Everyone Has a Calling - Ours Is Helping You!

PRC Mt Sinai NEW

631-821-2255

233 North Country Rd., Mt Sinai NY 11766

Mt Sinai Congregational Church


Wed, Thurs 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM 

Sat by appointment

PRC West Islip

631-486-4350

109 Udall Rd., West Islip NY 11795

Westminster United Presbyterian Church

Mon, Tue, Wed & Thurs

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Our Book Review Blog is now on our PRC website.

For the latest reviews, click on this link

In this issue


Bedtime Stories & Prayers


Roots - Lent and Easter Holy Moments


40 Days Together


From Pew to Pulpit


Winter webinars

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Webinars - 2024 dates


Check out our Online Resource Center

Lent & Easter


Am I a Member?


New Job listings at the top of the list

It's really happening! Tonight!

Our Lenten gift to you: Bedtime Stories and Prayers!


Our Lenten gift to you and your families is Bedtime Stories and Prayers. We have top notch children's ministers and authors joining us each Sunday and Wednesday throughout the 6 weeks of Lent, reading to us, praying with us, and sending us off with a blessing. FREE! This is a ministry for your families; come settle in together for a story and prayer. It is also a ministry for your children's ministry staff; come see how you can add bedtime stories and prayers to your ministry offerings. Register here or click the image.

New Holy Moments for Lent and Easter

One of my favorite things about children is how they are rooted in their beliefs. They know what they believe and pursue it. Their curiosity drives them to learn more about it, and I'm honored when I get to be along as they make discoveries. So many people approach Lent with dread, as if it's a time to deny themselves in order to prove something. What if we took our cue from children, examined how our faith roots us in our everyday lives, and worked on remaining curious about it together? That's what our Lent and Easter Holy Moments set out to do; provide families and congregations with tools to help people of all ages remain curious about the roots of their faith, find new pathways to discovering more, and growing more deeply alongside their families. 

 

Elizabeth Christie

Elizabeth@prcli.org

 

Watch the Launch Video

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We are also bring back 40 Days Together

It includes

Family Sketchy Lent Devotional Plans

Table Topic Conversation Cubes

Lunchbox Notes

Family Sabbath Break Plans

Want more information contact elizabeth@prcli.org


Click to purchase

40 Days Together 2024 Family - $10

 

40 Days Together 2024 Congregation under 100 - $20

 

40 Days Together 2024 Congregation under 200 - $40

 

40 Days Together 2024 Judicatory - $75


If You Purchase ROOTS Congregation & Family

you will also receive 40 Days Together

Pew to Pulpit:


This series is for church folks who find themselves leading worship - From Pew to Pulpit. Whether they're stepping in for a pastor on leave, helping during a transition, or moving to stronger congregational leadership, we're here to help. It's part practical support (What is a lectionary? where can you find reliable exegesis online?), part art, and part encouragement. This could become a cohort group that meets monthly, if you would be interested in joining a cohort send me an email.

 

From Pew to Pulpit: Preaching Your First Sermon Recording

Leader - Rev. Fred Weidmann

 

From Pew to Pulpit: Liturgy - The Work of the People

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

7:00 - 8:00 pm EST

Leaders - Charlaine Apsel, Rev. Karen Ware Jackson

PRC's Winter 2024 Online events

 

All webinars are recorded. Click the title to register or read the description.


GENeratiONs Together with GenOn

Thursday, January 18, 2024

2:00 - 3:00 PM EST

Leaders - Betsy Dishman, Liz Perraud


Out of the Pew and Into the Community

7:00 - 8:00 PM EST

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Leaders - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh


Practical Practices for Faith in Families

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

2:00 - 3:00 PM EST

Leaders - Elizabeth Christie, Johannah Myers


The Crisis of Loneliness and What the Church Can Do

2:00 - 3:00 pm EST 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Leaders - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh


From Pew to Pulpit: Liturgy - The Work of the People

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

7:00 - 8:00 pm EST

Leaders - Charlaine Apsel, Rev. Karen Ware Jackson


Helping Newcomers Connect

2:00 - 3:00 pm EST

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Leaders - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh

 

Talking With Kids About Injustices

Thursday, February 22, 2024

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Leader - Sara Pantazes

Well Done: A Good and Faithful Path to Church Closure

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Leader - Charlie Kuchenbrod

 

Does your church’s culture impede creativity and change?

