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Mission Council for Synod of the Covenant encourages congregations to plan to participate in this Presbyterian stewardship conference.  Complete information and registration materials are available at www.stewardshipkaleidoscope.org.  The Council also announces that resources are available to support congregations in sending members to this event from the Stewardship Fund which was funded through the Partnership Campaign. 

Our next Presbytery meeting is Feb. 21, at First PC Tiffin, and during worship we will be celebrating musically, with a preacher from the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song, Rev. Meg Flannagan. We would like on this day to include instrumentalists, but most of Tiffin’s musicians are teachers or students and not available during the day. If you are an instrumentalist experienced in playing for worship and would be willing to be part of the band/orchestra for this service, please contact Don Loving (419-618-0495) or Katie Treadway (567-220-6320). We have a pianist and organist but would love to add winds, strings, brass, and percussion!

Christ Presbyterian Church and Fairgreen Presbyterian Church are joining together to host an Ecumenical 30 Hour Famine Lock-In the weekend of March 23 – 24.  If you are interested in joining us for this powerful and empowering lock-in, please e-mail Rev. Kris Schondelmeyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or refer to the attached flier and registraton form. 

Geneva Presbyterian Church in Canton, Michigan is seeking a part-time (20 hrs/wk) Director of Children’s Ministry.  For a detailed job description please contact the church at 734-459-0833 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We have  white Clergy Robes- size approximately for a 6 foot male (42-44 jacket size)

If anyone is interested please call the presbytery office at 800-222-2494.

During this 11-day study experience, October 2 - 12, 2012, we will visit Athens, Corinth, Mykonos, Ephesus, Patmos, Heraklion, Santorini, Delphi, Kalambaka, and Thessaloniki – including a three-day cruise to the Greek Isles and Turkey. Sponsored by Columbia Seminary’s Center for Lifelong Learning Spirituality Program – in collaboration with NAWAS International Travel – this seminar will be led by V. Bruce Rigdon, PhD, President Emeritus, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, and Deedra Rich, Interim Associate Director, Spirituality & Lifelong Learning.

For details or to register, click here.

The churches in MVP raised $4,860 for the hunger program called 2 cents/meal or Cents-Ability Program. Churches who participate keep 25% at the church level and send the rest on to the presbytery. At the presbytery level, 25% is sent to GA in Louisville for the national hunger program and 50% remains at the presbytery level to be used for presbytery wide hunger needs.

While taxes may be one of the few certainties in life, the same can’t be said of tax laws — they can, and often do, change. And these changes could affect how you report income and expenses in a number of ways. By keeping informed and up to date on these changes, you could potentially save big on your tax return.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS website) issued the 2012 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.  The 2012 standard mileage rate remains at 55.5 cents per mile for business uses, medical and moving use rates were reduced to 23 cents per mile, and charitable use remains at 14 cents per mile.

What is the per capita offering?

The per capita offering is one of two ways that congregations contribute to the mission and ministry of the wider.   These dollars are the foundations which enable us to work together, “and are based upon the financial costs of living as a covenant community.  Sometimes referred to as the ‘administrative costs of the church.”   

$3.00 from each small bottle sold and $2.00 from each large bottle sold, will be sent to "Bright Stars" Project

Certified Fair Trade by IMO- In support of farmers in Palestine and peace in the Holy Land

For more information about thise sale please view this flyer.

For more information regarding the Maumee Valley Presbytery 2012 Minimum Terms of Call/Per Capita set for Pastors serving churches full-time please click here.

Findlay First Presbyterian Church is having a Concert Series.  Concerts are free and begin at 3:00 p.m. For more information click here. 

As part of the build-up toward the new Presbyterian Hymnal, coming out in 2013, the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song is calling attention to singing in worship by inviting Presbyterians across the denomination to sing the same songs on given Sundays, in a program called “Many Voices, One Song.”

Maumee Valley Presbytery offers two training programs for elders who want to do more in the church.

The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico (INPM) has voted to end its 139-year-old relationship with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)