Seeking your insights:
How can the Office of the General Assembly
serve your presbytery and synod more effectively?
The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, J. Herbert Nelson, II, is holding a series of regional listening sessions throughout the denomination for the purpose of hearing what’s on the minds of mid council leaders. Accompanied by Deputy Stated Clerk Kerry Rice and Associate Director for Mid Council Relations Tricia Dykers Koenig, he will be in the Denver area on February 19 for a gathering hosted by the Presbytery of Denver.
Come with your thoughts and questions.
All are welcome; please spread the word!
Tuesday, February 19
11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
510 South 27th Avenue
Brighton, Colorado map
Please register by February 12 so that we can order a lunch for you.
What Makes a Home Spiritually Vibrant?
The size, shape and complexity of households is changing, but the role of the household in instilling and nurturing the Christian faith remains the same.
Join us on February 26, 2019 from 12:00 to 2:00pm MST for a free webcast presentation of the latest research on the households that make up today's Church. Whether you’re a pastor, other Christian leader or just interested in the topic, you’ll learn:
The rituals and relationships that make a spiritually vibrant household
How different households grow faith—regardless of household type or season of life
The different ways fathers and mothers influence faith formation
How faith heritage shapes beliefs in adulthood
How churches and ministries can help create healthy homes
Practical insights for both parents and pastors
This event will illuminate ways practicing Christians’ core relationships engage them in a thoughtful, transformative faith—the kind that holds up to and is passed down over time.
Produced by the team that brought you the State of Pastors (2017) and Gen Z (2018) webcasts, The Spiritually Vibrant Household webcast is the latest offering in the Barna webcast series.
Big Tent
The theme – based on Romans 12:2, chosen by our Stated Clerk, Reverend Dr. J Herbert Nelson II, Called to a Movement beyond Institution, will emphasize our hope of the Gospel and its power to challenge institutional conventions. The goal is to come together and live in this moment, immersed in our current cultural context of racial division, gender inequality, and economic disparity to be renewed, refreshed and reformed, so that we may be sent out to affect change in our own communities. Big Tent will provide a place where our Presbyterian polity and identity is the foothold by which we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in action and answer the call to discern the will of God together.
Based at two downtown hotels, the Radisson and Lord Baltimore, the event will be accessible and affordable – making it possible for more Presbyterians to come together for a time of learning, engaging, and fellowship.
Clergy/CRE Groups
Who is your pastor’s pastor? To whom do they turn when they need to talk? Where are the safe places where they can be open and talk about the realities of their ministries and the struggles, the strains and the joys?
The Presbytery of Wyoming has encouraged and supported our General Presbyter, Steve Shive, to convene and meet with groups of Clergy and Commissioned Elders throughout the state.
The meetings usually meet at 10:00 AM with a format including:
Check-In and Reflection
A Spiritual Practice
Prayer Together
The groups usually break up at noon and they all go to lunch together!
Southeast Group
First Church, Cheyenne, Wednesday, May 1, 10:00 AM
Basin Group
Community Federated Church, Thermopolis, Tuesday, February 12, 10:00 AM
West Group
Star Valley United Church, Thayne, Wednesday, February 13, 10:00 AM
North Central Group
Shepherd of the Hills Church, Casper, Thursday, February 28, 10:00 AM
Technology Grant
Does your church need/desire to update its technology• purchase a new computer, install new sound equipment, etc.? The Presbytery is providing $3000 matching Technology Grants from the Futuring the Faith Funds. All you need to do is to send an estimate of the cost along with some receipt showing that you have raised 50% of the amount and the Council will receive and evaluate your request! Funds are available!
The Presbytery Council, COM and Evangelism and Congregational Development Team as they envision new goals for the Presbytery in light of our new vision!
Our churches and members, as they prepare for Christ's birth-giving love.
Thanks be to God! Thea McKee has been granted disability by the Board of Pensions!
The Presbytery as it learns to go into its neighborhoods
Peace in Syria, Palestine and Israel.
Presbytery of WY Stated Clerk, Mark Owens as he continues to heal from cancer surgery.
Rev. Thea A. McKee expresses her deep gratitude for the gift of the Presbytery offering to help cover her travel expenses to get a third opinion on her medical condition and living expenses while she seeks disability.
The Worland Church as they navigate the transition to a part-time pastor!
For the families of The Tree of Life community in Pittsburgh who lost loved ones and friends in the massacre on October 27
Libby Tedder-Hugus and Shayla Graham as they lead pioneering work in the New Worshipping Communities in Casper and Pine Ridge!
Rev. Shayla Graham, pastor at Pine Ridge New Worshipping Community, for healing of the seventh cranium nerve after her surgery to remove a tumor on her auditory nerve.
The United Presbyterian Church of Riverton as they put their building on the market to sell and the Administrative Commission as they work with them to determine next steps.
Rev. George Pasek and the Powell Church as he serves as their Interim Pastor and as they work on their Mission Study!
The First Presbyterian Church of Sheridan and the United Presbyterian Church of Laramie as their PNC finish their Ministry Information Form and begin searching for and discerning who God is calling as their new pastor!
Dakota (Frederick) and Tanner Kohfield as they begin a year of ministry as YAVs (Young Adult Volunteers) with the PCUSA in Tucson, AZ
Glenn Flyr, elder from Guernsey, as he will be having surgery on the 25th of October in Denver.
Rev. Monte Reichenberg, Pastor in Moorcroft, as he has knee replacement surgery on December 10th in Casper.
Community Federated Church, Thermopolis, as they begin the call process for a new pastor.
Committee on Ministry as they meet on February 23rd
