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Looming Deadlines

Tue Aug 31
Scheduling Deadline
2010 International
Peacemaker Visit

Wed Sep 1
Grant Application Deadline
2010 Congregational Development Grants

Tue Sep 7
Registration Deadline
Clergy/CLP Resource Lunch

Wed Sep 8
Docket Time Request, Mailed Docket Material Receipt and Display Space Request
Presbytery Meeting
@ Chili, First

Fri Sep 10
Ordering Deadline
2011 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study

Tue Sep 14
Taken Docket Material Receipt
Presbytery Meeting
@ Chili, First

Thu Sep 16
Registration Deadline
Part-Time Ministry Discussion


Coming Events

Thu Sep 9, Noon–1:30
Clergy/CLP Resource Lunch

Sat Sep 18, 9:30–11am
Part-Time Ministry Discussion

Sat Sep 25, 9:30–11am
Resource Saturday

Sat Sep 25, 9:30am–3:30pm
Presbyterian Women Fall Gathering

Sun Sep 26, 2–6pm
Campus Quest!


Advance Planner

Tue Sep 28, 4pm
Presbytery Meeting
@ Chili, First

Fri Oct 8–Fri Oct 15
2010 International
Peacemaker Visit

Sat Feb 12, 2011
2011 Church Leader Development Day

2010 Presbytery Meetings

Recent Updates

New
Aug 26
Employment Opportunities: Christian Education Director @ 12 Corners
New
Aug 19
News: Schedule an event at your church with the 2010 Int’l Peacemaker
News: Community Worship Service Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
New
Aug 13
INFOPAK for August
Resource Saturday September 26
Part Time Ministry—In Your Church? Two discussions exploring the joys and challenges of part-time or bivocational ministry
Updated
Aug 5
Presbytery Leader Search: Progress update
Updated Documents:

News

2010 International Peacemaker to Visit in October

Rev. John Tubuwaisa 2010 International Peacemaker. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, Rev. Tubuwa will be in Rochester from October 8–15. To host an event with him, contact no later than Tuesday August 31.

Community Worship Service Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

This service will remember the lives lost to Hurricane Katrina and will honor the outreach of support from the Rochester community in the five years since the initial devastion.

After the service, 23 RH2NO volunteers will depart for a week of service.

Ecc 3:17Part Time Ministry— In Your Church?
Is it “Maintenance Staffing in Lean Times”, or “New Models for Transformational Leadership”?

The Clergy Care and Development Committee and the Resource Center bring you two discussions exploring the joys and challenges of part-time or bivocational ministry.

These sessions will be especially relevant for clergy, CLPs, and congregational leaders considering a part-time staffing model. At the same time, the perspectives, gifts and skills that allow pastors and congregations to be successful in a part time model are applicable to full-time settings as well. Come join in the discussion.

Two opportunities for sharing:

Learn more here…

GA 219 logoReport from 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
July 3–10, 2010 Minneapolis, MN

Rivers of Living Water — John 7:38

The 219th General Assembly held in Minneapolis has adjourned. Despite our individual differences of opinion, as Presbyterians, we believe that the Holy Spirit speaks through the gathered body.

Your commissioners,

were faithful to their commission, representing our Presbytery with integrity, and discerning the Spirit’s leading with their 700 brothers and sisters in Assembly.

There were important actions taken that bear accurate interpretation to our congregations.

Here is a letter from Cynthia Bolbach, newly elected Moderator of the 219th General Assembly; Landon Whitsitt, newly elected Vice Moderator; Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly; and Linda Valentine, Executive Director of the General Assembly Mission Council.

Here are five FAQs on the following GA actions for your thoughtful and prayerful attention:

Leadership Announcement from Roderic Frohman, Chair of Council

Presbytery Council is happy to announce that we have selected an Acting Presbytery Leader.

Karen PryorKaren Pryor, an elder at Third Presbyterian Church and currently Presbytery Treasurer, will begin on August 1. The position is three-quarter time. The contract period is for one year, with a sixty-day termination clause.

We are sure that Karen’s knowledge of the Presbytery, her professional skills, and her calm manner will assist the Presbytery in continuing to operate smoothly during this transition period. The staff is looking forward to working with Karen.

Craig Bolesky, chair of the Budget Development and Oversight Committee, will become Treasurer Pro-Tem for the term served by Karen as Acting Presbytery Leader.

Susan OrrWe are also happy to announce that Susan Orr, Coordinator for Educational Resources, will become Presbyter for Mission and Education effective September 1, 2010.

Susan will move to full-time and will assume additional responsibilities in addition to her current duties, including promoting mission initiatives within the presbytery and congregations and coordinating workshops and training events for the Presbytery.

She has been with the Presbytery since 2001 and has done a wonderful job of providing resources and opportunities for people in the Presbytery to expand their knowledge and experiences in the church. She is enthusiastic about this new role, and we look forward to her greater involvement.

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