FIRST MONDAY

June 2018

First Monday is a monthly posting to Church Professionals and committee members in The Presbytery of the Miami Valley from the Presbytery Staff including information of events and news of interest as submitted by appropriate Presbytery entities. Publication of such information does not imply presbytery endorsement of the views and opinions expressed or implied. This month we have included: 1. The Prayer List

2. The June Calendar

3. Presbytery News – What’s Happening Around The Presbytery. Job listings, articles, flyers

and brochures – take a close look for news affecting you and your church community! If there are any questions about the June committee meetings, please contact your committee chair.

Submissions must usually be emailed by the 25th of the month or the last working day prior in order to be placed in the packet. Email copy ready submissions to Tom Oxley at the Presbytery, tom.oxley@miamipresbytery.org.

MIAMI PRESBYTERY PRAYER LIST

June, 2018

3 June Seven Mile Presbyterian Church, 312 North Main Street, Seven Mile. Pastor Lee Ault.

10 June Covenant Presbyterian Church, located at 201 North Limestone Street, Springfield. Moderator Stan Gockel.

17 June Presbyterian Church of Wilmington located at 840 Timber Glen Drive, Wilmington. Pastor Debora Linville.

24 June Covington Presbyterian Church, located at 30 North

Pearl Street, Covington. Moderator Kazy Blocher Hinds.

1 July Memorial United Presbyterian Church, 343 West

Ankeney Mill Road, Xenia. Moderator Angie Schenck. The Presbytery committee or group we ask you to pray for: For the month of June please keep the General Assembly Commissioners in your prayers. Thank you.

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First Monday Job Corner: Drop us a line if there is a job opening you need to fill at your church (and please let us know if you want it continued in future months – we are only running ads month by month, so need to know if your church wants it continued). Monroe Presbyterian Church needs a Praise Team, worship song leader for 6 to 8 weeks-very soon. It is a paid position. They generally have a mix of traditional hymns and praise music with a piano accompanist (the accompanist will still be there). “We have had guitar, etc. but what we really need is a song leader/ singer, any other attributes/ talents would be a blessing too.” Please contact Kevin Laughlin, 513.377.0258 (cell), 513.539.7170 (church). Please note that the Presbytery website also lists some area job hunting assistance. If you know of somebody in your congregation that needs some help looking for their next job, please share that information with them.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Churches are invited to share programs, job openings, and news with other churches of the presbytery. Just email print ready information to tom.oxley@miamipresbytery.org.

Honey Creek Presbyterian Church is sponsoring an eight-day trip to Haiti, June 5-12, 2018. This will be the sixth mission visit for the church to Haiti, and like all prior trips, it is hoped that persons from churches in the presbytery will take part. The group will be based in the southern coastal city of Jacmel, staying at the Guest House at Wings of Hope. Part of the St. Joseph Family, Wings of Hope is a home for children and adults who live with severe and sometimes multiple disabilities. After offering assistance at Wings for two days, the team will meet up with Cindy Corell, th Presbyterian Church (USA) Mission Co-worker in Haiti, who was part of both our 2015 and 2017 trips, and take day-trips to visit agricultural organizations assisted by our denomination on the southern coast. A long-term goal for the congregation (and presbytery) in working with her is discovering places where future support relationships might be established. The trip will be led by the Rev. Dr. Shelley Wiley, who is the pastor of Honey Creek and was a college professor for 18 years, and who has been going to Haiti since 1997. She has led many mission groups to Haiti, including a work group after the 2010 earthquake. If you would like to learn more about the trip, including scheduling and costs, please join us at Honey Creek Presbyterian Church, 212 W Jefferson St, New Carlisle on either Thursday, November 16th at 6:30 pm, or Saturday, November 18th at 11:00. Rev. Wiley happily leads groups of adults, but will only take youth under the age of 18 if a parent or guardian is also on the trip.

Major Change in Location and Schedule for Catch the Building Spirit House Build For the first time in 26 years we have a major problem with starting our house build as scheduled.

Plans for this year’s build have changed. The property on Shull Road in Huber Heights, that we were going to build on, is having issues with re-zoning it from commercial to residential. This will delay building on this property 30 days or longer. Working with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton (HHGD), CTBS will build a house in Trotwood using the same house plan that we used last year. The House will be located at 6778 Sandy Drive in Trotwood and will be for Terry Pate and her family. The new plans call for Blitz week to begin on Saturday, June 23 and run through Friday, June 29. We will not be abandoning Karla Cobb and her family and plan on helping with her house build on Shull Road when things come together on that property. Visit our website to keep up to date with the latest plans: http://catchthebuildingspirit.org/ Hank Baust bausthd@gmail.com 937-429-0360

Pilgrimage tour to Israel! February 15 through February 23, 2019. $3640. Includes airfare from Cincinnati to Tel Aviv, 4 star hotels, trip insurance, two meals a day, tour guide, private bus and admission to locales. See Nazareth, Bethlehem, Cana, the sea of Galilee, the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Holy Sepulcher, communion at the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives and other locations in Jerusalem, the baptismal side of Jesus in the Jordan River, Magdala, Caesarea, the Mount of Beatitudes, and much more! A group devotion will be held each evening, each participant will receive a specialized journal booklet and we will read the scriptural connections at each location. Please contact Reverend Jeri Baker, 517-449-5342 or revjeribaker@gmail.com for more information. Reserve your seat now for this opportunity to walk where Jesus walked!

