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In-N-Out and the K.I.S.S Method
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I spent the weekend in California visiting Marilyn. We spent our time enjoying the wonderful weather and the local eateries. One of my favorite haunts is the “In-N-Out” burger joint. This west coast chain opened in 1945 as a drive through only burger restaurant. Today, In-N-Out can be found in California, Texas, Arizona, and Utah. Now, there is indoor seating to enjoy the meal, as well as the drive-through.
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Our Presbytery - Our Work
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This week's prayer basket...
This week, please include in your prayers high school seniors as they take the next step into adulthood, and for soon to be college graduates as they enter their field of stud. May each of them embrace the blessings they find as they journey forward. Add a prayer slip to our basket here.
UPCOMING TEAM MEETINGS
- Tues., Apr. 11 at 10 a.m. Finance Team
- Tues., Apr. 11at 4 p.m. Admin & Support Team
- Thur., Apr. 13 at 5 p.m. Congregational Vibrancy Team
- Tues., April 18 at 1 p.m. Mission & Outreach
- Thurs., April 20 at 9:30 a.m. History Team
- Thurs., April 20 at 10 a.m. Stewardship Team
- Thurs., April 20 at 1 p.m. Social Witness Action Team
- Thurs., April 20 at 4 p.m. Vision Team
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POINT Representative Request
Barbi Smith and Stephanie Foltz, Giddings-Lovejoy’s POINT Reps, are currently maintaining the Presbytery’s Resource Center. They have discovered over 100 resources are outstanding and are tracking them down. Check your desks and bookshelves, and if you no longer use the resources, please return them to the Resource Center. Email Barbi or Stephanie if you find anything labeled with Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy.
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What is it? Why you should be a part of it....
Hands & Feet is a new initiative to highlight and strengthen local and national efforts by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to facilitate change and communicate God’s love. The project builds upon the grassroots, community work congregations, mid councils, and the national office are already doing, and dovetails with the biennial General Assembly gathering. Work already is underway via Hands & Feet and the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy to engage with mission and ministry projects on the ground in St. Louis, Missouri, site of the 223rd General Assembly (2018) scheduled for June 16–23, 2018.
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Experience Alaska FREE...Sort of
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Experience Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with Richard Spener and Toni Armstrong on a canoe adventure. The raw beauty and remote wilderness of the place have drawn them back to visit six times over the past 26 years.
Richard and Toni hold leadership positions in local and national environmental organizations. Richard’s images have been published by the National Park Service, Nature Conservancy, Missouri Prairie Foundation and Alaska Wilderness League. Their photo exhibit on Missouri’s wilderness areas traveled across the state for a year in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Plan to attend on Wednesday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church (45 W Lockwood Ave., Webster Groves)
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Join First Presbyterian Church, Alton, Illinois in welcoming the Air Force Band in a free concert at the church. The concert will take place on Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. All are
welcome!
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Bach Society Concert
The Bach Society of St. Louis Young Artists with pianist Sandra Geary present a concert on
Sunday, April 30 at 4:00 pm
at Second Presbyterian Church. This concert is presented jointly with the Bach Society of St. Louis and is part of Bach Festival St. Louis. The concert is free and open to the public. The church is located at 4501 Westminster Place in the Central West End, St. Louis, 63108. For more information call 314-367-0367
or visit
www.secondchurch.net
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Summer Plans Taking Shape
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Faith Going Forward Change in Plans
Many thanks to everyone who worked hard to recruit high school seniors to attend the Faith Going Forward event next week, but due to low registration, we regret to inform everyone that the Faith Going Forward event is cancelled. Pastor Miriam will be personally contacting the few students who had RSVP'ed, and we look forward to connecting with incoming college freshman (as well as all college students!) throughout this summer at various UKirk gatherings.
Visit our website to learn more.
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Nicaragua Mission Deadline is April 30th
Members of our presbytery are planning to participate in this summer’s annual multi-generational mission trip to our partner community in Nicaragua. NOW is the time for you to consider if God is calling you to be a part of this trip because the team is forming! What could you expect if you joined us? Only God knows! You might . . .
Make new Nicaraguan and North American friends - Visit coffee fields
Visit local schools and meet our scholarship students - Learn about the lives of God’s people in Nicaragua - Learn something new about yourself and your faith!
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If your child has not yet experienced camping, they should this summer! Try one of the many camps that Mound Ridge has to offer and see how we can get back to nature! Continue to connect to
Mound Ridge
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Have you completed your Big Tent Registration?
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Make plans now to join old friends and make new ones at this summer’s Big Tent conference in St. Louis, July 6-8. The theme of this year’s conference is Race, Reconciliation, and the Reformation. Through plenary events, Bible study, workshops, and worship, attendees will be challenged and renewed by the power of the gospel message to overcome our current realities of anxiety, division, and inequality.
Continue for registration information
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Stewardship going forward...
Would you like: To Invite generosity within your congregation? To know about practical tools for cultivating generosity in your congregation? To expand the leadership capabilities of members of your congregation? To cultivate adaptive approaches for funding of mission and ministry? COME TO KALEIDOSCOPE 2017
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Presbyterian Women Announce Meeting
& Service Education Opportunity
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Building Sacred Space in a Crumbling World...Upsizing Dreams
We are all aware of the struggle that many face as smaller congregations are holding on to larger buildings. In most cases these buildings are from a different era, and maintenance is often beyond the ability of the individual congregation to uphold, but it can be equally tasking for larger congregations or even community organizations to feel they are not fully utilizing their space in good stewardship.
The South Side Presbyterian Churches United (SSPCU) along with Moderator, Rev. Paula Cooper are interested in pursuing options for their space. They are called to continue ministry and so they, in their research, have connected to Partners for Sacred Places. Deadline to join in is April 12,2017, continue to read more...
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TIP FOR LIVING GREEN..........FLUSH TOILET SPARINGLY.
One toilet flush in the U.S. wastes the same amount of water that the average person in a developing nation uses all day for washing , drinking, cooking, and cleaning.
(Submitted by the Earth Care Team of presbytery, composed of members of the six Earth Care Congregations in the presbytery. For more info, contact carletonstock@aol.com.)
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