Important This Week
  • Sign up now for 'How to Understand Your Community' workshop on MissionInsite program
  • Calvary UCC, Philadelphia holding final service in church this weekend
PSEC pastor working on research after grant received

Gestalt Pastoral Care has been awarded a coveted research grant focused on “Grace Examined: Evaluating Gestalt Pastoral Care Spiritually Integrated Strategies for Clinical Effectiveness.” When research is launched in August 2018, among those practitioners who will be taking part include Gestalt Pastoral Care practitioner Wanda Craner. For more information on the research and grant, click here .
Parish Secretaries' Seminar scheduled for October

The Annual Parish Secretaries' Seminar will again be held at the Bird-in-Hand Family Inn. This event is not hosted by the PSEC, but is enjoyed by many of our local church secretaries.

Click here for the event letter
Click here for the registration form
Click here for an invitation to the Tuesday painting party
Search and Call Summit announced for August
 
Churches in the search and call are invited to the annual Search and Call summit on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 9:00a-12:00p at Zwingli UCC, Souderton. This year's theme will be "Assessing Pastoral Candidates"; learn how to avoid common mistakes made, how to check references, how to be clear on where the church is going, and best practices for interviews. The event is free to churches currently in the search process, but you must register so that we can have materials ready. Contact Rev. Sharon Morris ( morris@psec.org or 484-949-8774 ext. 302) with any questions.
Register now for MissionInsite event on community analysis
 
Join fellow church members and discover the benefits of learning about your community and how to welcome them. A workshop – “How to Understand Your Community” – will be offered on Friday, Aug. 3 from 6:00-8:30p at Zwingli UCC, Souderton. This will train church leaders and pastors on the MissionInsite tool. MissionInsite is a mission context analysis tool for churches. It's used to receive high quality demographic research, real-time congregant analysis, and easy to use web-based discovery tools. MissionInsite is FREE for all churches in PSEC thanks to your gifts to OCWM. The workshop cost is $20/individual or $50 for a church group. Click here for event flyer. Register now .
Church Events
July 28: Huff's Community Picnic in Alburtis


July 29: Final Service at Calvary UCC, Philadelphia

July 29: Reading A Cappella choral group in Molltown

July 30: Vacation Bible Camp in Souderton

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Church Openings
Many openings are on UCC's Ministerial Opportunities page. In addition to those, these churches are looking for leaders:

St. Peter, Knauertown: part-time beginning ASAP

Tinicum, Pipersville: part-time beginning ASAP

Trinity, Rehrersburg: part-time beginning August

Wyomissing, Gouglersville : part-time beginning ASAP

If you’re interested in a position, contact Rev. Sharon Morris: morris@psec.org or 484-949-8774 ext. 302.
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PSEC Events
Aug. 4: How to Understand Your Community in Souderton


Aug. 11: Stewardship Workshop in Norristown

Aug. 22: JCVDT Zoom Call

Sept. 11: Diversity Training in Schuylkill Haven

Sept. 25: Ventures Retreat at Mariawald

Oct. 4: Boundary Training for Retirees (and soon to be retirees) at Church of the Good Shepherd, Boyertown

View more events on the PSEC Calendar
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