The Susquehanna Area Mission Council of the Penn Northeast Conference is inviting all churches in both PNEC and PSEC to share in its annual mission project. If your congregation is willing to participate in this offering supporting our common disaster relief ministry, please include this insert in your Sunday bulletin, along with information about how gifts should be made in your congregation. A short video explaining this Challenge can be found here. Donations received should be forwarded to your Conference office at the conclusion of the campaign, marked "High 5 for Disaster Relief". 

There will be a virtual worship celebration to end the campaign on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3:00p. Please pass along to your congregation the following Zoom invitation. This will feature the national UCC Minister for Disaster Response and Recovery, Lesli Remaly, and leaders from the PSEC and PNEC. If you have not received an offering for this campaign there is still time to do so.   

Shalom,

Karl

Bulletin link - High 5 Celebration service

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kb1tPzmOT0

May 3-5, join PSEC and PNEC for a time of collegiality, spiritual renewal and education for authorized ministries and members in discernment... Clergy Convocation 2022! Rev. Cindy Garis August will join the group as the Presenter. Monday is the deadline for a double early bird discount. For more information and to register, click here.

If your church has not yet completed year-end reporting for the United Church of Christ, you have until next Wednesday at midnight to take action. Find information about the reporting by visiting psec.org/reporting. Contact Brea at the Conference Office with any questions: brea@psec.org, 484-949-8774 ext. 311. 

Pastors are different, pastors may reach out with gentle, loving concern if told by a family member or good friends that someone is suffering. Of course, pastors must keep confidential all that the individual reveals so that the pastoral relationship can continue on. However, that first call or visit may make all the difference with getting a person started on the road to recovery. It says, someone has cared enough to inquire, “How are you doing, really?” No other professional has this ability to reach out. It is an important function of ministry. For more information contact the Task Force on the PSEC website.

Phoebe Ministries is accepting applications for its Summer Intensive CPE Group. For more information, click here for a flyer.

The Schuylkill Association has a ministry opportunity for a part-time chaplain at Locust Lake State Park near Tamaqua. If you are a Christian (Clergy or lay) who can function in an unstructured situation and who has a love of God, God’s creation, and God’s people, then this might be the opportunity for you. Click here for information.

Mid-Atlantic Association of United Church Educators is inviting pastoral, faith formers, and ministry leaders to share in a time of healing and inspiration. The MA-AUCE Conference is being held as a hybrid event from March 28-30 at the Tuscarora Inn & Conference Center in Mt. Bethel. For more information, click here.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Ministry is pleased to announce a new program, Financial Basics for Church Leaders. The program consists of four, six-week PAM classes and a half-day conference during 2022.

The remaining classes are:

PAM obtained grant funding to subsidize the registration costs for participants. We are offering all four classes for the price of one. Along with the half-day conference on Multi-vocational Ministry on May 14, the entire program will cost only $350 per participant. Successful participants will earn 10.3 CEUs. More information.