Welcome to this week's edition of our e-letter, Presbytery Matters. | |
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We want to hear about the mission stories from our Presbytery's worshiping communities. What mission work are you involved in? How are your members working in the community? What story would you like to share with others in the Presbytery?
Send any mission stories from your congregation that you would like to share to: CaySyrNews@gmail.com.
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Presbytery Matters.
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Joys and Concerns around the Presbytery | |
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In our prayers together this week:
- Please pray for our divided country after a volatile election season. Please say a prayer for peace and love.
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Pray for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one.
- All those in Ukraine.
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All those in Lebanon.
- All those in Israel and Gaza.
- All those who are homebound.
- All those who battling addiction.
- Keep all those who battling cancer and other chronic illnesses in your prayers. Please ask God to be by their side and to be with their doctors and families.
In the cycle of prayer our Presbytery, please pray for these congregations, faith communities, and individuals: minister members of the Presbytery who are engaged in specialized ministries, who are at-large members, or who are retired.
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If you'd like to share a particular joy or concern with the Presbytery, please contact: CaySyrNews@gmail.com. Please note, prayers will be featured for three weeks, unless a specific time frame is requested. " | |
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Churches will receive finalized Per Capita bills for 2025 after the November Presbytery Meeting.
If there are any questions, please contact Kristin Schierer at finanace@cayugasyracuse.org or (315) 632-5698.
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Attention Churches: Do you need event graphics created for social media and online use? Communications Coordinator Sarah Buckshot can help create graphics for you to share online. Do you need a Word Document or PDF converted to an image file for better sharing online? Sarah can help. Please don't hesitate to reach out and request a graphic at anytime! Sarah can be reached at caysyrnews@gmail.com
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Background checks for incoming Ministers of the Word & Sacrament are now conducted through Praesidium.
https://www.praesidiuminc.com
To request a background check, please contact your COM liaison.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE: First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia held a special Veterans Day service on Sunday. Thank you to all those who served our country. | |
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Date: Saturday, December 7th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Place: Korean Church of Syracuse, 1800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210
Admission: General $15/ Students $10
Contact: 315-474-8346 or info@kcsyr.org
This concert is the annual fundraising concert for New York Bible Conference (NYBC) which will be held on Jan. 9-11, 2025 at Camp of the Woods in Speculator, NY. This concert has been held since 2006.
NYBC focuses on its mission for Christian students and adults to reestablish their faith in the Word of God through Jesus Christ. It is targeted for those in Upstate NY in areas like Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, and Syracuse to revive the Gospel in this area.
This concert is performed mainly by the HESED of Eastman music school (Rochester, NY) and recently other music schools have joined.
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Practical Resources for Churches Webinars | |
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New York State Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Webinars
You can take this training any time during the year
charlaine@prcli.org
3:00 – 4:30 pm EST
7:00 – 8:30 pm EST
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Help Wanted: Church Organist for Rural Country Church
Position: Church Organist/Pianist
Location: Whitelaw Presbyterian Church, Canastota NY
Job Type: Part time - 5 hours weekly
"Whitelaw Presbyterian Church is seeking a skilled and dedicated organist to enrich our worship services with music. This role involves accompanying weekly services, special ceremonies (such as weddings and funerals), and family choir rehearsals 6:30 pm on Thursday. We are looking for someone who is musically proficient, dependable, and passionate about enhancing the worship experience through music."
Key Responsibilities:
- Play organ for weekly services and special church events
- Select and arrange hymns and music pieces in coordination with church leadership
- Support choir rehearsals 6:30 pm on Thursday
- Perform basic maintenance of the organ and report any issues
Qualifications:
- Proficiency in organ performance, sight-reading, and music selection
- Previous experience in a church setting is preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Commitment to regular attendance and participation in church services and events
Compensation: Depends on Experience
How to Apply: Interested candidates are asked to call Donna Chapman, CLP at (315) 447-9196. Auditions will be part of the selection process.
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Scipioville Presbyterian Church seeks Organist/Choir Director
Scipioville Presbyterian Church is a small, vibrant and welcoming congregation in search of an Organist/Choir Director.
Scipioville Presbyterian Church is located at 3428 State Route 34B in Scipio Center/
Interested candidates are asked to call or text Barbara Adams at 315-246-7955 or email resume or questions to baamoravia@aol.com.
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Northville United Presbyterian Church seeks pastor
Northville United Presbyterian Church (NUPC), nestled in the bucolic village of Northville, New York is searching for a vibrant, compassionate part-time to full-time Pastor to lead and accompany us on our quest to becoming better Disciples of Christ. Located on the Great Sacandaga lake in the beautiful Adirondack Park of Upstate New York, we are a small but active congregation serving the Lord and community in various outreach and inhouse programs who desire a forward-thinking pastor to preach the teachings of Christ and relate them to our daily lives. Our pastor will also shepherd our efforts in our music program, develop programs to attract youth and minister to the needs of the elderly in our midst. Read More...
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Are you hiring?
If your church is hiring, please send an announcement and job description to Communication Coordinator Sarah Buckshot at caysyrnews@gmail.com
Please Note: Hiring announcements will run in Presbytery Matters for 3 weeks and then moved to our website. If you have a hiring announcement from 2023 and are still looking to fill it in 2024, please send a new announcement.
Thank you, Sarah Buckshot, Communications Coordinator.
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Around the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | |
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Creation is a gift from God, and we are called to steward it
The World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance, both partners of the PC(USA), issue a statement from COP29
By the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance
Special to Presbyterian News Service
Editor’s note: This year’s UN Climate Change Conference began Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Faith leaders and faith groups have for decades been engaged with climate negotiations, calling for climate justice for the most vulnerable people, communities, and countries who are most impacted by the effects of climate change. Their calls come from both their moral and justice perspective as people of faith and also from their experience as actors in humanitarian response and transformative development.
While recognizing that all countries have been blessed with gifts from God, faith leaders understand even more the need to care for the Creation God made, and to safeguard the most vulnerable who have contributed the least to climate change yet face its worst impacts.
“God calls us to take good care of the divine gifts of land, water and other resources,” said Bishop Julio Murray, an Anglican from Panama. Murray serves as the Chair of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network, and also as Moderator of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development. “The biblical concept of Jubilee calls for rest of the land — for the liberation of land from exploitation, extraction and drilling — to allow regeneration and renewal of our only planetary home. We know that the clock is ticking on climate change. We need to put a stop to fossil fuel extraction and production if we are to prevent the worst consequences of climate change. This is why churches are supporting and calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty now.”
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Chipping away at gun violence in Colorado
Guns to Gardens event helps get guns out of homes with help of PC(USA) Decade to End Gun Violence grant
By Darla Carter
Presbyterian News Service
In one of the latest efforts to reduce gun violence by turning weapons into innocuous objects, such as gardening tools, more than 70 firearms were taken out of commission recently in Denver, Colorado.
The firearms, which included five assault-style weapons, were collected during a Guns to Gardens event hosted by Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church and Temple Micah in October, with support from other organizations.
Thirty-three people responded to the call to relinquish their weapons so the firearms could be chopped up and later forged into garden tools, jewelry or art, in keeping with Isaiah 2:4, which says, “… They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more.”
The effort was designed to get guns out of homes and communities so they could not be used for self-harm or to hurt others. (Photo courtesy of Guns to Gardens Metro Denver)
The effort, a local iteration of the national Guns to Gardens movement, was designed to get guns out of homes and communities where they could be used for self-harm or to injure other people, said Susie Pappas, a Montview member who’s also part of Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence (CFCU), an ecumenical organization that includes Montview and Temple Micah, among others.
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