Christian Education Ministry Team

"The purpose of the Christian Education Ministry Team is to support and resource the congregations of the Presbytery by providing training for ministries to senior adults, adults, young adults, college students, youth, children and their families in the areas of spirituality and nurture, education for stewardship and leadership training." (from the Presbytery Manual, adopted July 10, 2001)

The Christian Education Ministry strives to resource our congregation through:

• Officer Development – supporting officer training and development, currently working on a special project dealing with officers as spiritual leaders. Contact: Marvin Simmers for more details at 404-289-4565, e-mail: marvinsimmers@bellsouth.net.
• The Resource Connection – has it's own web page – www.theresourceconnection.org;
  Director=Mardee Rightmyer; Assistant = Sue Huff
• The Fall Leadership Event is held the third Saturday in August, offering many workshops to help congregational leaders in the areas of Christian Education, Evangelism, Officer Development, Congregational Development and Congregational Transformation. This is a big leadership event, offered for the congregations of Cherokee, Greater Atlanta and Northeast Georgia Presbyteries.
• Presbyterian Women - offering Bible studies, leadership development, missions and congregational women's activities; Moderator = Mary Martin (St Luke's Presbyterian)
• Presbyterian Men - offering a connection with Men's Ministries locally and denominationally
• The Youth Ministry Council - made up of youth and adult advisors from our congregations, which plans for presbytery wide youth events, works on leadership development of our youth and resources the congregations as requested
• Campus Ministry - through the Georgia State Campus Ministry Cabinet, we have active campus ministry programs at the Atlanta University Center, Emory University, GA State and GA Tech, with the hopes of expanding these ministries. In addition, GA Tech's Westminster Christian Fellowship has an outreach toward international students and their families, through the denomination's Volunteer in Mission Program
• The Senior Adult Ministries Committee - a committee of 21 from various congregations, which plans for two major events a year (the Spring Fling on the first Wednesday in May and the Fall Outing on the first Wednesday in October, both held at Calvin Center) AND which urges our congregations to build a priority for congregational older adult ministry
• The support of Christian Educators within the presbytery, including monthly meetings for fellowship and education (September through May) and certification process support
• The Association of Presbyterian Church Educators – www.apcenet.org.

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