rsmat
Quick Notes Update for March 21, 2020
Be sure to like our facebook page for more updates!

Have you checked the synod calendar to see what's happening? For more information on the events below, click on the calendar link.  Don't see your church's event listed - be sure to include the synod on your email and mailing lists by sending information to rsmat@rca.org.

All feedback welcome as we develop this new version more fully

See the developing archive of our past emails in the side bar of the news page!

Help us invite others to receive our email, 
copy and send them this link

The information and materials that appear in the email newsletter, facebook page or on the Website of the Regional Synod of the Mid-Atlantics of the Reformed Church in America ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE OPINION OF THE REGIONAL SYNOD OF THE MID-ATLANTICS OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA, NOR ARE SUCH NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY THE REGIONAL SYNOD.  THE ACCURACY AND VALIDITY OF THE INFORMATION IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROVIDER OR AUTHOR.
emotional
CANCELLATIONS
laydinner
2020 Lay Recognition Dinner
 POSTPONED
crossroads
CROSSROADS WOMEN'S 35TH CONFERENCE
POSTPONED

FAITHWALKING 101
POSTPONED

***************************************

IS YOUR CHURCH LOOKING FOR 
ONLINE GIVING OPTIONS?
THE RCA HAS A SOLUTION FOR YOU!
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW FOR FULL DETAILS

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR A LIST OF COVID RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FROM RCA, UCC, CHRISTIANITY TODAY AND OTHERS
 READ ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN AT THE REFORMED CHURCH HOME IN OLD BRIDGE
click on the image below

THE REGIONAL SYNOD FOUNDATION IS MEETING THIS COMING TUESDAY AND WILL BE DISCUSSING COVID-19 CHALLENGES.
THE REGIONAL SYNOD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS MEETING THIS COMING THURSDAY. WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR ALL OF OUR CHURCHES AND DISCUSSING WAYS WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THIS TIME!
REGIONAL SYNOD CHURCHES THAT ARE LIVESTREAMING SERVICES OR DOING ADAPTIVE MINISTRY

Ocean Community Church, Manahawkin
Streams at this link
Online giving and website at this link

Classis Delaware Raritan has a list of congregations doing adaptive ministry

IS YOUR CHURCH OR CLASSIS DOING ADAPTIVE MINISTRY IN THIS EMERGENCY?
Send us an email to we can tell your story!
onlinelearning
FREE Online Learning Opportunities
Mediated Organizations: 
Technology for your church ministry

We are setting up online seminars. Please let us know which topics are of interest to you. 
Consider having a custom training for your own church team or board! On-sites are possible with enough notice.

Let us know what you are interested in or if you have questions!

  1. Using Facebook 
  2. Livestreaming your services
  3. Online giving options
  4. Group texting options
  5. Using Twitter 
  6. Using free and low cost websites
  7. Using higher end paid websites
  8. Using podcasts
  9. Using mind mapping for planning and meetings
  10. Using visual thinking for planning and meetings
  11. Using online collaborative platforms for teams and organizations: basecamp, slack and more
  12. Using projection in your church ministry
  13. Using email newsletters: constant contact and mailchimp
Courses are taught by The Rev. Dr. Philip Bakelaar, , rsmat communications coordinator, pastor at Ocean Community Church in Manahawkin and adjunct professor in the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University. 

enneagram
RCA online course





warwick
WARWICK CONFERENCE CENTER



We've updated the webpage on our site, visit today!

"Echoing God's desire for all people to be still and draw near, the Warwick Conference Center is a broadly inclusive place of welcome, hospitality, reflection, and retreat where all are invited to seek renewal, pursue personal and corporate growth, and have the opportunity to listen for God's voice."
pastorjobs
CONGREGATIONS IN OUR REGION SEEKING PASTORS

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW FOR THE CURRENT RCA LISTINGS


rsmatcalendar
VISIT OUR REGIONAL SYNOD ONLINE CALENDAR!



synodfoundation
Remember that the Synod Foundation has opportunities for loans and even some starter grants for new missions
...visit their  webpage on our website

Wise men and women in 1987 created an independent, not-for-profit corporation named the Synod Foundation:

To receive, hold, manage, invest, and re-invest the real estate and investment assets of PSMA [aka RSMAt], and to process and act upon loan requests and upon requests for grants from the churches and classes within the jurisdiction of PSMA from its commissions and subsidiary corporations, and from others within the scope of its concern and mission.

The Synod Foundation is governed by eight trustees appointed on an annual basis at RSMAt's annual meeting. The Trustees approve the loans and grants and manages the other investments. The Foundation currently has 20 active church and social responsibility loans totaling over $1.1 million. The balance of the funds, $1.8 million, are invested in a wide variety of short and long term securities.

Churches secure loans for new roofs, parsonage or church furnaces replacement or upgrades, repointing brick or stone, interior church and parsonage renovations, removing accessibility issues, purchasing a building, and hurricane cleanup and repairs. Recently, four churches have secured loans for solar systems as a witness to green stewardship and expecting to lower their future electrical energy costs even as the solar system loan is being paid. With the Federal and New Jersey government assistance, the expectation is for the loan to be paid in around 12 years with the life of the solar panel system good for another 15 or so years.

See the Foundation flyer for commonly asked questions or contact the Synod Office for more information.



remember to check our 

website posts 

and

calendar  

calendar 

for more current events!