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Mission Yearbook
Ah, the ever-compelling “new thing”—the focus of a robust grant opportunity in the Synod of the Trinity.
The New Initiative Grant for Presbyteries provides resources for presbytery projects that reach for new and risk-taking ministry dreams that join with God’s “new thing.” Through this partnership, leaders test and refine ministry for the good and learning of all.
The idea of shared ministry grew among First United Presbyterian Church of West Pittston, Pennsylvania and its neighbor Wyoming Presbyterian Church, and in 2015 the church without a home entered into a shared space covenant with its neighbor congregation and was finally able to put down roots.
Free community dinners are offered the first through fourth Sunday of each month. The dinners are sponsored and provided by Pioneer Presbyterian Church, the Episcopal/Lutheran congregation, Burns Christian Church and the Elks Club. Pioneer Presbyterian has made its fully equipped kitchen and fellowship hall available, with the community dinners’ coordinating committee responsible for cleanup and maintenance.
Nostalgia Creates New Connections May 16, 2016 More than a decade had passed, but church members throughout the presbytery remembered the Pentecost Event. “Remember all those people? We filled the… Read more »
Presbyterian Youth Triennium is only a five-day event, but its impact on young people can span a lifetime. Perryn Rice, pastor of Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas, is one of the people whose life was changed at Triennium.
Café Justo, a fair trade coffee cooperative, offers many families in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, an alternative. Café Justo was started in partnership with Frontera de Cristo to provide a network that enables farmers to receive a fair price for their coffee.
Minute for Mission: A Pentecost Experience for 1001 New Worshiping Communities
Two years ago Glacier Presbytery faced a challenge that may not be unique to that presbytery—how to find effective pastoral leadership for a very small, very rural congregation. The congregation of Community Presbyterian Church in Whitlash, Montana, with its 10 members, provides a vital ministry to that area, being the only church in that ranching community.
Mission in Action: From Vegetables to Bicycles
Every year the Presbytery of Western Colorado presents the Al Ruth Award for Evangelism and Church Development. The award is funded through the permanent Alfred E. Ruth Jr. Memorial Fund, and it amounts to the interest earned during the year. In 2015, it was presented to the Good News Club, a ministry of Monument Presbyterian Church.
