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Mid-Winter Clergy Sabbath (formerly Clergy Convocation) - January 22 - 24, 2019
Spring Confirmation Retreat - March 15-17 -- please contact Patty if your church is interested in participating.
May 7-9, 2019 Hartman Center Work Weekend!
Annual Meeting - June 7-8, 2019, Susquehanna University
General Synod, 2019
- June 21-25, 2019,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Generosity |
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Friends of Penn Central Conference - NEW
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Many thanks, Penn Central Conference, for your generosity!
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So far, we have raised just under $6,000.
Thank you for your gifts!
Here are 5 suggestions for ways YOU can give:
- Follow this link to our donation page to make a one-time or monthly recurring gift.
- You may also send your donation by check to the Conference Office. (Please make check payable to Penn Central Conference, adding OCWM/Friends of Penn Central Conference in the memo line.)
- Volunteer your time serving in Association/Penn Central Conference ministries. Sign up here.
- Secure a matching gift from your company. You can search this database to see if your company matches - What an easy way to double your gift!
- Invite others to give to OCWM - if you have creative ideas, we would love hear them!
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Your generosity supports the important work we do with our local churches, Associations and the wider church. This enables us to invest in the programs, resources and tools needed to help our congregations flourish.
THANK YOU!
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#Giving Tuesday - NEW
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Next Tuesday - November 27, 2018 - is #GivingTuesday.
We invite you to join the #GivingTuesday movement - through your gift of volunteering, a donation to Penn Central Conference or sharing your church's mission and ministry on social media.
Use #pccuccgivingtuesday
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| Clergy News |
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Clergy Advent Sojourn
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 Clergy are invited to come to the Penn Central Conference Office on November 28, 2018 from 9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon to enjoy breakfast, worship and workshops themed around advent. To Register for the event. ---- Please also register for a workshop - PEACE, LOVE, HOPE, JOY. |
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Advent Bulletin Inserts - NEW
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Please share how you and your congregation celebrate Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love this Advent Season; use #3greatloves on social media.
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Clergy Sabbath: January 22 - 24 - NEW
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A Word from PCC Clergy, Rev. Cindy Garis,
Designated Senior Minister, Colonial Park UCC, Harrisburg
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Building Sacred Relationships in a Time of Conflict and Fear
January 22 - 24, 2019
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Please join us at a new location this year!
Sheraton Hotel, Harrisburg - 4650 Lindle Road - Harrisburg, PA
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Ministerial Excellence Forums, Spring 2019 - NEW
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Please join us on the following dates from 1:00 - 4:00 at St. Thomas United Church of Christ.
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Light refreshments will be served.
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| December |
December 2 - Nilda Roman Ordination at Wisdom's Table - 3:00 PM
December 2 - DiAnn Baxley Ordination at Dreisbach, Lewisburg - 3:00 PM
December 9 - Beth Firme Ordination at Faith, York - 3:00 PM
December 16 - Laura Ramsey Ordination at Christ, Elizabethtown - 3:00 PM
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Annual Meeting 2019 - NEW
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Save the Date: June 7-8, 2019
Theme: Renaissance Ministry: BE-ing the Church Today!
Verse: Ezekiel 37: 4-6
We invite members of the Penn Central Conference who are called or inspired to create a logo to be used at our Annual Meeting. Please consider our verse and theme and then submit your logo to
Stephanie by February 1, 2019. The PCC Annual Meeting committees will vote and winner will be notified by February 14, 2019.
For details
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General Synod 32, Milwaukee
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SAVE THE DATE
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| Prayers for Our Churches |
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 Prayers for Penn Central Conference Churches
"Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified everywhere, just as it is among you."
(2 Thess. 3:1)
Beginning in 2018, we have created a prayer list to invite you to pray with us as we pray for all of our congregations. Each week we will list names of various churches in Penn Central Conference hoping you will add them to your prayer list, and hold them in prayer throughout the week.
- Mount Zion UCC, York
- St. Stephens UCC, York
- Shiloh UCC, York
- Trinity UCC, York
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Hartman Center Stone House - NEW
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This house was built in the 1830s, survived an 1880s fire and has a wonderfully rich history.
Many of you may be wondering what has happened to the Stone House at Hartman Center since the January 2018 water damage. The good news is the Stone House has had all the damaged walls and contents removed and the insurance claim monies have been received.
At the PCC Board meeting in October, a decision was made to leave the Stone House as is and form a Historical Preseveration Committee. It will the this committee's responsibility to find a way to historically preserve the Stone House by obtaining grants and other funding sources to preserve the house for future generations.
How can you help maintain and preserve this 1830s Stone House?
If you are interested in serving on a Historical Preservation committee or know of someone who has an interest in Historical Preservation and would like to help, please contact the Conference Office at 717-652-1560. Thank you.
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I read several devotionals-I actually collect them, it seems (especially the calendar type)-and I have one sitting out now at the Penn Central Office, where I was hired as Administrative Assistant in August. A scripture in one of them quotes from Ephesians 4:29 (NLT): "Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them." I take these words to heart, as I am usually the first voice many of you hear on the phone when you call our office. I have now graduated from being "the voice" to meeting more of the members of the Penn Central Conference in person---and it has been a delight to match faces to voices!
