OPPORTUNITIES......

Applications for Special Committees Commission
Task Force
Development Team
Implementation Team
created by 225th GA

​Do You Know Someone Who Can Help the Children?
Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services has an urgent need for multiple Foster Care Case Managers in our area. Do you know anyone willing to serve? (Feel free to share on social media.) Additional information is available here. 

Presbytery-Wide Bible Study
October 4, 11 & 18 at 7:00 pm via Zoom
We will be using the PCUSA curriculum Follow Me: Biblical Practices for Faithful Living. The unit used for this 4 week study is entitled: 
 Hope 
Hope is waiting in faith. It is not merely wishing for something to happen or hoping everything will work out if the stars align. Hope is waiting with anticipation—at times, with impatience—for what you know and believe is coming. In Hebrew, the word for rope and hope are the same. Hope is something outside ourselves that tethers us to safety and helps us keep going, even when we can’t see our way.
Books may be ordered from the PCUSA Store. The cost is $8.00 per book plus s/h. The link to order the study materials is:  https://www.pcusastore.com/Products/FM0405/hope.aspx?bCategory=FMAD 
If you have any questions about ordering books, please email Celeste Dahlgren at patchespasturellc@yahoo.com

PC(USA) Leader Formation Webinar Video
Good Stewards of God’s Grace on Vimeo

​Opening Doors to Discipleship--
A new training website for faith formation leaders
​
Faith and Disability: A Practical Guide for Church Leaders--
A disability inclusion toolkit

Discerning God’s Call Post-Covid--
Guidelines for Communal Discernment [PDF] will be the primary basis for the seminar. Participants can also purchase it through the PC(USA) Store. 

Beginning Anew
What’s next as the pandemic-rocked church moves into the next phase of its journey with God? 
Check out the process with guides for discussion sessions, as well as suggested discussion questions for the book. Thanks to Mid-Kentucky EP John Odom for securing permission to share these resources for discerning where God is calling congregations.

Preventing and Responding to Harassment
PC(USA) General Counsel Mike Kirk has provided helpful information about anti-harassment policies that your mid councils and sessions should know.

IISMO
International Institute
of Southwest Missouri
Mentor Program

IISMO - VOLUNTEER INTEREST

Church Mutual’s tips avoid frozen pipes 

EVENTS.....

INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKER 2022

Furzan Zumot
Fursan grew up in the Anglican church in Amman, Jordan.  His studies were initially in accounting but, following a short career in banking, he sensed a call to ministry in 2003.  That same year he began working with the deaf community.  After becoming ordained in the Anglican Church and serving several parishes in Jordan, a struggle with doctrinal and ritual questions led him to apply to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s partner denomination in the region.  He has served the ELCJHL since 2014.  In addition to serving as pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, Fursan uses his training and experience in communication with the hearing-disabled as ELCJHL as pastor for the deaf and serves the Church’s Ecclesiastical Court of Appeals in the capacity of judge.  He is married to Rawan Zu`mot, a pharmacist, and they have a 2½-year-old daughter. 
Furzan Ayed Zumot serves as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, a partner denomination of the PCUSA.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, September 30, 2:00 p.m., MSU-West Plains, Carol Silvey Student Union in Hass-Darr Hall, 201 Garfield, West Plains, Missouri.  5:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall, 112 South Aid Avenue, ​​West Plains, Missouri.
 
Saturday, October 1, Presbyterian Women Fall Gathering, 10:00 a.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1551 East Portland, Springfield, Missouri.
 
Saturday, October 1, casual conversation at 5p.m., formal presentation at 5:30 p.m. dinner at 6:00 p.m. (please RSVP John Nipper, drnip@aol.com) at Willard-Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church, 800 AB Highway, Willard, Missouri
 
Sunday, October 2, 9:00 a.m., worship leadership at Ozark Prairie (Brick) Presbyterian Church, 15032 Lawrence 2077, Mt. Vernon, Missouri.  11:30 a.m., worship leadership at Ozark Presbyterian Church, 1932 East State Highway 14, Ozark, Missouri.
 
Monday, October 3, optional dinner at 4:30 p.m., at Chicken Mary’s (1133 East 600th Avenue, Pittsburg, Kansas. 6:30 p.m., Program at the Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg, 520 North Pine, Pittsburg, Kansas

150 Years of Service to God
Ozark Presbyterian Church - Ozark Missouri
​Celebration Saturday, October 1 and 2
Call church office to rsvp. 417-581-6988

Free Concert
Sunday, October 2 at 2pm.
at Willard-Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church 
800 State Highway AB
Willard, Missouri

Presbyterian Children’s Home and Services
Benefit Luncheon
October 6 at noon
2546 N Glenstone Ave, Springfield
RSVP to Tonya Johnson
573-631-2074
tonya.johnson@pchas.org

Equipping the Saints
 
When:           Sunday, October 22, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where:          Ozark Prairie (Brick) Presbyterian Church
                       15032 Lawrence 2077
                       Mt. Vernon, Missouri 65712
Come bask in the warm fellowship of John Calvin Presbytery. Enjoy lunch, family-friendly activities, and connecting with friends old and new. Soak up the blessings of our beautiful setting! Come for all, or just the part that work for you.