Thursday, February 29, 2024

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Leader - Meghan Hatcher

Mandatory New York State Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Webinars

You can take this training any time during the year

charlaine@prcli.org

 

  Tuesday, February 13, 2024

7: 00 - 8:30 PM EST


 Wednesday, March 6, 2024

10:30 am - 12:00 PM EST



Wednesday ,April 17, 2024

2:00 - 3:30 PM EDT


Annual fee for churches not affiliated with a member judicatory $75.00 .

Judicatories can take a membership that will cover all their churches. 

Looking for information Check out our Online Resource Center

LENT & EASTER

PRC Booklets

PRC Pinterest Boards

Recorded Webinars

Easter Skits

Family and Intergenerational Ministry

Good Friday Worship

Lent and Easter Websites for Children's Ministry

Lenten Studies Available from PRC Lenten Worship

Passover Seder

Shrove Tuesday

Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross for Children/Families

Stations of the Cross for Youth

Timely resources are regularly shared. Click to follow and join!

PRC - Practical Resources for Churches

Cultivate Faith with PRC Facebook page 

Cultivate Faith with PRC YouTube


Donate any amount to our Annual Appeal Today


In our last fiscal year 2022 – 2023 we produced over 80 online events that included free webinars, a book club, a 4 week retreat, multiple month cohort groups, 2 online workshops.

 

We have added a NEW program; Cultivate Faith that now has multiple components.


Please help us provide resources for thousands of people across the country and around the world. 


Everyone Has a Calling - Ours Is Helping You!

Cathy, Charlaine, Debbie, Elizabeth, Karen S & Karen W J, Mary L & Mary P


Am I a Member???


There are Individuals, Congregations and Judicatories that are members of the PRC. To find out if you belong to a member congregation call or email us.


Also members of the following judicatories may borrow resources, email a consultant and ask questions or attend some member only events.


Bronx Presbyterian Churches

Central Atlantic UCC Conference

New York UCC Conference

North Carolina Synod, ELCA

North Central District GA Conf UMC NEW

Northeastern Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Presbytery Hudson River

Presbytery of Albany

Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse

Presbytery of Long Island

Presbytery of Susquehanna Valley

Presbytery of Western Colorado

Presbytery of Western New York

Regional Synod of Albany NEW

South Central District GA Conf UMC

Southern New England Conference UCC

Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod ELCA

Wisconsin UCC Conference

ANNUAL FEES FOR MEMBERSHIP

You can become a member by mailing a check to PRC, 109 Udall Rd., West Islip NY 11795. Please include the name and address of the church, your name and position.

You can also click the blue links below to pay using paypal.

Download information about a PRC Membership

For Churches wanting help with QuickBooks

call 631 486 4350 on Monday or Wednesday

Job Listings

Christ Church Christiana Hundred, in Wilmington, DE, is seeking a full-time Minister for Children & Youth position. All resumes and inquiries can be directed to https://ministryarchitects.teamtailor.com/jobs/3383422-christ-church-christiana-hundred-minister-for-children-youth by 02/29/23.

1/8

Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, in Basking Ridge, NJ, is seeking a full-time Director of Ministries to Youth, Young Adults, and their Families position. All resumes and inquiries can be directed to https://ministryarchitects.teamtailor.com/jobs/3368632-basking-ridge-presbyterian-director-of-ministry-to-youth-young-adults-and-their-families by 02/29/2023.

1/8

First Miami Presbyterian in Miami, FL is seeking a full-time Minister of Children, Families, and Volunteer Coordination. The new salary is $70,000 + benefits.

Interested Candidates should apply at this link

12/5

Mt Pisgah UMC, in Johns Creek, GA, is seeking a full-time Student Life Teaching Pastor position. All resumes and inquiries can be directed to jeremy.shelley@ministryarchitects.com by 12/23/23.

9/23

Parish Resource Center of Long Island, Inc.,
dba PRC-Practical Resources for Churches,
is a nonprofit, 501(c) (3), non-denominational, education-based organization providing knowledgeable consultants, workshops and practical/multi-media resources supporting the mission and ministry of faith communities locally, regionally and nationally. Our goal is to provide faith communities time-effective; cost efficient; and results-oriented programs and services supporting mission and ministry within their churches and, through them, to the larger community.
PRC is registered with the New York State Charities Bureau.