Presbytery of Great Rivers
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Staff and Leadership
    • Lead Presbyter Search
    • Our Congregations
    • E-Newsletter >
      • Newsletter Archives
    • Contact Us
  • Assembly Meetings
  • Commissions & Committees
    • Leadership Council
    • Operations Commission >
      • Finance
    • Commission on Congregational Life
    • Commission on Pastoral Leadership
    • Commission on Transitions
    • Nominating Committee
    • Committee on Accessibility, Representation, and Equity
    • Mission Commission
    • Bills & Overtures
    • Permanent Judicial Commission
    • Nominating Committee
  • Pulpit Supply
  • Directory
  • Events and Trainings
  • Clerk's Corner
  • Forms & Resources
  • Ministry Partners
  • Camps
  • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
  • Synod of Lincoln Trails
  • Presbyterian Women
  • Board of Pensions
  • Committees from Previous Governing Structure
    • Committee on Preparation for Ministry
    • Leadership Team
    • Committee on Ministry
Minutes available soon
Picture
Bob & Kristi Rice ​
​Assembly Presentation | Video
Picture
Rev. Ann Schwartz
​Final Lead Presbyter Report | Video
Picture

Complete Packet
Assembly Docket
Individual Reports 
Treasurer
Committee on Transitions
Committee on Pastoral Leadership
Mission Commission
Lead Presbyter
CARE
​CARE Bible Study links
  1. Belonging
  2. Hospitality
  3. Service
  4. Spiritual Giftedness
Operations
Leadership Council
Lead Presbyter Nominating Committee
Worship
Stated Clerk
Supplemental Papers to Clerk's reports  added April 21
IPH Bylaws
IPH board members
​Highlights of the April 25 Meeting
Presbytery commissioners, pastors, corresponding members, and staff gathered at First Presbyterian Church in Macomb and on Zoom.
  • We began the meeting with a Bible study created by the Committee on Accessibility, Representation, and Equity (CARE) that focused on belonging, hospitality, service, and spiritual giftedness.
  • The Assembly  approved the Ministry Discernment Profile (MDP) written by the LPNC.
  • The Operations Commission has contracted with the Rev. John Rickard, retired Presbyter from Blackhawk Presbytery, for 20 hours per week. He will begin on June 1.
  • Rev. Bob and Kristi Rice, who have previously served in South Sudan as PC(USA) mission co-workers, will be moving to Ghana in late May with The Antioch Partners. 
  • Rev. Ed Wegele, Peoria First Federated, was elected to serve on the Presbytery's Disaster Response Team.
  • RE Jo Samara, Danvers First, was elected to serve on the Conflict Response Team.
  • Worship was powerful. Rev. Mark Merrill, HR, offered beautiful prayers. Rev. Chuck Goodman, Springfield Hope, led the body in hopeful songs of resistance. Rev. Brandon Ouellette, Monmouth Faith United, preached on "The Church That Never Was" (Acts 2:42-47).
  • ​The Assembly celebrated Lead Presbyter Ann Schwartz, who will retire on June 1, with a warm tribute from RE Nicole Morrow, Peoria United PC and member of the Operations Commission. She presented Ann with a generous gift certificate for a Broadway in Chicago show at the Nederlander Theater. The Macomb church provided a beautiful cake. Colleagues and friends shared cards and other expressions of affection and gratitude.
Picture

​​3601 N. Sheridan Rd, Peoria, Illinois 61604
Office: 309-683-6980
​Email
Picture
​

Picture
Picture
webmaster: [email protected]
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Staff and Leadership
    • Lead Presbyter Search
    • Our Congregations
    • E-Newsletter >
      • Newsletter Archives
    • Contact Us
  • Assembly Meetings
  • Commissions & Committees
    • Leadership Council
    • Operations Commission >
      • Finance
    • Commission on Congregational Life
    • Commission on Pastoral Leadership
    • Commission on Transitions
    • Nominating Committee
    • Committee on Accessibility, Representation, and Equity
    • Mission Commission
    • Bills & Overtures
    • Permanent Judicial Commission
    • Nominating Committee
  • Pulpit Supply
  • Directory
  • Events and Trainings
  • Clerk's Corner
  • Forms & Resources
  • Ministry Partners
  • Camps
  • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
  • Synod of Lincoln Trails
  • Presbyterian Women
  • Board of Pensions
  • Committees from Previous Governing Structure
    • Committee on Preparation for Ministry
    • Leadership Team
    • Committee on Ministry