REMEMBER: Deadline for entering Annual Reports online is February 18^th!

Dora Wiggins at office@pnks.org 

Bob Frasier at bfrasier@pnks.org

Melanie Hancock at mhancock@pnks.org 

Lisa has been bringing wisdom and expertise and practical advice to the Mid-Council (synod and presbytery) Leaders of our denomination for the last year. The intersectionality of her skills and experience offer great benefits and wisdom for us today. This is your chance to hear from her and to as your questions. Please send questions to office@pnks.org ahead of time so we can be sure Lisa is prepared.

Follow Me: Biblical Practices for Faithful Living

Follow Me: Biblical Practices for Faithful Living that will be available in July for use this fall. This all church curriculum includes a thirty-six unit and is based on practices Jesus did and taught us to do as faithful followers and is written for people of all ages who wish to live out their faith.

We have arranged for the editor and marketing representative for this curriculum to provide an overview of the curriculum for us on March 4th! We hope you will join us and invite others...pastors, educators, Christian Education committee members, teachers -- anyone that deals with worship or Christian Education programming for your congregation.

The constitutional questions asked of leaders within the PC(USA) when they are ordained, installed, and commissioned is the focus of a new resource created to assist teaching elders as they serve in ministry with ruling elders and deacons. Coming Alive in Christ: Training for PC(USA) Ruling Elders and Deacons based on the Constitutional Questions provides a study of these beliefs that are central to our lives of faith and in our community with each other and is available through Equip, the church’s online training platform. Beginning with an introduction on baptism, call, and membership, the study for each question has been written by a leader from across the diversity of the church with questions for reflection or discussion included in each section. Leader guides and a visual supplement are also included and available for download.

The resource is a focus of the Year of Leader Formation, which provides an emphasis on the ecclesial development of Presbyterian leaders for those currently serving and those preparing to serve PC(USA) congregations as ruling elders and deacons. Events, announcements, and links are available and updated on the Year of Leader Formation webpage. To receive periodic email updates, subscribe here.

Please join us for our 2021 National Gathering: Breaking, Blessing, Building—A Call for Common Good on March 5–7. Despite the physical space that separates us, we know that our togetherness can make all the difference! This year, our conference is intentionally focusing on accessibility for all church leaders and celebrating the priesthood of all believers. (Please share the invitation, especially to your lay leaders.) The entire conference will be free and live-streamed, with special subscription/purchase options so you can access the content as well as bonus resources on your own time. (Special Note: We urge and encourage all churches and communities of faith to join and utilize our Sunday Morning Worship (March 7) offering, which will be made accessible to stream in advance.) To learn more, register, and/or subscribe: please visit the website.

This curriculum from Presbyterian Outlook frees people to live their Reformed faith by remembering, reclaiming and rearticulating what we believe about who God is and who we are so the patterns of our lives embody the liberating love and grace of Jesus Christ. Gather a group of disciples from church, work, neighborhood, family or friends - in person or virtually - and spend six weeks with this new adult curriculum.

You can access all of the links via our education page at: https://www.pnks.org/education (the password is learn)

We here at Potwin Church are incredibly grateful for the use of the “Growing In God’s Love” Sunday School Curriculum and for the volunteers who have continued to put together the videos for us every week. As a small church with just a handful of children, providing Sunday School to our K-5 group on a digital format has allowed us to do things we never thought possible. Families can complete the lessons at their leisure which can allow for gathering the whole family together for Sunday School. We even have a child from Kansas City who participates with our children here in Topeka every week!