid19 test. The test result came back the same day and was positive. The staff member went directly home to recover.
With this information we immediately closed camp temporarily and all campers were picked up within 4 hours. I am so proud of the poise, love, and focus displayed by our staff team. They followed our safety protocols precisely and efficiently in order to limit the spread as much as possible. Our camp families were equally amazing in the grace and compassion they displayed as they picked up their campers.
We have completed contact tracing to identify individuals who may have been exposed. Those individuals have been notified and are being isolated and monitored for symptoms. We have performed targeted cleaning and disinfecting or areas in which the positive individual has recently been in addition to our already enhanced daily cleaning procedures.
From the first mention of Coronavirus, our leadership team made the commitment that our camp families would have the below options open to them regarding their camp fees throughout the summer no matter when they cancel their reservation or we cancel a session.
We have cancelled our June 28 mini camp and our July 5
th
mini camp as our staff quarantines on site. Our staff is heartbroken about this. The leadership of JKR will meet within the next few days to make a decision about the rest of the summer.
Please pray for us and for our camp families for health, safety, and peace.
Henry Owen,
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During this time when in person services are suspended, Mission Presbytery is posting links for live-streaming or recorded services to share. Each week we will highlight one church to attend. The link and information is on the front page of the website.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we've seen examples of churches having virtual worship, parking lot meetings, driveway visits, virtual meetings of all sizes and scopes, virtual choir performances and more.
FPC Georgetown found a unique way to bring a little fellowship into the world: The FPC Coffee House. This program debuted in June and featured instrumental and vocal music, tap dance, and poetry.
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Pictured performers (L to R) - Eric Seaman, Ruth & Emily McEntire, and Nancy Robohn.
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Synod Sunday is August 23rd
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Celebrate Synod Sunday with thousands of your closest Presbyterian friends
. Mark your calendars for Sunday, August 23rd and go to
for bulletin inserts, liturgies, children's bulletin and MORE
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Stewardship Kaleidoscope is moving online.
Make me know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. - Psalm 25: 4-5
These are extraordinary times and while we can’t “do church” the way we are used to the needs of our communities and our call to be stewards of God’s kingdom has not been put on hold.
This year Kaleidoscope will offer learning over three weeks in the fall to help you respond to the needs of your community, adapt to change, and think about how to engage as church in new ways. We hope you can join us on three consecutive Tuesdays:
September 22, September 29, and October 6 at 11:30am eastern/8:30am pacific
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On September 22nd hear from
Eric Barreto of Princeton Theological Seminary
on the Acts of the Apostles in the 21st century - imagination, vision, and creativity in responding to our call;
September 29th we will learn with consultant
Bonnie Ives Marden
about the ways in which faith shapes our financial health, and get practical tools for church financial management;
October 6th
Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow
will provide perspectives on engaging congregations across generations, cultures, and ethnicity to imagine building the church for forward thinking, funding and functioning.
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Because Presbyterians Love to Help Their Communities
From the social media feed of Pastor Jim Rigby at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Austin last weekend: Volunteers have already started arriving for our drive-through food pantry and supplies. Officially, we begin at 10am but people are already arriving to get in line. If you or someone you know is going through financial challenges during this difficult time, we will ehlp all the people we can.
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Because Presbyterians Love to Meet in the Parking Lot After...uh...During the Meeting
Those crazy Presbyterians from Community Presbyterian Church in Port Aransas are at it again! Meetings held with masks and plenty of social distancing.
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Church Worship and Meeting Plans Worksheet
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The Presbytery office has compiled a listing of worship opportunities and programs being offered by the Presbytery's churches. The file is in Excel format and can be downloaded from the website Virtual Community page. Please contact Melody Gonzalez at the Presbytery office with any updates.
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Find it on our "Virtual Community" Web Page
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- How to Live Stream, hosted by Ed Sackett
- A Pastoral Letter from OGA and PMA
- Video Tutorial on How to Use ZOOM, by Tricia Tedrow
- Resources from Presbyterian Foundation
- Resources from Mission Presbytery DPAC
- Resources for Church Meetings, Including Authoritative Interpretation
- Message from the Board of Pensions
- Protocols for Electronic Meetings and E-Voting
- Advisory on Communion in an Emergency/Pandemic
- Mental Well Being During a Pandemic
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First Presbyterian Church of Coppras Cove is looking for a part-time pianist/organist to play for Sunday services and Wednesday rehearsals. Resumes can be sent to
fpccove@gmail.com.
Presbyterian Pan American School is seeking a President.
Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly is seeking a President and CEO.
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church of San Antonio
, is looking for a part-time pastor who will lead the congregation in worship and ministry, care for the congregation, and equip them for mission in the community.
Community Presbyterian Church of Port Aransas
is looking for a Bookkeeper/Treasurer.
First Presbyterian Church of Rockport, Texas
is seeking a full-time, solo Pastor.
New Braunfels Presbyterian Church
is seeking an organist.
Gonzales Presbyterian Church
is seeking a full time solo pastor.
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We are Mission Presbytery, serving Christ in the World. In the Reformed Tradition, together we,
- Establish and equip congregations and session to carry out their missions;
- Recruit, receive, ordain, develop, and care for those called to service in the church;
- Enable mission and witness to the Gospel that congregations cannot accomplish alone; and
- Steward our resources faithfully and generously.
We are better together.
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