Retired and New Leaders in the Synod of the Northeast

We say goodbye with grateful thanks to the following people who have left and are leaving their mid-council leader roles.

 CRE Pieter Visscher, retired as Stated Clerk of Northern New York but has been commissioned by the presbytery to serve as the Boy Scouts Chaplain.

Rev. Sue Smith has retired from her position as Acting Stated Clerk of Coastlands.  She is now freer to pursue her passions around fossil fuel divestment and greening our environment.

Elder Bill Henderson left his position in Albany Presbytery as  General Presbyter after 4 years.  

Rev. Candace Provey is leaving to relocate to California with her family.  Her time as Presbytery Leader of Northern New England was short but much appreciated. 

Rev. Dee Cooper who has served as Gap Presbyter of Coastlands Presbytery leaves on June 30th to become the next Presbytery Leader of Denver Presbytery.  As with Candace, her time has been short but much appreciated. 

Rev. Dr. Robert Foltz-Morrison will retire as the Presbytery of New York City Executive Presbyter on July 31st.

At the same time, we welcome three new mid-council leaders to our Synod and wish them well in their new journey.

 Rev. Marjorie Ackerman recently became the Geneva Presbytery Leader.  Previously she served as Presbytery Leader of Northern Plains in North Dakota.

Elder Robert Trawick from Hudson River has just become Presbytery Leader of the Albany Presbytery having left many years as a professor. 

Rev. David Torrey is now the Gap Stated Clerk of Coastlands Presbytery while the newly elected Stated Clerk Search Committee begins it work to identify the next called Presbytery Stated Clerk.