In Memoriam

Our Deepest Sympathies to the Family and Friends of Nancy Ramsey, wife of Rev. Dick Ramsey.

The Missouri Union Presbytery extends our deepest sympathies to Dick Ramsey, family and friends.  Our prayers are lifted to God for their family and all those mourning her loss.

Funeral Arrangements:

https://www.millardfamilychapels.com/obituaries/Nancy-B-Ramsey?obId=35137008

We go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

A Note from the

Transitional General Presbyter/Stated Clerk

Greetings Missouri Union Presbytery!

 “May you live in interesting times.” is an English quote purported to be an old Chinese curse. Some have said that we are indeed living in interesting times. Some are excited, while others are sad, still others are terrified. Most of our congregations have a mix of the above. As for me, I listen to the faith expressed in our congregations, the connections that you have to your communities, the creative ways you serve each other, to the worship, study and deep, deep prayer you engage in for each other and our world. You fill me with hope. You give me courage and I thank you.

Preaching the Gospel, telling the good news, speaking prophetically, telling the truth of God’s love and intention to those who do not wish to hear can be knee shaking. We have learned that no matter how graciously we speak, inevitably there will be someone who is unhappy with what we say and how we say it. Everyone who preaches on a Sunday morning has received the afternoon poison pen email communicating their anger and disappointment in the sermon or in worship. Yet we keep preaching, keep telling the truth, and keep reading the contents of our radical gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Now is a dangerous and confusing time for many. It is our job to keep the faith, to engage in unbounded hospitality by welcoming the stranger, caring for the widow and orphaned, providing for the needs of the poor. We must, with eyes wide open, learn to love with our whole hearts, to embrace those who are different from us, to reach out, in compassion, to those who have been told they are not worthy of love. As those who sin, and confess it each week in worship, we know that God’s all-encompassing love is given to us just as we are. Now is the time to reflect that love in wider, more powerful and tangible ways to all God’s children.

Thank you for your continued courage to answer the call of Christ. Thank you, congregations, for taking that truth to heart and passing it on to those you work with, those you eat with and those you meet. You are called and you are responding to the call of God, Thanks be to God.

Barbara Chalfant

Save the Date!

The next Presbytery meeting will be

Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.

This meeting will be held at

First Presbyterian Church,

324 Madison Street, in Jefferson City.

Copies of the 2025 MUP Directory will be available!

Registration details are coming soon!

February Prayer Circle

Loving God,

We give you all praise and honor for your might acts and wonderful ways. We thank you for loving us so completely that we cannot help but sing your praise. Forgive us when we miss the opportunities to tell your story, to walk in your ways and to serve you well. 

Bless Missouri Union Presbytery and all who labor within it. Our Pastors, CRE’s, Educators, youth workers, musicians and staff. Lift them up, place in them your unreasonable love, joy and peace. Where there is a lack of leadership, or the longing for leadership, lift up leaders to come quickly, to walk with us, and to bring light to the path we are to follow. Give wisdom and discernment to the PNC’a who are working so hard to find just the right person to be their pastor. 

We trust you, Lord. Make us courageous these days. Amen.

Triennium 2025 Information

The Missouri Union Presbytery is planning to send a delegation of youth and Adult Advisors to Triennium. Here are answers to many common questions.

• Event registration is $199 per participant.
• MUP will cover the transportation cost for the trip.
• MUP will leave from a TBD location in central Missouri on Monday morning, July 28th, 2025, and return on Thursday, July 31st.
• Audra West of FPC Columbia will serve as the MUP Registrar and will provide more information. (audraw@fpccolumbia.org)      
• RSVP due to Audra April 4th, 2025.

Prayer Basket

Prayers of peace and comfort for Rev. Dan Festa and his family as they grieve the loss of their loved one, Laura, as well as the family and friends of Elder Virginia Crouch, former Evelyn Bedell recipient and long-term elder at The United Methodist Presbyterian Church in Wellsville.

Prayers of healing for Bill Jessop’s wife, Leigh, who has been in the hospital for an extended period of time. 

Prayers of discernment for congregations in transition.  

This is Our Prayer Basket. If you have prayers of intercession or thanksgiving, please submit them via the e-mail link below.

office@mupresbytery.org