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DISCUSSION
ON THE
GA Special Committee's Report on
CIVIL UNIONS AND CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
Tuesday,
January 26, 2010
First Presbyterian Church
2344 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA 18017
Room 408
(Adult Center)
11:00 am -
1:00 pm
This will be a brown bag discussion, and you are strongly encouraged
to read the report in advance.
YOUNG ADULT
MISSION TRIP
Lehigh Presbytery's
Worldwide Ministries Committee is planning a young adult mission
trip to Romania for July 2010, as part of the Presbytery's ongoing
partnership with the Hungarian Reformed Church in Romania. This trip
will introduce young adults to church-to-church partnerships and
partnership-based mission experiences. While in Romania,
participants will work with a YMCA Camp, providing English learning
experiences.
Participants are
expected to participate in a pre-trip gathering, letter based fund
raising, and post-trip group presentation. Participants should be
between the ages of 19 and 30. Due to in-country travel
accommodations, this trip will be limited to 4 participants. Trip
costs are yet to be determined, but is anticipated that a majority
of the trip costs will be off-set by grants and sponsorships. A $200
trip deposit is due upon selection to participate. Please contact
Kim Ward, trip leader, for more information regarding trip costs.
Please contact
Kim Ward with any questions and for an application. Applications are
also available on the Lehigh Presbytery website:
www.lehighpresbytery.org
APPLICATIONS MUST BE
RECEIVED BY JANUARY 30, 2010.
Kim Ward
215-450-1223
kimberlydward@hotmail.com
(Please use "Romania Trip" in the subject line)
APPLICATION
PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH TRIENNIUM 2010
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN
JULY 20-24, 2010
The Triennium program includes daily worship
services and theme presentation in a theater-style auditorium. Each
participant will be assigned to a discussion group that will meet
each day of the event. There will be a variety of special events
including recreation, movies, concerts, prayer services and yes,
even some quiet time.
If you would like to see what the Triennium is
all about, an Overview DVD of the 2007 Triennium is available for
your use.
Lehigh Presbytery has been given a quota of 20
delegates to participate in the Triennium. Click on the links below
for an information sheet on the Triennium and a preliminary
application to be filled out by the youth who are between 15
and 19 years of age. The deadline for the youth application is
March 1, 2010.
We are also in need of Adult Participants to
attend the Triennium with the youth. Click on the links below for
an information sheet and application to serve as an Adult Leader for
the Lehigh Presbytery delegation. To be an adult leader, you must be
at least 21 years old by July 20, 2010. The deadline for the
Adult application is February, 26, 2010.
There is a separate application for the Work
Crew positions. These should be filled out and sent directly to
Presbyterian Church (USA) if anyone is interested. The address is on
the application. These positions are filled on a first come, first
serve basis. You can find that application on the Triennium website
listed below.
The Triennium website has all sorts of
information and is updated constantly as more information becomes
available.
www.presbyterianyouthtriennium.org
Information Sheet
Youth Participant
Application
Adult Leader
Application
2020 VISION
Moving Towards the Church that God Imagines for Us
Four
Congregational Team Training Events
Fall 2009 - Fall 2010
Recently, a national cohort of church leaders met to vision and
re-imagine where transformation and change may lead the church by
2020. After exciting and passionate conversation and debate, the
group developed a vision of what a healthy congregation could look
like in 2020.
What kind of
congregation will yours be in 2020?
More vibrant or
fading out?
Can you Imagine what
God is calling you to do?
What Action needs to
happen to move toward the 2020 Church?
Congregational teams are invited to participate in four events
focused on taking the next steps to becoming the Church of 2020.
There will be FOUR Saturday training events held at:
Church
on the Mall
500 West Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1326
Plymouth Meeting Mall
SESSION I - November 7, 2009
The
Physics of Church Transformation: What can the laws of physics teach
us about transforming the church?
led by Steve Shussett, Teaching Presbyter of Lehigh Presbytery
SESSION II - February 6, 2010
Telling
Our Stories - Individually and Corporately:
Unbinding
the Gospel approach to sharing the gospel. led by Susan Faye
Wonderland, Associate Executive of the Synod of the Trinity
SESSION III - April 17, 2010
Building
Relationships- Connecting to all your neighbors:
Hospitality anew. led by Philip Lotspeich,GA Coordinator for Church
Growth and Transformation and Bill Golderer, Convening Minister of
Broad Street Ministries in Philadelphia
SESSION IV - September 11, 2010
Missional Challenges Embraced with Passion:
Looking past technical changes to adaptive challenges. Preparing for
conflict management. led by Tony Robinson, coach, consultant and
president of Congregational Leadership Northwest in Seattle.
ALL
SESSIONS ARE FROM 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Click
below for more information and the brochure:
2020 VISION Brochure
Light Dawning Fund
Mission Challenge
2009
In 2009, the
Presbytery is offering a new name and a new way to contribute
and its tied to our own history.
Missionary David Brainerd was only 29 years old when he died.
According to Ed Reese in his Christian Hall
of Fame series, "in truth David Brainerd's life sacrifice
reached out and touched the whole world, challenging more people
into Christian Service than perhaps any other may that ever
lived." It was on
July 12,
1739, that David Brainerd's particular vocation as a missionary
clearly emerged. According to Reese, "God spoke to him as light
dawning, and he had a glorious salvation experience."
(www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpbrainerd.html)
It is in honor of this day, Lehigh Presbytery's commitment to
support Presbyterian missionaries is now the
Light Dawning Fund.
BARNABAS
INITIATIVE --
Conflict happens, even
in the church. The Lehigh Presbytery's Committee on Ministry has
recently sent a team to Conflict Management Training. The
outcome of this was the formation of the Lehigh Presbytery
"Barnabas
Initiative". They
learned a variety of tools that can help congregations and
pastors manage conflict in more constructive ways. If the
Barnabas Initiative sounds like something you or your
congregation needs, contact the Rev. Karen Nickels, Committee on
Ministry chair.
The
Committee on Representation (COR)
seeks to help the Presbyterian Church (USA) to be more welcoming
of people of various ages, backgrounds, races, abilities, etc.
Toward that end, if you know of anyone (especially youth, young
adults, and/or others of diverse racial ethnic backgrounds) who
would be willing to offer their time and talents in service to
the wider church through the presbytery or synod (for example,
as an elder, commissioner, representative, or a member of a
committee/task group), please pass their name(s) and contact
info to Martha Cox, chair of the Nominating committee.
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