“Reading the Verbs: Finding the Script in the Scripture”
With Dr. Anna Carter Florence
June 25 – 29, 2018
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Come Celebrate First Presbyterian Church, Columbus Sesquicentennial
Sesquicentennial Celebration at First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, WI, April 15, 2018, 12:00 – 3:00 pm. Visit our museum-like displays. Meet “old” friends and make new ones. Refreshments will be served.
Mutton Lecture
Navigating Ministry With A Changing Church Program
Dear White Christians: A Path toward Racial Justice
Friday, February 9, 2018, 7 pm to 9 pm or Saturday, February 10, 2018, 10 am to noon
For more info click here Mutton Lecture Flyer 2018
Minister’s Housing Allowance
Saints of JKP,
Many of you have heard about a ruling from a federal district judge in Wisconsin which declares Minister’s housing allowance to be unconstitutional. Many of you probably recall that this same judge made the same ruling two years ago. It was later overturned by a higher court. There are still steps to unfold concerning this ruling. What is helpful for you to know right now:
-There is no need to be concerned about your taxes and housing allowance for 2017.
-A team of lawyers from the PCUSA and several other denominations are monitoring and addressing the situation in an effort to preserve this benefit to their clergy.
-This will likely require some time to fully adjudicate.
-We will continue to pass information as it becomes available.
While no one knows with certainty what the future holds we urge everyone to remain calm with the assurance that professionals are working hard on behalf of those who have made their financial plans according to the current formula of compensation.
Chaz Ruark
Welcome, Karen!
John Knox Presbytery is pleased to welcome Karen Deniger as our new Presbytery Administrator! Karen comes to us with a wealth of experience and skill. She will be replacing Judy who will be retiring at the end of October. Both will be at our November Presbytery meeting. Welcome aboard Karen!
Board of Pensions
Benefit Connections
Would you like to…
- better understand the Benefits Plan for your pastor(s)?
- expand your network of colleagues with whom you can share ideas/challenges?
- increase your understanding of the new options available for non-installed pastors and other employees?
- have an opportunity to address your questions to knowledgeable peers facing the same challenges you have in the area of employee compensation and benefits?
- have a chance to direct questions or concerns to senior leadership of the Board of Pensions?
- come to Chicago in the springtime?
Put May 9th on your calendar and bring a colleague to the one-day Benefit Connections gathering from 8:30a to 3:30p at Yorkfield Presbyterian Church in Elmhurst, IL.
Go to www.pensions.org/benefitsconnections to register or just find out more.
You’ll leave with newly established peer relationships, new strategies for being the best employer you can be, along with a better understanding of the Benefits Plan of the PC(USA).
4PM – April 30 – May 1, 2017
Click on the picture to view Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow slide show presentation of “In Defense of Kindness: The power of treating humans like humans”.
222 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2016 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)
June 18-25, Portland, Oregon
This year’s theme, The Hope in Our Calling, from Ephesians 1:18:
“so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints” (NRSV)
You can watch all that is happening at the 2016 General Assembly by visiting the PC (USA) website: http://oga.pcusa.org/section/ga/222nd-general-assembly-2016/
Click on the graphic above.
OPENING WORSHIP
Several thousand people are expected to gather in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, June 18, for the opening worship service of the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The Opening Service will be streamed live. You will be able to reach it on the link above.
The assembly’s opening worship service begins at 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and is scheduled to last about ninety minutes. It will include communion, the commissioning of assembly commissioners and advisory delegates, a sermon by outgoing Moderator Heath Rada, and music by a mass choir, a bell choir, and a contemporary band.
The liturgy for the service—including the words and music of hymns—is available online for download by groups planning to worship in other locations. Congregations joining the service by live stream may want to plan how to participate in the Lord’s Supper as well.
PC-Biz is your access to see and follow the business of a General Assembly meeting. This site contains the history of the business of all assemblies since 2006 as well as the upcoming 222nd assembly that will be held in Portland, Oregon this summer. The site has been completely redesigned, allowing it to be read on computers, tablets and even smart phones in a size and format right for that screen.
PC-Biz includes the most current text of the overtures and other recommendations that have been forwarded to the assembly. Track each item of business as it moves through the assembly meeting, and see whether the recommendation was amended, approved, or disapproved.