Monmouth Presbytery E-newsletter

August 30, 2010

In this issue

Celebrate Bill Jordan’s Ministry

Updates from the presbytery

This week at the Mission Cafe

Calendar of Events

Celebrate Bill Jordan’s Ministry Among Us

You Are Invited To a Celebration of Bill Jordan’s Ministry Among Us

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Please return the following reservation form with your check of $36/per person by October 1 to:

Monmouth Presbytery

PO Box 369

Tennent, NJ 07763-0369

Attention Barbara Wasylyk

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Updates from the Presbytery

The next Monmouth Presbytery Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 28, 2010.

PLEASE NOTE that there will be a Pre-Meeting from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm with a visit from Vince Patton, PC (USA) Executive Director of Communications, Church Relations and Staff Services, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky.

The regular meeting starts at 7:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church of Lincroft, Everett Road & West Front Street, Lincroft, NJ 07738, 732-741-8921.

Please start submitting the materials you would like included in either the Docket or Packet.  If I don’t receive your materials by the DEADLINE (Monday, September 20^th), please be prepared to bring 120 copies to the meeting for distribution.  Also, if you want to be excused from the Presbytery Meeting, please let me know by Monday, September 27^th.

Please remember to send Terms of Call and Annual Reports to Monmouth Presbytery, PO Box 369, 446 Tennent Road, Tennent, NJ 07763-0369, Attention Barbara

Please e-mail announcements, upcoming events, and classified ads to Barbara

New in the Mission Cafe

Who is My Neighbor?

The Director of Public Witness, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, was interviewed by PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on the subject of immigration: Who is my neighbor?

Click here to watch what he had to say.

Office of Public Witness Joins with the Presbyterian Network to End Homelessness The Presbyterian Network to End Homelessness (PNTEH) and the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness in Washington, DC, have announced a partnership focused on the PC(USA)’s mission effort to end homelessness in the U.S.

Pakistan Flood Response: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is working with ecumenical partners to respond to the disaster in Pakistan. One Great Hour of Sharing funds are helping with the provision of the basics -

Celebrate Evangelism Sunday, September 26 – Get materials for Evangelism Sunday, September 26, 2010. Follow the timeline for the Evangelism Sunday campaign “that they may know… Christ and our lives.” Develop prayer and Servant Saturday leadership teams now. Show Skateboarding Evangelism and Shared Christmas Evangelism as examples of how Christ is made known as “churches engage their communities” with God’s love.

A new chapter in World Mission – At the World Mission Luncheon at the General Assembly Hunter Farrell, director of Presbyterian World Mission, said the newest chapter in the denomination’s mission “love story” that began in 1837 is the formation of “communities of mission practice.”

Join a webinar on Earth Care congregations and Energy Star – PC(USA) Congregations that are interested in working on earth care are invited to participate in a webinar from PC(USA) Environmental Ministries and ENERGY STAR for Congregations called “Earth Care Congregations and How ENERGY STAR Can Help” on Wednesday, October 6 from 3-4 p.m. Eastern.

Join the Presbyterian Multicultural Network’s Multicultural Institute-November 9-12 in Montreat

Coming in the September issue of Presbyterians Today Coming in the September 2010 issue Why we giveby Karl Travis Christians are called to give generously – not because God needs our money, but because we need the spiritual discipline of giving. Practicing generosity helps us to grow in faith.

Register for the Congregational Transformation Conference-October 18-22

Two hundred participants from churches in southwestern United States and in Mexico met in May to discuss border and immigration issues in a conference titled “Crossing Borders, Encountering God.”

Seeking God’s Grace for the Gulf The National Council of Churches and its 36 member communions believe that prayer, reflection and healing are part of the long-term recovery that is vital for the Gulf. To begin this process, the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program is hosting a national event “Seeking God’s Grace for the Gulf: A Day of Worship, Reflection and Healing” on Sunday, October 3 and invites you and your congregation to join them by hosting a worship service, candle light vigil or other event that lifts up the needs of those in the Gulf.

