Presbytery of the Miami Valley
An eUpdate for Church Leaders - November 2020
Virtual Presbytery Meeting
November 14, 9:00 AM
Coronavirus Updates
and Resources
Join the Presbytery’s Virtual Choir!

The November 14, 2020 stated presbytery meeting will include special music--and you can be part of it!

Our Virtual Choir Director, the Rev. Cliff Haddox, explains how you can add your voice as we praise God together in worship:

Greeting singers and musicmakers in Christ!

I have been asked to assemble a virtual choir for our November 14 Stated Presbytery Meeting, and I'd like to invite you to be a part of it.

It really will be as simple as playing to/singing to your smartphone.


It will have sheet music for you to follow and you will want to record yourself being accompanied by it.
More News and Information for You
Installation Service for Anna Owens
The Presbytery of the Miami Valley is pleased to invite you to attend the service to install Minister of the Word and Sacrament Anna Owens as associate pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Dayton, Ohio on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 3:00 P.M. 
 
This service will be available for public viewing via the presbytery's YouTube livestream. 

Click here to watch the installation service on November 8.
 
Please join us for this special occasion in our presbytery’s life to celebrate and affirm God’s call to Rev. Owens to serve on the pastoral staff at Westminster Church in Dayton. The opportunity to come alongside pastors and congregations as they transition in shared ministry is a sacred time for our presbytery. It is one way to celebrate God's work through the faithful mission and ministry of our churches. We hope you can be part of this important covenant event.
 
Ruling Elder Alice McCollum, Moderator
Presbytery of the Miami Valley
Give the Gift of Kirkmont Summer Camp
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.

Register for summer camp this holiday season by December 6 and receive a receive a gift from Kirkmont Center to put under the tree.
61 Students Receive Synod Scholarships
The Synod of the Covenant is delighted to announce that it has awarded more than $40,000 in scholarships to 61 students from 8 presbyteries and 18 churches. These awards, ranging from $350 to $1500, include winners of the Higher Education Scholarships and COVID/Emergency grants.

The Higher Education Scholarships include 39 bachelor degrees, 6 associate degrees, 1 vocational degree, 2 other degree, and 4 theology scholarships, while 9 students to date have been awarded COVID/Emergency grants.
Applications for COVID/Emergency grants can be received until December 4, 2020. Apply here>>

Grant recipients from Presbytery of the Miami Valley are:

Noelle Scheper, Higher Education (First Presbyterian Church of Westwood) and Haley Ingram, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency (Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton).

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.
Presbytery of the Miami Valley PC(USA)