Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Attend the Presbytery's Annual Christmas Luncheon
One week left to get your reservation in – Presbytery of Des Moines members and church staff are invited to the Annual Christmas Luncheon!
Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4114 Allison Avenue, Des Moines
When: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Who: All pastors, all church staff members and volunteers, and any other person wanting to attend from your church.
Cost: $6.00 per person payable at the door
This is for anyone in the Presbytery wishing to join us for lunch. Pastors, bring all the important people in your church so that we can meet them. If you don’t have a church, join us, anyway. If your church has no pastor at this time, we’d still like the important people from your church to join us.
Entertainment during the meal will be provided by your very own Presbytery staff members! Enjoy piano music provided by Rev. Phil Barrett and Kim Coulter. Betty Dyer and Nancy Lister-Settle will have their special stories to share as well. Maybe Rev. Goanar Chol will honor us with a Christmas carol in Neur? It's sure to make for a relaxing time during the busy holidays!
RSVP to the Presbytery Office at 515-276-4991 or pbydesmoines@presbyteryofdesmoines.org by Monday, December 14th. Don't forget to let us know the names of those who will be attending.
Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4114 Allison Avenue, Des Moines
When: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Who: All pastors, all church staff members and volunteers, and any other person wanting to attend from your church.
Cost: $6.00 per person payable at the door
This is for anyone in the Presbytery wishing to join us for lunch. Pastors, bring all the important people in your church so that we can meet them. If you don’t have a church, join us, anyway. If your church has no pastor at this time, we’d still like the important people from your church to join us.
Entertainment during the meal will be provided by your very own Presbytery staff members! Enjoy piano music provided by Rev. Phil Barrett and Kim Coulter. Betty Dyer and Nancy Lister-Settle will have their special stories to share as well. Maybe Rev. Goanar Chol will honor us with a Christmas carol in Neur? It's sure to make for a relaxing time during the busy holidays!
RSVP to the Presbytery Office at 515-276-4991 or pbydesmoines@presbyteryofdesmoines.org by Monday, December 14th. Don't forget to let us know the names of those who will be attending.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Local Senior Highs Connect with El Salvador Youth
Recently, Michael Sinklier, PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer to Peru, went to El Salvador with the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines’ delegation. Here he describes his visit and the new mission with the youth there.
“I had the opportunity to meet with a young man from the community where our sister parish is located in San Francisco, El Salvador. He and a group of young members had come to a meeting being held in the newly constructed church and were there to make a request of the team from Westminster. He introduced himself as Niwman Oswaldo Cruz Hernandez and told the gathering that one year ago he and 12 other adolescents came together to create an official youth group of the church of San Francisco and that today, one year later, that group had doubled in size to 26 members. Niwman went on to tell us that while the group has no formal budget, this year they would like to host two events at the church, inviting youth from neighboring churches to come to San Francisco in order to build relationships and network with other youth groups in the area.
“I had the opportunity to meet with a young man from the community where our sister parish is located in San Francisco, El Salvador. He and a group of young members had come to a meeting being held in the newly constructed church and were there to make a request of the team from Westminster. He introduced himself as Niwman Oswaldo Cruz Hernandez and told the gathering that one year ago he and 12 other adolescents came together to create an official youth group of the church of San Francisco and that today, one year later, that group had doubled in size to 26 members. Niwman went on to tell us that while the group has no formal budget, this year they would like to host two events at the church, inviting youth from neighboring churches to come to San Francisco in order to build relationships and network with other youth groups in the area.
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"The request was made for $350 that would last them one year and allow them to host two events. In response to the need, the Westminster Senior Highs have agreed to donate $350 of the funds raised from their 2009 Christmas Wreath sales to the San Francisco youth group. A letter and photograph of the Senior Highs will be sent to the youth group in El Salvador along with the funds.
"Because of the continuous support the Westminster congregation has show their youth, they too are able to do mission for other youth groups, even across the world.”
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