Lay Leader Training Program, at Columbia Theological Seminary, for leaders that speak English.

You can take the whole course (1 year/11 classes), or you can take only the classes that are interesting to you.

The next class will be: Presbyterian History and Polity, with Dr. Gray Norsworthy.
Saturday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Columbia Theological Seminary (Harrington Center,
room HC-129. 

Registration: $20 for the Tri Presbytery area and $50 for the other Presbyteries (once for the whole course) http://www.peopleware.net/index.cfm?siteID=572&event=2008LL&subeventDisp=0112IMEENR
Tuition: $50 for the Tri Presbytery area and $100 for the other Presbyteries (for each class) http://www.peopleware.net/index.cfm?siteID=572&event=2008LL&subeventDisp=0405IMEPOL
You can register online by clicking the links above, or at the class, making checks payable to CTS. 

Multicultural Conference
San Antonio, Texas
April 10-13, 2008

Pre-conference Presbytery
Church/Team Training
April 9-10

MONTREAT’S SPRING EVELYN GREEN RETREAT

April 11-13, 2008
“Reconnecting with the Kingdom: New Life for Presbyterian Congregations” is a time to learn about congregations that are finding new life by engaging their tradition and affirming their identity in fresh ways. This event is designed for teams of pastors and lay leaders (ideally a pastor and Session or delegation from the Session). For creative change to occur, there needs to be a leadership team sharing the vision and committed as a group to leading change.

Please visit http://www.montreat.org/current/2008-spring-evelyn-green-retreat for event details and to register.

Administrative Professionals Week
April 20-26, 2008
Wednesday, April 23 is Administrative Professionals Day

This annual event was originally organized in 1952 as “National Secretaries Week” by the National Secretaries Association (now known as the International Association of Administrative Professionals) in an effort to recognize secretaries for their contributions in the workplace and to attract people to secretarial/administrative careers.  In 2000, the name was changed to Administrative Professionals Week to keep pace with changing job titles and expanding responsibilities to today’s administrative workforce.

We celebrate our church administrative professionals and thank you for answering the call (and all of ours)!

Suggestions for Administrative Professionals Week include:

1. Provide registration for a professional development seminar to build the individual’s technical, interpersonal or business skills.
2. Support membership in appropriate networking and professional associations.
3. Encourage study for and attainment of professional certification.

Pastors and sessions are asked to please consider that all three can be accomplished through membership participation in the PC(USA) Administrative Personnel Association! 

ASC
(Association of Smaller Congregation)
Synod of South Atlantic PC(USA)
Annual Conference
May 5-7, 2008
  
“Together We Can Do It”
How good and pleasant it is when God’s People live together
in unity.   NIV Psalms 133:1
Epworth by the Sea, St. Simons Island, GA                 
 
    ** Remember the ASC includes all churches having 200 or fewer members within the Synod of South Atlantic , which includes the states of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.  We each may be small individually but together we are the largest entity of the Synod of South Atlantic. **  

       For more Information:       

           President:   Saverne  Haynes   864-882-3471   
 dele911@aol.com    (SC)
           V. President:   Alex Stevens   813-951-7950   
 alexstevens@bellsouth.net   (FL)
                      Registrar:   Maurine Resch   706-592-7576   
ascregistrar@bellsouth.net  (GA)
          

Hands On:  Presbyterian Youth in Action!
Middle School Mission Trip to Thornwell Children’s Home

What:  A mission trip for middle schoolers only!  You will swim, do crafts, work hard, play hard, learn, and worship with students your age from other Presbyterian churches.  You might even get to feed a baby cow!   There will also be plenty of opportunities to meet and get to know the young people who live at Thornwell.

Where:  Thornwell is located in Clinton South Carolina, just across the      
              street from Presbyterian College.

How long does it last?:  Groups arrive on Monday evening and depart around               
                                                    11:00 on Friday morning.

Weeks Available: 
June 2 to 6
June 9 to 13
June 16 to 20
June 23 to 27
July 14 to 18
                             
Cost:  $150.00 per person includes all meals and activities.  Plus, you get a cool t-shirt!

Chaperones Required:  One adult per every six youth

Father  & Son – Mission Weeks in the Gulf
Sponsored by:
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
June 8-14, 2008
June 15-21, 2008

Register now 866-732-6121

Minimum age 14 years old.

If you are interested in coordinating a group from this Presbytery, please call Arlene Gordon. 

218TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FACE-TO-FACE EVENT

This year's event will provide an opportunity to download personal information forms (PIF) and church information forms (CIF) electronically and use technology to communicate to schedule interviews and appointments,
such as email, cell phones, text messaging, etc. 

The Face-to-Face event will be held at The San Jose Marriott Hotel in rooms beginning Friday, June 20 at 3:30 P.M., ending Wednesday, June 25 at 1:00 P.M.
The Marriott Hotel is adjacent to the San
Jose McEnery Convention Center where the 218th General Assembly is located.

If you are a church professional thinking about where God is calling you, or a congregation/search committee seeking to fill a vacant position, or a middle governing body staff person working with the call process, this will
be a chance to make connections to discuss new opportunities. In addition, there will be training sessions on how to use the Church Leadership Connection (CLC) system. 
           
Deadline Date

If you plan to participate in the Face-to-Face, the Deadline Date to register is FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008.
You may register on-line at www.pcusa.org/clc/index.htm or you may email the registration form along with the attachments to Shirley McDade at
shirley.mcdade@pcusa.org or by faxing it to
(502) 569-5870.

For General Assembly registration information, go
on-line at www.pcusa.org/218 you may download a registration and ticket order form, or contact the G.A. Meeting Service at gameetingservice@pcusa.org or (888) 728-7228, x2417 to have one mailed or faxed to you. 

FAITH IN 3D
www.faithin3d.org

Dates: January 16 – 19, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend
Who: Middle and High School Students (grades 6-12)
Place: Walt Disney World® Resort
(Lake Buena Vista, Florida)
Cost: $320 per person