[Members] Fwd: Synod Connection - Week of June 18, 2007

[New Creation Office Administrator]

 Here is the Synod connection for this week.  


 


 Gerry Franklin
Office Administrator
New Creation Presbyterian Church
O Fallon, Illinois
618-624-6860

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kerry Lancaster <kerrysl at synodma.org>
To: Mary Sue Thomas <maryst at synodma.org>
Sent: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 4:00 pm
Subject: Synod Connection - Week of June 18, 2007































SYNOD CONNECTION






Staying in touch with the wider
church and its mission in the world






                                                                 
June 18, 2007



 



(For questions, comments or replies to this newsletter, contact Mary Sue Thomas, editor, at maryst at synodma.org)



 



 



RING PRAISE TO GOD!



Please share this with your handbell choir or interested ringers. 
There’s still time to register for the 18th annual
Intergenerational Handbell Camp at Heartland
 Presbyterian Center,
July 8-13.  learn from skilled leaders and share fellowship with bell ringers
from across the region.  Classes and activities geared to all experience
levels.  The camp ends with a concert.  See the event information at www.heartlandcenter.org/1pgs/HandbellCamp.html 




 



 



UNIVERSITY
 OF DUBUQUE NEWS



Dr. Bradley Longfield, vice president and dean of the University of
Dubuque Theological Seminary (UDTS), has appointed Rev. Harold (Hal) Murry as
director of field education and instructor of ministry.  Rev. Murry succeeds
Dr. Henry Fawcett who has served as interim director of field education for the
past year.



 



Dr. Longfield has name Melinda Thompson, instructor of Old Testament,
director of distance learning and assistant professor of Old Testament. 
Thompson has served as the interim director since the retirement of John Jewell
in fall of 2006.  Jewell had directed the Distance Learning program of the
Seminary since its inception in 1999.  



 



 



PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER (PDA) RESPONSE UPDATES



-           Volunteers
are still needed to help with recovery and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast. 
A number of organizations and church denominational programs that have been
hosting sites for volunteer work teams are now leaving the Gulf.  This is also
true of some churches that served as volunteer sites.  PDA has committed to
continue hosting volunteers in the Presbyterian Volunteer Villages for the next
three to five years.



  



-           PDA responds
to Moscow, Idaho Shooting.  Two members of the
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team went to Moscow to provide a ministry of presence and to assist the
pastor and community in the recovery efforts following the shooting and suicide
tragedy at the First Presbyterian Church in Moscow, Idaho. 
A day-by-day report on their response and activities is on the PDA website at www.pcusa.org/pda/response/usa/id-moscow-index.htm




 



-         
PDA responds to spring storms.  A
severe weather system spawned tornados and brought heavy rains and flooding to
communities throughout the Midwest.  PDA has
provided more than $200,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing funds to seventeen
presbyteries affected by storms this year.  A downloadable bulletin insert is
PDF format is available for use by congregations to help lift up the affected
communities in prayer.  Visit www.pcusa.org/pda  
Click on Midwest Storms and then locate and click on Bulletin Inserts.



 



 



 



Visit  www.synodma.org for
an on-line edition of Presbyterianews, upcoming events, printable registration
forms, the current Synod Calendar, Synod Committee members, Ministry partners,
and much more.



 



 



 



 






 


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