Goodbye to Yuri!
Yuri Ito, Administrative Assistant at Foothills Presbytery, ended her employment with the presbytery on March 1. Yuri's spouse, the Rev. David Carlson, accepted a call to become the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Independence, Missouri.
We will miss Yuri and all of her hard work with the Camp Buc program, the resource center, youth events, and in many other areas.
Foothills Presbytery is at this time receiving applications for this part-time Administrative Assistant position. Resumes may be emailed to mamorrison@foothillspresbytery.org or mailed to Mary at 2242 Woodruff Rd. Simpsonville, SC 29681. Resumes will be received until March 24. Please click here to download a job description.
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(Donkorkrom Hospital in Ghana pictured)
Would you like to travel in September
to Ghana, West Africa, as a member
of a Foothills Presbytery delegation?
Foothills Presbytery has been in a Partnership with Kwahu Presbytery in Ghana since 1986. Every other year a delegation from the United States travels to Ghana, visiting the Ghanaian people in their homes and churches, sharing with the children in the orphanage built by First Spartanburg Church and comforting and upholding the patients in the Donkorkrom Hospital. One previous visitor to Ghana wrote upon returning home: "Their gracious manner, their heartfelt appreciation, and their profound commitment to the Christian faith were most impressive. Everywhere we went we were welcomed and treated as honored guests." If you think you would be interested in going on this life-changing trip in September, please download the application, complete it and return it with your deposit to the presbytery office. Deadline is June 1.
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Summary of February 16 Presbytery Meeting may be found by clicking on E-News in the above menu. (Pictured are Tandy and David Taylor and Dave Carlson at the meeting.)
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PDA Support of Haiti
You can give to the ongoing relief through PDA Act. #DR000064 - mailed to this address: PC(USA), P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264,
or mail your donations to Foothills Presbytery and mark them with this PDA account number.
In the aftermath of the terrible earthquake in Haiti, your prayers, gifts and actions are making a difference. Your support of the One Great Hour of Sharing and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has been a tangible witness to God's presence and hope.
As of February 5, sixteen churches in Foothills Presbytery have given a total of $39,543.60 through the presbytery office for Haiti Relief.
Click here to connect to a PDA video and information sheet.
Green Notes
Order Eco-Palms for Palm Sunday Worship Eco-Palms are sustainably harvested palm branches available to congregations for use in worship on Palm Sunday. They are harvested in ways that protect the natural environment of the rainforest in which they grow. Learn more about the social and environmental benefits of Eco-Palms and order online. To connect with the Foothills Presbytery SCE Connections web page, click here.
MissiMiMs of the Ghana Team will pick up the items and arrange
for them to be transported to Ghana.