Credits, Conferences & Retreats


  • POINT SPRING EVENTS include Family Education and the Contemporary
    Church in Benedict, OR, April 17-18, and Walking in the Light and other
    workshops in Chambersburg, PA, April 23-25. For more information contact
    candace.hill@pcusa.org.

  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION will celebrate its
    150th anniversary April 28 in Blossburg, and April 29 in Scranton. For more
    information on the workshops and presentations, call (510) 756-3863.

  • SPRING RETREATS FOR CHURCH AND LAY LEADERS, COUPLES AND
    ASPIRING ARTISTS, using the Enneagram Personality System, will be held
    the week of April 11-20 at Montreat Conference Center. For more
    informations, visit www.montreat.org.

  • KIRKRIDGE RETREAT CENTER PROGRAMS offered this spring include
    Insights into Living on April 13-15, Writing for Revelation on April 17-19, and
    Exploring Deep Change: Befriending the Unknown on May 4-6. For more
    information visit www.kirkridge.org.

  • PA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS annual conference and
    educational and networking forum, The Power of Telling Your Story, will be
    presented April 16-17 in Harrisburg. For more information, visit www.pano.org.

  • NORTHEAST WORSHIP INSTITUTE will feature Kari Jobe and Dr. David
    Ireland and will be held in Fairless Hills, PA on April 19-21. For more
    information visit www.calvaryevents.org.

  • APCE JUMP START for CE directors, new pastors, and elders involved in
    Christian education will be held April 22-23 in Chambersburg, PA. For more
    information contact cushmabw@westminster.edu.

  • PRINCETON FORUMS ON YOUTH MINISTRY will be held April 23-26 at
    Princeton Theological Seminary. For more information contact dayle.
    rounds@ptsem.edu.

  • FUNDING AND GRANT-WRITING BASICS WORKSHOP, a seminar on
    effective grant research, preparation and submission strategies, will be held
    May 2 at the Lackawanna County Center for Public Safety. For more
    information contact lchamberlain@nepa-alliance.org.

  • UNION FAMILY REUNION will be held June 15-17 at Montreat, NC for anyone
    with connections to Union programs. For more information visit www.upsem.
    edu/alumni_ae1.

  • MISSIONAL CHURCH CONVOCATION on The Subversive Act of Missional
    Worship will be held July 26-28 in Chicago. For more information, contact
    cpd@missionalchurch.org.

  • NATIONAL EVANGELISM AND CHURCH GROWTH CONFERENCES in St.
    Pete Beach, FL, will be held July 29-August 2. For more information contact
    the GA Mission Council or visit www.ecg2012.org.

  • The Lackawanna Presbytery has been commended for its participation in the
    PCUSA Theological Education Fund partnership of churches and seminaries
    in preparing pastors and other church leaders "for lives of bold mission
    outreach." For more information on this endeavor visit www.pcusa.
    org/subscribe-seminaries.

  • GRANTS FOR EDUCATION, peacemaking, network, self-development and
    new initiative programs are available from the Synod of the Trinity. For more
    information visit www.syntrinity.org.

  • GRANTS FOR CLERGY AND CHURCH PROFESSIONALS are being offered
    for a limited time for participation in Columbia Theological Seminary's S3
    (Sabbath, Study and Service) Project. For more information contact
    hambrickg@ctsnet.edu.

  • TRAINING FOR DISABILITY-CENTERED MINISTRIES in Pennsylvania is being
    offered through several ecumenical opportunities this summer. For a
    complete list and more information on programs available, contact
    gaventwi@umdnj.edu.    

  • NKORANZA PROGRAM AVAILABLE, detailing their recent visit to the mission
    school there, by Barbara Winter and Chris Ralston of Franklin Hill
    Presbyterian Church. For more information contact Barb at lebzwin@epix.net.

Sacraments Video
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