Workshop Description We will present a model that is based on small, mixed-group conversations on race and systemic racism between members of historically Black and historically White churches. The small-group format fosters the growth of trust over time and allows for honest discussion about current and past issues related to systemic racism in this country. While...
Workshop Description CJP will offer a primer on the idea of reparations, healing and repair to help participants visualize concrete actions that congregations and mid-councils can take to respond to structural racism. This work is both grounded in scripture and in the ethos of what it means to be Presbyterian. How is the work of healing...
Workshop Description In the spring of 2020, the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, NY, was simultaneously calling a new Pastor, launching the VCI program, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite serious setbacks in the VCI program due to the pandemic, the church was able to maintain interest and enthusiasm in it. By modifying it to...
Workshop Description In the Gospel of Matthew 26:11 Jesus says, “The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.” With their thoughts fixed on the liberatory interpretations of this passage, our three panelists will share about food production and distribution models that center on the vision, needs, and uplift of...
Trinity Presbyterian Church used its Synod grant to support its summer entrepreneur program.
From the 12th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, part of this week’s lection: “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided: father against son and son against father,mother against daughter and daughter against mother,mother-in-law against her daughter-in-lawand daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” On Friday morning, August 12, as controversial author Salman Rushdie was preparing to take the stage in the Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution in western New York State, he was stabbed by an assailant who was quickly apprehended and...
Synod Pre-Assembly Day of Learning Where: Crowne Plaza Albany – The Desmond Hotel660 Shaker Road, Albany NYWhen: Pre-Assembly Matthew 25 EventOctober 20. 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Dinner at 6:15 p.m.What: Keynote with David Anderson Hooker Two Workshops on each of the Matthew 25 Foci – Details to followWrap Up with David Anderson Hooker This event is...
Wolff Memorial Presbyterian Church has been hosting English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and they have been very beneficial to the community. Outside of teaching English, they also are able to provide clothing to help students and their families who are in need. Wolff Memorial Presbyterian Church even received assistance from a community partner to...
I am writing you today from beautiful Lake Tahoe. The mountains and the lake burst with signs of God’s goodness. I am here as faculty for the Art of Transitional Ministry. Pastors from across the country have gathered to learn how to lead the Church amid the COVID realities. Additionally, some are learning the basics for...
The Synod sent two overtures to General Assembly for consideration. The first was TWE-13 On Initiating the Process to Add a New Confession to the Book of Confessions https://www.pc-biz.org/#/search/3001007. The overture suggested considering “A Confession for Such a Time as This” written by young ministers across our synod for addition to the Book of Confessions. Our...