East Region of the Presbytery of Tampa Bay

02/18/2016

Great FREE opportunity coming to Lakeland!

A scene from the musical, "The Rock & The Rabbi." The show features the story of the friendship between Peter and Jesus. "The Rock & The Rabbi"…

08/12/2015

Does your congregation have a project it wants to accomplish to better reach your community for Jesus Christ, but you are short of funding? There are funds available for just these sorts of projects through the East Region's Commission on Church Vitality!

Email Pastor Zac McGowen for the application forms, and start dreaming dreams for the Kingdom of God! [email protected]

07/22/2015

Hey all you East Regoners! Don't forget our next Presbytery meeting is right in our backyard. This Thursday, July 23rd at 8:15AM, meet at McLeod Memorial Presbyterian Church for a wonderful time of worship, fellowship, and decision-making that will direct the course of the entire presbytery.

For more information check out the presbytery website - http://www.presbyteryoftampabay.com

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05/06/2015

At the April 23rd East Regional meeting, Pastor Zac McGowen, TE First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland, Florida, presented a workshop called "Revitalize:Envisioning New Life." Recently he posted a blog related to this subject, which is available here:
http://zactalks.org/

In case you missed the workshop, in the coming days and weeks, he will be posting a series reflecting the content of what was covered.

Discussing the world and the God who moves it

04/16/2015

Friends of the East Region - we want to invite to FPC Dade City on April 23rd at 10AM for our regional meeting. We will join together in worship and have a workshop facilitated by Pastor Zac McGowen from First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland, Florida - we pray you and your church can join us!

02/28/2015

From today's presbytery meeting - Dr. Paul Suich from First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland, Florida was approved for ordination! Congratulations, Paul!

02/09/2015

Our friends at First Presbyterian Church of Bartow are hosting a special event with basketball legend Jerry Lucas on February 22-23. All are invited!

12/11/2014

Happy Advent Season to all! What are the big events happening in your congregations to celebrate the birth of Jesus? Leave information and links in the comments or PM this page, and we'll promote it here.

11/20/2014

Thanksgiving Eve Service: Wednesday, November 26th, 7PM
hosted by Westminster Presbyterian Church, 730 S Florida Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801

It's a rare and special occasion when churches get together to worship the one, true God. Wednesday, November 26th is one of those occasions. On that day participants from First Presbyterian Church Lakeland, North Lakeland Presbyterian, Presbyterian Church in the Highlands, Westminster Presbyterian, Chapel in the Grove, and Church in the Meadows will come together to celebrate Thanksgiving in a unique way: by giving thanks to God for calling us into a relationship with Jesus Christ.

The Presbyterian churches of Lakeland invite the entire region to attend!

11/19/2014

Just a reminder: the stated meeting of the Presbytery of Tampa Bay is this Thursday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Dunedin. Worship begins at 9AM.

11/04/2014

Ok, East Region Presbyterians - in less than a week we have gotten more than 40 "likes" on this page! Now, it's time to encourage the pastors and elders and members of your congregations to "like" this page too... on the you'll notice a listing of your friends with an "invite" button next to their names. Press that button for anyone you think would be interested in knowing the ins and outs of what is happening in this corner of the Presbytery of Tampa Bay!

Let's hit 100 likes!

11/01/2014

East regional gathering at Hope was great! We encourage you to come out to the next one and see what God is doing!