Happening Around the Presbytery - June 18, 2013 Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery 907 National Road Wheeling, WV 26003 304-232-3490 uovpresby.org Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In an emergency after office hours, call 304-280-3206 PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS: Roberta Croker Marie Luckhardt David Kline Tom Armstrong Joe Byrne Kirkland Wilt Byron McElroy Rose Lukich Ernesto Badillo Ann Beech Leura Nancy Macon Lesley Shoup Steve Cramer Jon Marotta Kay Whinnery Kurt Turner Domasi Presbytery Partnership & Churches in Malawi David Snyder and all our service men and women Please keep us informed of any prayer concerns you may have. PRAYER FOR UOVP PASTORS: Select one of these pastors and remember him/her in your prayers this week: Jason Elliott, Joe Ellis, Stan Fedyszyn, Cindy Foster, Mary Anne Frischkorn. PATTY WILL take a vacation day tomorrow, Wednesday, June 19. The Presbytery Office will be closed. See you Thursday! OUR BACKDOOR IS LOCKED at 4:00 p.m. for the summer. Our custodians have begun their summer hours; so when they leave, they will be locking the outside back doors off the parking lot at 4:00 p.m. The Presbytery Office hours are Mondays through Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you are coming to the Presbytery Office after 4:00 p.m., please come around to our front door, or call Patty at 304-232-3490 when you arrive in the parking lot, and she will come down and let you in. RSVP FOR 6-25-13 PRESBY DINNER TODAY to host church pastor: The Tuesday, June 25, 2013, stated presbytery meeting will be held at First Presbyterian Church, Barnesville, Ohio. Dinner ($6.00 payable at the meeting) will be at 5:15 p.m. with the business meeting beginning at 6:15 p.m. Please make your dinner reservations TODAY, Tuesday, June 18th, to Pastor Mistic at 740-974-6110 or [email protected] choice of main entrée: Roasted chicken or Steak. Please specify your entrée choice with your reservation. THE PEACEMAKING SUB-COMMITTEE has been reactivated. We are dealing with many issues such as loneliness and violence in the home, family, and elsewhere. The one issue we are focusing on now is meeting the needs of veterans who are returning home from overseas. Anyone interested in helping or serving, please contact the Rev. Dr. Ruth Ellen Bates at [email protected]. Please keep us in your prayers. THE MEN’S GROUP of Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church, 45 Chapel Road, Bethlehem, Wheeling, invites you to their Flea Market and Bake Sale on Saturday, July 20th, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the church. A MISSION TRIP TO MALAWI is tentatively set for Tuesday, September 16, to Thursday, October 2, 2014. We are now taking applications till September 1, 2013. Interviews will be given for those who apply. All applicants must be at least 21 years old and Presbyterian. You must be willing to work together as a team. There will be three going on this trip. All applications must be accompanied by an endorsement from your session, as your church will be asked to financially support this trip and be a part in the mission interpretation process. All who travel will be required to have a valid U.S. passport, get the necessary shots needed for travel to Malawi, and obtain malaria medication from your doctor. Upon acceptance as a part of the group, you will be asked to provide detailed medical information, for your own protection and care. The estimated cost of the trip is $4,000. The individual will pay 1/3, their church will pay 1/3, and Presbytery 1/3. People planning to go should expect to spend time next year getting oriented and prepared for the journey. Those going on the trip should be prepared to make themselves available to speak in churches in the Presbytery upon their return, sharing the good news of their trip. An application and session endorsement can be found on our website uovpresby.org. Scroll down to just above the PCUSA logo and click on “Presbytery Malawi Trip 2014.” THE DATE OF LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL Chapel’s Back to School Bash has been changed to Friday, August 2nd, for the children enrolled in their summer programs. So if anyone wants to start donating school supplies, they will be glad to have them. You can call the Chapel 304-232-2630 for more info. MALAWIANS COMING IN SEPTEMBER: Our partners from Domasi Presbytery will be sending three representatives to worship and commune with us this Fall: The Rev. Moses Chitawo from Mjale church, the Rev. Picklen Chafulumira from Malosa Parish, and Mrs. Margret Mpachika from Mifumo church. They will arrive on Thursday, September 19th, and leave on Tuesday, October 1st. As of right now, the following public events scheduled are: Friday, September 20 – Hot dog roast and hayride at Seeds of Hope Farm at 5:00 p.m. It will be a covered dish. The McElroys will provide hotdogs and buns. Presbytery members are asked to bring casseroles, chips, and dessert. Come join in the fun! Tuesday, September 24 – Pre-Presbytery meeting and Presbytery greetings Thursday, September 26 – Discussion on the ministry of elders from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church, Wheeling, W. Va. All Ruling Elders and Teaching Elders are invited. Lunch will be provided. Sunday, September 29 – Closing worship service and dinner; place and times TBA. THE NEW WILMINGTON MISSION CONFERENCE will be held July 20-27, 2013. This is a week-long, multi-generational, Presbyterian Church (USA)-related, mission conference held on the campus of Westminster College in western PA (one hour north of Pittsburgh). The focus is on youth ages 12 to 24 but all ages are welcome. Last year, 800+ people from 31 states and 19 countries were registered and 1,000 locals came to hear speakers. Come, participate in small groups, service projects, Bible and mission study, and fun activities with peers. Join with other age groups for great speakers and worship. Free time activities include organized and pick-up sports, choirs, crafts, games, swimming, visiting, mission workshops or just napping. For more info and registration NWMCMission.org. MARK YOUR CALENDAR & GET YOUR TEAM TOGETHER. POGO XVII–Presbyterian Open Golf Outing No. 17–will begin with a shotgun start on Monday, August 12. Foursomes, please. More info as to time, place, fees, etc. coming soon. