This February, each Thursday beginning at 6:30 pm, we welcome you to join us in learning about some support ministries and missions of your church.

All sessions will be conducted online, using Zoom. Registration is required and can be found below.

Illinois' 2024 primary election is just one month away, and, with early voting already underway for many, there are plenty of things you'll want to know before heading to the polls.

Throughout the season of Lent and other seasons of our lives, we may find it hard to be still, reflect, and simply just be. Journey through the Mist: A Spiritually Guided Lent holds space for us to find time to breathe and cultivate spiritual practices that center us, make us more mindful, and reorient us toward wholeness.

As you journey through these 40 days of Lent and Holy Week, take time for yourself and your soul. Each day of Lent and Holy Week will consist of a recitation and a spiritual practice. These recitations can be repeated throughout the day as prayers or meditations. Each Sunday of Lent along with Palm Sunday and Easter will also be accompanied by a video meditation that can be found on the Unbound website or social channels.

Remember that you are good, and to breathe.

CLICK HERE FOR A LENT DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET

Welcoming Asylum Seekers

A Message from PDA 

FEBRUARY 21 AT 12:30 PM

As many migrants arrive in communities far from the U.S.-Mexico border, Presbyterians around the country are stepping up to welcome them. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Migration Accompaniment Ministries is holding a Welcoming Asylum Seekers coordination call to facilitate connection and networking between Presbyterians doing this important work. The call will take place on Wednesday, February 21 at 12:30 pm (Central).  If you are currently engaged in this work and have not received our invitation, please contact Lucy McDermott or Susan Krehbiel. 

The Ferguson Ecology Team Video Night

Presents via Zoom: OYATE

Thur., Feb. 22 at 7 pm

The Dakota Access Pipeline protests became an inflection point for Indigenous people and modern tribal sovereignty. Thousands of people from across the country gathered at the STANDING ROCK reservation to stand in solidarity with the Lakota people. Since then, community leaders have used their newfound platform to organize and educate people about their issues. 

Sharable Flyer Found by Clicking Here

Conversation to follow the film

To register for Zoom Link click: https://bit.ly/FETFeb2024

or scan the QR Code at right

For more information: (314) 521-8418

carletonstock@aol.com

St. Mark Trivia Night - Youth Mission Fundraiser.

Sat., Feb. 24 at 5:00 pm

Theme: "Helping Our Youth Spring into Service"

Grab 7 of your closest trivia-loving friends and head to St. Mark on

Saturday, February 24th, 2024. Registration is open through February 11th. Registration forms can be obtained through the church office.

The cost is $200 per table – that’s just $25 per person!

Doors open at 5 pm and trivia starts at 6 pm. There will also be a silent auction, games, and prizes. Participants may bring their own beverage of choice –water and soda will be provided. Look for the registration forms on the Youth Table in the Narthex and on the St. Mark website, www.discoverstmark.org

All proceeds benefit the 2024 St. Mark Youth Group Summer Mission Trip to the Gulf Coast to help with hurricane relief. 

Interfaith Clergy Support Group

Provident Health offers an interfaith Clergy Support Group to encourage peer-to-peer interaction and support. While the design of this group is for members of the clergy to connect and help each other, every session is facilitated by a licensed therapist who will prompt and encourage conversation and assess individuals who may benefit from more intensive services. Flyer Found Here.

This is an open group format, allowing anyone to join at any time. You may complete an enrollment form at your first group, or download a form from our website at Support Groups & Services-Provident Behavioral Health St. Louis (providentstl.org)

A Place of Grace is offering-based. Prayer Art Retreats require sixteen hours of preparation (10 for liturgy and artwork options, one and a half hours to load and unload the van, three hours for the retreat, and one and a half hours to reload and unload the van afterward) total and $5 in supplies per person. With the Lenten registration, you will get thirty emailed devotions with step-outs for a tangle each day, and six days of having your work posted on the APOG Facebook Page. I estimate that it will take an hour per day to create the step-outs and the devotions and email them out, and approximately five minutes per email to download the artwork and repost it on the Page. In-person offerings may be made via cash or check. Electronic offerings may be made via PayPal.me/JulieGvillo or Venmo (@Julie-Gvillo). 

The Presbytery through the Omnibus Motion at the most recent gathering approved the guidelines established by the Commission on Ministry for use of the “Small Church Sabbatical Fund.”



A “sabbatical” concept is rooted in the Hebrew concept of the sabbatical year to be observed every seven years, allowing land to rest and lie fallow. The concept has been adopted widely within the academic community for a period of rest, study, and/or travel. More recently, the value of a sabbatical period for pastors has been recognized as providing benefits to both pastor and congregation and the ministry they share.

Learn more by clicking here.

Rev. Ryan Landino

Presbytery Leader

rlandino@glpby.org

314.409.9002

Rev. Liz Kanerva

Associate

Presbytery Leader

ekanerva@glpby.org

314.779.6809

Rev. Dr. Brandan Eddy

Stated Clerk

beddy@glpby.org

618.781.9615

Leigh Porter

Office Manager

lporter@glpby.org

314.225.9470

Janice McMillen

Communications Associate

jmcmillen@glpby.org

573.578.3960

Presbytery Moderator - Elder, Lorenzo Clayton

Presbytery Vice-Moderator - Rev. Dr. Dave Burgess

Vision Team Moderator - Rev. Mel Smith