Nurture & Outreach Commission

The Purpose of Nurture & Outreach:

To provide and nurture educational, connectional, and outreach opportunities, which promote growth in discipleship, encourage congregational mission partnerships, and support special areas of ministry, such as peacemaking, youth and campus ministry.

Members & Contacts

 2023

  • Ms. Tina Johnson, Ruling Elder
  • Rev. Rick Nutt, Teaching Elder
  • Rev. Alice L. Phillips, Teaching Elder
  • Mrs. Susan Rike, Ruling Elder

2024

  • Rev Steven B. Brand, Teaching Elder
  • Mr. Stephen M. Hills, Chair, Ruling Elder
  • Rev. Amy House, Teaching Elder

2025

  • Rev. Mary Gene Boteler, Teaching Elder
  • Ms. Susan Fisher, Ruling Elder
  • Mr. Gregory Menssen, Ruling Elder
  • Mrs. Paige Tolar, Ruling Elder

Forms

Date
Info

04/03/23
Neighborhood Mission Grant Application
Assist congregations seeking to be missional churches within the PCUSA.
04/03/23

08/29/23
Self-Development of People (SDOP) Application
08/29/23

08/28/23
Self-Development of People (SDOP) Grant Information
08/28/23

Resources

Date
Info

11/15/23
15 Steps to create effective Climate Communications.
Talking About Climate Change.
11/15/23

01/20/21
A Full Worship Service Example
01/20/21

07/01/21
Additional Anti-Racism Resources July 1, 2021
07/01/21

09/30/21
Campus Ministries in Columbus…
09/30/21

05/17/22
CAMPUS MINISTRY PRESBYTERY TALK MAY 2022
05/17/22

07/01/17
Commission for Nurture Outreach Responsibilities
07/01/17

01/02/21
Conversation on Racism Resource List
01/02/21

06/09/21
Global Mission 101 part 1
06/09/21

06/09/21
Global Mission 101 part 2
06/09/21

03/01/22
Global Mission March Seminars
03/01/22

03/20/21
Matthew 25 Dismantling Structural Racism Video Guide
03/20/21

06/01/20
Matthew 25 Event
Presenter: Rev. Chris Roseland, Lead Mission Engagement Advisor, PMA
06/01/20

01/01/21
Matthew 25 in the PC(USA)
01/01/21

03/01/22
Matthew 25 is Alive and well in our presbytery!
03/01/22

12/23/20
Matthew 25 News…From the Reverend Diane Moffet..
12/23/20

03/10/21
Matthew 25 Roundtable
03/10/21

07/27/22
Matthew 25 UPDATE
07/27/22

03/01/22
Mission Engagement – Freeing Congregational Mission
03/01/22

01/06/21
Mission Engagement 101
01/06/21

02/03/21
MISSION ENGAGEMENT 101 first session update… From the Planning Team
02/03/21

08/31/20
Offline Ministry Ideas for Christian Education
08/31/20

08/22/22
Presbytery of Scioto Valley at The Ohio State University
08/22/22

01/03/21
Raising Racial Awareness Resource List
01/03/21

12/21/17
Resources for Background Checks
Utilized by member churches of the CNO commission or are recommended by another church affiliated site.
12/21/17

07/01/92
Seeking to Be Faithful
07/01/92

07/28/22
Self-Development of People (SDOP) Introduction Letter
07/28/22

01/20/21
Systemic Racism Explained
01/20/21

01/20/21
We Can End Poverty
01/20/21

07/01/17
West Side Urban Ministry (WUM)Partners in Christ’s Service Brochure
07/01/17

01/27/21
What is Mission: Video
Led by Cynthia Holder Rich
01/27/21

TRAINING MATERIALS

Date
Info

01/27/21
2021 PIE Faith Tool Kit PowerPoint
01/27/21

01/27/21
2021 PIE Soul Care PowerPoint
01/27/21

01/08/22
2022 PIE Elder Training
01/08/22

08/03/22
Faith Formation in a Post(ish) Pandemic World How are you feeling?
08/03/22

01/12/19
PIE Presentation delivered by Brice Wiebe
Are We Just Learning to be Nice?
01/12/19

Also available on YouTube.

Policies

Date
Info

02/24/22
Antiracism Policy
Approved by Presbytery November 16, 2021
02/24/22

11/28/17
Child Protection Policy
Approved - 11-28-2017 Called to create a safe place for all the children and youth in our care.
11/28/17

Campus Ministry

You may have heard of the exciting movement of the Spirit happening with Presbyterian campus ministry at The Ohio State University. Thanks to the effort of leaders from several churches in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley and funding from a grant from the Ministry Initiative’s Board, we Presbyterians have entered fully into partnership in ministry at Jacob’s Porch, an ecumenical and collaborative campus ministry of the PC(USA), ELCA, UMC, and MC(USA) to the main campus of Ohio State University. This partnership resulted in the formation of a new Ukirk board to support Presbyterian ministry at Jacob’s Porch and the calling of the Rev. Taylor Barner to serve as the full time Presbyterian Campus Pastor at Jacob’s Porch. We truly believe that the Spirit is at work at OSU creating something new and innovative that may also serve as a model to other campus ministries nationwide.

Mission

OSUKirk offers an open and inclusive understanding of Jesus and his call on our lives to young adults and college students of central Ohio and on OSU’s campus while giving a unique perspective of and opportunities from the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Vision

The vision of OSUKirk is to partner in ecumenical ministry with Jacob’s Porch to help nurture a deeper and more mature faith in young adults, and foster connections with PC(USA) congregations.


