Those interested in participating are asked to send a request to him at [email protected] so that h may provide them with a GoToMeeting link and advance materials. Link can be shared with those in your congregation that might find this information helpful.

Mary Jane Thompson, a former enslaved person, started teaching Scripture and writing and reading to African American children in the basement of Washington-Compton Presbyterian Church in the 1890s. It soon became a mission church and, in 1898, was organized as the Leonard Avenue Presbyterian Church by the Presbytery of St. Louis. In 1908, the congregation hired its first full-time pastor, Selden Parr, who moved the church to Pine Street and named it Berea Presbyterian Church. It again moved, this time to Compton Heights, in the early 1900s. Berea described itself as, “an all-black congregation, surrounded by a deteriorating all-black residential area.” Mixed income housing was constructed where urban renewal projects demolished neighborhoods. As white residents moved in, Berea’s pastor, Carl Dudley, opened the church to both the black and white communities. Its Christian Conscience Committee advocated for social justice, provided shelter to people not welcome elsewhere and hosted desegregation training for pastors.

The Berea Presbyterian, now Berea Curby Presbyterian, was featured by the Presbyterian Historical Society in 2016. That article can be found here.

Use energy-saving compact flouorescent (CF) lightbulbs in your home, your church, your office, and your school. They now come in a range of sizes, shapes, and color tones and use up to 80% less energy and last 10 times as long as the old incandescent lightbulb. LED's (light emitting diodes) are even more efficient and long lasting. And you save lots of money over the long run.

TIPS are brought to you by the Earth Care Team of presbytery composed of representatives of 8 Earth Care Congregations and Mound Ridge Camp and Conference Center. For more info on becoming an Earth Care Congregation in the PC(USA) contact: [email protected] or (314) 941-9378.

In these pandemic reading can be a means for “being” in another place for a while. Fiction has the ability not only to tell a story, but also to speak to matters of truth. If you are interested in joining with others in a zoom book discussion group focused on “Faith and Fiction” contact me, Rev. Karen Blanchard, at [email protected] and we will select a mutually agreeable time beginning in October. We will begin with Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger and select other books together

Light for the Darkness offers a safe place to reach out whether as a starting point, as a place to receive information on mental health and support resources that are available, or as a place to connect to others feeling similarly.  It is our hope that you will find our group a helpful way for you to explore where God is in the midst of these challenging times with others who are feeling sim. 

We meet Mondays at 7pm via Zoom. 

Contact me about this group or to speak one-on-one, Thirza Sayers, 404.313.4549, [email protected]

You must be registered to vote. You can check to see if you are registered to vote, Missouri, here, and in Illinois, here. If not you may register to vote online in Missouri here and in Illinois, here.

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The ongoing pandemic has necessitated the decision that the 2020 St. Louis CROP Hunger Walk be all-virtual. For possible ways to participate (or donate) as an individual or a congregation, please see www.crophungerwalk.org/saintlouismo and/or contact Clint McCann at [email protected] or 314-619-0599. To facilitate the formation of a virtual CROP community, the 4th Annual CROP Concert will be broadcast on Sunday, October 25 at 7:00 p. m., probably as a Facebook Live Premier event. This concert will also be the 9th Annual Eden Seminary Festival of Psalms, featuring Richard Bruxvoort Colligan and a host of other excellent musicians. For updates, check the local CROP website (above) or www.eden.edu. Due to the pandemic, the need is even greater than usual; so please consider how you can support CROP/Church World Service!

Please submit your grant request to [email protected]. Note in the subject line Second Wave Grant.

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FREE - Held Virtually September 19 & 26

In an ongoing effort to create a more diverse and inclusive denomination, the Presbyterian Intercultural Network and the Presbyterian Mission Agency, in partnership with the presbyteries of Sacramento and Stockton and Charlotte, will host the 2020 Intercultural Transformation Workshops.

The free workshops will be held from 1 p.m. through 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 19 and 26. All participants must register in advance. Find more information about this event here.

Many faith and church leaders continue to search for ways to connect with their parishioners in virtual, although creative and meaningful, ways. Likewise, the pandemic itself has heightened pastoral care concerns in a variety of ways. This online workshop will address some of those concerns. Additionally, a portion of this workshop will be dedicated to allowing participants to voice their own concerns, with conversation facilitated around those concerns and time provided to reflect together on some pastoral care resources that might be helpful in the midst of the current crisis. Part of the purpose of this online workshop is to enable participants to explore current pastoral care concerns together within the context of a global pandemic. Learn more here.

Each 90-minute webinar will consist of 60 minutes of presentation and teaching followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. Learn more by clicking here.

Our partner, the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, is offering the Art of Transitional Leadership virtual training the week of October 12-15, 2020. Please visit their website to learn more and register. Click here for details

The weeklong confirmation class, June 22–July 2, hosted by PAM and the Presbyterian Publishing Corp., will take place during PAM’s intergenerational 2021 Worship and Music Conference at Montreat. The overall conference theme is “Gathered in My Name.” Learn more here.