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  • 6/1/23 Congregational Vitality Team 1:00 via Zoom
  • 6/3/23 CPJ- Hunger 10:00 via ZOOM 
  • 6/6/23 Commission on Ministry 4:00 Hybrid from PEVA office 
  • 6/12/23 PEVA Council 1:00 via Zoom
  • 6/14/23 Tustees 1:00 via Zoom
  • 6/20/23 Commission on Preparation for Ministry 9:30
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JULY 2023 STATED MEETING 

The next stated meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia will be on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 begining 10:00 a.m. at wycliffe Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, VA.

PDA - RESPONDING

 

PDA is responding 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)

Next Webinar

The next quarterly webinar from PEVA's Congregational vitality team will be on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. via ZOOM.

More to come

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.

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 82 mid councils,  1,111 congregations and 60 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?