Publications
The Presbytery of Chicago Preview is a twice-monthly newsletter of coming events, relevant to ministers, lay leaders, and congregations within the Presbytery. Many events are sponsored or initiated by churches or committees – others come from partner organizations. It lifts up these ministries in an effort to connect.
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Submission Guidelines:
The Preview carries a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (what does that mean?) with the following specification: “You can reissue or modify this content for your own church bulletin or newsletter, without crediting the Preview, but please credit any organizations, photographers, etc, that we credited.” Because of that, make sure you have the right to use the images and content that you send for use in the Preview, and that they can be similarly re-used by others.To submit upcoming workshops, events, application deadlines, etc to the Preview, your information should be received by 1st or 3rd Monday on the month. The Preview goes out the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month.
How much in advance of your event should you submit the information? Promotions will be run for a set number of issues based on their scope:
- Individual Church – up to 3 issues
- Covenant or Presbytery-wide – up to 4 issues
- Synod level – up to 5 issues
- National and General Assembly – up to 6 issues
Click here to submit a complete promotion. Make sure that the information you submit would be understandable to a new-comer to this presbytery.
Published five times a year, this paper newsletter reports on happenings within this presbytery and its churches, telling the stories of people doing Christ’s work. Contiene una sección en español.
Download the current issue: April 2013
We’d like to include some of your stories and photos in upcoming issues of the Presbytery’s newsletter, Our Common Ministry. Please contact interim editor Zabrina Santiago Lindsay at (773)320-1827 or zabrina.santiago@gmail.com and let her know what’s happening in your corner of the Presbytery. Don’t keep all that good news to yourself – share it!
Archive:
Explore local presbyterian bloggers.
“Footloose: thoughts on Urban Ministry” by Deborah Kapp, Professor of Urban Ministry at McCormick Seminary
“A Transformed Faith: Christianity, Creativity, and Healing” by Nanette Sawyer, founding pastor of Grace Commons in Chicago
“The View from 2040″ by Frank Yamada, President of McCormick Seminary
“Art for God’s Sake” by Shawna Bowman, pastor of Friendship Presbyterian Church in Chicago
“A Church for Starving Artists” by Jan Edmiston, Interim Associate Executive for Ministry at the Presbytery of Chicago
“(un)Tamed Cynic” by John Vest, Associate Pastor for Youth Ministry at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago
“Hyderblog” by Luke Hyder, Associate Pastor for Worship and Evangelism at Libertyville, First
“RTQblog” by Robert Thomas Quiring, Associate Pastor for Youth & Young Adult Ministries at Naperville, Knox
“pollytone1″ by Polly Toner, Pastor/Chaplain at Chicago-Read Mental Health Center
“Your Pastor” by Raymond Hylton Sr., Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Evanston
“God’s Bakery: Looking at the Ingredients of Faith” by Barb Vaughan, Web Administrator at McCormick Seminary and preacher
“faithbeats: A mother’s family-devotional for sharing God’s lessons and love” by Zabrina Santiago Lindsay, Interim Director of Children’s Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn
“Clever Title Here: still learning about being a disciple…” by Teri Peterson, Pastor at The Presbyterian Church of Palatine
“Lloyd’s Art Info: Mixed Medium” by Lloyd Irving Bradbury, a visually-impaired member at Riverside Presbyterian Church
“Pastor Mike’s Point of View: A Pastor’s Perspective on Faith and Society” by Rev. Michael Miller Jr, Pastor at Chicago Crerar Memorial Presbyterian Church
“revaam.org” by Rev. Ashley-Anne Masters, Associate Pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Western Springs
