Events Calendar

Peacemaker to visit

Dumitru Roibu of Moldova will be visiting Beaver-Butler Presbytery as its peacemaker. He will arrive on Thursday, Sept. 19, and depart Wednesday, Sept. 25. Dumitru’s schedule will allow him to participate in events with your congregation. The presbytery will welcome him to its September presbytery meeting.

Dumitru is executive president of YMCA Moldova. He has served as World YMCA Youth Empowerment assistant and YMCA Change Agent (a global leadership program) and participated in YES (Youth Engagement in Sports) and TTT (Training The Trainers) seminars.

For more information, click here.

Fall Pastors Retreat

Shenango and Beaver-Butler Presbyteries will hold their Fall Pastors Retreat on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at Villa Maria (PA) Conference Center. This year’s special guest is Liddy Barlow, who in April 2014, became the first woman to be installed as executive minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. Click here to read Liddy’s bio.

To watch an introductory video, click here.

All registrations must be received by Friday, Sept. 13. To register, click here.

Civil Rights Pilgrimage Bus Tour

The Presbytery of Donegal is sponsoring a Civil Rights Pilgrimage Bus Tour to Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee from Oct. 19-26. The package includes eight days and seven nights of lodging, breakfast, transportation, museum tour fees and speakers.

The cost is $1,625 per person for double occupancy and single occupancy is $2,175 per person (may be less depending on participants). Lunch and dinner are NOT included in the price. A limited number of single rooms are available.

More information is available by clicking here.

Breezewood Trucker-Traveler Ministry Benefit Auction & Meal

The Breezewood Trucker-Traveler Ministry 2024 Benefit Auction & Meal will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, at Everett Church of the Brethren. The Breezewood Trucker Traveler Ministry is a Christian Workplace Ministry of prayer, presence, counsel, hospitality and emergency assistance among the truckers, travelers and local employees of the Breezewood area. It operates primarily within the travel plazas and other businesses in Breezewood, PA, where major highways intersect.

The silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m., with the meal starting at 6 p.m. Cost is $20 for the meal (eight tickets are $150). The meal includes sides, appetizers and dessert.

The deadline for reservations is Sept. 20. To make reservations, contact Sylvia Smith at 717-372-5942 or sylv318@gmail.com. Payment can be sent to Breezewood Trucker Traveler Ministry, P.O. Box 286, Breezewood, PA 15533. Write your name(s) on the memo line of the check. You can also pay securely online by clicking here.

Lackawanna Presbytery Calendar

Click here for upcoming events around Lackawanna Presbytery.

Spiritual First Aid

The Commissioned Pastors subcommittee of the Committee on Ministry is offering training for all interested persons in Spiritual First Aid on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Corry. Spiritual First Aid is a biblically-informed, evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and peer-to-peer (e.g., neighbor-to-neighbor) spiritual and emotional care intervention/training program structured around the BLESS CPR framework. The co-founders of Spiritual First Aid, Dr. Jamie Aten and Rev Kent Annan, created the program to enable people to provide first level support to people who have endured trauma and mental illness.

The cost is $99 and includes materials and lunch. A wrap-up retreat will follow on Saturday, Nov. 2, in Corry. For more information or to register, contact Rev. James Bernhardt, facilitator, at james@wayside-erie.org or 814-833-7653.

International Peacemaker Visit

Ms. Frances Namoumou, PCUSA International Peacemaker from Fiji, will be with in Lake Erie Presbytery from Sept. 26 to Oct. 2.  Her involvement in climate change, displacement, and disaster management spans more than 20 years. Her area of expertise is Climate Justice and Disaster Management. She currently serves as an ecumenical enabler for Ecologic Stewardship and Climate Justice Program at the Pacific Conference of Churches in Fiji.

A graduate of the University of the South Pacific, she has been involved in projects with the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation, the Adventist Relief Agency and the Climate Change/Act on Disaster Risk Reduction with the World Council of Churches. Residing in Suva, Fiji, she is a member of the Methodist Church.

If your church or community would like an opportunity to engage Frances Namoumou during her visit to our area or have a special event she could meaningfully attend, contact Melinda in the Lake Erie Presbytery office, adminasst@pbylakeerie.org or call 814-868-4891, ext 3.

Frances will also be at the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Erie on Oct. 1 as part of a Presbyterian Women gathering. For more on this event, click here.

Presbytery of Lehigh Calendar

Click here for upcoming events around the Presbytery of Lehigh.

Fall Fest 2024: Hope-filled Leadership for a Disruptive Season

Rev. Dr. Diane L. Givens Moffett, the president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, will be the keynote speaking for the Presbytery of Philadelphia’s seventh annual Fall Fest on Oct. 26 at Abington Presbyterian Church. The event, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., is centered on “Hope-filled Leadership for a Disruptive Season.”

The day will include session topics of preaching, elder training, public witness and your church, effective communication, financial strategies, youth and children’s ministry and more! Cost is $10 per person and includes lunch.

For more information, click here.

Preaching Symposium

The Presbytery of Philadelphia’s Expanding the Pulpit Program will host a Preaching Symposium on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at United Lutheran Seminary. The keynote speaker will be Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence, Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA.

There is a $25 registration fee. Click here to register and for more details as they become available.

Presbytery of Philadelphia Calendar

Equipping, Empowering and Engaging Training

Pittsburgh Presbytery will once again host Equipping, Empowering and Engaging on Sept. 19 from 4-7:30 p.m. This is a leadership training event for deacons and ruling elders of Pittsburgh Presbytery. The event will take place at Ken Mawr United Presbyterian Church in McKees Rocks, PA. There will be multiple sessions to choose from, for both deacons and ruling elders.

