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How can we care for ruling elders?

PUBLISHED: JUNE 27, 2023

In the PC(USA), there’s a lot of focus on pastor burnout — and rightly so. But lay leaders are also facing exhaustion, and we need to care for them, writes Phillip Blackburn.

Today, groups addressing clergy burnout and caring for clergy mentally and physically are relatively abundant. But recently I’ve been wondering about the strain being felt by lay leaders in the congregation.

Read the rest of this article, HOW CAN WE CARE FOR RULING ELDERS, by visiting pres-outlook.org

Reprinted with permission from the Presbyterian Outlook.

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7 Tips for Sharing Your Congregation’s Story on Social Media 

How do you effectively share your congregation’s story via social media to reach new people? Tim Welch offers seven tips for sharing your congregation’s story on various social media platforms. Read more now.

Clergy Rest and Renewal Grant

Pastors and chaplains: have you applied for a rest and renewal grant yet? Funds are still available.

Head to https://ourpresbytery.org/resources/rest-and-renewal-grant/ and apply today!

PC(USA) Grant and Scholarship Opportunities

The Presbyterian Mission Agency offers more than 20 grants and scholarships ranging from $100 to $50,000 awarded to individuals, communities, and mid councils. Apply now at pcusa.org/grants!

Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, U.S. EPA

The following are EPA resources created to support faith communities in their efforts to address environmental and public health concerns:

Supporting Healthy Houses of Worship Guide

EPA Resources for the Faith Community

For the list of the topics, recordings and presentations of the webinars for the EJ Webinar Series for Houses of Worship and Communities, please go to: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/ej-webinar-series-houses-worship-and-communities.

For questions, please contact Danny Gogal, Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, U.S. EPA, gogal.danny@epa.gov.

Orders being taken for

2023-2024 Planning Calendars & 2023-2025 Book of Order

It's that time of year! Time to order 2023-2024 Planning Calendars

This calendar contains many planning aids for pastors and other church leaders. It includes lectionary for Sundays and special days, liturgical days, liturgical colors, resource information for PC(USA) programmatic emphases, updated synod, presbytery and Presbyterian Mission Agency staff directories, color foldout synod/presbytery and world maps.

Presbytery office will be taking orders until July 28th when a price will be determined. The more we order the better the price, and that will be passed along to you and/or your congregation.

Email your order to info@ourpresbytery.org or order directly from the PC(USA) Store

The new Book of Order is available in print or

free to download onto your computer.

Every session member will want a copy of the 2023-2025 Book of Order. Along with the 2023-2024 planning calendars the presbytery office will be happy to take orders through July 28th and have them available at the September 30th Assembly saving on shipping costs.

Email your order to info@ourpresbytery.org

Or you can click on one of the links below to order from PCUSA;

The free downloadable link is here

To order your paperback edition directly from PC(USA) store, click here

Applications for Commissioners to

the 226th General Assembly being accepted through September 28th!

God is Calling – Can you hear?

Online only applications for the 226th General Assembly are now being accepted through September 28th!

226^th General Assembly is scheduled for June 25, 2024 – July 4, 2024 at Salt Lake City, Utah featuring in-person plenaries and online committee work.

Applications for 226^th General Assembly commissioners for 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah are now available to any minister member and ruling elder from the Presbytery of Wabash Valley. Is God calling you? Can you hear?

OPEN SEARCHES FOR PASTORAL LEADERSHIP

Range Line Community Presbyterian Church, Hebron MORE INFORMATION

The Wabash Presbyterian Church, Wabash MORE INFORMATION

Prayers of the Presbytery

Lord of all peoples, you are continually gathering your people together in surprising and creative ways. We celebrate your call to find our unity through faith in your transformative power. Amen.

Prayer from Presbyterian Mission Year Book

We pray today

for the ministry and service of Geetingsville Presbyterian Church, Frankfort;
for RE Sandy Funk, PWV Nominating Committee Moderator, Huntington, First Presbyterian Church, as she recovers from shoulder surgery;
for summer campers;
giving thanks for the much needed rain.

Gracious and loving God, hear our prayers.