The Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy is seeking a part-time Stated Clerk for a three-year term, eligible for reelection who will join our staff in November of this year!

Interested and qualified candidates should send a letter of interest and resume, Personal Information Form (PIF), or CV to Donna Schiro, pastordonnatcpc@gmail.com. Please include your name in the subject line of your email and title all documents in the upper left corner with your first and last name. There will also be the opportunity to provide written responses to supplemental questions that will be extended to candidates upon application. Your letter of interest and documents must be received by July 24, 2023. Finalists will be notified by August 1, and interviews will be conducted on August 10 and 11, 2023.

Here is the job description approved at our last presbytery gathering: https://glpby.org/wp-content/uploads/Stated-Clerk-Position-Description-Presbytery-of-Giddings-Lovejoy-Final-4-20-2023-5.pdf, and here is a draft of the Ministry Information Form (published in full on Church Leadership Connection (CLC) system): https://glpby.org/wp-content/uploads/Stated-Clerk-MIF-4.29.23.pdf

To learn more about their ministry and to subscribe to their letters, visit their mission connection page.

Light for the Darkness and Grounded Gardening has been gifted a bench with a beautiful history from a Christian community that closed last year. The people who sat on it had been waiting, crying, praying, hungry, grateful, lonely, seeking, hopeful and so much more. We are going to rededicate this bench to service our healing work. Learn more by clicking here.

This dinner theatre will be held on Please make reservations for our dinner theater so we know how many tables to set up and how much food to fix. A donation to our mission fund is considered an admission fee. (no set fee is taxed) The Steelville Presbyterian Church is located at 211 N. First St., Steelville. Directions found by clicking here.

Here is artwork from this month's Prayer Art Retreat at Von Dell Gallery & Studios in Wood River. The story was from John 20:1-18. I'm always amazed by what develops as the evening progresses. The June Prayer Art Retreat is Thursday, June 15th at 6 p.m. at Von Dell Gallery & Studios, 102 E Ferguson, Wood River, IL. We hope you'll join us for art and the sabbath. You can register here: https://www.aplaceofgrace-juliegvillo.net/upcoming-events.html.

(Regular Price: $30.00). Click Here for Details

If you are planning to be part of the group read this summer, order yours today and receive 35% off the list price! Sign up for this summer's book group by sending an email to Travis Winckler (travis.winckler@secondchurch.net) Diane McCullough (dmccspae@sbcglobal.net), or Julie Northrip (juliearkansas@yahoo.com).

Are your furnaces and air conditioners high-efficiency models? Are your systems programmable and zoned? Are the outside doors and windows sealed tightly? Are the windows double-paned?

The Earth Care Team and Work Group monitor certified Earth Care Congregations in the presbytery and organize ways to address eco justice within the presbytery's boundaries. Contact: carletonstock@aol.com or 314-941-9378.

There are many ministry team positions available in the coming year, and we just know you would be a good fit for a committee or commission

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