Please send your letter of interest and resume, Personal Information Form (PIF), or CV to Donna Schiro, pastordonnatcpc@gmail.com.

Please include your name in the subject line of your email and title all documents in the upper left corner with your first and last name.

Be sure to check out our webpage for information on the search! https://glpby.org/services/clerk-search/

Candidates will be requested to fill out supplemental questions upon indication of their interest. Finalists will be notified by October 1^st, and interviews will be scheduled on Tuesday, October 17^th, and Wednesday, October 18^th.

  The Synod of Mid-America (SoMA) announces the 2023 Innovation Grant program to foster creative projects that seek to address the PCUSA’s Matthew 25 focus areas in:

Join hosts Aaron Hill from ChurchSalary and Matthew Branaugh from Church Law & Tax, along with experts Scott Landon and Josh Whitehead, for a webinar as we discuss:     

FREE Webinar: Do you only ask for gifts of cash or marketable securities from your donors? Did you know there are billions of dollars in privately held interests owned by very philanthropically-minded individuals who would love to make a gift to your congregation or religious non-profit? Do you know how to encourage your donors to consider those gifts or how to spot donors who may hold these more complex assets?

Laura Bryan, coordinator of the Office of Financial Aid for Service, hopes anyone working full-time (more than 30 hours) for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) with education debt will come to the webinars her team is hosting this fall and start the process to have their debt forgiven. The Office of Financial Aid for Service partners with PeopleJoy to offer Student Loan Coaching.

Registration can be found by clicking here.

Recordings of the webinars are available.

"TIPS" is brought to you by the presbytery's Earth Care Work Group that monitors the ten Earth Care Congregations in the presbytery and advocates for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and LGBTQ+ communities that are often hurt first and most by environmental degradation. Contact: carletonstock@aol.com or 314-941-9378.

The Sunday Forum Coordinating Team has been working to create a schedule of timely topics, and we hope you will be able to participate.  This fall season begins with a three-week series focusing on the SEASON OF CREATION. We are now in the church liturgical season of Ordinary Time which focuses on the church’s being called into the world to spread God’s love.  Within this season is the SEASON OF CREATION, September 1 to St Francis’ Day, October 4, which calls us, as Christians, to love and protect Creation the way God does, to LET JUSTICE AND PEACE FLOW for Creation and all that is in it--which is this year’s theme.  We hope to see you there! For more information:  Ellie Stock, elliestock@aol.com 

The 2023 CROP Hunger Walk and Concert is on Sunday, October 1 at Eden Theological Seminary, 475 E. Lockwood Ave., Webster Groves 63119 -- check-in at 4:30 pm, Walk at 5:00, and CROP Concert at 7:00 (= the 12^th Annual Eden Festival of Psalms). For further information and details, to register, to create a team, and/or to donate, go to the following website: www.crophungerwalk.org/saintlouismo

A Place of Grace does Healing and Wholeness Retreats! Sometimes you just need a way to say thank you to your employees, an entry into a Healing and Wholeness service, or to de-stress. A Place of Grace has got you! From a healing pathway to finger labyrinths to essential oils and the Reiki chair, A Place of Grace pastor, Julie Gvillo, can set up a soothing space in a conference room, a family room, or a Sunday School room, and your participants can be renewed and restored. OR you can make a Healing and Wholeness room part of a larger customized retreat that offers additional options for nurturing delight, facilitating healing, and inspiring prayer in people of all ages and from all walks of life through creative spiritual practices! The women of First Presbyterian in Fort Wayne, Wellshire Presbyterian in Denver, and Woodlawn Chapel in Wildwood can vouch for it! Call 618-410-5060 today to schedule a Healing and Wholeness Retreat or email Julie Gvillo at juliegvillo.aplaceofgrace@gmail.com for more details.

The Association of Partners in Christian Education Annual Event is coming to St. Louis Union Station from January 24th through January 27th, 2024. Your Local Committee is preparing to offer hospitality. We are asking for one volunteer per congregation in our presbytery. Please email your willingness to serve to juliegvillo.aplaceofgrace@gmail.com (Julie Gvillo) and patricia.cleeland@gmail.com (Rev. Pat Cleeland)

Another way you can help us is to click on the QR code, which will take you to our Amazon wish list which has a current list of our needs. This list will change as our needs are met and new ones materialize, so please keep checking. Thank you so much! We are grateful!

Are you a pastor looking for local QUALITY CONTINUING EDUCATION events at an affordable rate?

Have you thought that you or your ministry could benefit from ONE-ON-ONE COACHING OR SPIRITUAL DIRECTION?

Do you ever feel isolated and are seeking PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT OR COLLEAGUES IN MINISTRY?

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There are many ministry team positions available in the coming year, and we just know you would be a good fit for a committee or commission

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