April 2009
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Swine Flu Resources from PDA and MN Council of Churches
In response to the growing flu outbreak, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance have put together resources to help you and your congregation.
Flu Outbreak Tips from PDA
The Minnesota Council of Churches have also made the following Q&A Sheets on Swine Flu:
Swine Flu: Basic Facts
Swine Flu: What You Can Do
Call to Presbytery
In accordance with Book of Order Form of Government Chapter XI, Section 2, (G-11.0200) and the Bylaws of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area (Article I), the Presbytery will meet in Annual Stated Session on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 4:00 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, 503 West Sixth Street, Red Wing, MN 55066. Directions [...]
Nominating Committee Report Now Online
The Nominating Committee Report to Presbytery for the May 12, 2009 Presbytery meeting is now online.
Presbyterian Bloggers Unite on Poverty
Do you like to blog? Do you have opinions on poverty? On May 1 Presbyterian bloggers have a chance to blog about the subject of Poverty as part of a project called Presbyterian Bloggers Unite. The goal of this endeavor is as such:
On the first day of each month, in order to build awareness, [...]
Presbytery Packet For May 2009 Now Online
The folllowing documents are now available for the May 12, 2009 Stated Meeting of the Presbytery at First Presbyterian in Red Wing, MN:
Minutes of the March 14 Stated Meeting
Board of Trustees Report to the Presbytery
Committee on Representation Report to Presbytery
Please check back for updates.
Regional Rep Review- Board of Pensions
All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
-Acts 2:44-45 NRSV
Change Made in Retirement Savings Plan Fund
Effective May 29, 2009, the Ariel Fund will no longer be available to participants in the Retirement Savings Plan of [...]
World Mission Advocates Gathering in Louisville in May
From the PC(USA) website:
Come to the Gathering!
May 7-9, 2009, Louisville, Kentucky
“… that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity” (Ephesians 4:12-13, NIV)
What is the World Mission Advocates Gathering?
The World Mission Advocates Gathering is the first step to a renewed and cooperatively shaped relationship between presbyteries, synods and Presbyterian World [...]
Day for Darfur, April 26 at MN State Capitol
Day for Darfur: The Faces of Genocide
Sunday, April 26, 1-3 PM Minnesota State Capitol
Learn about genocides past and present, listen to local musicians and speakers, and find out what you can do to help end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, where hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions have been forced from their homes. [...]
Amendment B nears defeat
LOUISVILLE – As of April 21, Amendment B – which would replace the current Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) constitutional requirement that church officers live in “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness” with a new section G-6.0106b of The Book of Order – is within a single [...]
Earth Day
From the Mission Yearbook:
Honoring the Earth has as much to do with the little decisions we make every day as it does with the big ones. What can we do? In the spring of 2006, Betsy, a member of our church, designed a system of recycling and composting for the Blue Ridge Barbeque and Music [...]