Important This Week

Happenings of the National Church

In last week's eNews, Conference Minister Rev. Bill Worley gave an update on initiatives coming out of the national UCC. Please see next week's eNews for Bill's perspective on those changes. This will be one week later than was originally noted. Stay tuned!

Health and Human Service Sunday resources

Sunday, Jan. 28 the United Church of Christ will be celebrating and honoring the denomination’s long history of health and human service. The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries has prepared resources worshipping communities can use later this month or anytime.

 

For the liturgy for this service, click here.

For more information and a graphic for use in bulletins and announcements, click here.

Become a livestream site for 'The Courage to Show Up'

Riverside Church in New York City is hosting an event on Thursday evening, Feb. 1 with Brene Brown and DeRay McKesson entitled "T he Courage to Show Up."

While the event won’t be publicly livestreamed or recorded, we have secured permission for local congregations to serve as “livestream sites” so this would be exclusive content they are getting access to.  Anyone churches that are interested need to fill out this form .

Conference Merger updates

Did you know that updates from the Joint Conference Vision and Development Team are regularly posted at psec.org/conference-merger? Check it out for information on what's going on with the JCVDT including:

Churches collaborating for long-term hurricane recovery

You are invited to a meeting for church leaders regarding long-term recovery planning for families that have evacuated from Puerto Rico and USVI following Hurricane Maria. Churches and other house of worship play a vital role in long term recovery by helping with outreach efforts, providing space and volunteers, providing spiritual and emotional care, and more. Church leaders will meet Thursday, Feb. 1 from 10:30-12:30 at Casa Del Carmen, 4400 N. Reese St., Philadelphia to learn from each other how we are serving those who are here, share what needs have been identified, discuss collaborations for meeting needs that have been identified. RSVP with you name, email, and affiliation to: Julia Menzo at jmenzo@libertylutheran.org and Karl Jones at kjones275@comcast.net.

Year-end Reporting

This month, emails were sent to churches and pastors with information on year-end reporting. If you should have gotten that information and didn’t, please contact the Conference Registrar, Brea Rarick, at brea@psec.org or 484-949-8774 ext. 311. Also, you may visit psec.org/reporting for more information on this year’s reporting.

PSEC 2018 Giving

PSEC has closed its books for 2017. The 2018 Remittal Form is available online at psec.org/remittal or by going to psec.org , clicking the Resources tab at the top of the page, and typing "remittal" into the "Search PSEC Resources" box.

PNEC Annual Youth Retreat

The Penn Northeast Conference will be holding its Annual Youth Retreat on May 4-6 at Spruce Lake. PSEC youth in grades 7-12 are invited to join! The retreat cost is $130/person. Registration and a deposit are due by Feb. 12. For more information and the registration form, click here .

Discipleship Workshops coming to three location

Much emphasis is given today to churches reaching new people, and rightfully so. The real area of untapped potential in any congregation and community are not the people outside the church, but the people sitting in your pews every Sunday (or every other Sunday). The worship is designed to equip pastors and lay leaders with modern tools for doing an ancient work: making disciples out of those who are in our care.

Facilitated by Rev. Cean James, Associate Conference Minister for Congregational Development, there are three opportunities to attend this workshop, each from 10:00a-12:00p. The workshops are free, but registration is required. Click the links below to register and for more information. Event flyer .

PSEC Events

Jan. 28: John Abel Ordination and Installation at Immanuel, Shillington.

Feb. 1: Lectionary Series with Bill Worley at Conference Office or via Skype

May 1-3: Clergy Convocation in Lancaster

June 1-3: PSEC Annual Spring Meeting in West Chester.

View more events on the PSEC Calendar

Educational Opportunities

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Upcoming Church Events

Jan. 27: Soup Sale in Macungie

Jan. 28: Interfaith Harmony Benefit Concert in Norristown

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