The 218th General Assembly will take place this summer June 21-28 in San Jose CA. As you may know there are four candidates for moderator this year. More information can be found about each of the candidates here. Additional information can be found at each candidate’s web site.

Carl Mazza
Bill Teng
Roger Shoemaker
Bruce Reyes-Chow

The commissioners from Winnebago Presbytery are:

CLP Jess Wakefield
Elder Kay Smith
Rev. Richard Moore
Rev. Susan Phillips

Youth Advisory Delegate Meghan Keller

Information about GA will be available here and during the assembly it will be available on the pcusa.org site.

Every church in Winnebago Presbytery has a CVLI license which allows congregations to use and show videos. Whether it’s for a youth lock-in, a Sunday school class, an adult education hour or a movie clip during a sermon, the CVLI license gives permission to use copyrighted material.

CVLI is now providing a new service to its members. Each congregation should have received a letter with the following information:

As I am sure you are aware, CVLI has been involved in an on-line illustration and Movie Scene download service called ScreenVue. ScreenVue has committed to a large expansion of its service and, effective immediately, CVLI is proud to give a complimentary standard membership to every CVLI Member Licensee.

The standard membership provides free access to over 1,200 illustration ideas on ScreenVue.com from major movies that you rent or purchase. Each scene idea includes a movie summary, scene summary, themes, scripture references, plus valuable insights and suggestion for using a scene effectively.

It’s a GREAT research tool, designed to work hand-in-hand with your CVLI License, helping you find that perfect movie illustration to enhance next Sunday’s sermon or class!

The letter you received gives log-on instructions and your individual license number. Because we purchase a group license for the Presbytery, this service is free for every congregation. (The standard membership does not allow you to download clips however, downloading privileges are available for $34.95/year.)

Can’t find your letter - call Member Services at 888.302.6020

Have you seen it? At the February meeting of the Presbytery, the Resource and Program Coordinating Team showed a presentation highlighting many of our local mission projects.

Did you know that more than half of the program budget of the presbytery is used to provide grants to agencies and groups in our communities that feed the hungry and provide clothes, education and other services to those who need them?

Each church received TWO copies of the CD. One for the Mission Committee and one for the Pastoral staff. If you haven’t seen it - ASK! Find out where your mission dollars are going.

As you know, Winnebago Presbytery has an ongoing partnership with the Presbytery of Uraba in Colombia.

We recently discovered that the Presbyterian Church in Colombia has updated their web site which you can find here.   (It is also linked on our side bar under links of interest.)  From the new site you can link to the Colegio Americano de Barranquilla and the Universidad Reformada in Barranquilla where Alice Winters teaches.  You can also link to each of the  presbyteries in Colombia including Uraba.  Representatives from Winnebago Presbytery have visited both schools and another trip is being planned for later this year.

The purpose of the trip later this year is for the Presbyteries of Uraba and Winnebago to jointly explore and study environmental and human rights issues. Anyone interested in participating needs to contact the Presbytery office no later than April 1.

March 1, 2008

To Our Friends of the Presbytery of Winnebago -

Thank you so much for you recent gift of $2500.00, dated December 12, 2007 towards our Hands of Christ Ministry.  We thank you for your generous support as we look forward to another wonderful year of serving the deaf community of North Eastern Wisconsin.

Shalom:

Alice Riemee McKee, Hands of Christ Board Member

More information about Hands of Christ can be found here.