November eUpdate for Church Leaders

An eUpdate for Church Leaders - November 2022

2023 Women’s Spiritual Nurture Retreat

Creation: Help! Thanks! Wow!

April 21-23, 2023 at Kirkmont Center

The 2023 Women’s Spiritual Nurture Retreat will be held April 21-23, Friday evening - Sunday morning worship, at Kirkmont Center, Zanesfield. The retreat will be led by the Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Nowak.

Women of all ages are invited to register now for this two-day sabbath retreat, which will reconnect you with God’s miraculous creation, provide ideas to take home, and offer projects which help to restore the earth at Kirkmont Center.

There will be laughter and prayer, games and singing, worship and study, all within an atmosphere which honors each participant’s needs and personality.

We will again take an offering for SOTERIA House in Bellefontaine and hear a lunchtime presentation from its director.

New this year will be a Shop Spot, a book study and the planting of a Butterfly Garden. You may sign up for everything or choose to do your own thing!

The Women's Spiritual Nurture Retreat is sponsored by Presbytery of the Miami Valley, Xenia United Presbyterian Church, The Blessing Center Collaborative, and Kirkmont Center.

The cost of the retreat is $200, with scholarships available.

Registration

APCE Annual Event: In person and Online

The Association of Partners in Christian Education (APCE) will hold its Annual Event in person in Birmingham, Alabama January 25 - 28, with over 70+ workshops and a variety of Pre-Event and Post-Event opportunities and time to renew connections with long-time colleagues and connect with new.

There is also an Annual Event Online option, which includes all the worship and plenary sessions and your choice of four (of 14) hybrid and Zoom workshops. Select components of AE Online will be interpreted in Spanish.

APCE is an association made up of those who are serving or have served in educational ministries, as ministers, professional or volunteer educators, or students, in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Reformed Church in America, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Moravian Church in America, and the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

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Slifers Bell Choir 25th Anniversary Celebration

Slifers Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Clayton Road, Farmersville, will host a celebration of 25 years of praising God with the beautiful music of their handbells on Sunday, November 6 at 10;00 AM. Everyone is invited to attend.

All former ringers and those who gifted the handbells are invited to worship with the church on this special occasion.

“I Am Not Your Negro”

Movie Viewing and Discussion November 18

Bath Presbyterian Church, 4624 Bath Road, Dayton, will host a viewing and discussion of the movie “I Am Not Your Negro” on Friday, November 18, 7:00 PM. Everyone is invited to attend.

Bath Presbyterian Church has received permission from Magnolia Pictures to hold a viewing of “I Am Not Your Negro”, a film written by Raoul Peck based on an uncompleted book by James Baldwin. This documentary is a radical narration about race in America, through the lives and assassinations of three of Baldwin’s friends: Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and Malcolm X. using only the writer's original words. Peck matches Baldwin's lyrical rhetoric with rich archival footage of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and connects these historical struggles for justice and equality to the present-day…

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Christian Ministry Scholarship for Seminary Students

The Oxford Presbyterian Church Deacons are honored to support the ministry and faith formation of our church’s future leaders with the offering of the Gene and Faye Santavicca Christian Ministry Scholarship.

The Santavicca Scholarship was created to help support the education of a person who is pursuing or advancing a vocation in Christian Ministry. Seminary students who are under care of the presbytery of their local church are invited to apply.

Applications will be received beginning January 1, 2023.

Learn more and see the application

The Christmas Joy Offering 2022

Resources for Churches

Each year during the Advent and Christmas season, we turn our eyes to Bethlehem and celebrate the wondrous gift of Jesus Christ, our Savior.

The Christmas Joy Offering has been a cherished Presbyterian tradition since the 1930s. The Offering distributes gifts equally to the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions and to Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color. The Assistance Program provides critical financial support to church workers and their families. Presbyterian-related schools and colleges provide education and leadership development while nurturing racial and ethnic heritage. This has been a Presbyterian commitment for nearly 140 years.

Special Offerings has prepared a number of resources for churches, which include Minutes for Mission, Curriculum, Worship Resources, Bulletin Inserts, and other promotional resources.

Learn more and get free resources

The Fall 2022 Presbytery Insert

Presbytery of the Miami Valley produces a quarterly news and information bulletin/newsletter insert and emails it to its congregations for distribution to church members.

It is our hope that distributing news and information about the Presbytery of the Miami Valley in this way will give church members an increased understanding of the functions, ministries, missions, and activities of the presbytery, its churches, and our denomination.

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Presbytery of the Miami Valley produces a quarterly news and information bulletin/newsletter insert and emails it to its congregations for distribution to church members.