Celebrate the clean up of the Tutuilla Church Cemetery

As announced at the April presbytery meeting, the Presbytery of Eastern Oregon had a mission work party at the Tutuilla Church near Pendleton to help the church clean up the cemetery.

More than 30 prebyterians from 8 of the presbytey's 16 churches participated this morning.  

Weeds have been removed form within and immediately outside the cemetery. While we were working on the cemetery, members of the Faith Center church in Pendleton were working on restoring the exterior of the steeple.  We all enjoyed lunch in Lowery Hall

Pictures will follow as I receive  them.

Thanks to the Session and members of the Tutuilla Church for letting us work with you on this project.

Clerks of the Synod of the Pacific

The presbytery stated clerks of the Synod of the Pacific are meeting Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8, at a hotel near the San Francisco airport.  We are sharing our knowledge and prejudices about the role of clerks in the presbytery.   We share how we can best serve the churches and their members.   This has been an exciting opportunity to be renewed in my service.

General Assembly Commissioners Prepare

The presbytery's General Assembly Commissioners and Young Adult Advisory Delegate have started their preparation for the  219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to be held in Minneapolis, MN, July 3 to 10.

Commissioners Elder Judith Chesnut of Grace Presbyterian Church, Milton-Freewater, and Rev. Steve Kliewer of Lostine, together with Young Adult Advisory Delegate Hannah Harwerth of Pendleton First, have been assigned to committees for the General Assembly.   The Committee Assignments are:

Elder Chesnut      Committee 9, Mission Coordination
Rev. Kliewer       Committee 11,  Social Justice Issues B:
YAAD Harwerth Committee 12, Civil Union and Marriage Issues

More information about the committees and the work they are doing may be found at www.pc-biz.org now through July 10 and thereafter.

On May 2, the commissioners, YAAD, general presbyter Rev. Linda Toth, and Stated Clerk Pete Wells participated in an orientaiton session for commissioners and YAADs from the presbyteries  Boise, Kendall and Eastern Oregon.   This orientation was conducted as a Internet meeting and conference call.  All commissioners, YAADs and staff from the three presbyteries were able to participate.

NEW to Eastern Oregon Presbyery - Presbytery sponsored service Project

Come One, Come All, - The second ever presbtery wide service project for mission.

Tutuilla Presbyterian Church, Pendleton

Saturday, May 15

8:00, or so, optiional breakfast with the women of the Tutuilla Church

9:00 to noon, help clean the historic Tutuilla Church cemetery

Noon - lunch served by the Tutuilla Church

Bring yourself, a friend, and grounds clean-up tools
Bring yourself and a friend if you don't have tools

The first ever project was at the presbytery meeting April 16 and 17 where we assembled hygiene and school kits for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

If this works out (an maybe if it doesn't) we will plan a presbytery-sponsored work project in or outside the US.

For more information about the May 15 project go to the project page on  Pacific Mission Exchange

For more information about the hygiene and school kits go the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

To have your church's volunteer or funding opportunity projects listed on Pacific Mission Exchange contact Pete Wells

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Board of Trustees, Manual of Operations, Eastern Oregon Presbytery

The presbytery board of trustees operating manual is available at Google Docs.  If you have comments make them to me or to Board Moderator Rev. Duane Brudevold.  Between now and the October meeting of presbytery the trustees will be discussing ways that the trustees can churches and the presbytery be assured that churches have appropriate insurance.  If adopted by the presbytery, any changes to the manual of operations will become expectations for churches.  If you have suggestions, please post them here or contact me or Rev. Brudevold.

For now, the trustees ask that you send the memorandum of insurance from your insurance carrier to me.   The status of insurance coverage reported to me and corporate status is available as a Google Docs document.

Spring meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Oregon, April 16-17, Pilot Rock

Presbytery of Eastern Oregon

April 16-17, 2010
2:00 PM April 16
Pilot Rock Community Church
Pilot Rock, OR

The call and other information is available at http://bit.ly/azHAws 

NOTE: we request that you bring with you supplies to make School and Hygiene Kits from the Heart.

Presbytry Council to meet March 13, 11:30 AM

The presbytery council will be meeting by conference telephone call on March 13.  The principal item of business is to set an agenda for the April 16-17 meeting of the presbytery in Pilot Rock.