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"We build bridges across divides

to deepen connection to Christ

and one another to serve the world." 

EVEN WHILE LIVESTREAMING WORSHIP, CHURCHES MUST COMPLY WITH COPYRIGHT LAWS.


7/27/2021 CDC UPDATES GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE FULLY VACCINATED  

7/27/2021- UPDATED GUIDANCE FROM THE WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
 

Click here for more information and resources related to COVID-19

Jan. Stated Meeting 

The next stated meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia will be on
 
Saturday, January 22 
 
begining at 10:00 a.m. at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church of Princess Anne, 2228 Princess Anne Rd., Virginia Beach, VA. 
 
 

COACHING NETWORK

PEVA COACHING NETWORK logoThe Congregational Vitality team has launch a new

coaching program

or PEVA Ministers, Commissioned Pastors, and other church leaders. 

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PEVA Office

Given recent CDC guidelines, the PEVA office will be gradually reopening. Please call 757-397-7063 before you visit or to make an appointment. We continue to be concerned for those who are not vaccinated or immunocompromised and we encourage everyone to take appropriate precautions.

PDA- TENNESSEE FLOODING

Heavy rain caused catastrophic flooding and flash flooding across Tennessee beginning August 21. At least 17 fatalities have been confirmed.  The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding to this disaster and is processing an initial assistance grant to meet emergency needs. PDA  will continue support through the long-term recovery phase. To support this response, please designate gifts to DR000191

 

PDA- CONGO GOMA HUMANITARIAN CRISIS


The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)  is working on a relief effort for Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the recent eruption of the Nirangona Volcano that has caused the displacement of more than 400,000 people. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is currently processing a $10,000 solidarity grant in response to the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo and subsequent earthquakes. They are working with the Congo Mission Network and Presbyterian World Mission to discuss the best ways to support the global partner’s response.Contributions should be made directly to the PDA online or by check using the account: Democratic Republic of Congo DR000088. Click here to donate or for more information.

Read the Presbyterian News Service Article here.

BECOME A MATTHEW 25 CHURCH

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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.

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 73 Presbyteries, 10 Synods, 912 Congregations 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.

 

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