3/27/23 Interim Pastors 12:00 Hybrid from PEVA office
3/28/23 Emotional and Spiritual Care After a Human Caused Disaster 1-3 p.m. PDA Training ZOOM
4/3/23 PEVA Council 1:00 Hybrid from PEVA Office
4/4/23 Commission on Ministry 4:00 Hybrid from PEVA office
4/5/23 REPORTS FOR PEVA MTG. DUE
4/6/23 Congregational Vitality Team 1:00 ZOOM
4/7/23 PEVA OFFICE CLOSED
4/12/23 PEVA Trustees 1:00 via Zoom
4/14/23 PEVA PACKET POSTED
4/18/23 Commisison on Preparation for Ministry 9:30 a.m. ZOOM
4/25/23 133^rd Stated Meeting of PEVA @ Williamsburg PC

"We build bridges across divides

to deepen connection to Christ

and one another to serve the world."

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APR. 2023 STATED MEETING

The next stated meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia will be on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 begining 10:00 a.m. at Williamsburg Presbyterian Churc, Williamsburg, VA. The meeting will be HYBRID

PDA - RESPONDING

PDA has reached out to affected presbyteries following the deadly tornadoes the weedend of March 24th - 26th 2023 to offer support, resources and prayers. Please join us in praying for the affected communities.

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Disaster Relief--USA Disasters & Emergencies (DR000015)

SAVE THE DATE!

The next quarterly webinar from PEVA's Congregational vitality team will be on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. via ZOOM. More information coming soon.

The Commission on Ministry's Wellness Committee is inviting all PEVA ministers, Commissioned Pastors, Certified Christian Educators and church staff on a Gala Dinner Cruise in gratitude for their service.

The cost is $100 per person for Staff and Spouses/Guests and $50.00 for all current PEVA Ministers, Commissioned Pastors, and Certified Christian Educators (The Commission on Ministry is paying the other $50).

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BECOME A MATTHEW 25 CHURCH

We are called to actively engage in the world around us, so our faith comes alive and we wake up to new possibilities. We are invited to act boldly and compassionately to serve people who are hungry, oppressed, imprisoned or poor. Join in with our brothers and sisters and we can help our denomination (PCUSA) be a more relevant, unified presence in the world. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. Exciting news First PC Hampton, First United PC, King's Grant PC, Saint Andrew PC, Suffolk PC and New Horizons PC are Matthew 25 churches within PEVA.

PEVA's Congregational Vitality, Hunger & Peacemking Teams encourages PEVA churches to become a Matthew 25 Church. If our presbytery has 20% or more of our congregations become Matthew 25 churches and embrace these areas of focus we are a creififed Matthew 25 Presbytery. Let's be the church together as we are called to do.

Take a look back at the initial year for the PC(USA)’s ‘Being Matthew 25

A Message from PMA: A new video has been released that share a powerful story about two churches who answered the Matthew 25 invitation to focus on racism and poverty and its impact on their congregational vitality. It models a way to address difficult topics from a place of grace and reconciliation. The CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO DOWNLOAD

There are 74 Presbyteries (45%), 10 Synods (77%), 1000 Congregations (11%) and 51 other groups through out PCUSA that have committed to and embrace these areas of focus Building Congregational Vitality, Dismantling Structural Racism and Eradicating Systemic Poverty.

***Resource for the 2022-23 Revised Common Lectionary Year A is for preachers and musicians planning worship in light of the Matthew 25 vision Looking ahead to ‘A Year with Matthew for a Matthew 25 Church’ ***

Confirmation for the Matthew 25 Congregation: Commissioned to Change the World

Guide looks at films that can be of help for a church wanting to enhance its congregational vitality “Engaging Matthew 25 Through Film – Building Congregational Vitality” is a video guide that helps the reader answer the question: What is congregational vitality?