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  Tuesday, February 5, 2008    
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  The Presbytery of Inland Northwest
Idaho, Washington
 
             
 

The Presbytery of Inland Northwest, whose 8,895 members worship in 50 churches, encompasses the easternmost one hundred miles of the state of Washington and the panhandle of Idaho. Its congregations, mostly in small, rural parishes, are working faithfully to adapt in the midst of cultural and demographic shifts in their communities. The presbytery is engaging these challenges by pursuing several priorities, one of which is new church development (NCD). Two rapidly growing areas have been identified by the presbytery’s New Church Development Committee as mission sites for new congregations.

The Rev. Scott Kinder-Pyle was called in 2006 as the NCD pastor for southwest Spokane, specifically for the Latah Valley area. During 2007, Scott applied the lessons he learned in a successful church plant on the East Coast, gathering small groups and working with interested and committed individuals to develop the core of the fledgling church community. The Presbytery of Inland Northwest looks forward with great enthusiasm to the birth of this new worshiping community in 2008.

Kootanai County is one of the fastest growing communities in Idaho. First Presbyterian Church of Coeur d’Alene and its pastor, the Rev. Michael Bullard, have been holding Sunday evening worship services in the nearby town of Rathdrum. The presbytery is optimistic about the opportunity to birth a new congregation in this area in the near future.

 
             
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Presbytery Staff
Rev Richard Melin, executive presbyter
Joyce Bippes, administrative assistant
Michael Copas, financial administrator
Rev. Marcia Taylor, presbytery moderator
Elder David Hamilton, stated clerk
Andy Sonneland, camp and conference director

PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Anita R. Brown, GAC
Brian Brown, FDN
Frances M. Brown, GAC

 
             
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  Gracious and loving God, we are grateful for the church and for congregations of believers who faithfully gather to worship together and go out into the world to serve. We pray for the Rev. Scott Kinder-Pyle and the dedicated group who are working to establish a new congregation. We pray also for the exploratory work that the Rev. Michael Bullard and First Presbyterian Church of Coeur d’Alene are doing toward establishing another congregation. Amen.  
             
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  Ps. 42, 146 Ps. 102, 133
Prov. 30:1–4, 24–33
Phil. 3:1–11; John 18:28–38
 
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