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Bob Shearer – June 20 NEW HYMNAL: Early order pricing has been extended on Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal. Far more orders were received by the June 1 pre-publication deadline than anticipated. To celebrate, the $17.50 pre-publication price for pew editions has been extended through the end of 2013! Order anytime between now and December 31, 2013, and pay just $17.50 (plus shipping) per pew edition. Order by calling 1-800-533-4371 or online at ThePresbyterianHymnal.org. In addition, other editions (accompaniment, enlarged print, gift, companion) have also received extended special pricing. See website. THIS YEAR’S BIG tENT – August 1 - 3, 2013, in Louisville: Discover a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that is more exciting, more faithful, and more diverse than you have ever imagined. Big Tent will inspire you and make you proud to be a Presbyterian. The event will be celebratory, diverse, and participatory, with intergenerational activities. Under one roof, the 2013 Big Tent will combine 10 national Presbyterian conferences and a single theme: “Placing God’s First Things First” (Matt. 6:33–34). It will take place August 1–3 at the Kentucky International Convention Center and nearby hotels in downtown Louisville. Registration is now open for the Big Tent this summer in Louisville, KY. Register now! (control + click to follow link). UOVP’s Resource Center Featured Book This Week: Making Old Testament Toys BK. G.602. Margaret Hutchings, Author. Simple toys and creative activities to make concerning Old Testament stories. The Presbytery’s Resource Center is open Mondays through Thursdays, while Patty is here, for borrow¬ing and returning. An index of items can be found on our website uovpresby.org. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has received a $1.4 million grant from the American Red Cross to coordinate volunteer housing for Hurricane Sandy relief workers. “In the seven years I’ve been with PDA [five as a volunteer and the past two as staff] we’ve made good contacts with the Red Cross,” said William (Rick) Turner in a June 11 interview. “This grant is partly recognition that we know what we’re doing and do it well.” The grant ― which started May 31 ― enables PDA to assess potential hosting sites for relief workers, to establish those sites and get them up and running and to train people to manage and operate them. Turner said that eight Presbyterian sites have already opened in the New York-New Jersey area. They range in size from Olivet Presbyterian Church on Staten Island, which can host 10 volunteers, to First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., which can house 50 workers. “We’ve also helped Lutherans, Methodists, some non-denominational churches and even one Episcopal church assess their sites,” Turner added. Presbyterians, at least, have responded. “The summer is booked up and we have 250 work teams on our waiting list for this summer,” Turner said. “Of course,” he added with a smile, “the sites closer to the beach tend to draw more interest.” PDA’s expertise in volunteer housing at disaster sites―and hence the Red Cross’s desire to partner with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s disaster agency―dates back at least to Hurricane Katrina. “This is all a result of years of hosting volunteers,” Turner said. “We still have a site in New Orleans and more than 20 sites nationwide.” PDA’s leadership in disaster relief has been widely recognized. The Rev. John Robinson, PDA’s associate for U.S. disaster response, is the current president of Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD), the largest organization of its kind in the country. Last year, PDA volunteer Don Hampton was named VOAD’s “volunteer of the year.” And there are always new challenges to meet. In response to recent devastating tornados in Oklahoma, “We’re already looking at eight potential sites and we expect to open three volunteer hosting sites,” Turner said. There are already 50 Presbyterian work teams on the waiting list to go there as soon as the hosting sites are ready. “We got the first call at 4:00 a.m. the morning after the tornados,” Turner said. “Over the years we’ve really trained Presbyterians well to respond.” To contribute to Superstorm Sandy relief, including PDA’s volunteer housing efforts, send payments through regular church channels to account DR-000187. To contribute to Oklahoma or other tornado relief, direct payments to DR000015, making a note of the state or region to which you wish to contribute. You may also contribute online at the PDA webpage.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:19:58 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015