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Job Opportunity with the Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance Response Program
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 Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance, the Disaster Response program of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) is seeking a Volunteer Village Management Coordinator to
oversee the operation of 6-12 villages that are the staging area and
living quarters for faith based volunteer work teams participating in the
long- term recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast and Florida. Previous
experience with work teams, organizing and supervising the operation of
disaster response in a primitive camping environment required. Knowledge
of the disaster recovery process and the involvement of faith based
organizations preferred. Knowledge of the PCUSA also preferred. Must have
college education, good human relations skills and ability to be
flexible. Good supervison skills essential. Moderate travel. Management
experience in hospitality industry will be an asset. Base of operations
will be the Gulf Coast area. For more information or to apply online, go
to the website given below. You may email your resume/cover letter to: jobs@ctr.pcusa.org
(Attn: HR M07-06-29). Or you can mail to: Presbyterian Church (USA),
Attn: HR M07-06-29.
To date, over 29,000 volunteers from Presbyterian churches have helped
to rebuild homes in the Gulf Coast area.
Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance
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JOYS AND CONCERNS
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 Finley
Sutton, wife of David Sutton who is pastor of Nazareth Presbyterian
Church, has accepted a call to Hartness Thornwell Memorial Church in
Clinton to be their Director of Education.
Two folks in our presbytery have spent the past two years working with
planning teams and Montreat staff persons to plan and implement various
summer conferences for young people. They are commended for their
dedication to the youth of the PC(USA). Jennifer Walker, First Anderson,
was Co-Director for OMEGA weeks 5 and 6 Montreat Youth Conference, and
Rodney Norris, Ft. Hill Church, was Co-Director for the Middle School
Conference at Presbyterian College.
If you have books that you would like to donate to Greenville Literacy's
fundraiser, Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap, Used Book Sale,
you may take them to a collection box at Westminster Greenville Church.
Please take them by Friday, Aug. 3.
Prayer list for this week: (This is a rotating list taken from the
presbytery directory. Several people will be listed each week, and we ask
that you especially remember these people in prayer). Brandi Casto
Waters, Interim Pastor at First Greer Church; Perry Clark, Honorably
Retired Pastor; Wayne Cole, First Greer Associate and Furman Campus
Minister; and Pam Patrick Cole, Member-at-Large.
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Connecting Teachers and Leaders
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Highlighted course for
this week for the Teacher/Leader training event is " Get Creative
with Art." Especially for workshop rotation teachers, but also
useful for any teacher who wants to use art in the classroom. Make and
take these art projects and learn their connections to Scripture.
Leaders: Rev. Barb Stoop, Associate Pastor for Christian Education at
Westminster Greenville Church, and Tami Wall, Director of Christian
Education & Youth Programming at Trinity Church in Travelers Rest.
You can download a complete brochure on this training event at the
website given below. September 8 is the date and John Knox Church is the
location.
Connecting
Teachers and Leaders
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Pandemic Flu Presentation
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On Saturday, September
29, the Foothills Disaster Response Committee will sponsor a presentation
by Kim Eller with the American Red Cross. The subject of this
presentation will be the "pandemic flu" and how it may affect
us and what we can do to prepare for it. The presentation will be held at
Eastminster Presbyterian Church on Woodruff Road (beside the presbytery
office). It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will end before noon. The
presentation is open to all who are interested. We hope you will make
plans to attend.
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Campaign Raises $56 Million for
Union-PSCE
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The One in Mission
campaign, a $50 million effort for Union-PSCE begun in 2001, concluded
June 30 with more than $56 million in commitments to the seminary.
The largest campaign in the seminary's history, and the first since the
federation of Union Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian School of
Christian Education, the One in Mission effort drew support from nearly
6,200 individuals, alumni/ae, churches and foundations.
The campaign launched Union-PSCE at Charlotte, began the renovation of a
historic library building into the Allen and Jeannette Early Center for
Christian Education and Worship, endowed seven professorships in Richmond
and Charlotte, boosted faculty support in additional areas, provided
scholarships for students, and supported important programs like the
Asian American Ministry and Mission Center and Project Burning Bush.
There were more than 2,000 new donors to Union-PSCE over the period of
the One in Mission campaign.
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What's Happening in August at Foothills
Presbytery
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August 2, 6:00 pm -
Committee on Ministry
August 4, 9:00 am - PACE course
August 6, 6:00 pm - Ghana Committee
August 6, 7:30 pm - Mission Team
August 7, 5:00 pm - Resource Team
August 11, 10:00 am - PYC Planning Retreat
August 14, 12:00 noon - Vision Team
August 14, 12:00 noon - Community Team
August 14, 2:00 pm - PACE Team
August 14, 5:00 pm - Education Team
August 14, 6:00 pm - Cultural Context Team
August 16, 12:00 noon - Examinations Commission
August 18, 10:00 am - PJC training in Columbia
August 20, 6:00 pm - Racial Ethnic Cabinet
August 21, 9:30 am - Presbytery Meeting at Camp Buc
August 23, 12:00 noon - CPM
August 30, 10:00 am - Staff Meeting
August 30, 12:00 noon - Sexual Ethics Team
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Prayer
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"It was an answer to prayer." How often have you heard
someone say that or how often have you said that yourself? When prayer is
answered, does it mean that the person got exactly what they asked for?
Did they put in a request much like putting money in a vending machine
and out comes the desired result? Is that what prayer is to you? -
Seeking out God when you need something, when you're in pain, when you
are at a crossroads in your life. Do you feel that your prayer is
unanswered if the results are not what you really want?
Thoughts on prayer are many and varied for different people. These
particular thoughts on prayer come from a sermon preached by Dr. Steve
Mays at Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church. His feeling on "how to
pray" and "answered prayer" is that prayer for us is being
in communication with God. It is not something we do just when we need
something or feel desperate about our life situation, but rather it is a
constant, ongoing way of life. We talk to God always, and we pray for
God's will in every situation - and the answer to our prayer is the grace
of God through the Holy Spirit. If we realize that the Holy Spirit is
God's answer for us, then we will live our lives accepting what comes our
way - being faithful to God through the good and the bad. His grace
allows us to accept the answer no matter what it is, and the Holy Spirit
enables us to persevere.
The Westminster Greenville Church bulletin last week had a nice article
that gave an interpretation for children of the Lord's Prayer taken from
a book by Lois Rock. It simplifies and explains the actual lines of the
Lord's Prayer as follows:
Hallowed be your name:
"The maker of the world loves big, strong things; blustery winds,
crashing waves, towering mountains, and wild, wild creatures that leap
and run. The maker of the world loves tiny things: scurrying insects,
nodding flowers, birds that twitter, and animals that whiffle and sniff.
The maker of the world is greater and wiser than all these things."
Your kingdom come:
"The Maker God is a gentle king inviting people to live in a kingdom
of love."
Your will be done, on earth as in heaven:
"If you love others, you show it in what you do. You let them have
their turn, their chance. You forget your quarrels and become friends
again. You share what you have so everyone can enjoy good things. Then
the love of the Maker God shines through you, and the whole world is a
lovelier place."
Lead us not into temptation:
"One path looks hard. Another path looks easy. Which path will you
take? The one that leads to where you want to go! Sometimes the way of
love seems hard. The way of selfishness and spite seems easy. But the
Maker God, who knows every pathway, will watch each step you take and
help you choose the way of love."
Now and forever. Amen:
"One day the world will grow old. But everything that is love will
be safe with God forever."
Amen.
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