News from Presbytery Pastoral Care Network

Presbytery=20 Pastoral Care Network March=20 Newsletter Volume 5, Issue=20 1

Nurturing=20 the health of the Body of Christ through caring = for its=20 pastors.

In This Issue Updating our recordsPPCN BoardCaring for Clergy = ConferenceNew CD releasedPastor Family FunFree Event at Trinity=20 Univ.

A=20 perfect gift to recognize the excellent work of=20 pastors

A CD=20 designed to support pastors, featuring song = writer david=20 bailey
Cost:=20 $10

To=20 order call

1-800=20 524-2612
and ask for

item=20 OGA-08-099

Mailing=20 List Updates If=20 your newsletter was addressed to "Dear = Friend" it=20 is because we do not have your = name! Click here to = send your name=20 and address so we can update our records. Thank=20 you!

PPCN=20 Board

Dan=20 Corll, President

Pittsburgh

Joe=20 Sandifer, Vice President

Greater=20 Atlanta

Carol=20 Allen, Secretary

Chicago

Alan=20 Baroody, Treasurer

Savannah

Steve=20 McCutchan, Editor

Denominational=20 Advisors:

Marcia=20 Meyers

Director=20

Office of=20 Vocation

Helen=20 Locklear
Board of=20 = Pensions

Featured Article 3D"Forward

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Dear Debbie,

In=20 every organization, family or grouping = there is=20 usually a person who works diligently = behind the=20 scenes toward the success and progress of = the=20 group. Such a person is = Vivian = Waddell. =20 Her name might ring a bell, as her = son,=20 Rev. Ken Waddell, is a member and past = president=20 of the Board of Directors for = PPCN. =20 Vivian has over more than eight = years taken=20 on multiple roles for communication, = publicity and=20 registration for PPCN. = She has=20 been the communication link with members = and=20 institutions serving in various capacities = as=20 webmaster, printing and mailing services,=20 membership registrar, database and=20 resource manager, and communications=20 = consultant. &= nbsp; =20

Following a = recent change=20 of residence in Oklahoma City, Vivian = determined=20 it was time to step back from these=20 responsibilities. The = Board of=20 Directors for Presbytery Pastoral Care = Network=20 recognizes her dedicated and committed = service=20 through this formative and expanding=20 ministry. Vivian has = been a key=20 element in the progress and advancement of = PPCN. We are sincerely = grateful=20 for her gifts and faithfulness in this=20 position. God has = blessed us=20 through her service.

A=20 transition of website, database, = membership roll=20 and other process and procedures is = underway to=20 our new Webmaster and Communication = Administrator,=20 who will be introduced in a later=20 newsletter.

&nbs= p; = ; = Rev.=20 Dr. Daniel Corll

&nbs= p; =20 PPCN Board=20 = President

Caring for Clergy while the = Church is=20 Changing

Our conference = theme for=20 this year has been selected because of the = numerous conversations taking place around = the=20 PCUSA about the difficulties presbyteries = are=20 experiencing in adjusting to the decline = in=20 financial support and ministry=20 resources.

We also want to = address the=20 disconnects that congregations often feel = with=20 their presbyteries, and the perceptions = that=20 governing bodies need to rethink the ways = we go=20 about training ministers, consummating = calls,=20 resourcing congregations, and doing = ministry in=20 the post-denominational and technological = era of=20 the 21st century.

We have invited=20 a creative presbytery executive, a = seminary=20 professor and a research director from the = Lilly Endowment project on = pastoral=20 excellence to help us to think together=20 about adaptive changes we need = to be=20 making at presbytery levels and within our = congregational life to care and support = both=20 healthy pastors and healthy=20 congregations.

Click here for = conference=20 schedule Click here for more info = about=20 conference speakers

We have=20 scheduled our conference the day before = the=20 opening of the Big Tent. We encourage you = to visit=20 their site click = here to learn = what other=20 exciting opportunities present = themselves. =20

Note: Click here for = important=20 announcement about Big Tent=20 Event

Laughter=20 From the Well

=20 Following up on = their CD,=20 A Deep Well for the Pastor, a new = CD is=20 being released, Laughter From the Well. = This CD combines comedy sketches by = Stephen=20 McCutchan with songs by David Bailey and = Bryan=20 McFarland. Click here to see = the CD=20 cover.

Seventy=20 minutes of humor and music designed to = interrupt=20 the stress of ministry and remind us of = God's call=20 to each of us. The CD is dedicated to = David Bailey=20 who taught us to laugh and sing in the = face of the=20 challenges of life.

You can=20 purchase your copy of Laughter From the = Well from http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=3Dqpwc6jcab&et=3D1104= 783567604&s=3D-1&e=3D001mNAnEWzYtKscvjeNV33tE4x25o-AT046CTAKMYWhz= 7cJ8JnqOS1S1k1DUsBTi1PZfJUGGnyV1mK-Uy3q-1mGJWK4MZjGURuwu8UoVo0Bea8=3D= for = $15.99=20 (coming soon) or you can purchase a = copy at=20 the conference. And, for the = Facebook Fans,=20 check out Laughter's Facebook = page.

All=20 profits from the CD will go to support the = work of=20 PPCN.

Pastor=20 Family Fun

Too often, when = we want to=20 have fun with our family, we don't know = what to=20 do. Here is a simple game that the family = can play=20 that both provides a fun experience and = builds=20 anticipation about what the family can do = for fun=20 when the next opportunity = arrives.

The=20 family can gather at their favorite spot = in the=20 home. Have some special refreshments = available to=20 mark this as a different time..

A deck=20 of cards is set in the midst of the family = and a=20 bottle for spinning. The game begins by = spinning=20 the bottle and seeing to whom it points. = That=20 person then cuts the deck of cards and = turns up=20 the card below the cut. If the cut is from = 2 to 5,=20 that person is to suggest a fun activity = for the=20 family the next time there is a free = evening. It=20 should be inexpensive, near or in the = home, and=20 involve the whole family.

If the=20 cut reveals a card from 6 through 10, then = the=20 person can describe and adventure for the = family=20 that might take a whole day and cost a = little bit=20 more.

If the=20 card is a face card, Jack, Queen, or King, = the=20 person describes a fun vacation that might = take=20 more planning and involve a week or more. = If the=20 card is an Ace, then the person picks a = place to=20 go for a family meal and they get to = choose the=20 dessert.

When=20 the person is finished, the bottle is spun = and the=20 sharing moves on to someone new. A list of = the=20 different suggestions is kept in = preparation for=20 the next time the family wants to have = some fun=20 together. =

Free=20 Event at Trinity University, San=20 Antonio

Our=20 Abundant Communities: A Gathering = of=20 Congregations, Campuses, and=20 Communities! April 27 - = 28. =20 Featuring Peter Block, = Walter=20 Brueggemann, and John=20 McKnight. For more = information and to=20 register call=20 210 - 733 - 7169, email =20

pastor@beaconhillpres.org.

For more information = on the=20 care of clergy, go to the editor's blog. = Join the conversation on ways = to care=20 for clergy four to five days a=20 = week.

Steve McCutchan,=20 = Editor

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