THURSDAY MAILING March 4, 2021 In this edition . (ALL EVENTS ARE VIRTUAL) March Birthday Greetings Pastoral Concerns - Announcements From the desk of The Rev. John Molina-Moore, General Presbyter From the desk of Tara Spuhler McCabe, TDir. Of Congregational Dev. & Mission Makers Youth Retreat Finding Faith through Creativity March 5 & 6 – Sponsored by NCP Spiritual Formation Team in partnership with The Grace Lab 2021 National Gathering BREAKING, BLESSING, BUILDING: A Call for The Common Good March 5-7 – NEXT Church Spring 2021 Short Course Renewing Theology and the Church for Public Life: Reformed Voices March 6,13 and 20 – Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington Adult Education – March 2021 featuring Dr. Marcia Riggs and Father David Grenier March 7,14,21, 28 – Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church God’s Covenant with God’s People 2021 Virtual Lenten Wednesdays Series beginning February 24 - Heritage Presbyterian Church Zoom Table Talk Dr. Susan Strasser - “A White Historian Confronts Residential Segregation” March 10 – Bethesda Presbyterian Church Global Mission Network Survey for NCP congregations Global Mission Network Matching Grants Proposal Dismantling Racism Training offered in partnership with Service Never Sleeps March 30-31 with additional dates through May Sponsored by the Dismantling Racism Team of NCP Together We Can Make A Difference! ON-LINE GIVING Birthday Greetings for the month of March Bruce Bowen, HR William Jokela, HR David Renwick Bill Clark, HR Lloyd Kinzer, HR Charlotte Spencer Laura Collins, HR Jill Lum Susan Wiseman Stephany Crosby, HR Jack Mathison, HR Rick Wurst Shannon Daley-Harris Rhoda Nixon, HR Dan Duggan Gary Pinder, HR Beth Goss, HR Mary Pullen, HR From the staff of National Capital Presbytery dina, heather, jan, john, lajuan, tara Pastoral Concerns: Prayers for the families of The Rev. Sterling Morse, the death of his mother-in-law, Barbara Petty and the death of his Aunt, Carrie Evelyn Morse. The Rev. Richard Houghton, HR, the death of his wife, Anne. Announcements: Bookkeeper/Office Administrative Assistant - Position National Capital Presbytery comprises 103 Presbyterian (USA) churches in the Greater Washington DC region committed to service, education, and worship which is missional, pastoral, and prophetic, all to the glory of God. This position is part of a 7 person staff and reports to the Director of Business Affairs. Position description here. Darnestown Presbyterian has a group of vaccine hunters that has secured appointments for more than 20 people in the last week. One of our team members, Erin Reed, has been especially skilled and diligent. She would like to offer her time and vaccine appointment hunting services beyond our congregation, especially to the most vulnerable members of our Presbytery, people of color, including those who work too many hours to secure an appointment for themselves, or those who have not developed the computer skills to work within the Maryland system. At this point, Erin has honed her skills within the Maryland system, so Maryland residents would benefit first. The hope is that some D.C. and Virginia vaccine hunters within our congregations would make the same offer. Find the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/884582065668731 Minister Information Form – ALL NCP CLERGY, especially if you are new to NCP. We have updated the method for submitting your personal information. Please visit Minister Information Form and submit this document at your earliest convenience. If you are not sure we have your current information, now is the time to update! For more information contact Dina Bickel, [email protected]. Form can also be accessed from NCP website, documents-committee on ministry. Thank you to those installed pastors who have proactively sent their 2021 Salary Report. If you have not already, please email the 2021 Installed Pastor’s Salary Report or Terms of Call to Dina Bickel, the COM Administrator – [email protected] no later than February 28, 2021. The form may be found here under Compensation. NCP churches looking to transition from Zoom/Facebook live/etc. into live streaming services from their sanctuaries we want to help take some of the guess work out of where to start. The proposal, “Hybrid Worship Proposal” posted on the TM page, is from Zeke Dowty. He has produced ALL NCP videos for more than 7 years (mission highlights, INSIDE with the GP, tribute videos), all found on NCP’s YouTube Channel and his wife, the Rev. Dana Olson, is a minister member of our Presbytery. Zeke has worked with several churches in our Presbytery, all very happy with his work. What Zeke is offering is designed to be easy to operate and can be done by any leader/volunteer in your congregation. This isn't intended to be the ONLY option for live streaming, but