Thank you to St. James Presbyterian Church and all the volunteers that helped put this meeting together. We had fabulous food, wonderful worship and a good meeting.
If you missed the sermon, listen here. Rev. Andy Hamer, Associate Pastor, Shepherd of the Hills gave the sermon.
On Sunday, June 3, 2018, a gathering was held at The Presbytery Center on Grant Street to celebrate our past as we look to our future. At some point over the summer, the Presbytery Office will be moving to 4800 Happy Canyon Road in Denver, we wanted to celebrate with you and look back to how the Grant Street Property has been a place of joy, peace, sorrow and grace-- so for many.
Thank you to Revs. Gretchen Hope Wilson and Justin Spurlock for leading worship. A special thanks to Pastor Tu (Vietnamese Fellowship), Ruling Elder Don Boggs (formerly of South Presbyterian Church), Ruling Elder Ki Park (True Light Community Church) and Rev. Amy Mendez for sharing your stories with us. Go in peace~
The Presbyterian Foundation has a program to help church leaders finance the expense of attending a course on church financial management.
Please help us spread the word among your pastors, commissioned ruling elders (CRE), and leaders of 1001 New Worshiping Communities. The Presbyterian Foundation invites these pastoral leaders to apply for a Church Financial Leadership Grant to assist with the financial cost of attending finance-related educational activities. Our goal is to help them institute best practices for church financial leadership, introduce them to new models of giving and stewardship, and offer them new ways to talk about money and form generous disciples within their church.
The Church Financial Leadership grants are matching funds, and applicants must provide the source(s) for the other half of expenses. Eligible expenses include registration fees, transportation, lodging, meals and other expenses for approved church financial leadership events, training and continuing education opportunities.
The application deadline is June 15, 2018. Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Grant applications take approximately four weeks to process. Click here for an application. If you have questions, send an email here.
The grants were made possible from the Foundation’s work as part of a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.’s National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders.
Grace and Peace to all,
Wellshire Presbyterian Church will be host in August for the last leg of the Summer 2018 Interpretive Assignment of Cathy Chang and Juan Lopez, PCUSA mission co-workers in the Philippines. The Rev. Cathy Chang is the PC(USA) World Mission regional facilitator for addressing migration and human trafficking, and her husband Juan Lopez works with Filipino youth.
Cathy will be preaching at Wellshire on Sunday August 12th at the 9:00 and 11:00 am services, and then she and Juan will give a lunchtime presentation of their work, with lots of time for questions and discussion. We invite anyone who is interested to join us on Sunday, and we are also willing to host an additional gathering on Saturday evening, August 11th, for anyone who would rather meet then. If a Saturday event is your preference, please let us know, no later than June 15th, so we can plan.
To say "yes" to a Saturday evening meeting, or Sunday lunch, or for more information, contact turner.martha@centurylink.net.
Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett elected president & executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Did you miss the March Assembly? Keep in touch with the sermon series on Traveling in Exile.
Listen to the sermon from Rev. Mimi Dixon below.
Thank you to Pastor Jorge Barbaran, Ruling Elder Marco Contreas and the entire congregation at Iglesia de Valvere for hosting the Presbytery Assembly Meeting.
