SAVE THE DATE!

 PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!

Stated Meeting of Missouri Union Presbytery

The next Stated Presbytery Meeting will be

Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

Starting time TBD

This meeting will be held at

Trinity Presbyterian Church,

1600 W. Rollins Rd., in Columbia.

Registration details will be coming soon!

Congregation Insurance Issues?

Is your congregation having insurance issues? Has your insurance bill doubled or tripled in the last couple of years? Has your insurance dumped you? 

Well, we have news! The Synod of Mid America has been negotiating with The Insurance Board to come up with a solution that could assist all our congregations in lowering their bills and securing insurance coverage. 

For more information and an inquiry form, please click the links below.

2025-2027 Book of Order

The 2025 – 2027 Book of Order has been approved and is in the process of being printed. It’s expected to be available for order after June 16th at a cost of $10 per book. An interactive PDF and updated Annotated Book of Order will also be available. The new Book of Order takes effect on July 4, 2025.  

To order, go to the PC USA store at https://www.pcusastore.com/   

Evelyn Bedell Nominations

Now Being Accepted

Each year Missouri Union Presbytery recognizes the contribution of older adults to its work and ministry by presenting Evelyn Bedell awards to outstanding older adults. Individuals are honored for their faithfulness in a congregation or for Presbytery-wide service. The award is named for Evelyn Bedell, who demonstrated the energy, imagination, intelligence and love with which a person of any age can serve the church. Evelyn came out of retirement to attend San Francisco Theological Seminary and at the age 72 was ordained by Missouri Union Presbytery as the "Tentmaker Pastor" for Bellflower Presbyterian Church.

Please note, parameters for nominations have been revised. Only one nomination per church will be accepted with all recommendations coming through session. 

Please click below to submit your nominations. Nominations must be received

no later than July 17, 2025.

Missouri Union Presbytery plans to honor all Evelyn Bedell award recipients at the August 26th Presbytery meeting at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Columbia.

Boundary Training

Boundary training offered specifically by Missouri Union Presbytery is now online for both pastors and elders. This allows ministers, members of the Council and COM, those serving on Pulpit Supply, the Youth Committee, Elders serving on other Presbytery committees, as well as members of the Sexual Misconduct Response team, to take the appropriate course at their leisure.

Boundary training is required every three years. For those needing the training, please access MUP’s website at https://www.mupresbytery.org/boundary-training and choose the appropriate training.

July Prayer Circle Prayer

Holy and Generous God,

Again, we come to you asking for support for the congregations of Missouri Union Presbytery. We need Spirit inspired leadership in our congregations to arise, to fill the roles of Deacons and Elders. We need elders and pastors to step up and volunteer to take on the role of serving our presbytery. We need gifted spiritual leadership to be called into ministry in Missouri Union Presbytery, to fill our pulpits, to nourish our people, to walk with us into maturity, faithfulness, generosity and deep, Christ centered love for one another and for all your children. We are expectantly waiting even as we are keeping all our senses tuned to you. Amen.

GRANT OPPORTUNITY for Microchurches! Are you a PC(USA) microchurch (25 or fewer members) with no full-time staff? Are you interested in using a full bundle of Sanctified Art worship resources, but don’t have the budget to afford them? The Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation (OPSF) has generously granted a number of bundles at no charge to Presbyterian congregations and ministers. To qualify, a congregation must:

• Have 25 or fewer members
• Have no full-time staff OR share any full-time staff with another congregation, such as yoked congregations
• Be affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA)

If you believe your congregation qualifies, please apply below so we can consider your request. Once you complete the form, we will email you with more information.

Triennium 2025

“As If We Were Dreaming” is the theme for the 2025 Presbyterian Youth Triennium gathering which will be held July 28-31 in Louisville, Kentucky. Our participants are looking forward to all that week entails, although none of us have attended Triennium in the past so there is an element of hesitation.

Thanks to the support and financial preplanning of the Missouri Union Presbytery we have 9 youth and 4 adults who are planning to attend with very little out of their pockets. MUP has also been able to cover the cost of t-shirts for each participant and the pastor of their home church! Our Transitional General Presbyter alerted the MUP Youth Committee of a valued Triennium tradition, youth participants and adult advisors trade lapel pins and buttons with others from across the country.  Funding was approved to cover the cost of 700 lapel pins!

I also ask that you take time to pray for our MUP Delegation to Triennium as they leave Monday morning, July 28th and return Thursday evening, July 31st.

Blessings,

Audra West

Moderator of the MUP Youth Committee

Notice - 4th Sunday Sermons

4th Sunday Sermons from the Synod of Mid-America are now being posted to MUP’s website for easy access. When needed, the sermons can be found at the bottom of the page at https://www.mupresbytery.org/pulpit-supply.