► Read the latest articles from General Presbyter Roy Martin, Stated Clerk Jeannie Dixon, our presbytery committees and strategic planning taskforce, and more, in the April Panhandle Presbyterian.
► UKirk Tallahassee collegiate campus ministry invites you to their Annual Meeting and Open House on Tuesday, May 23, 6 – 7:30 p.m. EDT, to learn about what UKirk has been up to the past year and to take a tour of their beautiful space, located at 548 W. Park Ave., Tallahassee. Refreshments will be provided.
► The Imani Milele Children's Choir from Uganda, Africa, will perform a free concert at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, Thursday, April 13, at 7 p.m. CDT.
► First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee invites you to "Changing the Conversation", a consumer-oriented webinar with electric vehicle consumer advocate Vanessa Warheit, of Plug In America,Tuesday, April 4, at 1 p.m. CDT/2 p.m. EDT. Topics will include EV electricity generation, the EV supply chain, and electric vehicle safety. Click here for details and registration. If you can't participate in the live webinar, you can still register to receive a link to the webinar recording.
► On Palm Sunday, April 2, the combined music ministries of Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, and First United Methodist Church in Monticello will present, “It Is Well With My Soul,” an Easter Cantata written by John Purifoy. This service will feature the combined choirs of both congregations, as well as an instrumental ensemble, for a meaningful and moving worship experience. Services are at 9 a.m. EDT (FUMC Monticello) and 11 a.m. EDT (Lafayette).
► First Presbyterian Church of Marianna is looking for summer intern to minister primarily with children and youth. The position can be full-time or part-time; housing is available; and there is a generous compensation plan. Hours and days can be
flexible. Call 850-765-3659 for information.
► The Presbytery office will be closed April 7 for Good Friday.
► Artists, crafters, cottage-industry food makers, and, of course, helpers are needed to make Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church's annual Arts & Heritage Festival possible Saturday, June 3. Contact Brian Hughes to reserve booth space (at no charge!) and to get on the volunteer lists. Please text him (unidentified callers will be blocked) at 850-603-2584 or email brian_abroad@yahoo.com. Click here for an event flier.
Other events and opportunities
► Ruling elders and deacons are invited to the second PC(USA) leader formation webinar of 2023, Reclaiming Our Calling: Deacons & Ruling Elders and the Care of Souls, Thursday, April 27, 6 – 7:30 p.m. CDT/7 – 8:30 p.m. EDT. Participants will learn more about both the theoretical and practical realities of caring for one another in the church and the important role that church leaders serve within that. This webinar will be recorded, and Korean and Spanish interpretation are available. Registration deadline: April 19. Find more information and registration links on the PC(USA) Leader Formation website.
► GreenFaith, a worldwide, multi-faith climate and environmental movement, invites people of faith to gather May 8 – 11 for "No Faith in Fossil Fuels", a three-day climate finance summit. This summit is for you if you’re just making the connections between faith, finance, and climate, if you’re a money manager rooted in just climate values, or if you are part of a community wrestling with questions about how banks and asset managers can continue to invest in the fossil fuel industries that are destroying communities in the U.S. and around the world, and about how to hold these financial institutions accountable. Click here for details, including a summit agenda.
More news you can use
► Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has reached out to the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee to offer resources following Tuesday's shooting at The Covenant School, near Nashville. Read their prayer: https://pda.pcusa.org/pda/resource/prayer-covenant-school/ PDA also has reached out to offer support, resources and prayers to affected presbyteries following last weekend’s deadly tornadoes. Gifts for this response and other U. S. disasters and emergencies may be online made hereor mailed to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700, designated to DR000015.
Pray for one another
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