Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery
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PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Mike Lenno | Karen Edwards Judy Walton | Matt Camlin Sue Roberts Rev. Clifford Canku | Laughlin Memorial Chapel Ministry Dakota Partnership All Service men & women |
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Pray for those sick with the corona virus, first responders, medical personnel, and the families who lost loved ones.
Pray for our presbyters, family members, & friends who are ill, hospitalized or in nursing homes. Please pray for our Churches and those who minister and serve.
Please pray for college students, our school administrators, parents/guardians, teachers, bus drivers and students as they navigate new realities of school during the pandemic.
Prayers for the upcoming elections, peace and civility for our country.
Prayers for those who are struggling with spoken and unspoken concerns and loss.
Please keep us updated of any prayer concerns you may have and if there is a prayer concern that should be updated or removed from this list.
Starting in October, we will be sending out Prayer Concerns and Birthday Celebration announcements in a separate communication from Happenings. Please do not share personal prayers or birthdays on Facebook or webpages.
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WEEKLY PRAYER FOR UOVP PASTORS. Select one of these pastors and remember him/her in your prayers this week: Ian Leyda, “:Mac” McCuen, Byron Mc Elroy, Susan McMannis, and Deborah Messham.
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY OCTOBER 4 “All who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves.” (I Cor. 11:29)The first Sunday in October is designated as World Communion Sunday, which celebrates our oneness in Christ with all our brothers and sisters around the world. Paul tells us that we are to “discern the body” when we partake of Holy Communion, mindful that we note our relationship to all our brothers and sisters in Christ in the celebration. One is not to go hungry while another is drunk! (I Cor. 11:21). This is scandalous behavior opposed to the Way of Christ. Thus it is appropriate that World Communion Sunday is also a time when we receive the annual Peace and Global Witness Offering as a way of continuing the ancient Christian practice of sharing what we have with brothers and sisters in need.
IMPORTANT PRESBYTERY DATES COMING UP
November 9 Minutes Review Due to Presbytery: Forms are on the website. Directories were sent out again this week with contact information for clerk of session. . We have received 5 churches reports already!
November 12 Docket Times for December Presbytery are due to Stated Clerk
November 16 Editable emailed Reports for December Presbytery are due at 9 am. December 12 STATED Meeting of the Presbytery at Laughlin Chapel
ZOOM Are you wanting to schedule a meeting on zoom? I need to know when and how long you are going to meet. I will sign up for a time spot half an hour before hand so people can join in before the meeting and the leader can check that the link is working.
I need a designated leader who will host the virtual meeting. This just means the invitation comes from you and you will start the meeting. I set up the link and will send it to you to share. Zoom links are not posted on the website due to internet security concerns.
Laughlin Memorial Chapel Thanks the Presbytery Churches
We were blessed with donations from the churches of the Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery, as well as individual donors that helped get Chapel kids ready to learn. Thank you all so much!
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THERE’S STILL TIME to register yourself and your discussion group for JESUS CHRIST AND THE DIVIDING WALL: RACE AND GOD’S MISSION. Excellent help to get started (or make progress) discussing inter-racial tensions, justice, and Christian responsibility. https://www.pts.edu/wmi-conference
This is a free event, but registration is still required in order to be sent the links.
NONE’S’ AND ‘DONS’, AMONG THE CLERGY – Spend a morning online with nationally known author and researcher Josh Packard, Ph.D., on the topic of increasing clergy burnout among young ministers. Find information http://www.pghpc.org/about the event on Friday, October 9.
OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENTS :The office is open 9-3 Monday-Friday If you are looking for a form on the website, please look under items of interest on the website or Spotlight. The website has some broken links which necessitated the moving of forms.
The website has been updated with the latest newsletters for Presbyterian Women Quarterly, Presbyterian Older Adults Ministry and more. If you don’t find what you are looking for please call/email the office.
The directories are also on the website, contact the office if you need the login for the directory or pulpit supply.
The UOVP Presbytery will be creating an official Facebook Page that is administrated by staff. Look for more information in the next week to help facilitate communication. Facebook is the most popular form of social media in our presbytery.
Per Capita for 2021 is $29.50 the same as it is for the current year. Please share what you are doing to grow the Kingdom please send us a blurb! Let us know how you are providing light in your community and within your church! Happy Birthday!
October 2 Andrew Woods andrewwoods7@gmail.com
October 3 Frank Haas judgehaas@gmail.com
HAPPENINGS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER ITEMS OF INTEREST. Each issue will be posted for three weeks. Updates or News Items are due by 9 am Wednesday for the Happening of the Week.
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