Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy Weekly Newsletter

Newsletter

January / 3 / 2023

A New Year and New Beginning!

"... in the coming months, the office staff will be in transition between accounting systems …We would greatly appreciate your understanding and forbearance as we navigate this transition..."

Rev. Ryan Landino, Presbytery Leader

rlandino@glpby.org

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Weekly Prayer Basket

Please pray for...please pray for our congregations and presbytery in 2023, that we might learn, grow and support in love of our neighbors.
Please pray for.. children and adults who are battling respiratory illness this month.

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Upcoming Ministry Team Meetings

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No Meetings Scheduled

Mon., Jan. 9

7 pm DRAWP Click Here

Tues., Jan. 10

11 am NWCC Click Here

2 pm Dynamic Leaders Click Here

4 pm Admin Click Here

Wed., Jan. 11

11 am Transition Pastors Click Here

12 pm COM Click Here

Thurs., Jan. 12

9:30 am - History Team (Southminster)

3 pm Gather Plan Click Here

Stated Presbytery Gathering

Thursday, February 2

Time - TBD

More details released soon

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News & Updates

Tips for Caring for God's Unbelievable Creation: Make a New Year's Resolution

to Care for Planet Earth

As we begin a brand-new year, may we be resolute in our daily practices to address a changing climate and a Mother Earth that desperately needs our care! Make a new list or re-resolve to do last year's list to live as "green" a life as can be!

"TIPS" is brought to you by the Earth Care Work Group of presbytery. Contact: carletonstock@aol.com or (314) 941-9378.

Glendale Presbyterian Church is located at 500 N Sappington Rd, St. Louis, MO 63122. Directions may be found by clicking here.

Looking for a summer job?

Check out our Summer Staff

opportunities at Montreat!

Each summer, Montreat Conference Center employs over 100 Summer Staff to help keep things running smoothly during the Conference Center's busiest months. If you are a recent high school graduate, college student, or are just interested in a 10-12 week seasonal position, keep reading to see how you can gain practical work experience and enjoy all that summer in Montreat has to offer. Click here for more information.

Deadline Extended

The office of Vital Congregations invites presbyteries to join together in covenant relationship to God and each other, as we seek the Spirit’s revitalizing power for a vital life together, through a two-year Revitalization Initiative -which is a covenant relationship between presbyteries and the PC(USA) to prayerfully walk with pastors and existing congregations in intentional efforts of revitalization. The deadline for enrolling in the 5th Wave of the Vital Congregations Initiative has been extended. There's still no application or fees!

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New Home for Choir Robes (FREE)

Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church would like to find a new home for its choir robes. There are 16 green robes (fabric: polyester; style: Symphony; sold by: Cokesbury; manufactured by: Collegiate) with 15 matching cream-colored satin collars. We also have 8 gold robes. Photos are available upon request.

If interested, please leave a message with Saint Andrew at (314) 353-0979.

Fraught & Flummoxed, a conference for those seeking courage and creativity as they elevate the Gospel. Join us January 30–February 2, 2023, as we engage mind, body, and spirit in the analysis of anti-racism.

Have you been trying to engage your congregation in conversations on anti-racism in light of the myriad of issues brought to light over the past two years? These are important - albeit hard - conversations to be having, and we want to do everything we can to help support ministers and lay people alike as their congregations tackle issues of social reform in an ever-polarized political landscape.

Come – join us for a few days as we gather (online and in person) to grieve the losses we have endured due to illness, fear, convenience, laziness, complacency, workaholism, and comparison. Jesus is calling us to rest – really rest. It is our hope that you will find rest and company during the Annual Event. Learn more by clicking here.

Calvin Symposium on Worship

February 8–10, 2023

Register now for the Calvin Symposium on Worship, held on the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

This annual, ecumenical conference gathers worshipers from across Canada, the US, and beyond; brings together people from a variety of roles in worship and leadership, including pastors, worship planners and leaders, musicians, scholars, students, worship bands and teams, organists, visual artists, preachers, chaplains, missionaries, liturgists, council and session leaders, and more; and encourages leaders in churches and worshiping communities of all sizes and settings.