Presbytery of Lackawanna, Pennsylvania: About Us

Presbytery of Lackawanna
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Executive Presbyter Emeritus, Bill McSwegin

The Rev. Dr. William R. McSwegin, former Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Lackawanna entered "the Church Triumphant" in the early morning hours of April 18, 2009. Funeral Services will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church on Monday, April 20, 2009 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM and from 1:00 PM until the time of service on Tuesday. Clergy and CLP's attending the funeral are invited to robe and process. Please meet in the office at Trinity at 1:45 PM
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WEE KIRK Northeast PA 2009)

Small chuch conference, October 12-14, 2009 To inspire, equip, motivate, encourage small PCUSA churches and to provide rest and refreshment for the Clergy and Lay Leaders of those Churches.Location of the conference is Laurelville Mennonite Church Center, Mt. Pleasant, PA For further information contact the Presbytery office.
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Thoughts and prayers

Please keep the Rev. William Hartmann and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Bill is a patient in the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton.
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Feb, 2009 News from Bill McSwegin

We received an e-mail from Bill McSwegin(Feb, 2009). Click on the link below for the full message.
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Per Capita 2009

2009 Budget and Per capita Approved Click link to read more!
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2009 Minimum Terms of Call

For sessions preparing their budget for 2009, the minimum terms of call for full time ministers were approved by Presbytery at its November meeting. Click on the "read more" link to see the terms.
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NEW!!!! Grant and Loan Opportunities

The General Council is pleased to announce two new Grant and Loan Opportunities for our congregations!! To read about the funds, go to the "LINKS" section of our website, and under the "Presbyterian Church(USA)" check out the link for the "Clark Grant (note deadline!) and "New and Emerging Grant and Loan Fund." We pray these funds will be a blessing to our ministries!
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Welcome to our Web site! We hope this site provides information that's useful to you. If there is something you can't find or you have questions or comments, either sign our Guest Book to the left or go to the Contact Us page.

For a directory of the Churches in the Presbytery and links to specific churches, go to the Directory of Churches page and for a directory of ministers, to the Ministers Directory page. For churches in the Presbytery needing assistance with pulpit supply, go to the Pulpit Supply page. Presbytery committees and committee chairs are listed on the Committees page.

For news and events in the Presbytery, go the Presbytery News page. Go to the Camp Lackawanna page for information the Presbytery's camp mission.

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Telephone: (570) 348-0643 • Fax: (570) 342-7507
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