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Presbytery Women’s Retreat 2026
Presbytery Women’s Spiritual Nurture Retreat 2026 Women of the Presbytery of the Miami Valley invite you to join a community of women for "Holy Ground: Meeting God in Nature and Ourselves." The retreat takes place April 24-26, 2026, at Kirkmont Center, 6946...
Series on Christian Nationalism
Series on Christian Nationalism "Faithful, Courageous, and Practical Conversations" Christian nationalism is an ideology that seeks to merge Christian and American identities. It suggests that to be a “true” American, one must be Christian in a particular way—often...
Free Webinars for March and April 2026
Free Webinars for March and April 2026 Here are the March and April 2026 Webinars from Practical Resources for Churches and Presbytery of the Miami Valley. The schedule offers a diverse range of topics, and you’re sure to find something that interests you! These...
Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop
Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop March 19 at College Hill An Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop will be held on March 19, 2026, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, at College Hill Community Church, 1547 Philadelphia Drive, Dayton. The workshop will be presented by the Dayton...
Lay Preacher Training 2026
Training for Lay Preachers begins in June 2026 The Cultivating the Gift of Preaching Initiative (CGPI) is now recruiting participants to be part of its third year of training emerging lay preachers. CGPI is a ministry in the Synod of the Covenant focused on training...
Three Special Offerings for 2026
Three PC(USA) Special Offerings for 2026 In 2026 there will be three PC(USA) Special Offerings, a change from the four that had been in place. The Offerings give individual congregations the opportunity to join with other Presbyterians in doing the larger work...
Free Webinars for February and March 2026
Free Webinars for February and March 2026 Here are the February and March 2026 Webinars from Practical Resources for Churches and Presbytery of the Miami Valley. The schedule offers a diverse range of topics, and you’re sure to find something that interests you! These...
Huntsville is awarded a Matthew 25 Grant
Huntsville is awarded a Matthew 25 Grantfor “The Art of Neighboring” Huntsville Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, has been awarded a $2000 Synod of the Covenant Matthew 25 Grant for its program “The Art of Neighboring.” In September and October of 2025, Huntsville’s...
Celebrating our Partnership in Colombia
The Colombia Partnership 30th AnniversaryThe Celebration in ColombiaJune 18-22, 2026 Plans are underway around this summer’s Colombia Partnership 30th Anniversary Celebration between the Presbytery of the Miami Valley and the Presbytery of the North Coast! We will be...
Christmas Blessings 2025
Christmas Blessings 2025 Isaiah the Prophet foretold God’s promise that even in the most difficult of times, when it feels as if hope has dimmed or been lost, that “You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one...
Great Lakes Call Finder
The Great Lakes Call FinderA new place to post your church’s position openings The Great Lakes Call Finder (GLCF) is a website designed to help congregations and ministries who are in the Great Lakes Region and affiliated with one of the Formula of Agreement partners,...
Happy Thanksgiving!
"Now Thank We All Our God" Now thank we all our GodWith heart and hands and voices,Who wondrous things hath done,In whom this world rejoices;Who, from our mothers’ armsHath blessed us on our wayWith countless gifts of love,And still is ours today. -Martin...
Free Webinars for Fall 2025
Free Webinars for Fall 2025 The Fall 2025 Webinars from Practical Resources for Churches and Presbytery of the Miami Valley have been announced. The schedule offers a diverse range of topics, and you’re sure to find something that interests you! These webinars are...
Christian Education Training Events
Christian Education Training Events Here are two upcoming Christian Education training events in August 2025 from Practical Resources for Churches and Presbytery of the Miami Valley.: Teacher Training Workshop Join us for a 90-minute session that covers the nitty...
Colombia Partnership Memory Book
Contribute to the Colombia Partnership Memory Book The Colombia Partnership Network of Presbytery of the Miami Valley will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the partnership in 2026. The network is asking everyone who has been involved with the partnership to...
Leadership Training with Tod Bolsinger
Tod Bolsinger in Dayton on August 23A PMV Leadership Training Event Tod Bolsinger, MDiv, PhD, will lead a presbytery-sponsored church leadership training event on August 23, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 7001 Far Hills Avenue, Dayton. ...
Our EP’s 2025 Summer Sabbatical
A note from Terry Kukuk about her sabbatical Dear Siblings in the Presbytery of the Miami Valley, The Lord be with you! During my report at the May 13 presbytery meeting, I shared with those gathered in person and online that I have been partnering with you in...
Meet our 2025-26 Moderator and Vice Moderator
Meet our new Moderator and Vice Moderator At its May 13, 2025 meeting, Presbytery of the Miami Valley elected Minister of Word and Sacrament Lawrence Bartel as Moderator and Minister of Word and Sacrament Diane Ziegler as Vice Moderator for 2025-26. The Rev. Lawrence...
Immigration Crisis Information
Significant Information and Response from the Matthew 25 Presbytery of the Miami Valley Regarding the Immigration Crisis April 2025 37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to...
Ruling Elder Training for the Lord’s Supper
Ruling Elder Training for Presiding at the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper Sunday, May 18, 2:00-5:00 PMFirst Presbyterian Church, Fairborn The Presbytery of the Miami Valley will once again offer Ruling Elder Training for Presiding at the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper...