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"This is how it starts as one voice becomes a chorus of change"
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Our Presbytery - Our Work
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Weekly Prayer Basket
- Please pray for... Joyce Wilks Love, Mission and Outreach Moderator and family in the sudden passing of her brother in law, Ronald Ollie
- Please pray ... for racial equality
- Please pray...for an end to violence, at home and abroad.
- Please pray for... for those ill and those vulnerable to COVID-19, the departed, and all essential workers
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Support Ministry
Help Wanted
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Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy
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NOTE: In light of the Covid-19 Pandemic, meetings will be restricted to Zoom or conference call. If you are unsure how to participate, please contact your team moderator, or call the office 314-772-2395, and select Leigh Porter, Office Manager.
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Presbytery Upcoming Virtual Meetings
Wed., June 10
7pm - Zoom Gathering Training (Look Below)
Thurs., June 11
12pm - Zoom Gathering Training (Look Below)
Sat., June 13
9am - Final Zoom Gathering Training (Look Below)
2pm - Presbytery Gathering (Look Below)
Mon., June 15
Wed., June 17
Thurs., June 18
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Reminders will be sent the evening before, with Zoom link and call-in information. We look forward to seeing you!
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Presbytery - Called to Gather
Saturday, June 13 | 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
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Becoming Matthew 25
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How Do We Engage Socially Distancing and still participate in Mission & Ministry?
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Send us your stories of how your congregation is maintaining congregational vitality during this pandemic. Send stories to Office Manager, Leigh Porter at
lporter@glpby.org
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Response To Congregation Challenge
by the Earth Care Team
This garden photo comes from the front yard of Carleton and Ellie Stock's home (retired Presbyterian Clergy) in Dellwood, MO. The project was in response to the challenge to presbytery congregation members by the Earth Care Team to Beautify and Plant New Life in their yard or community or at the church during June. The garden is for beautification and the sign for joining the call of the recent protests to respect the lives of people of color, especially African-Americans. Please send a photo of your project to your church's publications and/or to the presbytery e-newsletter. Thank you.
For more info on how your congregation can become a certified Earth Care Congregation in the Presbyterian Church (USA), contact:
carletonstock@aol.com
or (314) 941-9378.
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2020 St. Louis Crop Hunger Walk
Save the Date and Start Now!
The 2020 St. Louis CROP Hunger Walk and Concert is scheduled for Sunday, October 25, at Eden Seminary in Webster Groves, if public gatherings are permissible and advisable. But the Walk this year may have to be virtual, so you can start now! For details, go to:
Here you can register, create a team, and/or donate. CROP is the hunger-fighting wing of Church World Service (CWS), of which the PCUSA is a vital part. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need, internationally as well as locally, and CROP/CWS is helping. Questions? Email Clint McCann at
cmccann@eden.edu or call at 314-619-0599.
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Acts 2: Coming of the Holy Spirit,
Pentecost Video
Inspired to nurture creativity, serve with imagination, and bring some light and joy to the malaise of the pandemic, Light for the Darkness has created a Pentecost video
on Vimeo or
dropbox, including a selected reading of Acts 2. If you would like to share our video with your congregation, it would be amazing if you would support our artist, composer, and videographer. However, if you like the video and have already committed those funds to feeding other hungry folks, please go ahead and share the video.
To support Light for the Darkness, send a check, with the memo:
Light, to:Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, 1001 Craig Rd, Ste 170, St. Louis, MO 63146.
Peace, joy, and health be with you,
Thirza Sayers, Light for the Darkness, servant leader, Hillside Presbyterian, pastor
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Technology Grants Now Available
We need technology now more than ever. There are grants available to help your congregation in acquiring what you need to get your congregation on the technology track
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Summer 2020
Mission &
Outreach Team
Grant Applications
DEADLINE EXTENDED
You can find the application and details about the grants
Click here.
More details will be found in this Friday's newsletter.
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Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy
Emergency Relief Plan
Purpose: To provide emergency support for congregations experiencing proven financial hardship due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Finance Team has been authorized to approve emergency grants up to $10,000. Find more information by
c
licking here.
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2020 Mission Opportunities
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Mission Team at Woodlawn Chapel
Seeking Coupons
The Coupon Club shops each week for a local food pantry, Circle of Concern in Valley Park, Missouri, by combining church donations, coupons and grocery sales to stretch our dollars. With the Covid-19 shutdown, our coupon donations are way down -- normally our members drop these off each week at church. Can you help?
We shop each week to meet pantry needs, but normally we focus on non-perishable food items:
Cereal • Pasta Sauce • Pasta • Jelly • Peanut Butter • Canned Pasta • Canned Fruit • Dinner Helpers • Mac & Cheese • Snacks, i.e., fruit snacks, granola bars, Pop Tarts, crackers, chips • Laundry Detergent
If you have any of these coupons at home, please mail them to: Coupon Club, Woodlawn Chapel, 16520 Clayton Rd., Wildwood, MO 63011.
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Current Support Ministry Position Openings
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Interim Pastor - John Calvin Presbyterian
Executive Director of Child-Care Center
Called Pastor - Faith DesPeres Presbyterian
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Keep Connected
We love to hear about the work of the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy Congregations. Have an event, fundraiser, or concert and want to get the word out? Simply email that information in by
6 p.m. on Monday
of the week you want your event published. Help keep us connected by simply emailing your information to
jmcmillen@glpby.org
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