Five Smooth Stones Bob and Kristi Rice, PCUSA mission workers in Democratic Republic of Congo, have written an insightful letter with a great illustration of what it means to be partners in mission.

ACSWP Salt and Light – ACSWP Statement on Salt & Light Post-GA Summary In response to serious and important concerns raised about the brief summary description of General Assembly action regarding the Middle East Study Report contained in ACSWP’s e-mail, Salt & Light, of August 12, 2010, the co-chairs and coordinator of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy wish to clarify and revise several statements.

Calendar of Events

Note: for regularly scheduled meetings of committees and other groups, please go to the Calendar page of the presbytery’s website

Saturday, September 11, 2010, Rock Around the Clock – Trinity Presbyterian Church, East Brunswick – 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Tuesday, September 21, 7-8:30 p.m. Forum on Ocean County homelessness – at Hope Presbyterian Church, Lakewood

Saturday, September 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls – Annual Pumpkinfest

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 – Pre-Presbytery (Monmouth Presbytery) Special Event – 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm at Lincroft Presbyterian Church

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at First PC, Matawan – Spaghetti for the Soul – a conference for women

Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 at 1:30 pm until Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 about 2:30 pm – “Resting In Our Service” on the ocean front in Silver Beach, Outer Island, NJ.

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls – Presbyterian Women of Monmouth Fall Gathering

Sunday, Nov. 14 – Watchung Ave. Presbyterian Church, N. Plainfield and Monday, Nov. 15 – Drew Theological School, Madison – Ground for Hope-New Jersey – Environmental Education and Leadership for Clergy, Laity, Seminarians, and Seminaries

April 8 – 10, 2011 – Women’s Retreat – Camp Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center

Quick Links…

• Monmouth Presbytery Mission Cafe
• Monmouth Presbytery Clerk’s Corner
• NJ Hunger Action and Advocacy
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Synod of the Northeast
• Weekly e-news (past issues of e-newsletter)

An inconvenient truth, circa 2010

Updates from the Presbytery

New on the Mission Cafe

Upcoming Events

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August 9, 2010

Updates from the Presbytery

Jump Start Your Fall Planning-New Resource and Programming Conversation-Tuesday, August 10 at 6:30 p.m.

New at the Clerk’s Corner: Finding Stewardship Resources

One of the biggest challenges for church leadership is finding good Stewardship resources for worship and education – and, yes, for that annual campaign that most of us start to get really concerned about this time of year, as we move ahead with planning for the fall.

PCUSA mission workers Jeff and Christi Boyd will be visiting Monmouth Presbytery August 15-22 – see details of their visit.
Please remember to send Terms of Call and Annual Reports to Monmouth Presbytery, PO Box 369, 446 Tennent Road, Tennent, NJ 07763-0369

Please e-mail announcements, upcoming events, and classified adsto Barbara

Treasurers’ Information: The July 2010 year-to-date giving recaps of Per Capita and General Mission/Special Offerings are now available for review on the Presbytery website under “Documents” and then “Treasurers’ Information.” If there is a discrepancy, please contactHoward Dunbar as soon as possible (732-446-7605). Please note that giving recaps will no longer be e-mailed or mailed.

New on the Mission Cafe

Eco-Justice Notes: Out of Intensive Care – The blown-out Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has finally been plugged. Three and a half months of damage and despair can move into a time of restoration and healing. Now is an appropriate time for faith communities to mark the occasion with worship, prayer and action.

PDA Rapid Information Network – PDA RIN Updates August 5, 2010
Pakistan flooding, Haiti, continuing need for Gift of the Heart kits.

