Winnebago Presbytery http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ ~ Strengthening and Connecting Congregations Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:03:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Season of Easter http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2012/04/02/season-of-easter/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2012/04/02/season-of-easter/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:03:09 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2612 Season of Easter
Painting of Jesus and several people around a table with food.“Supper at Emmaus” by Michelangelo da Caravaggio (1573-1610).

Easter isn’t just a Sunday — it’s a season. One day out of 365 is hardly sufficient to celebrate the great mystery of our faith — that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. Accordingly, the season of Easter lasts seven weeks (a “week of weeks”), spanning the 50 days from the Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday and encompassing the festival of the Ascension of the Lord.

The season of Easter is intended to be a joyful time for celebrating the presence of the risen Christ in the church. If your congregation doesn’t already celebrate the Lord’s Supper (a feast with the risen Lord) each week, the season of Easter is an excellent and appropriate time to explore this practice.

Of course, Easter really isn’t just a season either. In the fullest sense, Easter is a new way of life — in which we are ”dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 6:11), called to ”walk in newness of life” (Rom. 6:4). Every year, for fifty days, the church celebrates and rehearses this new way of life in the Season of Easter — as we await its completion in the fullness of Christ’s reign.                   (Read more on the PC(USA) website)

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2012/04/02/season-of-easter/feed/ Array Moving…. http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2012/02/22/moving/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2012/02/22/moving/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:10:13 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2519 We’re in the process of moving from Appleton to Neenah.  Our computers are down and our phones will go down Thursday morning.  We hope to be back up to full operations on Monday.   We’ll try to keep people posted here and on our Facebook page.

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Any changes  will be posted on Facebook and on this web page as soon as a determination is made.

It is understood that some people will choose not to travel, and we respect that decision.  Your first concern should be your own safety.

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2012/01/12/impending-snow-storm/feed/ Array In those days… http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/12/21/in-those-days/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/12/21/in-those-days/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:38:46 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2467 a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.  This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.  All went to their own towns to be registered.  Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David.  He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.  While they wee there, the time came for her to deliver her child.  And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.      –Luke 2: 1-7

The staff of Winnebago Presbytery
wishes you a Blessed Christmas

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Photo courtesy of First Presbyterian Church, Neenah

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/11/23/gratitude-for-gods-good-gifts/feed/ Array Choose Your Workshop Sessions for November 12 http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/10/13/choose-your-workshop-sessions-for-november-12/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/10/13/choose-your-workshop-sessions-for-november-12/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:26:42 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2378 Plans are moving along for the workshops at the Presbytery Meeting/Educational Event on November 12.

Saturday afternoon will offer two sessions of 50-minutes workshops geared toward Clerks of Sessions, Financial Officers, Ruling Elders and others.   Make your selections from this list.        Pre-register here.

Presbyterians in Education (PIE) are conducting a “workshop” for Confirmation Classes from 10 a.m – 2 p.m.  Check here for details and registration information.

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/10/13/choose-your-workshop-sessions-for-november-12/feed/ Array Now that You’ve Registered for Camp http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/10/13/now-that-youve-registered-for-camp/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/10/13/now-that-youve-registered-for-camp/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:22:21 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2372 You’re wondering what to bring, how to get there  and just exactly how you will be spending your time.  The answers to those questions can be found in the Camp Information Packet.

You say you haven’t yet registered for camp.  Get your registration forms or adult volunteer forms now and send them in.

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/10/13/now-that-youve-registered-for-camp/feed/ Array Fall Camp 2011 – Registrations Due Before October 14 http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/09/15/fall-camp-2011-registration-deadline-october-14/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/09/15/fall-camp-2011-registration-deadline-october-14/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:54:33 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2303 Mission

IS Impossible

Fall Youth Camp  – October 27-30, 2011

Wisconsin Lions’ Camp, Rosholt

Thursday:  Registration from 6:00- 8:00 p.m.   Program begins at 8:00 p.m. thru Sunday morning

For All Youth in Grades 6-12

Keynote:  Dan  LeMonnier – Storyteller extraordinaire!

Promotional Flier – Print and Share

Registration/Release Forms – (must be FULLY COMPLETED and signed by a parent or guardian)

Volunteer Packet/Release Forms

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/09/15/fall-camp-2011-registration-deadline-october-14/feed/ Array Errata Sheet for 2011/2013 Book of Order http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/08/17/errata-sheet-for-20112013-book-of-order/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/08/17/errata-sheet-for-20112013-book-of-order/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:35:49 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2244 The Office of the General Assembly has published a two-page errata list for the new Books of Order.  That list may be found at this link:  http://www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/oga/pdf/errata_boo_2011.pdf

You may also find this link on the Resources tab of this web page.

]]> http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/08/17/errata-sheet-for-20112013-book-of-order/feed/ Array August Letters from Moderator and Stated Clerk http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/08/11/august-letters-from-moderator-and-stated-clerk/ http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/2011/08/11/august-letters-from-moderator-and-stated-clerk/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:56:20 +0000 admin http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/?p=2239 The Moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010), Elder Cynthia Bolbach, reflects on her first year as Moderator.  Read her article reflecting on her experience and what she has learned about the Presbyterian Church (USA).  Read the article.

Stated Clerk  Gradye Parsons has also posted his monthly letter, “Ordinary Encounters, Extraordinary Power.”

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