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The
Congregational Development and Redevelopment Committee
(CDRC)
is
happy to sponsor the following ministry growth opportunities:
- Joint Ministry Grants
To encourage partnerships in ministry beyond the bounds of individual congregations
- New
Thing Grants
In 2006, any church in the Presbytery doing a "new thing" may receive $2006 for their project
- Small
Church Consultant
Mary Hockenberry, involved with small church ministry both locally and nationally is available to congregations seeking ideas, input, and encouragement
Small
Church Consultant
Our small
church consultant
has expertise in solving the problems
of our smaller churches (fewer than 150 members). Mary Hockenberry
has served on PC USA nationwide comittees,
and has studied the special needs of smaller churches.
How
to Serve Changing Communities
Watch this space for ideas and techniques that have
been successful in our member churches.
If you have information that you would like to share with other churches on ways they can successfully serve the needs of changing communities, please contact the Office.
At various points in their existence, many churches undertake a reassessment of their lives and their work. There are many resources available to help with this process, and a good place to begin your search is Presbyterian Redevelopment Network.
Check the calendar regularly for seminars and workshops on church development and redevelopment.
Four
Corners of Faith
Our sisters and brothers in
the western region of Newton Presbytery are blazing
new trails!
Four Corners of Faith is a cooperative arrangement between the Beattystown, Pleasant
Grove, Rockport, and Schooley's Mountain Presbyterian Churches.
Four small churches are maintaining their own identity while working together
having called the Rev. Barbara A. Smith as their full-time Designated Pastor,
and the Revs. Amy E. S. Lincoln and Robert G. Ruckert as part-time Designated
Pastors.
The congregations occasionally worship together on Sunday mornings. However,
a new contemporary service - Fresh Wind - brings them and other new
faces together at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month at the Beattystown
Church on Route 57 in Beattystown (between Hackettstown and Washington).
A dedicated core of youth and their friends are meeting regularly to plan and
carry out service projects, engage in study and conversation, and - of course
- have fun!
Many more exciting things are happening so we invite you check out our
website
when the link is added (it’s currently under construction) so you can see
for yourself what's new in Newton Presbytery!
Click here for Snapshot of Reedevelopment Conversations