NOTE: Most Ministry Teams will be recessing until January 2019. Please check with your team's moderator for any questions, prior to the January meetings.

Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery Office Holiday Schedule

The office will be closed December 31 and January 1 to spend time with family for the holiday season. We will be accessible by email, albeit it with a delayed response, during this time.

Rural Abundance Core to Justice, Climate And Food: Heartland of the Country

This phrase conjures up images of farmers in red flannel shirts, combines, rich soil, and giant bundles of wheat. While this can still be found, the reality is often less Norman Rockwell. Decrepit barns, empty silos, abandoned mills and boarded-up Main Streets are common. Presbyterian Today’s Donna Jackson writes about how churches are dealing with hunger in rural areas, as three quarters of the counties in the U.S. with the highest rates of food insecurity are rural. Continue to read here.

Uprooting Hunger - Hunger Action Team

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

Celebration of Ministry

You are all invited to participate in the final worship service of Elm Street Presbyterian Church, which is closing at the end of this year after 99 years of faithful ministry. The service will be on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 1 p.m., with The Rev. George Humbert preaching. A reception will be held in the fellowship hall immediately after the service. Join us in giving thanks to God for the ministry of Elm Street Church, and join us in prayer for its members and community. The address is 101 W Elm St, Alton, IL 62002.

Retirement Celebration for Rev. John Higgins

The family and friends of the John Knox Presbyterian Church would like to invite you to the retirement celebration of Rev. John Higgins. Pastor John will deliver his last sermon at John Knox on Sunday, December 30, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. ( There will be no Sunday School that morning.)  The John Knox Presbyterian Church is located at 13200 New Halls Ferry Road, Florissant, MO 63033. Directions can be found here. A reception will follow immediately after church. 

Pastor Higgins has served John Knox Presbyterian for 16 1/2 years. The congregation welcomes all to his reception, giving you, the members and friends of the Presbytery the opportunity to say thank you to John, to remember him for his leadership, his friendship, and his love.  

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.

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]