Update from Corporate Accountability: UN affirms human right to water, bottled water sales recede further

Crafters and Shoppers: Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls – Annual Pumpkinfest – September 25, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

New from the Presbyterian Hunger Program: Just Purchasing: Practicing Our Faith at the Market

From the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program – Seeking Peace, August 3, 2010

34th Racial Ethnic Convocation – October 1-2, 2010

Salvadoran Coffee Farmer speaking tour with Equal Exchange and Catholic Relief Services

Tuesday, August 10 – Jump Start Your Fall Planning - 6:30pm – 8:30pm - Presbytery of Monmouth

August 13-22 - PC(USA) missionaries Jeff and Christi Boyd from Cameroon will visit Monmouth Presbytery

• Sunday, August 15 at 9:15 a.m. - Worship at First PC, 4 East River Road, Rumson
• Tuesday, August 17 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. “Sandwich Seminar” at Plumsted Presbyterian Church, 14 Front Street, New Egypt
• Tuesday, August 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. – “Eat and Greet” at Allentown Crossroads Youth Center – pizza, ice cream, post-Triennium conversation, and “The Africa Game”
• Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m. – Presbytery Dinner – Supper and Sharing at Church on the Hill, 10 Cold Indian Springs Road, Ocean – supper and sharing are free, but please R.S.V.P. by Sunday, August 8
• Saturday, August 21, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Westminster PC Garden, 94 Tindall Road, Middletown – tour the new PAR (Plant a Row for the Hungry) Garden, visit with representatives from Rutgers University Master Gardeners of Monmouth County, meet and greet Christ and Jeff Boyd, hear from Westminster’s Garden Team about how to start a garden at your church, learn what’s happening with the Food Sovereignty initiative in Cameroon.
• Sunday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. – Worship at Church on the Hill, Ocean

Aug. 27, 2010 - Benefit Concert – ‘Friends Of Susan Lisle’ - Hope Presbyterian Church, 1189 Hope Rd. Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 – 7 pm with Reception to follow.

Tuesday, September 21, 7-8:30 p.m. Forum on Ocean County homelessness – at Hope Presbyterian Church, Lakewood

Saturday, September 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls - Annual Pumpkinfest

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at First PC, Matawan - Spaghetti for the Soul – a conference for women

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls -Presbyterian Women of Monmouth Fall Gathering

Sunday, Nov. 14 – Watchung Ave. Presbyterian Church, N. Plainfield and Monday, Nov. 15 – Drew Theological School, Madison - Ground for Hope-New Jersey – Environmental Education and Leadership for Clergy, Laity, Seminarians, and Seminaries

April 8 – 10, 2011 – Women’s Retreat – Camp Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center

Note: for regularly scheduled meetings of committees and other groups, please go to the Calendar page of the presbytery’s website

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Christi and Jeff Boyd Jeff Boyd is the PC(USA) liaison for Central Africa. In this role, he facilitates relationships with partner churches and institutions in Cameroon, Congo, and Equatorial Guinea. He also provides support for mission personnel and is a resource for U.S. congregations who are in a relationship with one of our partners in the region. Christi Boyd is the companionship facilitator for the Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Joining Hands initiative in Cameroon. Working with Cameroonian mainstream churches, non-profit organizations, and grassroots groups, she has facilitated the establishment of the national network and the development of its programs. These include cooperative grain banks in northern Cameroon, a microfinance program, and an anti-corruption program focusing on revenue management in oil, gas, and mining projects. See their Mission Connections profile. Quick Links Monmouth Presbytery Main Website Mission Cafe Monmouth Presbytery Clerk’s Corner Hunger Action and Advocacy Monmouth E-News (archived newsletters) Monmouth Presbytery e-News August 5, 2010 Update on Jeff and Christi Boyd’s visit Dear Friends in Monmouth Presbytery, Mid-summer greetings! If you’ve been on a mission trip, you already know what a life-changing experience it can be to come away with a renewed sense of your place in the body of Christ and an awareness of how what’s happening in the rest of the world impacts you – and vice versa. Not everyone can go on a world mission trip, but all of us are invited to be part of the next best thing this month! The world will be coming to Monmouth Presbytery when Christi and Jeff Boyd, mission co-workers from Cameroon, visit in August. My church, Church on the Hill in Ocean, has a long-standing relationship with the Boyds; and First Presbyterian Church in Rumson recently established a new relationship with Christi. After hearing that the Boyds would be here on two consecutive Sundays, the Mission Council of the Presbytery decided to invite them for the entire week. You are invited to share in the ministry of Jeff and Christi in worship, over food, in the garden, and more. Please look over the schedule and make it a point of coming to at least one worship service or gathering. I especially hope you will come and have dinner with us and the Boyds at Church on the Hill on Wednesday, August 18 – supper and sharing are free, but please let us know you’re coming and how many you’re bringing! Opportunities to meet and greet Christi and Jeff There are lots of opportunities to meet and greet the Boyds: Sunday, August 15 at 9:15 a.m. – Worship – First Presbyterian Church, 4 East River Road, Rumson Tuesday, August 17 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. “Sandwich Seminar” at Plumsted Presbyterian Church, 14 Front Street, New Egypt Tuesday, August 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. – “Eat and Greet” at Allentown Crossroads Youth Center – pizza, ice cream, post-Triennium conversation, and “The Africa Game” Wednesday, August 18, 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. – informal brown bag lunch at Monmouth Presbytery Center, 446 Tennent Road, Tennent, NJ Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m. Supper and Sharing at Church on the Hill, 10 Cold Indian Springs Road, Ocean – supper and sharing are free, but please R.S.V.P. by Sunday, August 8 Thursday, August 19, 10-11:30 a.m. Brunch and conversation around mission in Africa at The Golden Bell Diner, located at 3320 US Highway 9 in Freehold Saturday, August 21, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Westminster PC Garden, 94 Tindall Road, Middletown – tour the new PAR (Plant a Row for the Hungry) Garden, visit with representatives from Rutgers University Master Gardeners of Monmouth County, meet and greet Christ and Jeff Boyd, hear from Westminster’s Garden Team about how to start a garden at your church, learn what’s happening with the Food Sovereignty initiative in Cameroon. Sunday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. – Worship at Church on the Hill, Ocean

