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And I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said,
“Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8 Recently,
while in For
the entire week, the writings of W.E.B. DuBois
floated in and out of my consciousness, so standing in the Presbiterio Kaqchikel, I
discovered that their endless suffering, discrimination and dying has not
been in vain, for there is a message for So
that is what I said to those gathered, “I will go back and pass along
your message.” Yours in Christ, Rita L. Walters Director of
Development |
Inside this issue Upcoming
Events: Labor Day Sept 3 Presbytery Office - CLOSED Sept. 4 7:00 pm - Presbytery Office Presbytery Meeting Sept. 27 4:00pm First and Fall Gathering of Presbyterian Women of the Presbytery of Oct. 6 First PC of Oct. 11 10:00am-12:00pm First PC of Presbytery Middle School Retreat Oct. 12-14 Camp Wo-me-to Forum on Directory of Worship Overture Oct. 25 7:00
pm Brown Memorial Woodbrook PC Oct. 25-29 Youth Leader Training Event with the Rev. Mark DeVries Free! Oct. 29 10:00am-4:00pm First PC of Bel Air Take Note/Act Now § Christian Vocation Sunday § § Part-time Organist § First Friday § ICJS
Fall Mini-course § Benefit
for § LGBT & Friends Reception § Form of Government Task Force § Coats-4-Kids § Prayer
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Prayer Concerns Please pray for Granite PC for: §
Their pastor,
Rev. Elizabeth Rogers, who will be leaving the church at the end of
September §
Their church in this time of transition Please
pray for Mt. Hebron PC : §
As they near completion
of their driveway project and that God will continue to sustain them during
the final stages of their landscape plans. §
That God bless their new
Director of Christian Education §
As they seek to be more
intentional about their planning process §
As they seek God’s
guidance to discern God’s will for the congregation in the future. Contact Information For the Presbytery
Offices: Phone: 410-433-2012 or 800-511-0087 Office E-mail: office@baltimorepresbytery.org Website: www.baltimorepresbytery.org To
Unsubscribe: email Alice
McGee or call the office |
Take Note/Act Now Christian Vocation Sunday is September 2,
2007 (more). The
Mission Committee of Baltimore
Presbytery would like to know how many people from our Presbytery have worked
on gulf coast recovery projects, so that they can report at the September
Presbytery meeting. Please email
or call Bob Schminkey, Disaster Preparedness and
Recovery Coordinator at bobschminkey@verizon.net or
410-778-5597. Information needed:
Church name, number & dates of mission trips to gulf coast and number of
people on each trip. Catonsville PC is looking for a part-time
organist to assist the Music Director and accompany our choir. For more information see their listing
at http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/otherpositions.html Chestnut Grove PC
will present First Friday –
a series of adult forums featuring spiritually invigorating and inspiring
speakers and meaningful conversation.
They will take place the first Friday of the month from September 2007
– May 2008, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. (more) Brown Memorial
Woodbrook PC will be the site of The
Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies’
(ICJS) Fall mini-course. They
will take place on Tuesdays September 11, 18 and 25 at 7:00 p.m. The course
is entitled "God
said it. I believe it. That settles it!" Revelation and the Authority of Sacred Scripture. (more). A concert to benefit the LGBT and Friends
Wine and Cheese Reception will be held at Govans Presbyterian Church, 5828
York Road (next to the Senator Theater), on Friday, September 28, at 7 p.m.
Please join them for food and fellowship. Synod and
General Assembly Items Form of Government Task Force approves,
and prepares to release ‘bold’ revision.
Documents will be available for study and
comment in September (more).
Other Items
and Events The
Fund for Social Welfare, a non-profit organization, is gearing up again for
their 4th Annual Coats-4-Kids
Project. For information
please call 410-853-3024. Join
Baltimore’s Crop Walk, to
help those in need, on October 20, 2007.
A recruiter’s meeting for this event will be held September 20,
2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the CARES facility. (more) Also on our website Don’t miss all the new Local Church Announcements at: http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/announcements.html Presbytery
Yearly Calendar Past Issues of Tidings are available at: http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/midweekmail.html. |
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Peter Nord, Executive Presbyter |
Bill Millen, Associate Executive |
Charles Forbes, Stated Clerk |
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Deb Milcarek Associate of |
Jane Johnson |
Rita Walters Director of Development rwalters@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Director of Public Policy |
Judi Forrester Coordinator of Financial Services |
Alice McGee Coordinator of Information Services |
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Coordinator of Resources |
Coordinator of Communications |
Questions? Comments? E-mail |
