NOTE: Meeting locations are as follows: Oaks - is the meeting room next door to the presbytery office; St.Andrew - refers to the Board Room of St. Andrews on the second floor, directly above the presbytery office; Ladue - refers to Ladue Chapel; WG - refers to Webster Groves Presbyterian. Contact the office at 314-772-2395 if you are unsure where you will be meeting.

Millet farmers innovate to revive millet eating habits

Chethana, the Joining Hands network in India, has long recognized the value in growing the knowledge of and cultivation of millets in India. For years, Chethana has been organizing millet growing farmers into seed saver groups. And since 2015, Chethana has facilitated technical trainings with about 500 small and marginal farming families, having less than 2 acres of land. The results – farmers are successfully harvesting a variety of millets annually. Continue to read here.

Uprooting Hunger - Hunger Action Team

The next sixteen months the presbytery will work toward establishing Certified Hunger Action Congregations. This  handout will be helpful to your congregation, as we journey together in the year + ahead. If you have any questions, email:  [email protected]

Celebrating Elm Street

The final services of Elm Street Presbyterian Church were held on Sunday, December 30. There were memories, there were tears, there was laughter, and in the end there was a reminder that the journey continues for all members.

The church was full for the final services that included pastors, who had previously served the congregation. While Elm Street Presbyterian will be missed, their legacy of mission is still well established in the history of Alton.

While no words can describe the beauty of the service or fully illuminate the work of the congregation over the years, here is a short outtake of the final worship. Click here.

Save the Date for Rev. Susan Hayes Installation

Installation of Rev. Susan Hayes at St. John’s United Church of Christ 15370 Olive Chesterfield 63017 on January 20, 2019 at 3 p.m.

The Rev. Mike Trautman (First, Ferguson) will be preaching. Clergy who wish to participate in the opening processional are invited to robe and wear (red) vestments. Directions can be found here.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

This celebration will be held Sunday, January 20 at 3 p.m. at the John Edson Anglin Performing Arts Center at East Central College, Union, Missouri. All are invited to the celebration, which will feature keynote speakers Nate Tate, Republican Missouri Representative and Bruce Franks Democrat Missouri Representative. Musical performances will also be featured. Refreshments will follow. The event is hosted by Neighbors United - Undoing Racism, along with the Civic Engagement Committee at East Central College. 

Horn and Alphorn Free Concert

Thomas and Tricia Jöstlein offer a program for horn and alphorn with tenor Derek Dahlke and keyboardist Andrew Peters on Sunday, January 20 at 4:00 p.m.. The concert takes place at Second Presbyterian Church, 4501 Westminster Place in the Central West End, St. Louis, 63108. The concert is part of the Couts Music Series and is free to the community. For more information call 314-367-0367 or  www.secondchurch.net .

Feed Hungry UKirk College Students

UKirk - Support Presbyterian campus ministry in St. Louis with homemade Sunday dinner! UKirk gathers on Sunday evenings at Trinity Presbyterian - 6800 Washington Ave - for dinner, fellowship, and worship. (We gather to be fed in body and spirit!)

Dinner begins around 7:15 (once students have arrived) and worship begins around 8 p.m.

Full details and to sign up to participate in this ministry, click here.

Children's Community Choir

If your child likes to sing, our new children's choir will give them the opportunity to share their talents with other kids in our community and have a great time! Prospective Choir members would be children from 1st grade to 5th grade. Rehearsals would be from 10 a.m. until Noon on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, starting January 12, 2019. After registration at 10 a.m. on Jan. 12th, we will plan to rehearse at 10:30 a.m. 

This choir is sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church, located at 285 E. Springfield Rd., Sullivan, Missouri For more info call 573- 468- 6364 or email: [email protected]

Religion in the Age of Trump

Dr. James K Wellman, Jr. Professor of American Religion , Culture and Politics, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, will offer a variety of presentations in Lawrence during the week of March 24-26, 2019.

For more information contact:Kent Winters-Hazelton at [email protected]