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Monmouth Presbytery E-newsletter August 2, 2010 In this issue Updates from Presbytery Opportunities to meet the Boyds New at the Mission Cafe Calendar of Events Updates from the Presbytery NEW – Treasurers Information: The July 2010 year-to-date giving recaps of Per Capita and General Mission / Special Offerings are now available for review on the Presbytery website under “Documents” and then “Treasurer’s Information”.  You can also copy and paste the following link into your internet browser to review the recaps: Link to Treasurer’s Information Going forward, the giving recaps will be updated and uploaded onto the Presbytery web site on a monthly basis.  Each month, the Treasurer should review the information to ensure they are in agreement with the latest remittance figures.  If there is a discrepancy, please contact Howard Dunbar as soon as possible (732-446-7605, ext. 12).  Please note that giving recaps will no longer be emailed or mailed to the Treasurers, Clerks of Session or Ministers. Church on the Hill in Ocean has invited the presbytery to a dinner on Wednesday, August 18 to meet and greet PC(USA) mission co-workers Christi and Jeff Boyd. Please remember to R.S.V.P.the church office with the total number of attendees from your church. Please remember to send Terms of Call and Annual Reports to Monmouth Presbytery, PO Box 369, 446 Tennent Road, Tennent, NJ 07763-0369 Please e-mail announcements, upcoming events, and classified ads to Barbara Christi and Jeff Boyd, Presbyterian Church (USA) Mission Workers in Cameroon, will visit Monmouth Presbytery in August. You are invited to share in the ministry of Christi and Jeff in worship, at a special event for Youth, over food, in the garden, and more. If your congregation doesn’t have a connection with a PC(USA) mission worker, this is a great opportunity to hear about the amazing things happening around the world through World Mission! Sunday, August 15 at 9:15 a.m. – Worship at First PC, 4 East River Road, Rumson Tuesday, August 17 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. “Sandwich Seminar” at Plumsted Presbyterian Church, 14 Front Street, New Egypt Tuesday, August 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. – “Eat and Greet” at Allentown Crossroads Youth Center – pizza, ice cream, post-Triennium conversation, and “The Africa Game” Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m. Supper and Sharing at Church on the Hill, 10 Cold Indian Springs Road, Ocean – supper and sharing are free, but please R.S.V.P. by Sunday, August 8 Saturday, August 21, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Westminster PC Garden, 94 Tindall Road, Middletown – tour the new PAR (Plant a Row for the Hungry) Garden, visit with representatives from Rutgers University Master Gardeners of Monmouth County, meet and greet Christ and Jeff Boyd, hear from Westminster’s Garden Team about how to start a garden at your church, learn what’s happening with the Food Sovereignty initiative in Cameroon. Sunday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. – Worship at Church on the Hill, Ocean New in the Mission Cafe July 28 – Weekly Message from Linda Valentine: Learning and sharing PC News Weekly Summaries – July 26-30, 2010 Presbyterian Witness in Washington – July 30, 2010 – Office of Public Witness Director interviewed on PBS this Sunday From Presbyterians for Earth Care – GA Report Exciting new resource: ‘Welcome to the Presbyterian Church!’ An introduction to all things Presbyterian Now Available from BOP: Summer 2010 Issue of The Board Bulletin Remember the delicious Chicken & Artichokes & Angel Food Cake at the South Amboy Presbytery Meeting? Here they are. Bread for the Preacher-August 2010-God’s Abundance Conducting Web Conferences using telephones and visual stills on the internet NEXT Sunday August 8 is Homelessness/Affordable Housing Sunday Action Alert – Child Nutrition Reauthorization Call In – August 11 Eco-Notes, July 2010 – Become an Earth Care Congregation Ground for Hope-New Jersey-Environmental Education and Leadership-2 dates – November 14 or November 15 Prayer Petition for Our Neighbors on the Gulf Coast-from the National Council of Churches Calendar of Events Note: for regularly scheduled meetings of committees and other groups, please go to the Calendar page of the presbytery’s website August 8, 2010 – Homelessness/Affordable Housing Sunday Aug. 10, 2010 – Jump Start Your Fall Planning - 6:30pm – 8:30pm – Presbytery of Monmouth August 13-22, 2010 – PC(USA) missionaries Jeff and Christi Boyd from Cameroon will visit Monmouth Presbytery Sunday, August 15 at 9:15 a.m. - Worship at First PC, 4 East River Road, Rumson Tuesday, August 17 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. “Sandwich Seminar” at Plumsted Presbyterian Church, 14 Front Street, New Egypt Tuesday, August 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. – “Eat and Greet” at Allentown Crossroads Youth Center – pizza, ice cream, post-Triennium conversation, and “The Africa Game” Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m. – Presbytery Dinner – Supper and Sharing at Church on the Hill, 10 Cold Indian Springs Road, Ocean – supper and sharing are free, but please R.S.V.P. by Sunday, August 8 Saturday, August 21, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Westminster PC Garden, 94 Tindall Road, Middletown – tour the new PAR (Plant a Row for the Hungry) Garden, visit with representatives from Rutgers University Master Gardeners of Monmouth County, meet and greet Christ and Jeff Boyd, hear from Westminster’s Garden Team about how to start a garden at your church, learn what’s happening with the Food Sovereignty initiative in Cameroon. Sunday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. – Worship at Church on the Hill, Ocean Aug. 27, 2010 - Benefit Concert – ‘Friends Of Susan Lisle’ - Hope Presbyterian Church, 1189 Hope Rd. Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 – 7 pm with Reception to follow. Wednesday, September 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Forum on Ocean County homelessness – Date and Location TBA Saturday, October 2, 2010 at First PC, Matawan – Spaghetti for the Soul – a conference for women Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls – Presbyterian Women of Monmouth Fall Gathering Sunday, Nov. 14 – Watchung Ave. Presbyterian Church, N. Plainfield and Monday, Nov. 15 – Drew Theological School, Madison – Ground for Hope-New Jersey – Environmental Education and Leadership for Clergy, Laity, Seminarians, and Seminaries April 8 – 10, 2011 – Women’s Retreat – Camp Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center Quick Links… Monmouth Presbytery Mission Cafe Homelessness and Affordable Housing on the Mission Cafe NJ Hunger Action and Advocacy Presbyterian Network to End Homelessness Homelessness: Creating Just, Sustainable Communities – a 4 page summary of the PCUSA social witness policy on the issue