| Carolina Bronze Spring Concert Series |
The Carolina Bronze Handbell group will perform for three concerts this spring. The dates and locations are: Friday, May 8, at Greenville Tech Barton Campus in the Verne Smith Library Auditorium;Tuesday, May 12, at Daniel Memorial Chapel at Furman University; and Friday, May 15, at Main Street United Methodist Church in Greenwood. All concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. If you have not heard these handbell ringers, you are in for a treat. They are amazingly talented and will provide an enjoyable, musical evening for all. |
| PC to Offer Sports Camps |
Presbyterian College is offering sports camps this summer in the areas of basketball (girls and boys), volleyball (girls' teams), and soccer (girls and boys). The camps will be held on campus during June and July. Click here to download a brochure. |
| 2009 Calvin Jubilee |
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Montreat Conference Center has been selected as the North American site for the Calvin Jubilee, and it is actually taking place over Calvin's real birthday, July 8-11. As Presbyterians celebrate the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth, it is an opportunity to rediscover Calvin's significant and sometimes misunderstood legacy - his monumental contributions to theology, church government, education, language, music, and politics. Montreat Conference Center is honored to be one of numerous sites worldwide that will host scholars and all who wish to learn more about John Calvin. Download the conference schedule and leadership and registration information here. |
| New Resource Center Online Catalog |
Look for the OPALS icon now whenever you want to access the presbytery Resource Center catalog.
The online catalog has changed and offers new features:
1) New Titles added during last 360 days
2) Search results list most recently published title first
3) Multiple copies - easier to see whether they are identical, different volumes of the same set, or items and study guides
4) Web Links connect to the websites of selected publishers and distributors
5) Bibliographies can be saved or emailed. More flexibility: add a title, include personal notes about selected titles, choose how much information from the catalog descriptions needs to be included, and decide how you want the list sorted.
The ability to renew items online will be forthcoming as account numbers and PINs are issued. You will be able to log in from home and see what items you have checked out. |
| "Faithful Mission in a New Age" |
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Columbia Theological Seminary, in cooperation with Montreat Conference Center, the Presbyterian Heritage Center, and Montreat's adult Summer Club program, will offer a series of five lectures, "Faithful Mission in a New Age," July 20-24 at Montreat Conference Center.
The lectures will address the ways in which the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition has and continues to engage mission both in North America and around the world. Presenters include:
- July 20 - the Rev. Darrell Guder, "Missional Church Theology and Praxis in the Global Church."
- July 21 - the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, "Presbyterian Mission in a New Generation."
- July 22 - Linda Bryant Valentine, "Patterns of Global Mission - Past, Present, and Future."
- July 23 - the Rev. James A. Cogswell, "Mission in a World of Hunger."
- July 24 - the Rev. Erskine Clarke, "John Leighton Wilson's Mission Vision."
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| Financial Officers' Forum |
The second quarter Congregational Financial Officers' Forum will be held on April 16 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greenville. The forum will begin at 12:00 noon with lunch. If you are the treasurer or financial officer at your church and have not taken part in these meetings, this is an opportunity for you to gather with other church treasurers to discuss financial matters the church faces. To make a reservation, notify Paul Grier or Sandy Sharpe by April 14. | |
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| A Life the Church is Compelled to Live |
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by the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th PC(USA) General Assembly
As I write this, we are in the midst of Holy Week and the walk toward the cross.
Every year as we enter this time, the church is pushed again to think about the realities and expressions of our belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The covenant made at the last supper, his death on the cross and his resurrection into new life compel us to live in the world in a way that is worthy of the forgiveness given by God.
Not an easy task, for sure. Our transformation in Christ and its compelling nature is such a complex event in our lives, but yet so simple. The graciousness of our God and God's love simply permeate our souls so that joy and hope can be our only response.
Yet, at the same time, we live in God's created world filled with a wondrous and often frustrating complexity, which sometimes makes it seem easier to give in to the chaos around us.
One could argue that the world is always in some kind of turmoil. But it seems that in today's climate of economic turmoil, violence, war and anxiety, being able to live this walk from promise to despair to hope is a life the church is compelled to live.
As the world faces death and despair in both body and spirit, will we be the hands and hearts of Christ to live, breathe and share the hope that Christ brings?
I have no doubt we will, for if we take seriously the gracious nature of God, we have no other choirce but to live that new life for the world, as Christ has been the new life for each of us. |
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