Plan of Action for the MAJUP Youth Praise Band for Peace Coming to our Area--Summer 2018 

 The Presbytery of the Miami Valley, working through its churches and Networks, anticipates and awaits the visit of the nine members of the MAJUP Youth Praise Band from the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Cartagena, Colombia to our area during the months of July/August 2018. MAJUP (Ministerio de Alabanza Juventud Presbiteriana, or Presbyterian Youth Praise Ministry) is a praise band consisting of seven youth and two adult leaders from the Cartagena Church. They have made the focus of their ministry both praising God through lively music in Spanish and English, and seeking wider awareness of the decades-long conflict in Colombia and efforts to bring a lasting peace. Our presbytery is prepared for MAJUP to come as a group to be with us in Ohio and possibly to travel to Michigan as well. The expected duration of the MAJUP visit is about 4-5 weeks, taking place between early July and early August 2018. Current planning anticipates the group’s arrival about July 3 and departure about August 6, pending their receiving visas. During that time, we plan the following activities:

A concert tour highlighting possibilities for better understanding of efforts for peace in Colombia and solidarity with Christians working for peace in the U.S. and in Colombia through music and public awareness.

Time for the group to spend at Kirkmont Center in Zanesfield, Ohio being part of a week-long (July 15-20) youth camp experience (Camp Paz y Alabanza) that features sharing Spanish language,

Hispanic/Latino culture, and the rhythms and powerful message of praise music.

Participation in Vacation Bible Schools and other special events at churches and in cities in our area.

Chances to develop strong personal connections between youth in our presbytery’s and synod’s churches and the MAJUP youth through relaxing and thoughtful time together.

A workshop where MAJUP could come alongside area churches interested in developing or deepening a praise music team, in which the Colombian youth will explain their church’s model of how to grow their church and engage new youth leaders by sharing musical knowledge gained from their adult mentors.

Support for the group’s airfare, lodging, food and other necessities, concert expenses and instrument rental, local transport and tourism, and other costs comes from the Presbiterio de la Costa, College Hill Community Church, other area churches that sponsor concerts and events, the Colombia Partnership Network and the Peacemaking Fund of the Presbytery of the Miami Valley, and private donations. We anticipate continued fundraising. Members of the College Hill Church and other presbytery volunteers will accompany the band members, providing language interpretation, transportation, and logistical support. MAJUP’s members will primarily be housed with College Hill or other church members except when at Kirkmont Center or in other cities. The Iglesia Presbiteriana de Cartagena—MAJUP’s home church--is the sister church of the College Hill Community Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio, one of the 49 member churches in the Presbytery of the Miami Valley. That presbytery has a strong partnership of more than 20 years’ duration with the Presbiterio de la Costa in Colombia, of which the Cartagena Church is a member. During that time colleagues from Colombia have regularly come to the U.S. for stays of weeks or months, and delegations from our area have gone to Colombia to visit our brothers and sisters in faith in their own homes and churches. For questions or to discuss a booking for MAJUP, contact Larry Hollar at 937-643-3168 or larryhollar@gmail.com.

Presbyterian Mission

Presbyterian Peacemaking Program

2018–2020 Travel Study Seminars

Modest accommodations for these seminars are double-occupancy, and the costs vary.

Visit presbyterianmission.org/ministries/peacemaking/travel_study/ for sample itineraries and an online application form. Or call the Peacemaking Program at 888-728-7228, ext. 5805 for more information.

The Conflict in Korea: History, Hopes and Challenges for Peace November 5–17, 2018

Meet Korean peacemakers like our partners in the National Council of Churches in Korea who are seeking to build on the Olympic Truce and decades of peacemaking work across the Korean Peninsula.

Application due July 1, 2018

Reconciliation Work in Rwanda: Healing the Trauma of the Genocide March 11–23, 2019

What are the roots of nearly 1 million Tutsi’s being murdered in Rwanda in 1994? How was the Church complicit? What reconciliation work is still needed today? The answers to these and other questions provide insights into contexts of conflict today.

Application due November 1, 2018

Ukraine and Russia: Peacemaking on the Front Line April 22–May 6, 2019

This seminar explores the conflict in Eastern Ukraine from our partners’ perspective in Ukraine and Russia. It includes a consultation in Poland, where Ukrainians and Russians will dialogue on neutral ground about peacemaking and reconciliation in the context of the conflict.

Application due December 1, 2018

Philippines and Hong Kong: Root Causes and Current Challenges of Forced Migration and Labor Trafficking May 4–15, 2020

The militarized conflict over these lands reflect the ambition to extract, at all costs, the livelihood of these peoples without consideration for their survival or well-being.

Application due January 1, 2020