The Rev. Taylor Barner is our new Presbyterian campus minister serving The Ohio State University at Jacob’s Porch. He believes in seeing young people as not simply the future of the Church, but also as leaders of the present Church. Taylor would love to come serve in leadership at your church soon either by preaching, teaching a class, or speaking at a youth group event. We hope you will consider welcoming him to your church soon so he can share more about Jacob’s Porch and the campus ministry at Ohio State University! Please sign up to add your church to the list of Taylor’s 2023-24 schedule of visits: Campus Minister Church Leadership Visits. You can also reach Taylor directly at Taylor@jacobsporch.com.

 


Support Presbyterian Campus Ministry at OSU

Building the ministry we envision will require all-hands-on-deck from churches from all across the state of Ohio in order to have the reach and impact that we hope to have on campus. In addition to your prayers and/or providing a meal for a Sunday night gathering, you can support this ministry through your financial support. Gifts of any size will go a long way to deepening our important work with students. This could be a one-time or recurring contribution from you or your church’s mission, outreach, evangelism, or young adult ministry funds, or could also be a gift from the funds your church has collected through the Pentecost Special Offering of the PC(USA). We are building this ministry from the ground up, so individual and/or church support will have an immediate and profound impact on our work.

In addition to smaller gifts, we are also interested in establishing partner churches who share our commitment to campus ministry at OSU and can contribute more significant funding and support. We have established three tiers for our partner churches and would love your church to consider what support at a partnered level might look like:

  • Partner Church – Contributions in excess of $500
  • Covenant Church – Contributions in excess of $2,000
  • Buckeye Church – Contributions in excess of $5,000

If your church can partner with us in building this ministry, please reach out to a member of the OSUKirk Board to explore together what a more robust partnership might look like!

If you plan to support us in any way, please let us know by filling out the form or by emailing us at ukirk@jacobsporch.com. Contributions to OSU’s Presbyterian campus ministry can be made by sending a check made out to the Presbytery of Scioto Valley [4131 N High St B, Columbus, OH 43214] with “OSUkirk” in the memo line. or by emailing us at ukirk@jacobsporch.com.

In Christ’s Service, OSUKirk Board Members:

 

 

EDUCATION

Nurture and Outreach Commission supports education and events for pastors, church leaders, clerk training, elders and deacons.

  • The annual Partners in Education (PIE) event provides leadership training for all elders, deacons and church leaders. This event is typically held the first or second Saturday of January.
  • Pre-presbytery events: The goal of pre-presbytery events is to provide programs with timely topics such as older adult ministry, environmental concerns, drug overdose awareness and other current topics.
  • Resource Center:The resource center, located in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley Office provides books and resources related to worship, congregational life, devotional, age level ministries and other topics relevant to church and church life.

MATTHEW 25

Matthew 25:31–46 calls all of us to actively engage in the world around us, so our faith comes alive and we wake up to new possibilities. Visit our Matthew 25 resources for more information.

MISSION OPPORTUNITIES

Nurture and outreach commission assists congregations in mission service and stewardship and provides encouragement, guidance, grants and resources to congregations in mission, prophetic witness, leadership development, worship, evangelism and administration. Some of the ways we do this is through:

  • Mission Projects
  • Mission work Trips
  • Self-Development of People (SDOP)
  • Peacemaking Events
  • Local Mission
  • Global Mission
  • Stewardship and Ecological Concerns
  • Promotion of Peace and Social Justice
  • Westside Urban Mission
  • Neighborhood Mission Grant
  • Peacemaking Mission Grant
  • We work in conjunction with the Presbyterian Church (USA)-presbyterianmission.org

NEWS

Date
Info

12/14/23
Earth Care and Climate Change.
Commission for Nurture and Outreach (CNO). Pre-presbytery, November 2023, event on earth care/climate change.
12/14/23

08/24/23
Update from Stephen Hills, CNO Chair
08/24/23

OLDER ADULT MINISTRY

The commission for nurture and outreach provides programming and coordination for older adult ministry.

Purpose:

  • Interchange between congregations and the Presbytery of ideas and information related to older adults so that a willingness to care about Older Adult Ministries can be built up in the congregations and the Presbytery.
  • The mission of the Presbytery of Scioto Valley’s Older Adult Ministry Team is to partner with congregations to provide life-enhancing programs for and with older adults.

Vision:

  • Provide support, resources and encouragement to all congregations, session and staff in establishing and maintaining meaningful older adult ministry programs and activities.
  • Maintain a central collection of books, articles, and other related resources pertaining to the issues of older adults.
    Maintain awareness of community organizations who share similar interest for information useful to congregations.
  • Communicative information and a activities from OAM committee to the congregations at Presbytery meetings.
    Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network (POAMN):
  • The Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network actively addresses the new challenges and ever changing needs of our church’s aging membership, and advocates on behalf of our older adults. POAMN members include pastors, educators, and many others who work with older adults in our congregations, presbyteries and retirement communities.

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

“Presbyterian Women understands that scripture asks us to be the hands and feet of Christ in the world. As such, Presbyterian Women provides information about justice and peace and ministry to inform mission and community-building work.” –PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S MINISTRY WEBSITE

Visit our Presbyterian Women webpage for information and resources.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Youth Ziplining Trip, April 20, 2024

Valley Zipline Tours, 3465 Duffy Road, Lancster, Ohio 3465 Duffy Road, Lancaster, United States

Saturday April 20, 2024. Youth Zip Lining Trip - The youth event task team is planning a zip lining trip to Hocking Hills. This event is for middle and high […]