This Week: April 3- OFFICE CLOSED, Good Friday April 7- 9:30 AM Council, Bessemer Presbyterian Church April 8- 1:00 PM Christian Education Committee, Presbytery Office Mission Dinner with Hunter Farrell Rev. Hunter Farrell will be our honored guest here in Shenango on the day of our next presbytery meeting, April 28. Hunter is the director ofContinue reading “eLink News”
Monthly Archives: March 2015
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“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” (John 1:14, The Message) Sometimes we overthink church. Take the word “ministry,” for example. If you’re getting your hair done downtown and the gal next to you says something like, “You know, so-and-so’s son is going into the ministry” … you’d never think toContinue reading “#neighborhood”
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Sympathy David Dawson’s (former EP) mother died peacefully this morning (not unexpected). The visiting hours will be at Marshall’s Funeral Home in Wampum (across the street from the church) on Friday from 4 – 8 pm and the service will be led by Bill McGary at the Wampum Church at 11 am on Saturday.
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This Week: March 31- 9:30 AM Steering Committee, Presbytery Office Mission Dinner with Hunter Farrell Rev. Hunter Farrell will be our honored guest here in Shenango on the day of our next presbytery meeting, April 28. Hunter is the director of our PCUSA World Mission program, which connects in ministry with Presbyterian and Reformed churches around the worldContinue reading “eLink News”
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“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” (John 1:14, The Message) I believe it was that nice man Bob, way back in the side burn days of 1971, on that new Street show for teaching children how to be nice, who first asked, “Who are the people in your neighborhood?” (I bet youContinue reading “#neighborhood”
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This Week: March 17- 7:00 PM Committee on Ministry, Presbytery Office March 20- 12:30 PM Preparation for Ministry Committee, Presbytery Office EP Activity This Month Our Executive Presbyter, Ralph Hawkins, will be attending the spring Synod of the Trinity meeting at State College (Mar 23-24) and giving a lecture on Christian vocation at Montreat College (MarchContinue reading “eLink News”
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An Update on Church Partners in Egypt and Sudan Revs. Rich Kinney (Highland, New Castle) and Ralph Hawkins (Executive Presbyter) will present pictures and updates on historical Presbyterian church partnership in two African countries with ancient histories: Egypt and Sudan. Rich and Ralph traveled on behalf of Shenango to the horn of Africa inContinue reading “eLink News -EXTRA!”
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“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” (John 1:14, The Message) Once a month, throughout the year, the deacons of Wampum Presbyterian Church visit a nursing home in the region. Call it a traveling tabernacle of smiles and songs, whose liturgical paraphernalia is simple. A box of songbooks is lugged in fromContinue reading “#neighborhood”
Shenango Presbytery Scholarship
The Shenango Presbytery Scholarship Fund is supported by gifts from the congregations of the presbytery. The fund is intended to assist students who are members of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Preference will be given to applicants who belong to churches in Shenango Presbytery. Recipients of aid from this fund are eligible for continued assistance inContinue reading “Shenango Presbytery Scholarship”
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This Week: March 11- 5:30 PM Budget & Finance Committee, Presbytery Office March 12- 12:00 PM MCS Committee, New Wilmington Presbyterian Church 1:30 PM Sudan Team, New Wilmington Presbyterian Church 1:30 PM Evangelism Committee, Presbytery Office March 16- 9:00 AM PW CT Meeting, Presbytery Office 10:30 AM Nominating Committee, Shenango Presbyterian Church March 17- 7:00 PM CommitteeContinue reading “eLink News”
The Presbytery of Shenango 