by jblazek | Apr 15, 2025 | News
The Synod of Lincoln Trails will be gathering October 20-23, 2025 at The New Harmony Inn Resort and Conference Center in New Harmony, Indiana. Who is this program for? Newly ordained pastors and associate pastors in church ministry Newly ordained chaplains and those...
by jblazek | Dec 18, 2024 | News
February 24-26, 2025 Peoria, IL Let’s dream, create, and collaborate with IMAGINATION at the 2025 COM/CPM/Synod Gathering! Thank you for your service to God through your work at churches and presbyteries. You are appreciated! Our next Synod of Lincoln...
by jblazek | Jan 10, 2024 | News
Happy New Year! Recently I’ve been focusing on the communal nature of Epiphany. Especially after taking a solo trip to Croatia and surrounding countries on my two-month sabbatical last fall (more about that in a different newsletter), I’ve been pondering what it means...
by jblazek | Jan 9, 2024 | News
Register now for Serve with EnergyMarch 10-13, 2024Indianapolis, IN Thanks so much for your service to God through your work at churches and presbyteries. You are appreciated! Our next Synod of Lincoln Trails in-person COM/CPM Summit is happening in March! We will be...
by jblazek | Jan 2, 2024 | News
Getting to know… Jennifer Burns Lewis Tell us about your call to the Presbytery of Wabash Valley. I must check the calendar all the time to confirm that I’ve served as the Visioning and Connecting Leader for the Presbytery of Wabash Valley since August 1, 2016. I’m a...
by jblazek | Nov 7, 2023 | News
The Presbytery of Great Rivers just had our first Trivia Night Fundraiser! Our presbytery leadership has been brainstorming ways to come together and help our communities, but in a geographically broad presbytery it can be hard to focus. Each trivia team played for a...
by jblazek | Nov 7, 2023 | News
After 15 years as Executive Presbyter of Whitewater Valley Presbytery in Indiana, Rev. Alan Thames is preparing to enter retirement. Last Wednesday was his final Assembly Meeting with the presbytery. Here is the conclusion of the sermon he preached at that gathering....
by jblazek | Nov 2, 2023 | News
Peoria-area Presbyterians gathered for coffee and fellowship recently for the first PGR on the Road adventure. Several new pastors to Great Rivers had the chance to meet colleagues, and Ruling Elders and Teaching Elders who have been around for a while were able to...
by jblazek | Nov 2, 2023 | News
I have had the privilege of traveling to multiple presbytery meetings over the past few months – including Chicago, Wabash Valley, and Whitewater Valley – and the question I’m asked most often is: “How do I start talking to my congregation about Matthew 25?” Of...
by jblazek | Sep 1, 2023 | News
I am excited and energized to be serving the Synod of Lincoln Trails as the new Director of Connectional Relationships! Opportunities to gather together and support each other have changed over the past few years as we’ve taken to meeting remotely and shifted in our...
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