Web Site Archive
2006

Adoración en Español  Spanish language worship service at First Presbyterian Church, Sydney

Advent Workshop  The presbytery Resource Center held a "make it and take it" event.

Believers' Bay at First Presbyterian Church Urbana is a Sunday School program, which addresses multiple intelligences.

Blue Christmas  Worship services at Corinth Presbyterian Church for people struggling with grief, loneliness, and other difficulties during the holiday season.

Choral Vespers  Dayton Westminster invited people from around Miami Presbytery to attend a special musical event in November.

College Hill Church Hispanic Ministry was featured in a Dayton Daily News article

Colombia Partnership  A delegation from Miami Presbytery traveled to Colombia in August to help celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia.

Community Meal Center at The Presbyterian Church of Hamilton

Congregational Transformation  The Congregational Strategies Committee of Miami Presbytery sponsored a workshop with The Rev. Steve Boots.

Continuing Education  Opportunities for pastors and other church professionals.

Conversations with Commissioners  Miami Presbytery hosted a series of conversations with its representatives to the 217th General Assembly.

David Bartlett, Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, presented a preaching workshop co-sponsored by Miami Presbytery.

David Crapnell was installed as pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, Dayton.

Design Team Forums  The Design Team of Miami Presbytery sponsored listening forums in December.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer  A one man play was presented about the life of this "Disciple, Pastor, Theologian, and Martyr."

Effective Christian Education  A class series for lay educators was offered by the Committee on Certified Christian Educators.

E-mail List  New subscribers can sign up to receive news from The Miami Presbytery by e-mail.

Everybody's Hero  A benefit performance for Kirkmont Center in January

Featured churches  Photos of churches featured on the homepage of this web site.

Fifty+ Years of Ordination  Miami Presbytery honored 18 pastors who achieved this milestone.

Food Drive  The Miami Presbytery collected food for the Emergency Food Bank

Habitat for Humanity  Presbyterian/Catholic build in Dayton.

Ideas Magazine  The online edition for church leaders

Immanuel Korean Presbyterian Church  was featured in a Dayton Daily News article.

Immigration Reform  Hispanic Ministries of Miami Presbytery issued a statement concerning comprehensive immigration reform.

Jamestown Presbyterian Church celebrated its 175 anniversary.

Jim Wallis  Founder of Sojourners speaks in Columbus and Cincinnati in March.

Judy's General Assembly Blog  Interim Exectutive Presbyter Judy Kolwicz kept us up to date with daily reports from the 217th General Assembly in June.

Judy Kolwicz was named Interim Executive Presbyter

Julia Thorne an attorney and Manager for Immigration Issues and Immigration Counsel for the PC(USA) visited the Miami Presbytery in September.

Kirkmont Camp Scholarships were needed for rural Hispanic children.

Kirkmont Center announced new conference and retreat opportunities

Kirkmont Center Nature Education Building  Architecture students from Miami University designed environmentally sustainable renditions of a future building project at the camp and conference center.

Kirkmont Center Summer Camps  Summer 2006 camp opportunities at our conference and retreat center were announced.

The Labyrinth at Dayton Westminster

Living Last Supper  Three Springfield Presbyterian churches jointed together to produce this Holy Week drama.

Lutrelle Rainey was installed as pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church (Dayton) in July.

Mark Tamthai The international peacemaker from Thailand visited Miami Presbytery.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day March  Presbyterians participated in this annual Dayton (Ohio) event.

Marva Dawn The author, theologian, and musician visited Miami Presbytery.

Mission Connections  The presbytery web site debuted a new way to receive news from PC(USA) mission workers around the world.

Mission Network  The Miami Presbytery debuted new web pages to highlight mission among our 64 congregations.

Mission to the USA  Congregations had the opportunity to host a Christian leader from India or Pakistan.

Mobile Health Fair  A ministry of the Synod of the Covenant

Moderator/Vice Moderator  Miami Presbytery installed two new officers for 2006-07

Molly Jones was ordained and installed as Associate Pastor of Fairmont Presbyterian Church.

The Monmouth College Chorale performed at Sugar Creek Church.

Multicultural Conference  Six people from Miami Presbytery attended this national PC(USA) event.

Muskingum College Ensembles presented a concert at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Springboro.

National Black Presbyterian Caucus Midwest Biennial Conference was held in Dayton in October.

New Pastors  Two new pastors were welcomed by the presbytery in March.

Open Forum  Miami Presbytery held its first lunchtime Open Forum.

Our Faith, Our Lives  Miami Presbytery sponsored workshops for church leaders.

Pastoral Care and Counseling Center at Miami Valley Hospital.

Prayer Shawl Ministry was recognized at Covington Presbyterian Church.

Prayer Shawls to Palestine  Miami Presbytery presented prayer shawls to two Palestinian Christians.

Prayer Vigil for the American Dream  College Hill Church hosted this event in support of immigration reform.

Preferred Hotel Rates for Presbyterian churches/organizations.

Racial Ethnic College Scholarships were made available through the office of the Synod of the Covenant.

Rick Ufford-Chase  Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA) was scheduled to visit The Miami Presbytery.

The Rev. Rob Smith of Miami Presbytery won the 2006 Robert Frost Poetry Award.

Our Faith, Our Lives  A Presbytery-wide leadership event featuring biblical storyteller Dennis Dewey

Souper Bowl of Caring  Churches in the Miami Presbytery supported this annual event.

Spanish language web site  The PC(USA) debuted a new web site featuring resources and materials in Spanish.

Springhill Presbyterian Church celebrated its 180th anniversary in September

Springtime Retreat sponsored by the Ministry With Older Adults of the Miami Presbytery.

Steps Toward Peace in Israel and Palestine  Three people from Miami Presbytery were commissioned to make a peacemaking journey to the region.

Strategic Plan for Miami Presbytery  was submitted by a task force.

"Subscribe"  Presbyterians can subscribe online to receive news from the presbytery.

St. Andrew's Kirk  in Georgetown, Guyana, the sister church of Fairborn First Presbyterian Church

The Three Pigs of Jesus  The Rev. Wayne McLaughlin published a new book.

The Rev. Suzan E. Zink  passed away in February.

Women in Ministry Celebration  "Sharing Common Flames" at United Theological Seminary