June 2024 Newsletter Issue 31

June 30, 2024 Issue 31

Hybrid Stated Meeting ...

Join us this Fall on

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024

in-person at the First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey

Click on the Petoskey Stones above for info on two (2) discounted accommodation possibilities,

or scan the QR Code below for other options.

ACCOMMODATIONS SELL OUT QUICKLY!

Arrangements are in place for discounted blocks of rooms at two convenient locations.

Please click here for information

on discounted rooms.

Please mention the Presbytery of Mackinac business meeting being held at the First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey when you inquire/reserve.

Room availability is limited.

Call TODAY to reserve your room!

Visitors book up to a year in advance for a chance to enjoy the colors in our resort town.

The hybrid meeting registration form

will be available soon.

Documents/Reports Deadline

for the stated meeting is:

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Please Plan Accordingly

2024 Leap Year Mission Gift Challenge

You are Awesome!

To date, we have received ... 15 gifts ...

which is 4% of our goal of

366 special offerings

of up to $366 each

to help support Presbytery Missions.

These gifts, currently totaling close to $5,100, are from individuals and churches.

Why should I give?

Missions have been underfunded, which resulted in a $17,000 cut to Missions for 2024.

Your gifts will help fund missions in the future.

When using the "Combined Remittance Form", please indicate "Leap Year Gift Challenge"

on line 4, under the heading of "Other Giving".

Additionally, please include your email address with your gift; so we may acknowledge your generosity.

Click here to read the letter to Sessions with details on the Leap Year Mission Gift Challenge.

2024-2025 Presbyterian Planning

Calendars are Ordered!

If you placed an order through the presbytery office, please make arrangements for someone to pick up your calendars during the stated meeting in Petoskey on September 21, 2024.

If you did not order through us, you can still purchase calendars directly at

https://www.pcusastore.com/Products/9781732846746/20242025-presbyterian-planning-calendar.aspx

See you in September!

CRE Education Courses

Fall 2024 Registration is Open!

The updated rotating class schedule and Registration Form for

Fall 2024 courses is available at

www.presbymac.org

Registration Deadline is Friday, August 23, 2024.

Board of Pensions

Informational Zoom Meetings

Please click here for important information from Rev. Luke Choi regarding upcoming changes to the BOP's new Dues Packages and registration links for informational Zoom meetings scheduled for July 10 & 11, 2024

Advance registration is requested. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Rev. Luke Choi

lchoi@pensions.org

609.575.6321

From CCAM website ccangelmission.org

COPPER COUNTRY ANGEL MISSION AT A GLANCE

"Copper Country Angel Mission knows that our strength lies not only in words, but more importantly through our actions. More than 20 years ago, Rebecca Koivu, lay-pastor of the Community Church in Calumet, and a small group of individuals, brimming with faith and compassion, realized that together they could effectively help to overcome local effects of poverty. They launched New Beginnings Angel Mission, which later became a mission of Portage Lake United Church in Houghton with strong and generous support from the Presbytery of Mackinac. Since then, the grassroots, all volunteer organization has grown, broadened its support, changed its name, and become an independent 501-c-3 corporation but the mission is the same: Copper Country Angel Mission promotes community welfare by serving those in need with compassion and dignity. It retains the support of the local faith community and that of the Presbytery of Mackinac, as well as support from local businesses, organizations, foundations, and individuals."

Please mark your calendars ...

The office of Presbytery of Mackinac

will be closed as of 8 pm,

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 through,

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Blessings on your

Independence Day Celebrations!

~ The Staff of Presbytery of Mackinac

LINKS & REMINDERS:

From the admin's desk ...

Reminder:

Links and information may be 'hidden' behind pictures, words, and QR codes within the newsletters (e.g., click on the Petoskey Stones, or the QR Code).

Did you find the accommodations?

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Archived newsletters are available on our website www.presbymac.org

under "Presbytery Resources"

... and so is something NEW!

Check out the NEW button

"COM Liaisons to Churches"

Wondering who your Commission on Ministry Liaison is?

Click here to go to our website "Homepage"

Then scroll down and click on

"Presbytery Resources"

Next scroll down and click on

the NEW button labeled

"COM Liaisons to Churches"

Questions, comments, thoughts ... email admin@presbymac.org

... my laptop is always open!

With Christ's peace & joy, Alana

Meet in St. Louis!

"The 2024 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women, an in-person first since 2018, is convening in St. Louis from August 8-11 ... learn more about growing, serving and leading though Presbyterian Women." PC(USA) Presbyterian Mission

Click here for more information.

For possible financial assistance,

contact Sarah Juntune,

Treasurer, Presbyterian Women,

for Presbytery of Mackinac

sarahjuntune@gmail.com

News from the 226th GA!

According to a message from Rev. Ryan Donahoe, member of the Christian Formation Committee for General Assembly, " ... we unanimously approved Rev. Dr. Andrew Palmerville, who is from the Presbytery of Mackinac as the new President of Louisville Theological Seminary."

Save the Inauguration Date!