Friday, 3 of September of 2010

Category » Continuing Education

Synod-wide Leadership/Nurture Events in Oct 2010

Important Leadership & Continuing Education events in the Synod of Mid-AMerica during October 2010. Download information and Register NOW! 

  Synod Breathe Fire Leadership Practice Oct 13-15 (208.2 KiB, 74 hits)

  View Breathe Fire Registration form (292.5 KiB, 17 hits)

Oct 13-15, 2010 Synod hosts a community leadership practice experienceBreathe Fire happens at Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village KS Register at www.synodma.org 

  Healthy Congregations Brochure 2010 (34.0 KiB, 32 hits)

Oct 14-15, 2010  Heathly Congregations Workshop led by Richard Blackburn of Lombard Mennonite Peace Center at Southminister PC, 6306 Roe Ave, Prairie Village, KS Register at www.synodma.org or 913-384-3020  Read more »


Social Networking for Churches Jul 26-29, 2010 at CTS

This event is designed to help conference participants explore, plan, launch, and maintain social networking media such as Facebook, ConstantContact, Twitter, blogs, YouStream, Skype, Flickr, and podcasts. Participants will learn how to choose from the huge array of social networking options, based on their particular ministries.  There are workshops for beginners and as well as those more familiar with social networking.  Read more »


2010 On-line and On-Site Courses from Missouri School of Religion

Understanding the Bible    Jan 8-9, May 7-8 or Aug. 13-14, 2010.  (each weekend is a separate course.  $140 (includes lodging and meals)  at Rickman Center-Jefferson City.  For more information or to register for any of these classes, go to:  http://www.missourischoolofreligion.org.  or call (573) 635-2889. Read more »


You can still sign up for Christian Ed Workshop 7/13/10, Columbia

  Christian Ed 7-13-2010 Flyer (266.5 KiB, 48 hits)

If you help with Christian Education (or were thinking about it) this 5-hour workshop is for you.  It’s designed to equip and refresh Christian Education in at your church.  CE curriculum “prizes” and sharing of resources are part of the networking this event offers. Take advantage of this chance to learn what’s working well for other churches and share what you’ve learned at your church. Read more »


APCE “Oasis” Oct 2009

  APCE Oasis Event Oct 2009 (969.1 KiB, 299 hits)

The 2009 Mid-Central APCE Conference “Oasis” scheduled for Oct 18-20, 2009 in Excelsior Springs is an opportunity for all those serving in educational ministry to be refreshed and envigorated in ministry. Register at www.churchresourcecenter.org  Oasis Registration and Brochure above. For more information about Missouri Union’s participation, please contact Ann Bouchard annb@fpccolumbia.org Both Ann and Rev. Pat Roller, Tri-County Specialized Ministries in MUP and Moderator of the MUP CE Mission Team, are presenters. Read more »


Columbia Seminary’s Group Study Grants

Columbia Seminary Offers Group Study Grants for Clergy & Church Professionals Group applications are being accepted thru Sept 28, 2009 for Columbia Theological Seminary’s S3 (Sabbath, Study and Service) Project. S3 offers small, self-selected groups of clergy and church professionals the opportunity to design and participate in learning projects that strengthen their practice of ministry. Groups receive $500 per person to fund their self-directed group project. Read more »


CLP Comte Mtg 7/18

Commissioned Lay Pastor Committee (CLP) will meet at Trinity Presbyterian-Columbia at 10:30 AM on Saturday, July 18. Trinity PC is located at 1600 W. Rollins Road (off Stadium Blvd, south of Broadway). For more information or questions, please contact Rev. Jim Snyder, Moderator, at jamesasnyder@yahoo.com or (573)348-0770.


Officer Training at YOUR church?

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Presbyterianism. . .But Were Afraid to Ask  (“Presbyterianism 101/102”)  The second of 2 very successful workshops for Church Officers and Leaders was held Sat, June 27 at Covenant Presbyterian-Marshall from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Read more »


From Alban Institute

GOD TALK  (From the Alban Institute June 1, 2009)One of our liberal-evangelical heroes, J. B. Phillips, once wrote a book with a title that we love: Your God is Too Small Phillips’s message was right on target, for his context and also for ours. Read more »

Back from Princeton Youth Forum

Dave Henry, Associate First-Jeff City, attended the 2009 Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry, April 27–30, 2009.  Read his commentsRead more »