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Ken Bailey's Christmas Meditation Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey coming to Shenango Presbyterian Church Westminster Highlands to Host Music Festival in August The first Saturday
in August promises to be a very special one at Westminster Highlands
camp near Emlenton, PA. As it finishes up its 54th summer of offering
Christian camping experiences to people of all ages, the camp is
set to launch what is hoped to be the first of many music festivals
at the site. 25 Christians Killed in Cairo Demonstration...Please Pray for Egypt this Sunday. These are very difficult times for our Christian friends in Egypt. Just last week we were blessed by a visit from Dr. Emad Philabbos who spoke in several places about the problems with church burnings. Please click [here] for details and please pray for the church in Egypt this Sunday. Presbyterians in Shenango Presbytery especially have a long history there, including with the seminary in Cairo. Read about current events in Egypt... Help Address Hunger Right Here This information might be useful for education, and possibly a mission focus for churches in Shenango Presbytery. It concerns the increasing number of hungry families living in this Presbytery, and some ways to address this crisis. To find out what the Presbyterian Church is doing, go to http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/foodfaith. Check it out! This is the blog of the Presbyterian Hunger Program. There is excellent information and resource material for congregations wanting to address hunger issues right here. One way is by sharing our wealth of food! Click on AmpleHarvest.org ( noted on the blog page) to find our local food distribution centers. The idea here is that anyone having an abundance of garden/farm produce can call one of these local centers, and take in fresh veggies etc., which will be very welcome. Or better yet, a church might set a “gathering time and place”, and then transport that lot to a chosen center in time for the next distribution. See the list below for local distribution sites that welcome fresh garden produce, as found on the blog. You can enter your zip code at AmpleHarvest.org, and perhaps find more. · Community Food Warehouse of Mercer Co., in Farrell. Phone: 724.981.0353 · Salvation Army, in Sharon. Phone: 724.347.5537 · East Side Bread Basket, in New Castle. Phone: 724.342.0903 · People in Need, in New Castle. Phone: 724.657.3303 “Give us wisdom and reverence so to use the resources of nature, that no one may suffer from our abuse of them, and that generations yet to come may continue to praise you for your bounty; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen” ----From The Book of Common Prayer Important Time to Help our Friends in the Sudan We are expecting a visit in September from three of our friends in the Sudan. All of us can help them with their huge challenge of the new Republic of the South Sudan. They are under very difficult pressure from the Government of the Sudan in the north. Please consider sending this [letter] to President Obama. This Saturday, July 9, is a Special Day in the South Sudan Ingrid Renau, our missionary in the Sudan, recently sent this story about the formation of the new nation of South Sudan. A Mission Partnership for Your Church? Clen Moore and New Wilmington Churches have a strong partnership with a congregation in the Dominican Republic. There are opportunities to expand this during a visit in February (when there is snow here!!). To explore this possibility you will need to act now. Click here for more information.
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