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2007 Triennium
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 This Tuesday,
July 17, nine youth and three adults from Foothills Presbytery will be
leaving from Greenville traveling to Purdue University to be a part of
the 2007 Presbyterian Youth Triennium. The theme for this year's
Triennium is "Hope is in our Midst," and is being held
in partnership with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance for Project Hope - "Helping
Other People Everywhere." One of the activities for the week
will be putting together school bags for children in devastated areas.
The first Triennium was held in 1980 at Indiana University, and this year
marks the tenth anniversary of the Triennium, an event held every three
years.
Please
keep the following people in your prayers as they travel, learn and serve
next week at this very special gathering of young people from all over
the U.S.: Youth - Chris Bailey, Shelley Reid, and Jen Fuller from
Westminster Greenville Church; Allison Holmes from Nazareth Church; Sarah
Crandall from First Greer Church; Will Davis and Ryann
Kroske from John Knox Church; and Ashton Gibson
and Olivia Looney from Fountain Inn Church; Adults - Leigh McManus from
John Knox Church; Donna Templeton, presbytery staff for Youth; and Jimmy Hoke - Furman PSA Senior.
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Disaster
Response Coordinators Meeting
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Just a reminder
that all people from the presbytery who are serving as Disaster Response
Coordinators are invited to a roundtable discussion meeting at the
presbytery office at noon on July 10.
Others who are interested are encouraged to attend as well. Bring a bag
lunch and be prepared to discuss, listen and plan on what churches in our
presbytery are doing to prepare for disasters.
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Connecting
Teachers and Leaders
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The
Teacher/Leader training event will be held on Saturday, September 8,
beginning at 9:00, at John Knox Church. Each week we
will highlight classes being offered at this training event to enable you
to select the right class for you. Mary Morrison, Associate Presbyter for
Education, will be leading a class on "Basics of Reformed
Theology." What do we mean by the "Reformed
Tradition?" Learn to identify Reformed beliefs in curriculum. What
are resources to help enrich your congregation's faith seeking
understanding?
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JOYS AND CONCERNS
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Prayer list
for this week: (This is a rotating list taken from the presbytery
directory. We will list several people each week and ask that you
remember them in prayer.)
Deborah Broadwell, Anderson Hospice Chaplain;
Paul Brokaw, Pastor of Russell Memorial Church; Willette
Brown, Anderson Hospice Chaplain; and Charles Campbell, Columbia Seminary
Professor.
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Just Coffee
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Just Coffee is a coffee grower
cooperative based in Salvador Urbina, Chiapas
Mexico, with facilities in Aqua Prieta, Sonora
Mexico and Douglas, Arizona. The Just Coffee organization emerged out of
a desire of Christians on both sides of the border to respond positively
to the Mexican immigration crisis, addressing one of the root causes of
labor migration from Mexico to the U.S. The goal is to provide economic incentives allowing
young and old farmers to remain on family land.
Just Coffee markets a pure organic
Arabica coffee that is harvested, cleaned and prepared for shipping as
green beans from the very southern tip of Mexico in Salvador Urbina Chiapas, to the far northern frontier of Mexico in Agua Prieta, Sonora. In Agua Prieta the coffee is roasted, ground, and packaged in
small, air- tight bags for crossing over into Douglas, Arizona, and shipped to customers in the U.S.
Just Coffee sells several different
varieties of coffee - Arabica, Robusta and an Arabica/Robusta mix, both
offered in regular and dark roast. They also have Decaf and Unroasted Beans. The roasted coffee sells for $8 per
pound and the unroasted beans are $4 per pound.
Several churches in Foothills Presbytery
are actively involved in promoting Just Coffee and offer it for sale to
their congregations. Also, Chuy Gallegos,
presbytery pastor for Hispanic Congregational Development, supplies the
presbytery office with bags of coffee to be purchased in the office. If
your church would like to learn more about Just Coffee and perhaps begin
a partnership with this organization, click on the website given below.
Just Coffee
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