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January 8, 2007 |
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A Little Light for the Journey Since basketball season began, I have become
accustomed but not tolerant of the weekly e-mails I receive from my
son’s upper school. Sometimes it’s a missed homework, a late
project or a forgotten book. As he is learning to navigate upper school, new
friends, and activities for the first time, I am learning how to parent,
coach and guide a teenager for the first time. We both appear as if we are walking on
a darken sidewalk filled with shadows. Many times the sidewalk offers cracks
and crevices causing each of us to stumble and stagger and I often wish for
more light to illuminate our path. Will Chaz mature
and take seriously all he is being offered educationally? Can I continue to
speak truth to power (teenagers have lots of power) in a loving and not
alienating way? In the final analysis, will he grow and mature into what God
will have him to be? Henri
Nouwen reminds us that, “the art of living is
to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the
dark.” According to Henri, we have to learn to trust that “we
have enough light for the steps that follow.” This is a real joy; it
reminds me that our children come through us, not from us. They are a gift of
God and He is within each of them, propping them up on every leaning side as
they navigate their way through adolescence. A
gentle reminder that there is still time to register for the Cultivating
Generosity conference on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. Fred
Milligan, Associate for Stewardship Education, PC(USA) will host. The
workshop will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Howard County. Join us
on a pre-workshop conference call. On Tuesday, January 9 at 9:30 a.m. and
Thursday, January 11 at 3:00 p.m. call 1-877-597-2663 and enter access code
7591772. In His Service, Rita Walters Director of
Development
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Inside this issue Event of the Week Kate
Holbrook’s Ordination Jan. 6th 3:30pm St. John United PC Take Note/Act Now § Scholarships for the Big Event § 2007 Triennium Deadline § Grant Writing Workshops § Christian Unity Gathering § Cultivating Generosity § Big Event 2007: Feb. 17th Prayer
Concerns Faith PC |
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People and Office Bill Hathaway
will participate in the installation of the pastor for Letodrad
Parish of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.
The
final day for receipt of remittances for 2006 will be January 10th, 2007 at noon. |
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Prayer Concerns Catonsville
PC asks for prayers: ·
For their ongoing capital
campaign and upcoming renovations to the church ·
For upcoming renovations
of the pediatric ward of the Lubondai Hospital in
Congo ·
As they evaluate their
Sunday morning worship schedule and the possibility of adding a service for
families with young children Faith
PC asks for prayers: ·
For our continued
ministry to homeless families through the Baltimore Interfaith Hospitality
Network ·
For our young people, who
weekly enrich our common life and who will be going on a work retreat at Camp
Donegal in January ·
For our boiler, that it
will make it until we can implement our renovation of it ·
For all our efforts to be
Christ’s body in a troubled city and world Contact Information For the Presbytery
Offices 800-511-0087 Fax: E-mail: To
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McGee or call the office |
Take Note/Act Now The
Education and Congregational Nurture Committee is pleased to provide 20 scholarships for the Big Event 2007
to Christian Educators, Volunteers and Sunday School Teachers. For more
information, please contact Jane
Johnson, Associate for Leadership Development, Education and Youth at the
Presbytery office: 410.433.2012. Reminder
to Pastors and Youth Directors: the registration
deadline for participants for the 2007
Youth Triennium is January 16th! Don’t miss out on this
unique opportunity! Contact Mark Sandell with questions at 301.223.8887 (forms)
(PCUSA
info sheet) (2007 Triennium
website). The
Presbytery of Baltimore will be offering a series of grant
writing workshops to assist churches and community organizations in
requesting funding grants from the Presbytery. The first workshop will be on January 23rd from
6:00-8:00pm at the Presbytery Offices. The
celebration of the Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity will be on January 23rd at 7:00pm at Havenwood
PC (more). Cultivating
Generosity, a stewardship workshop
with Fred Milligan, Assoc. for Stewardship Education for the PC(USA),
will be on January 27th from 9:30am – 12:30pm at First PC of
Howard County, with an optional afternoon session from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Fred
and Rita Walters have prepared a brochure
for you to learn more about and register for this affordable educational
opportunity. Registration deadline: January 24th. The
Big Event 2007 is coming soon, on February 17th! Check out the web
pages dedicated to the Big Event to see brochures or visit our homepage. Learn about our
keynote speaker, Brian McLaren, our worship leader, Warren Cooper, and our
diverse workshops and tremendous workshop leaders. Printed brochures will
arrive at churches shortly. 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 |
Janice Kominski Coordinator of Communications |
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