Midweek Musings Newsletter
October 21, 2009
Attention Acts 16:5 Initiative Participants!
For those of you staying overnight at the Hampton Inn (Lewes/Rehoboth) on Sunday, October 25th the information below will help clarify the location:
Hampton Inn (Lewes/Rehoboth): Located at the intersection of Route 1 & 24 / directly next to McDonalds. Hampton Inn shares a parking lot with McDonalds and is across the street from Crabby Dick’s Restaurant.
The address on the outside of the building is: 18826 Coastal Highway - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA 19971
Tel: +1-302-645-8003 Fax: +1-302-645-7003
If you’re using a GPS you MUST use this address (although the address on the building is different): GPS Address: 4529 Highway One, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
DIRECTIONS:
From Wilmington - Take 1 South. The hotel is located approximately three miles on the right, beyond RT 404 intersection. From the West - Take RT 404 East to RT 1 intersection. Make a right onto RT 1 South and the hotel is located about three miles on the right. The hotel is two and a half miles on the right, beyond RT 404 intersection. At RT 1 in Lewes, DE, take a right at the light. The hotel is located two and a half miles on the right. Cross Streets - Close to RT 1 and RT 24 intersection.
Attention Session Clerks
The new calendar year format for the Review of Session Minutes and Church Registers is in progress.
Reviews for all churches in the Presbytery will be in the Spring of 2010. You will need to have all records through December 2009 complete and in the traditional metal peg minute book with leather covers and the register when you come for the review. What you include will not change in any way for the minutes or register.
So we accomplish this change “decently and in order” it will be VERY important that you keep me informed of who your clerk is with an E-mail address, home mailing address and phone number. Thank you.
Nora Andresen, Presbytery Record Clerk / circle15@comcast.net - 610-388-3620
Tri Presbytery Partnership Currently Visiting Guatemala
Click link here for photos: http://ncpresby.pbworks.com/GUATEMALA-MISSION-TRIP-2009#
Worship items from West Church
FREE to a good home or homes
- 11 heavy, rectangular silver trays (one is broken) for standard communion cups, plus separate metal inserts into which the cups fit. Each tray accommodates 72 cups and has a handle.
- Many, many reusable glass communion cups
- 8 small silver trays for communion bread
- 8 heavy silver offering plates, some with cloth lining the bottom
Please reply to Alice Davis by email, alicewilm@gmail.com
PCUSA@UD
PCUSA@UD, renewed Presbyterian Campus Ministry at the University of Delaware's Newark Campus, is in need of a few specific things. These items will make the campus ministry house hospitable for our tenants and strengthen our ministry with students. Please share it with members of your congregation. For more information, contact Nona Holy, PCUSA@UD Campus Pastor at nholy@udel.edu.
PCUSA@UD Campus Ministry:
- Refrigerator/Freezer
- Vacuum w/attachments
- Dishwasher
- Landscaping – front yard
- Windows and screens
- Front Hall rug 11X6
- Living Room rug 8X12
- Funds to send Students to Leadership Development Conferences, ex. Montreat College Conference
Rev. Winona Holy
PCUSA@UD Campus Pastor
157 W. Main Street / NewarkDE19711
302-454-7801 / Email: nholy@udel.edu
This Saturday: International Day of Climate Action at Limestone Presbyterian Church
Come to Limestone Presbyterian Church on this Saturday, October 24th, for a 10:00 a.m. presentation of the Academy Award winning documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth” in celebration of the International Day of Climate Action. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote: "In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to.” Meghan Gloyd will be the discussion leader. She is a UD graduate student who attended the Faith and Environment Conference this past summer at the national Presbyterian conference center in Montreat, NC. The International Day of Climate Action will be most widespread day of environmental action in history. On October 24 -- over 3,000 events planned in more than 160 countries -- to call for a solution to the climate crisis: reducing the level of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere below 350 parts per million. Our Book of Order states: "As stewards of God's creation who hold the earth in trust, the people of God are called to: use the earth's resources responsibly without plundering, polluting, or destroying, develop technological methods and processes that work together with the earth's environment to preserve and enhance life, produce and consume in ways that make available to all people what is sufficient for life, work for responsible attitudes and practices in procreation and reproduction, use and shape earth's goods to create beauty, order, health, and peace in ways that reflect God's love for all creatures" (W-7.5003). See also A Journey Towards a Green Church.
This Saturday: “There’s No Place Like Home” Meeting Ground’s 6th Annual Autumn Gathering
Meeting Ground’s 6th Annual Autumn Gathering will take place on Saturday, October 24, 2009, from 11AM to 2PM at the Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club in Newark, Delaware and will include a buffet luncheon, silent auction and overview of Meeting Ground’s programs and services. Tickets cost $45/per person and all proceeds from the event go directly to support the emergency shelter and transitional housing programs of Meeting Ground assisting those persons – men, women and children - who are experiencing homelessness. We ask everyone who is a supporter of our work at Meeting Ground to please attend this event. We would appreciate the opportunity to thank you for your support. Fill-in form to purchase tickets Menu: Seasonal Sliced Fresh Fruits and Berries; The “D” Mixed Greens Salad – field greens, shredded carrots, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion and house-made herbed croutons, balsamic vinaigrette; Grilled Vegetable Pasta Primavera – roasted red peppers, yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, basil, garlic and olive oil; Deerfield Pan-seared Crab Cakes, Old Bay remoulade; Chicken Grand Marnier – egg-dipped boneless chicken breast, sautéed shallots, orange zest, Grand Marnier and a touch of crea; Long Grain Wild Rice Pilaf; Zucchini and Squash Medley; Chef’s Selection of Assorted Desserts A Sampler of Silent Auction Items: Artwork; Gift Baskets; Restaurant Certificates; Jewelry; Plants; Spa Package; Horseback Lessons; And many other items Tickets may be ordered by telephone: 410.275.2936 or email: autumngathering@meetingground.org; please make checks out to ‘Meeting Ground’.