it is one we in the NCP office are fully confident in supporting. Tech Support Grant Request We are also offering our congregations information on web support through NCP’s provider, Tomahawk. Posted on the TM page is a proposal for services offering the ability to add streaming services for live church sermons, events, and other social events. For congregations that might find these options a financial burden we have resources to help. Contact John Molina-Moore or Tara Spuhler McCabe. Together We Can Make A Difference! ON-LINE GIVING March 4, 2021 Greetings Partners in Ministry, One of my favorite rappers is an artist named Jay-Z. I hope you’ve heard of him. Black entrepreneur. Married to Beyonce. His music has traveled with me from riding the bus in high school, to being quoted in papers during seminary, and played in the background while assembling cribs for a kid’s room. There’s a song he wrote halfway through his career that opens with “Allow me to reintroduce myself…”. The song was off what was supposed to be his last album. It was a chance to look back at what has been, but also to name the shape of the current reality. We are at a similar point in the life of our presbytery staff. Over the past year we have had a lot of transition, so I would like to take a few minutes of your time to “allow us to reintroduce ourselves”. Here is the makeup of our current staff with a quick snapshot of some, nowhere near all, the work they do… Rev. John Molina-Moore – General Presbyter. The baseline that keeps NCP in the right tempo. Elder Jan Moody – Stated Clerk. Think of her role as PCUSA polity extraordinaire. The lead in the “decently and in order” dance that we all do together. LaJuan Quander – Director of Communication. How do you think the words you’re reading now got to your inbox? LaJuan. Website, Facebook, Instagram, Carrier Pigeon? LaJuan. Rev. Tara Spuhler McCabe - Transitional Director of Congregational Development and Mission. The Phil Jackson of The Church. Helping our congregations reach their highest potential for mission and ministry. Heather Deacon - Director of Business Affairs. The engineer for all the gears and levers that keep the enterprise we call NCP up and running. Dina Bickel – Administrative Assistant. The supportive hands for the work we do as a presbytery. From calling new pastors to helping candidates for ministry through the ordination processes. You can find out more about each of our amazing staff members here: https://thepresbytery.org/about/staff-directory/ Debbie Golden is no longer with NCP. We all wish her well. Our staff is always ready to serve our churches with pointers, answers to questions and sounding boards for ideas. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us and we’ll be glad to assist in any way we know how. John Greetings People, Where are you this week? • Are you joining the Black Presbyterians United 100 Days of Prayer, Mon – Friday, 12-12:30: 712- 775-7000 code 588775# ? • Are you attending Lenten services and Bible Studies with your respective congregations OR leading them regularly for your congregation? Thank you! • Have you shared with youth and young adults in your congregation about the Makers Retreat this weekend? • Have you signed up as a minister member or ministry professional of NCP for the Dismantling Racism and Allyship Training? • Has your Mission Team or committee of your congregation participated in the Survey Monkey from Global Mission Network yet? • Have you been one of a handful of congregations this past month and next month learning about HolyCow and the Church Assessment Tool (CAT)? • Are you one of the congregations or communities that is taking the CAT this month? • Have you been with leaders of Light to the Nations as they are coached with Rev. Yena Hwang in the discernment of their growth? • Have you been organizing and volunteering with the many relational and meal ministries that many of our congregations are engaged with weekly and monthly? • Are you attending the NEXTChurch Gathering this weekend? • What show did you binge watch this week? Ha! You read the list all the way through! I will be attending the Makers Retreat this weekend and able to attend parts of NEXTChurch Gathering. I will also try not to binge watch Amend, which focuses on the 14th Amendment. I will be gathering with colleagues of NCP for prayer thanks to the organizing of BPU prayer time. And, I have already registered for the Allyship training. Some of this is the privilege of my work. Some of this is how my soul is restored in this work. And some of this is how I like to end the day with my husband, watching TV. Amid the grief of over 500,000 Covid deaths, the blurring of our pandemic days, and the sacredness of this season I am grateful for your energy, your work, your ministry, and your leadership in our presbytery.