Midweek Musings Newsletter

May 15, 2008

 

NCP Office Summer Hours:  Please be advised that effective May 23 - August 29 the Presbytery office will be closed on Fridays.  Messages and emails sent on Friday will be returned by Noon on the next business day.  Normal hours of operation will resume on September 5th.

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 796th Stated Meeting of Presbytery

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Buckingham Presbyterian Church

Berlin, MD  21811

Council Meeting - 9:00 am

Presbytery Meeting - 10:00 am

 

Documents have been added to the Docket page.  Please click here for more information:  http://ncpresby.pbwiki.com/Docket-Packet

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Deepest Condolences

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Church Leaders' Letter on the Recent Disasters

 

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: http://www.pcusa.org/pda/letter-may14.htm

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Hildeman Chorale

 

Annual Spring Concert

 

Saturday, May 17, 2008

5:00 pm

Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew

8th & Shipley Streets

Wilmington, DE

Featuring members of Concord & Community PC and NCP Staff

 

Adults:  $15:00 (in advance)

$20.00 (at the door)

Students $10:00

 

For more information or tickets please contact any chorale member

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 Suggested Trinity Sunday Materials 

 

The Trinity: God's Love Overflowing

This paper is the result of the work of a Trinity Working Group that has labored the last three years. The 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved a recommendation to receive and commend to the church for study the paper The Trinity: God's Love Overflowing.

An introduction to the Trinity paper by Daniel Migliore of Princeton Seminary

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Study Guide — Updated study guide that originally appeared in Ideas! Magazine

 

Related article from Presbyterians Today: Reclaiming the Trinity; The Trinity is not an optional "extra" to God, it is the very nature of God as revealed to us in Scripture, by Charles Wiley

 

An article written for Orthodox Church in America by the Very Rev. John Breck: "Trinity by any other name (?)"

 

For a helpful analysis of the promise of the "The Trinity: God's Love Overflowing," which also points out weaknesses, we recommend reading this editorial in the Christian Century. 

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Garage Sale!

 

 

Trinity Presbyterian Church

Annual Garage Sale

May 16 & 17

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Naamans & Darley Roads, Wilmington, DE

NO EARLY BIRDS

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Guatemala Team 2008 Has Successful Trip!

 

Download the flyer here for more infomation:  Guatemala Team 2008 Has Successful Trip.pdf 

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You are Invited!

 

 

 

 

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News from the Board of Pensions

 

Express Scripts maintenance medication program reviewed

 

Last fall, the Board began encouraging members to obtain maintenance medications* through Express Scripts' Home Delivery service. The maintenance medication program officially launched on January 1, 2008.

 

Under the maintenance medication program, members can fill a 30-day prescription at a local pharmacy up to two times before additional copayments - $5 for generic drugs, $10 for brand-name formulary drugs, and $15 for brand-name non-formulary drugs - are incurred. If you order maintenance medications directly from Express Scripts, not only can you avoid these charges, but you can have a 90-day supply of maintenance drugs delivered directly to your home, usually for a lower copay than you would be charged at retail pharmacies for the same quantity.

 

We hope that members will find the Home Delivery service to be an efficient and economical means for purchasing prescription drugs. If you have questions about the maintenance medication program or the Home Delivery service, you can contact Member Services at 800-773-7752 (800-PRESPLAN) or Express Scripts at 800-344-3896.

 

*Maintenance medications are drugs taken regularly for long-term, chronic conditions

2007 Annual Report now available

 

The Board of Pensions' 2007 Annual Report is now available. You can obtain a copy by visiting Pensions.org or calling Member Services at 800-773-7752 (800-PRESPLAN). Copies also will be mailed to churches and employing organizations later this month.

 

The 2007 Annual Report provides a window on the work we do at the Board of Pensions to support our clergy, other church workers, and their dependents who participate in the Benefits Plan. It is recommended reading for anyone who is covered by the Benefits Plan of the PC(USA) or its related programs.

 

Spring 2008 Issue of Education Talk posted

 

The Board has published the spring 2008 issue of Education Talk. This edition features informative articles that focus on your education, finances, health, and personal life.

 

The education section includes an overview of the Tax Resource Center and a reminder about the seminars available to members. The finance section alerts members to the adoption of new federal 403(b) retirement savings plan regulations and highlights Teach Children to Save Day. Information about National Healthcare Decisions Day and annual preventive exams are featured in the health section, and the benefits of children's gardens and how to relieve stress comprise the personal life section.

 

For complete details, read this issue of EducationTalk.

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Delaware Interfaith Coalition on the Aging

 

GIVING MEANING TO LIFE – LEAVING A LEGACY

 

The annual spring conference of Delaware Interfaith Coalition of Aging (DICA) on Wednesday, May 21 has a theme which will be of wide interest to the faith community – “Giving Meaning to Life – Leaving a Legacy.”  The conference will enable the community to hear older Delawareans share their legacies which they created in politics, education, volunteering, and the arts.  Five prominent individuals have accepted the invitation to be guest speakers.

 

Muriel Gilman                           Charles Parks 

Jane Maroney                           Dale Wolf

Dorothy Medeiros

 

The moderator will be Rabbi Peter Grumbacher.

 

The program will be panel discussion in nature.  Each participant will speak briefly on the legacy he/she has striven to create.  This will be followed by open forum when the audience can submit questions to the speakers.

 

You will have the opportunity to meet the speakers during the morning break and during lunch which follows the 12:00 closing.

 

Advanced registration is recommended as SEATING IS LIMITED.  Registration fee is $20.00 before May 7, $25 AFTER May 7.  The fee includes lunch which will be catered by “Leounes’ Catered Affairs.”

 

Conference location – Congregation Beth Emeth, 300 West Lea Boulevard.

 

For more information, see the DICA brochures (below) or contact Wayne Blancett, Treasurer of DICA (302) 478-3875.

 

Download brochure here: DICA Conf Brochure.doc 4.08.pdf

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Moyer Academy Update

 

Below is a letter from Moyer Academy with an update of its progress to date.  We, the members of the Work Group for Racial Justice, ask that you please consider the Moyer Academy Scholarship Fund when deciding on your mission funding for 2008. Your donations will go a long way in helping a young student enter college.   

 

Thanks to the New Castle Presbytery for the approximate $25,000 to initiate the funding of The Maurice J. Moyer Academy’s Academic and Leadership Scholarship Fund.  Our first award recipients will be in 2010 with Moyer’s first graduating class.  Our adopted guidelines require that we maintain $20, 000 in the principle and continue to look for ways to sustain and grow the funds.  Our Parent Resource Council (PRC) has committed to hold one (1) yearly fundraiser starting in 2008-09.  And, we look to your many congregations for their continued support.

 

            We write to share our joys and accomplishments.  Moyer is in its second year.  We now have grades 6-11 and will add grades 11 & 12 over the next two years, respectively.  We have 305 students and will grow to 420.

 

            As with all public schools, we are challenged to provide excellent support services for students.  However, through sound management, we have provided our students with tutoring, as well as extra curriculum activities (both athletic and non-athletic).  Additionally, our students have taken educational trips to exhibits and events in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and around Wilmington.

 

            Finally, our permanent facility is under construction.  We will occupy the new school this fall.  We are the entire 600 block of East 17^th Street in Wilmington.  We look forward to seeing many of you at our open house in the late summer/early fall.

 

Sincerely,

 

Theo K. Gregory, Sr.,

Director

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