November 10, 2025 Issue 49

Office Closed 11.27.2025 - 12.1.2025

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Mighty Mac CRE Academy


Whether you are a lifelong learner or interested in becoming a CRE ...



Early Registration for the Winter 2026 sessions is NOW OPEN.


Please watch for updates via email and online at the presbytery website:


www.presbymac.org


On the Homepage go to "About Us", "Our Missions", and scroll down to the information links.

A Gentle Reminder for ALL

Treasurers, Bookkeepers, and Finance Staff and Volunteers


Time is running out ...


As many of you have noted, the USPS averages 10-14 days from postmark to delivery.


Therefore, to count 2025 per capita payments for the year ending December 31, 2025, the payments must be


postmarked by midnight

 Monday, December 1, 2025


Any remittances (per capita, basic mission, special offerings, and gifts) postmarked after Dec. 1, and received after Dec. 14, will count for 2026.


Thank you for your understanding and continued service! ~Alana

The Presbyterian Church of Traverse City


Seeking an Office Manager


For information please go to:

tcpresby.org


To view the job description click here


Please send resume and cover letter to communications@tcpresby.org


Salary information is available at

www.presbymac.org

Are you the missing piece?


Presbytery of the Western Reserve


is seeking a


Part-Time Transitional General Presbyter


They are looking for a compassionate leader with good communication skills who will minister to their presbytery and guide them through a change in structure.


Click here for Job Posting & Info

Shepherd's Corner ...


with Ruling Elder Ted Fines


Excerpts from Ted's October 2025 letter:


"We the People, We the Church


In our country, which is sometimes so divided, the Presbyterian Church and the Presbytery of Mackinac are there.


"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity"—


These words opened a revolution. They still do.


A More Perfect Union


The Constitution demanded a radical idea: thirteen colonies would become one nation. Not uniform. Not identical. But united.


Today, that union fractures along every imaginable fault line. Red and blue. Urban and rural. Us and them.


But the Presbyterian Church is there."


Click here to read Ted's October 2025 letter in its entirety. 

LINKS & REMINDERS:

From the admin's desk ...


Please mark your calendars:


The Presbytery of Mackinac office

will close for

Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

at 3pm on Wednesday,

November 26, 2025


If anyone is interested in receiving the presbytery newsletter, please go to our website and scroll down to "Presbytery Resources", click on any of the archived newsletter issues, and select "Join Our Email List".


Looking for any of the following?


~ 2026 Per Capita Figures

~ 2026 Minimum Terms of Call


Key resources are available at the bottom of our homepage at

www.presbymac.org

under "Presbytery Resources"


Thank you for your continued patience as we work to reduce expenses and increase connectivity. A general mailbox is available for voice messages when calling 231.347.5556


Questions, comments, thoughts ... email admin@presbymac.org


... my laptop is always open!


With Christ's peace & joy, Alana

Information Explosion!


~ Presbyterian Women (PW)

SoC PW Fall Newsletter 2025


~ Union Presbyterian Seminary grant program for Christian Education including CRE/CPs

PSCE Cohort Flyer_2026


~ Charlie Evans on Church Mergers

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Newsletter


~ Earth Care_Young Adult Environmental Justice Network

Information and Links


~ Insurance Board 2024 Annual Report

2024 Annual Report


~ Documentary about Agriculture in MI: Did You Guys Eat?

Background Information

Trailer: Did You Guys Eat?


~ Synod of the Covenant - Check out the inaugural "CRE Spotlight!" on our own CRE Keith Schroeder and the piece from Synod Executive Chip Hardwick, plus much more in the

October 2025 Newsletter


Subscribe to their newsletter at

www.synodofthecovenant.org/contact

Visit their Website: synodofthecovenant.org/

Like them on Facebook: @SynodoftheCovenant

Follow the Synod's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjl5_XKhcyQQwkFK1P591EA

Training is Complete ...


Did You Participate in the Fall Sessions?


We hope you were able to take advantage of this year's free training offered through the Synod of the Covenant with LeaderWise.


If you completed the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training during the spring sessions, you should have received a Certificate of Attendance via email.


Please forward a copy of your certificate via email to be placed in the presbytery records.


admin@presbymac.org


If you attended one of the fall sessions, please be sure to email a copy of your certificate after you receive it (usually within 4 weeks of training completion).

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Submit items of interest to Alana at

admin@presbymac.org


We will endeavor to post it in an upcoming newsletter.


Please Note: We do not solicit funds for individual churches.

 
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