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On Sunday November 16, staff member Amanda Littell was invited to ‘give a big check’ at  Sunrise Presbyterian Church of Salina, KS .  This check represents a Mission Project Grant given to Salina Sunrise for their ongoing work with Living Waters for the World in Honduras. A 'check' in the amount of $2290 was presented to the congregation to help fund a motorcargo which will carry filtered, bottled water to Pajuiles, Honduras and villages nearby. A Living Waters for the World

The Synod of Mid-America held a "Gift of Small" church conference on October 9-11 at Central Presbyterian Church. Twenty-two participants from Kansas, Missouri and Iowa attended to hear keynote speaker, Rev. Phillip Blackburn. We invited churches to bring  either Hygiene Kits or Emergency Clean-Up Buckets to the conference as a Synod  mission project. Thank you to the planning team, Shannon Borgman, Melanie Hancock, Liz Lindsey, and Deborah Boucher-Payne for all their work an

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We are excited to share that The Restricted Funds Oversight Subcommittee (RFOS) and the Interim Unified Agency's Interim Senior Leadership Team (ISLT) at PC(USA) recently awarded First Presbyterian-Lawrence a grant from the General Assembly Unassigned Funds Grant Program! This grant was awarded in the amount of $7000 to help fund the installation of solar panels, reducing the church’s carbon footprint. This grant was given from Restricted Fund 59239 which is for a mission pro

We can now provide an update for congregations interested in having their property covered by the Insurance Board, the insurance company the Synod of Mid America is working with in an attempt to provide some cost savings to our congregations.   If you are a congregation not currently covered by the Insurance Board and decide to switch to coverage through the Insurance Board, you will receive a discount on your annual premium.   Those who already have the Insurance Board as th

If you are currently using Sparkhouse resources(and if you are not and want to check it out, contact Amanda at  ALittell@pnks.org ) be sure to check out the new resources that were recently released! You can check out this content by logging in and looking under "Bonus Content" for the word "NEW!" These uploads happen quarterly, so there's a lot to keep up with. Here's the list of the latest additions to Sparkhouse Digital: Children’s Messages and Children’s Church Activities

PNKS Is on the Road again...and this time we will be celebrating the holiday at First Presbyterian Church in Topeka. Join us as we enjoy the sights and sounds of the Christmas Season at Noon Noels. Noon Noels is a  free community Christmas concert series  that is held from  Noon to 12:30 p.m.  on Wednesday's in December. PNKS will be there on December 10th. Come hear local high school Shawnee Heights High School Choraliers (Nicolas Carr, director) sing holiday songs, join a f

Congrats to the 8 youth in PNKS who received 2025 Higher Education Scholarships from the Synod of Mid-America!  These scholarships can be used for any accredited institution of higher learning (including seminaries, trade schools and graduate study programs). Scholarships are awarded per school year and renewable with an annual application. These scholarships are open to active Presbyterians within the Synod of Mid-America, and whose church of membership qualified as a “small

"The 1867 Social Club was born out of the idea that it is hard to find and make friends in a small town. Friends are important to mental health especially as we age." In September, 2025 The PNKS Mission Ministry Team approved a Mission Project Grant in the amount of $2866 to support the First Presbyterian Church - Oskaloosa and the opening of the 1867 Social Club. The purpose of this project is to build community, and specifically to provide a place for connection and friends

We know that God is at work in powerful ways across our churches and communities — and we believe those stories are worth sharing!...

The Resource Center is pleased to announce the following new resources have been purchased and are available for checkout. Contact Amanda...

We know several of you have great concerns about the rising costs to insure your church property and we also know that churches across...

On June 29th - a 5th Sunday was held at the Blue Rapids church, which included a dedication of the newly reconstructed Sanctuary. ...

Click HERE to watch a short video . Hi, my name is Linda Starky from the First United Presbyterian Church in Cottonwood Falls. I was...