Boards,
    Committees, and
    Ministry Action
    Teams (MATs)

SPECIAL OFFERINGS

SESSION APPROVED SPECIAL OFFERINGS

Easter Offering - One Great Hour of Sharing - Received on Easter Sunday
Souper Bowl Offering - Received on Super Bowl Sunday
World Communion Sunday - Received on the first Sunday of October
Thanksgiving Offering - Received on Thanksgiving Eve for Family Crisis Fund
Good News Great Joy Offering - Received on Christmas Eve & Christmas Sunday

MISSIONS OF TRINITY

Presbyterian / Denominational

General Assembly, Synod, Peace River Presbytery
Medical Benevolence
Direct Missionary Support PIP
Beth-el Farmworker Ministry
Immokalee Friendship House

Local Missions

Deacon's Community Assistance Ministry
Venice Meals on Wheels
SPARCC (Safe Place & Rape Crisis Center)
ECHO (Educational Concerns Hunger Organization)
Agape Flights

MISSIONARY SUPPORT

Presbyterian Supported Missionaries

 

Dan and Elizabeth Turk - Madagascar
demo In 2000, the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM) invited the Turks to serve in Madagascar in its ministries of healing hope development, which include the departments of health, environment, agriculture, and safe drinking water.

Elizabeth helps the staff of the FJKM health department design and implement a community health program.

Dan, with a PhD in forestry, is especially involved in efforts to plant fruit trees and native trees.

Dan and Elizabeth are members of West Raleigh Presbyterian Church in North Carolina. They have a son, Robert, and a daughter, Frances.


Dr. John and Gwenda Fletcher - Democratic Republic of the Congo
demo In January 2009, the Fletchers were appointed to serve with the Presbyterian Community of Congo (CPC) in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

John, a surgeon, serves as a surgical consultant and trainer to the network of CPC mission hospitals.

Gwenda helps the CPC's education department in strategic planning in order to strengthen the churches' primary and secondary education programs. They are members of First Presbyterian Church in Youma, AZ.

  
   Missions

MISSIONS
    MINISTRY ACTION TEAM

Purpose

By using God's guidance and asking for His wisdom in fulfilling the continued support of Trinity's unified, direct, and local missions in a resourceful manner. Additionally, to support the pastor as he receives mission requests from the presbytery for action.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • to advise session of current and continuing developments that arise in the Mission MAT meetings

  • to assist and recommend input in the annual budgeting process

  • to share in the responsibilities to help alleviate hunger and to support educational opportunities

  • to respond to disasters, both local and abroad

  • to interface with Presbyterian Missions

  • to attend and participate in scheduled meetings of the Mission MAT

  • to update Missions bulletin board

  • to take special offering designations to session for approval

Members of the Missions MAT include:

Bryan Page - Elder Chair
Sharon Ingleton - Also serves on the Mission and Justice Committee of Peace River Presbytery
Jim Brown, Hazel Chapin, Nancy Opie, Larry Stock, Dot and Jake Scheeres

  
   Per Capita

General Assembly & Synod

The Per Capita requested by General Assembly and Synod will be apportioned among the churches according to the membership reported on the 2010 Statistical Report. Per Capita remitted to the Presbytery as a result of the apportionment will be sent directly to General Assembly and Synod. None of these funds will be retained by the Presbytery.

Per Capita requested:
General Assembly            $6.63
Synod or South Atlantic   $1.45
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Total                               $8.08

Per Capita is an opportunity for all communicant members of the Presbyterian church through the governing bodies to participate equally, responsibly, and interdependently by sharing the cost of coordination and evaluation of mission: and of performing ecclesiastical, legislative, and judicial functions that identify a Reformed Church, while at the same time strengthening the sense of community among all Presbyterians (GA Minutes, Part1, 1995).

General Assembly Per Capita Budget

The per capita budget of the General Assembly principally provides for the cost of holding GA meetings, expenses of the permanent and special committees of the General Assembly, the Office of General Assembly (including the historical function and the office of ordination exams). General Assembly Council meetings, the council office and some staff, and comparable expenses to our memberships in ecumenical bodies. Fair share cost of Mission Support Services relating to building operations and centralized accounting services are also included.

Synod Per Capita Budget

The per capita is used to fund the Synod's legislative and judicial business and ecclesiastical function, including the office of the Stated Clerk, which enable the Synod to plan, oversee and evaluate its mission, and the administrative functions necessary for the mission of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

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