Tell us about your Vacation Bible School

Summer is coming, and it's almost time for Vacation Bible School! Presbytery of the Miami Valley would like to list your church's VBS on its website along with other churches in the presbytery.

To be included, please email us the name of your church, the theme of your VBS, dates and times, along with registration and contact information.

See the list so far and add your church

Kirkmont Center, Zanesfield, is offering a variety of Summer Camp opportunities for children, teens, and adults. The summer season will kick off with Grand Camp June 7-8, for grandparents and their grandchildren (ages 3 and up).

Other camps this year include Quilting Camps, Pre-school Camp, Beginners Camp, MADD Camp (Music, Art, Dance, and Drama),  PYC Camp, Camp Rejoice, Kids Kamp, Urban Explorers, Adventure Camp, and Sports Camp.

Summer Camp Schedule & Registration>>

The Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel (PCCMP) supports the worldwide communities of people in which our military personnel are serving; pastor our far-flung chaplains and support them in their ministry and touch the lives of the military family members. The role of the PCCMP is the procurement, endorsement, and supervision of chaplains loaned to the Armed Services by their Church. Further, the Council offers assistance and support to chaplains and their families and renders an effective ministry to service personnel. Learn more about PCCMP & support its ministry>>

Gina Graft graduates from Union Presbyterian Seminary

After five years of study, Gina Craft, Director of Christian Education at St. Luke United Presbyterian Church, Middletown, is graduating from Union Presbyterian Seminary (UPS) in Richmond, VA. Gina is a native Ohioan who has worked in a variety of fields, beginning with a BFA from Miami University. Her passion for Christian education grew as a rotation modeler at First United Presbyterian (Middletown). While earning her MACE degree, she served as the Director of Children’s Ministry at St. Luke. Now as St. Luke’s DCE, she will continue to answer God’s call as she celebrates her eighth year of service. Jeanne McIver (Southminster Presbyterian Church) provided mentoring and encouragement for Gina during her studies at UPS.

Red Cross Living Center receives Presbyterian Women grant

The Red Cross Family Living Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the national Presbyterian Women to assist in its work with the homeless in Dayton.  The grant was endorsed and facilitated by the Leadership Council of Presbytery of the Miami Valley. The Family Living Center’s director, Alissa Rhinehart, is a member of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church, Kettering.

Workshop in Blessing Based Spiritual Nurture

The Blessing Center, a ministry of Southminster Presbyterian Church, Centerville, will offer a workshop in Blessing Based Spiritual Nurture June 22 at the church. Learn more and register>>

Nature photography exhibit at Southminster

Southminster Presbyterian Church, Centerville will exhibit photos by Bro. James Lemke, noted nature photographer, May 1-June 30 in the church’s art gallery. The gallery is open any time the church is open and is located next to the sanctuary.

Synod Multicultural Youth Conference June 18-22

The Synod of the Covenant will hold its second annual Multicultural Youth Conference June 18-22 at Kirkmont Center, Zanesfield. This year's theme is "Let It Flow: Connecting the Streams of Life." Learn more and register>>

NEXT Church offers new resources for ministry

NEXT Church is a network of leaders across the Presbyterian Church (USA) who believe the church of the future will be more relational, more diverse, more collaborative, more hopeful, and more agile. NEXT Church provides space for hopeful conversations about the theology, culture, and practice of ministry in a time of adaptive change. Get ministry resources>>

Church World Service Blankets+ helps people around the world

For over 60 years the Church World Service Blankets+ program has been a special mission opportunity for all ages.  Some 8,000 congregations and groups across the U.S. hold CWS Blankets+ events, providing funds to help people in need around the world. Blankets+ provides emergency supplies in the wake of disaster, tools and seeds for farmers, wells for families living in drought prone areas, and literacy training and microcredit for women struggling to realize their potential. Learn more, including how to host a Blankets+ Sunday at your church.

New evangelism curriculum from the Presbyterian Mission Agency

Engage—developed in partnership with the office of Evangelism of the PC(USA) and Congregational Ministries Publishing—connects the church with its community and equips members to live out and share their growing faith. Organized in three parts—Engage: Gospel, Engage: Discipleship, and Engage: Mission— each seven-session curriculum resource makes spreading the good news of Jesus Christ easier for growing disciples. Find out more about Engage>>

New initiative seeks to create 1001 new worshiping communities

In June 2012, the 220th General Assembly declared a commitment to a churchwide movement that results in the creation of 1001 new worshiping communities in the next 10 years. Across the PC(USA), God is raising up leaders in churches and presbyteries who are creating new worshiping communities. They are taking on new and varied forms of church for our changing culture. Primarily they are seeking to make and form new disciples of Jesus Christ, to change and transform the world. Learn more & get involved>>

Northminster Mission Fund

Grants up to $5,000.00 are available to individual Congregations, Congregations in Partnership, Designated Presbytery Networks, and Validated Ministries of the Presbytery of the Miami Valley, for the continued purpose of building up the body of Christ. Pending available funds, grants may be renewed for one year. Learn more>>