You Are Invited

Presbytery Tech Person Needed

The Presbytery is looking for a Tech person to help with our quarterly Presbytery meetings. (This includes four eight hour meetings per year plus be available for four 2 hour planning meetings quarterly) Must have knowledge of Zoom, including issues with sound and video. Must be available to set up equipment to start each meeting and monitor Zoom participants. Compensation is negotiable. If you or someone you know may be interested please contact Tammy Strickland at tstrickland@pslpcusa.org.

Join us on Tuesday, February 20^th, at 7 p.m. Eastern time for a free webinar with a panel of renowned PC(USA) preachers and educators. Each panelist will reflect on the theme “Leading with Good News in Difficult Times: Preaching and Teaching at Easter” to help inspire and encourage you during this Lenten season.

Congo Mission Network

Save the Date for the 2024 Conference

“Education for Transformation: Equipping Congolese Youth for the Future” is the theme of the 2024 Conference. Save the date, March 14-16, 2024, for this dynamic get-together. Click here for a Save the Date flyer in English, and here for French.

Faith in Action Alabama

Justice in Action Event - Clergy Leadership Team

On Thursday, February 8, 7pm-8:30pm, at Living Stones Temple, 1009 Walker Ave., Fultondale, Alabama, Faith in Action Alabama (FIAAL) will present the FIRST ANNUAL JUSTICE IN ACTION ALABAMA AWARDS to shine a spotlight on the exemplary Alabamians doing phenomenal work for Justice, Dignity, and Equity in our state.

Come be inspired by the words and works of these incredible individuals, and come CELEBRATE IN STYLE - it will be an unforgettable night!

“In Person” Ticket Registration: tinyurl.com/3c5nmxun

“Virtual” Ticket Registration (view from home) - https://www.crowdcast.io/c/ao0ogzdlyeqy

APCE Annual Event, January 24-27, 2024 in St. Louis, MO

The theme for the Association of Partners in Christian Education event is "Come All who are Thirsty," and registration is open now. Look for details on workshop offerings, speakers, scholarships and registration here. This event is available in person, online, and online in Spanish. Due to the partnership between the Christian Formation Office in the PC(USA), Global Language Resources, and APCE, there is no cost to participate in AE Online in Spanish.

Registration is now open for Living River Summer Camp

and for scholarship application.

Exploring the Legacies and Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement in the US South: 

A Pilgrimage to Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma, Jackson, the Mississippi Delta and Memphis / May 28 – June 6, 2024

The events of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, occurring largely in the U.S. South, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, profoundly changed the course of our nation’s history, leading to the abolishment of legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement. Through the non-violent, peaceful means of marches, protests, walk-outs, sit-ins, boycotts and demonstrations, citizens and movement leaders resisted continuing oppression and engaged in a hard-fought struggle to expand civil rights and dismantle the structural racism of their time.

NEXT Church Winter Workshop Burst 

https://nextchurch.net/product/winter-workshop-burst/

Five timely topics for church leaders based on feedback we have received from individual conversations concerning the needs on the ground: 

• Power Mapping: Building Skills for Community Organizing
• Enneagram 101: How Personality Types Impact Leadership
• Preaching as Disruption
• Transformation Within and Beyond
• How to Tell a Story

It’s only $29/person for all sessions or $25/person for each session. Our hope is that this low cost will provide access to as many leaders as possible.

Preaching for Change

https://nextchurch.net/preaching-for-change/

We received a Lilly Grant to support our initiative, Preaching for Change, and are excited to launch our pilot program in 2024. Cohorts can be composed of leadership within a congregation or colleagues with a common goal. All participants will engage with our resources (Cultivated Ministry and Crossroads video series), receive 1:1 and group coaching quarterly, and attend the 2024 National Gathering.

National Gathering 

https://nextchurch.net/product/2024-national-gathering/

From April 8-11, 2024 we will gather in Falls Church, VA to move the needle in our contexts. Participants will engage with practitioners and coaches in one of six different areas:

• Community Organizing
• Building Community Partnerships
• Intersectionality/Embodying Welcome
• Identity and Coalition Building for People of Color
• The Preaching Moment
• Leading Change

Please be sure to check out the job openings around our Presbytery at the bottom of this page.

Newsletters, Bulletins, News

• Presbyterian Outlook
• January 28 worship resources
• Feb. 4 worship resources
• Negotiating the coming wave of church property transition
• Provoking questions; contradictory answers
• Montreat Conference Center
• Announcing our 2024 Women's Connection Keynote Speaker
• Have you considered being a Small Group Leader?
• Presbyterian Historical Society Newsletter
• Presbyterians Today

PRESBYTERY OPERATING FINANCES November 2023 YTD