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Catch the Building Spirit’s 2021 House Build
PRESBYTERIAN/CATHOLIC PARTNERSHIP NOW IN ITS 29TH YEAR Catch the Building Spirit, the Presbyterian/Catholic Habitat for Humanity partnership, which provides affordable housing for families in need, will construct this year's house at 233 West Pease Avenue, West...
Engaging Matthew 25 Through Film: Dismantling Structural Racism
The Presbyterian Mission Agency has just posted the free booklet written by the Rev. Dr. Edward McNulty, titled "ENGAGING MATTHEW 25 THROUGH FILM: Dismantling Structural Racism." The booklet is is designed for church members to explore structural racism through five...
Building Resilience for Faith Leaders April 13
AN ONLINE PROGRAM FOR FAITH LEADERSLED BY PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE Presbytery of the Miami Valley is hosting a virtual program from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance titled Building Resilience for Faith Leaders. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 13,...
Presbytery Virtual Spring Youth Retreat April 9
Registration is open for the Presbytery of the Miami Valley Virtual Spring Youth Retreat, to be held on Zoom, Friday evening, April 9, from 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. This event is sponsored by the Presbyterian Youth Connection Network of Presbytery of the Miami Valley....
Coronavirus Updates and Resources
The spread of the coronavirus/COVID-19 is affecting nearly all parts of the world. As your presbytery and its congregations in the Miami Valley are responding to this pandemic, we are collecting helpful updates and resources (below) to aid in the response.We pray for...
Northminster Mission Fund
Available Grants Grants up to $5,000.00 are available to individual Congregations, Congregations in Partnership, Designated Presbytery Networks, and Validated Ministries of the Presbytery of the Miami Valley, for the continued purpose of building up the body of...
Initiative Seeks to Create 1001 New Worshiping Communities
The 220th General Assembly declared a commitment to a church-wide movement that results in the creation of 1001 new worshiping communities by 202 Across the PC(USA), God is raising up leaders in churches and presbyteries who are creating new worshiping communities....
New NEXT Church Resources
NEXT Church offers new resources for ministryNEXT Church is a network of leaders across the Presbyterian Church (USA) who believe the church of the future will be more relational, more diverse, more collaborative, more hopeful, and more agile NEXT Church provides...
Regarding Ruling Elders
Ruling elders are called to ministry in partnership with teaching elders. Within this calling, ruling elders have responsibilities in several areas of the life of the church including exercise in leadership, governance, spiritual discernment, and discipline. This...
A Resource for Churches: On Calling An Educator
The revised On Calling An Educator manual is now available online in downloadable format. The manual is designed to be a resource for Presbyterian churches that are considering calling an educator to be a part of the church staff. In addition, this is also a resource...
New Facebook page
Thanks for liking our newly revised Facebook Page! The number of likes is growing! If you haven't done it, yet, we encourage you to like our newly revised Presbytery of the Miami Valley Facebook Page. We are posting announcements, events, and other items of interest...
NEXT Church 2021 National Gathering March 5-7
A FREE Live-Streamed Gathering for all Church Leaders Registration is now open for the NEXT Church 2021 National Gathering to be held March 5-7. This is a FREE Live-Streamed Gathering for all Church Leaders. This year’s theme is “Breaking, Blessing, Building: A Call...
Ukirk Cincinnati
Ukirk Cincinnati: A student ministry of the Presbytery of Cincinnati Ukirk Cincinnati, a ministry of the Presbytery of Cincinnati for students at the University of Cincinnati, is up and running. Students are meeting weekly for food, fellowship, conversation, service,...
Host Site for Tornado Recovery Volunteers
Watch a video about PMV’s journey to sponsor a host site for tornado recovery volunteers This video shares the journey of Presbytery of the Miami Valley sponsoring an ecumenical host site for volunteers helping with tornado recovery. This endeavor has allowed the...
Racial Justice Resources from Presbytery of the Miami Valley
"Racism is the opposite of what God intends for humanity. It is the rejection of the other, which is entirely contrary to the Word of God incarnate in Jesus Christ. Racism is a lie about our fellow human beings, for it says that some are less than others. Because of...
Our Presbytery Offices are Closed, but We’re Here to Serve
The presbytery office is located in Montgomery County, which is a red county, level 4, for Covid-19 cases. That means the presbytery offices are closed and open to staff only for essential business. Staff are working in a hybrid fashion- from the office when being in...
Interactive Stations of the Cross at Southminster
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Centerville, will be hosting an interactive Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. The liturgy of the ten stations has been adapted from A Sanctified Art and Rev. T. Denise Anderson, former moderator of the PC(USA). The stations take...
28th Habitat House
Presbyterian/Catholic Coalition Catch the Building Spirit completes 28th Habitat House Catch the Building Spirit, a coalition of Presbyterian churches working with Catholic churches, completed their 28th house build together this summer. Each year the coalition works...