Once again, it’s time to prepare the annual reports required each year by the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (OGA), and the Elder Memorial Report (formerly, the “Elder Necrology Report”) and Clerk of Session Contact sheet for the presbytery office. You will soon be receiving a letter from us with [...]
January 27-29, 2012 East Bay Camp – 24248 Ron Smith Memorial Hwy, Hudson, IL Cost: $90, scholarships are available This retreat is open to all middle School youth (grades 6-8) and their friends in Chicago and Blackhawk Presbyteries. Your time will be spent having fun, enjoying music, making new friends and hearing inspiring messages on [...]
Thanks so much to local members of APCE (Association of Presbyterian Church Educators) for gathering representatives in the Chicago Presbytery Resource Center on November 8th to look through the Christian Education section of our presbytery’s collection. After hearing a summary of the Resource Center’s strengths (great materials on a breadth of topics, cataloged in a [...]
The Worship, Music, and the Arts Work Group of the Presbytery of Chicago is offering scholarships to a Worship Alive! workshop. This offering is to honor the memory of Charles E. Dickerman whose love of worship, music, and the arts came to life through his service to the WMA Work Group as member, moderator, and [...]
The purpose of the Proactive Transformation Project is to identify and then provide visioning, strategies and resources for Congregations who are interested in engaging or reengaging their surrounding neighborhood or community in new ways. Support will be provided for Pastors and Leadership teams. Our first workshop is at 2pm on Saturday Nov. 12th at Lakeview [...]
For those who have been active in the presbytery for a while, you’ll see some unfamiliar names on a couple important committees around the site. Presbytery Council is now Presbytery Coordinating Commission Committee on Ministry is now Commission on Ministry Committee on Preparation for Ministry is now Commission on Preparation for Ministry And Governing Bodies [...]
The September 20th Assembly was the first time our presbytery tweeted a meeting together under one hashtag. Around 20 people engaged in this dialogue via Twitter concurrent to the meeting. For those who weren’t logged on, you can view a record of the conversation. You can see who was tweeting, what they said, and where [...]
Highlights From the Small Church Gathering – Sept 6, 2011 The Small Church Gathering is a group of Teaching Elders, Ruling Elders, and other Church Leaders that meet together monthly. This group grew out of a deep need for folks who are leading small churches to gather together for fellowship support brainstorming storytelling and sharing [...]
To: Ministers of Word and Sacrament, Presbytery Assembly Commissioners, Commissions on Ministry and Preparation for Ministry, Other Leaders From: Rev. Tom Brown, Moderator of Presbytery Coordinating Commission(formerly Presbytery Council) Rev. Bob Reynolds, Executive Presbyter Subject: Election of Interim Associate Executive Presbyter for Ministry (IAEPM) Date: August 10, 2011 Cc: Rev. Dr. Janice L. Edmiston We [...]
Save the date for Youth Ministry events for 2011-2012. The new calendar includes retreats for Middle School, Senior High, and College students, and the AWOL Mission Project. Click here to access the Youth Ministries calendar.