More information is available by clicking here.

Church Administrator’s Conference

A Church Administrator’s Conference will be held Oct. 17 at Victory Family Church in Cranberry Township. Early-bird pricing will go through Oct. 10. For information on the topics and speakers for the conference, click here.

Restorative Wilderness Experience

Emily Cowser, a second-year Master of Divinity student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, has developed an idea for a trip for pastors and ministry leaders. As part of her Adaptive and Innovative Ministry emphasis, Emily is designing a restorative wilderness experience that will consist of desert canoeing and camping on the Lower Canyons section of the Rio Grande from Monday, Jan. 27, through Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

Participants will be immersed in a new backcountry environment away from the distractions, tasks, and stresses of their home lives in order to intentionally explore their well-being. Physical, emotional, spiritual, relational, and vocational restoration will be addressed through readings, practices, and group conversations.

The anticipated cost of the program is $3,163. This cost excludes air travel but includes all group program-related expenses upon arrival (food, shelter, and wilderness gear rental).

To express your interest, fill out the online form or contact Emily at ecowser@pts.edu.

Pittsburgh Presbytery Calendar

Redstone Presbytery Calendar

Pastors’ Canadian Canoe Trip

Howard Gaston, who is serving at Neshannock Presbyterian Church in New Wilmington, PA, is hosting a Pastors’ Canadian Canoe Trip from Sept. 22-30. This trip is open to clergy and others engaged in pastoral ministry.

This trip is about “less” and yet it hopes to provide you with “more;” more God, more peace, more inspiration. Take the risk and experience faith and ministry in a very simple place. This trip will be a challenge to renewal and growth in our life and ministry. These experiences may come in packages that are not totally expected or perhaps even appreciated.

Registration is limited to eight participants and will be on a first come, first served basis.

More information is available by clicking here.

Fall Pastors Retreat

Shenango and Beaver-Butler Presbyteries will hold their Fall Pastors Retreat on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at Villa Maria (PA) Conference Center. This year’s special guest is Liddy Barlow, who in April 2014, became the first woman to be installed as executive minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. Click here to read Liddy’s bio.

To watch an introductory video, click here.

All registrations must be received by Friday, Sept. 13. To register, click here.

Small Church Conference

The Presbytery of West Virginia will hold its Small Church Conference on Sept. 14 at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. The theme of the conference is “God is Here – Worship in the Small Church” featuring Pam Ferrell, 2013 Presbytery of West Virginia moderator and accomplished small church musician, as the keynote presenter.

Registration for the event begins at 9:30 a.m., with worship beginning at 10 a.m. Jim Musgrave, who serves as the commissioned pastor at the Logan First Presbyterian and Gilbert Presbyterian Churches, will preach. Three workshops will be offered with participants able to attend two. Workshop presenters are Sallie Daugherty (Authorized Lay Preacher), Pam Ferrell and Bill Myers (Minister of Word and Sacrament, Charleston First Presbyterian Church).

The conference is free. Register by Sept. 6 to allow for meal planning; late registrations will not be guaranteed lunch. Register with this form or by giving your name, church, a contact email address and your workshop choices to the presbytery office at 304-744-7634 or office@wvpresbytery.org.

Click here for a flyer with this information that can be printed and shared with congregations.

Meditative Mondays

Vanport Presbyterian Church in Beaver, PA, is holding “Meditative Mondays” from 6-7 p.m. This is a time of self-directed reflection that can guide your focus and center your thoughts. Join Vanport Church to contemplate your strength or simply take time to be still and tap into peace without life’s busyness and distractions.

For a flyer, click here.

Christian Nationalism: What We Need To Know

Wrightsville Presbyterian Church is co-sponsoring a workshop titled “Christian Nationalism: What We Need To Know” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Greg Carey, a professor of New Testament at Lancaster Seminary and co-pastor at Life Church Lancaster.

Greg will speak about Christian Nationalism, what it is, how it has developed and why it is dangerous to democracy and the church.

For more information, contact Pastor Jesse North at Jesse.b.north@gmail.com.

60th Anniversary Concert

Northampton Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 60th anniversary Sunday, Oct. 20, with a concert featuring Presbybop. This is a free concert that will be followed by light refreshments! Click here to reserve free tickets.

Childcare will be provided, and there will be a free-will offering. For more information, click here for a flyer to download and share with your congregations.

Wild World of Animals Show

Thomas Presbyterian Church in Eighty Four, PA, will host a Wild World of Animals Show on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m. The Wild World of Animals will present 12-plus animals ranging from arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in a fun and informative format for all ages. After the 45-minute show, stay for a picnic at $10 per person with a maximum of $40 per family. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the church office or at the door the day of the event.

For more information, contact the Thomas Presbyterian Church office at 724-941-8910.

Medicare Seminar

AMedicare Seminar will be held at Thomas Presbyterian Church in Eighty Four, PA, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 11:30 a.m. Medicare can be a confusing and stressful topic. You may be retired or thinking about retirement and have many questions. When do you need to sign up for Medicare? What are Parts A, B & D? What is a Medigap Supplement versus a Medicare Advantage plan?

This free info session led by two financial professionals will give you a better understanding of Medicare and answer some of these important questions. For additional information, contact the Thomas Presbyterian Church office at 724-941-8910.

Rise Against Hunger

Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church in Prosperity, PA, will host a Rise Against Hunger event on Sept. 28. Upper Ten Mile encourages you and your congregation to get involved in this life-changing ministry. Click here for full event details about the food-packing event and how to get involved.