Merry Christmas from the Regional Synod of Mid-America!
The IRS mileage reimbursement rate will be decreasing to $.54 for 2016. For more information, click HERE.
The Regional Synod of Mid-America can send one Corresponding Youth Delegate to the Reformed Church in America’s General Synod each year. A corresponding delegate participates like a regular delegate but is not able to vote. A “youth” delegate is one who is somewhere around traditional college age or a little older, but who is considering formal ministry training.
In addition to participating in the regular business of the General Synod, the youth corresponding delegates meet and do some things together. It is anticipated that the youth delegates have given some thought about the possibility that God may be calling him or her to be a pastor. That does not necessarily mean that a decision has been made. It is an intention of the participation in General Synod as a youth delegate to help that person discern hearing the Holy Spirit’s voice. The person would basically do everything a regular delegate would do except not vote, and there would be some special events or meetings for the young adult delegate.
General Synod 2016 is at Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, IL) from June 9-14, 2016. All expenses are paid for this trip. If you know of anyone who might be interested in being our delegate for this coming General Synod, please contact Chad Schuitema.
The Illiana-Florida Classis Revitalization Team will be hosting an Engaging Your Community in Mission event with Blaine Newhouse, RCA Coordinator for Local Missional Engagement January 30 from 10am-4pm Central Time at First Reformed Church of South Holland. Some of the highlights of the event will be:
- Allowing space for congregations and/or congregational leaders to introduce themselves and share their current local mission engagement reality.
- A time of vision/values casting/content delivery by Blaine.
- An interactive experience inviting congregations and/or congregational leaders to identify local ministry strengths and growing edges (where are we stuck or having greater difficulty), acknowledge how God has prepared them historically AND where/how/why God may be inviting them to engage during the next season of the churches ministry.
- Introduce and/or build on the concept of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)
- Develop a basic action plan around possible next steps.
- Report out to the group and determine if/how we might hold one another accountable for these outcomes.
News from Camp Manitoqua
Summer Staff: Have you considered spending a summer in ministry? Applications for 2016 summer staff at Camp Manitoqua & Retreat Center are available online at www.manitoqua.org/jobs and are being accepted starting in November.
Camp Manitoqua & Retreat Center is now hiring cooks, kitchen assistants and part-time housekeeping staff. Cooks must have food service experience; sanitation license preferred. Call 815-469-2319 for an application or contact salli@manitoqua.org for kitchen positions and don@manitoqua.org for housekeeping.
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