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THE MAIN EVENT
Tuesday, May 08, 2012 (35 reads)

Get ready for The Main Event 2012!

This leadership training event will be held August 10 & 11, 2012 at Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. The Main Event is sponsored by both North Alabama Presbytery and the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley.

More than 55 workshops will be offered for leaders, teachers, officers, and pastors - designed to train and energize our leaders and congregations.

Alleviate Hunger in Central Alabama

May 27 - July 8, 2012

It's that time of year again, the time when local food pantries are bare. You can help, though. Beginning on Pentecost, collect non-perishable food items &/or money and donate them to a local food agency. Then report to the presbytery the amount you donated - it's that easy!

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Stewardship Seminar
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 (58 reads)

Not Your Parents' Offering Plate

Stewardship Seminar by author Clif Christopher

May 16, 2012

8:30-3:30

Cost $75 (includes breakfast, lunch, snacks)

Sponsored by Presbyterian Endowment Education and Resource Network (PresbyterianEndowment.org) and the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes

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ESL Tutoring - We need you!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 (68 reads)

The Presbytery’s Hispanic Ministry Committee is revitalizing its 11-year-old ESL tutoring program and wants you to be part of it. Tutors and child care volunteers are needed.

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MONTREAT MIDDLE SCHOOL CONFERENCE
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 (421 reads)

Montreat Middle School Conference 2012
July 18-22, 2012
Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC

Join the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley (PSL) as we travel to Clinton, SC for the Montreat Middle School Conference! We will have three groups carpooling and caravanning from 1)Birmingham, 2)Auburn, and 3)Tuscaloosa.

Register your church group and join our caravan, or, if you have one or two youth who would like to join up with another congregation from the presbytery, let us know and we will help you get registered.

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220th General Assembly June 30 - July 7, 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania David Lawrence Convention Center
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) meets biennially in even-numbered years. It consists of commissioners elected by each of its 173 presbyteries. The GA is full of activities: business sessions, committee meetings, an exhibit hall, daily worship services, and mission tours sponsored by the Committee on Local Arrangements. The assembly acts on hundreds of items of business, which it receives through the reports and recommendations of various assembly entities, and through overtures from synods and presbyteries. Those attending the assembly will discover the many ministries in which the church is engaged, will worship together as Presbyterians from throughout the country and the world, will make new friends and renew old acquaintances, and will work to discern the will of Christ for the future of the denomination. The experience will deepen your faith and affirm the work and ministry of the PC(USA). Visit the 220th General Assembly (2012) Web site.	Walking, Running, Soaring in Hope “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (NIV) (Isaiah 40:31).
Sheppards and Lapsley Commissioners Rev. Cody Watson Rev. Mary Porter Elder Lee Walthall Elder Tommy Tillman Elder Emily Jenkins (YAAD)

220th General Assembly

June 30 - July 7, 2012

Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania
David Lawrence Convention Center

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) meets biennially in even-numbered years. It consists of commissioners elected by each of its 173 presbyteries. The GA is full of activities: business sessions, committee meetings, an exhibit hall, daily worship services, and mission tours sponsored by the Committee on Local Arrangements.

The assembly acts on hundreds of items of business, which it receives through the reports and recommendations of various assembly entities, and through overtures from synods and presbyteries.

Those attending the assembly will discover the many ministries in which the church is engaged, will worship together as Presbyterians from throughout the country and the world, will make new friends and renew old acquaintances, and will work to discern the will of Christ for the future of the denomination. The experience will deepen your faith and affirm the work and ministry of the PC(USA).

Visit the 220th General Assembly (2012) Web site.

Walking, Running, Soaring in Hope

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (NIV) (Isaiah 40:31).

Sheppards and Lapsley Commissioners

Rev. Cody Watson
Rev. Mary Porter
Elder Lee Walthall
Elder Tommy Tillman
Elder Emily Jenkins (YAAD)

We believe the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley is the corporate expression of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in central Alabama, called by grace to serve individual congregations in their collective witness to God's love for all people in Jesus Christ.