This Saturday: Men’s Dinner and Talent Show
The Limestone Men's Ministry will host their annual Fund Raising Dinner in Klair Hall at 6:00 p.m. LPC Men's Ministry Fund Raising tickets will be available at the door. However, we would appreciate it if we could get a head count prior to Saturday night. Please call either Doug Tipton 234.0861 or Ron Crick 239.9319.
Revelation Teaching Event Invitation
CORRECTION: October 31, 2009, Bible Study is from 8:30am-6pm.
Active Parenting Now: Parenting can be easier
Starting Sunday, November 1st, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Limestone Church will offer an Active Parenting Now class, especially for parents of 5 – 12 year olds. This video-based series has won national awards and has been featured on Oprah with the church guide by Princeton Seminary professor Freda Gardner. The six session class includes video clips of real family situations, group discussions, a helpful book for take home reading, and plenty of opportunities for parents to support each other in the most important job you will ever do—the job of parenting. The following topics are among those covered: styles of parenting, building courage and self-esteem, effective discipline skills, natural and logical consequences, mutual respect, effective communication skills, avoiding communication blocks, holding family meetings, and talking to your children about drugs. Child care will be provided. The only cost is for a participant’s book. Scholarships are available to cover the cost of the book if needed. Please contact Bruce or Carolyn Gillette at bcgillette@comcast.net if you are interested in being part of this class.
Shop For Gifts at our Holiday Fling
Christiana Presbyterian Church
15 N. Old Baltimore Pike, Christiana, DE19702
Come shop for fall and winter holiday gift items at our 6th Annual “Holiday Fling” on Saturday, November 7, 2009, from 10 am - 3 pm at Christiana Presbyterian Church, 15 N. Old Baltimore Pike, Christiana, DE19702, 1 mile south of Christiana Mall. Both nationally-known and local vendors will be displaying cosmetics, jewelry, candles, specialty food items, home decor and crafts. Lunch items will be available for sale. There will also be a bake table and door prizes all day.
No admission charge. The table fee for vendors is $30. For more details, call 302-737-0212 or 302-322-1998.
Holy Land Pilgrimage
NOTE: DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS NOVEMBER 10, 2009!
Take a journey of a lifetime
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land!
Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem & Galilee
10 Days of Biblical Discovery
February 23 – March 4, 2010
Your Tour Hosts: Rev. Steve Brundage, Pastor of First Presbyterian, Newark and Rev. Laurel Brundage
Download brochure for more information: Holy Land Pilgrimage 2010.pdf
Join Us For Saturday Academy at Church of Our Savior!
Educational enrichment, creative arts, recreational activities for Ages 5 – 18
Download flyer for more information: COS Saturday Academy.pdf
Lower Brandywine 4th Annual Storytelling Festival 2009
Friday & Saturday, November 13-14, 2009
100 folks have already registered to attend the weekend!
Download flyer here: Lower Brandywine Storytelling Festival Workshop.pdf
The Art of Storytelling for Sunday School Teachers - Michael Forestieri.
Michael teaches lay educators an easy, step-by-step process for building lessons using stories. You’ll leave with an incredibly useful, practical, and fun toolbox of ideas you can use the very next day to make your lessons even more memorable.
For more information click here. http://lbstoryfest.com/html/workshops.html
New Resource at the Interfaith Resource Center
(www.interfaithresourcecenter.com)
Searching for Angela Shelton picks up the theme of child sexual abuse and rape from the perspective of an adult survivor. Angela Shelton is an award-winning writer and producer who chose to confront her own past by seeking out as many women as she could find who shared her name. Of the 40 women who she interviewed across the country, 25 had been raped or molested. The film includes conversations with her step-siblings who shared the secret of life in an abusive household. She also confronts her own father, who continues to deny any wrong-doing. Throughout the film, Angela finds new wisdom and understanding leading to forgiveness. This 94-minute video offers intense material for discussion. To preview this video, contact the Interfaith Resource Center.
Dont forget! I will be attending the upcoming retreat at Lewes Presbyterian Church. There will be no display, but I would be happy to accept returns in person. Hope to see you there.
Paula W Hartzell, Interfaith Resource Center
913 Wilson Road / Wilmington, DE 19803
302.477.0910 or 800.336.6152
www.interfaithresourcecenter.com
resource.ctr1@gmail.com or resource.ctr@dol.net
Social Security Corner
Keep up-to-date on Social Security with the Midweek Musings Newsletter
Social Security Column
IMPORTANT SOCIAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Read entire article here: 2010cola-pr.pdf
As you may be aware, Social Security beneficiaries will not receive a cost of living increase for 2010. The above press release is provided to give "official information" directly from Social Security.
GET YOUR BENEFIT VERIFICATION BEFORE THE CHILL SETS IN.pdf
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