The Assembly took up the 2021/2022 Budget and: Ratified the Synod Mission and Ministries Commission’s approval, acting as the Board of Trustees, of the per capita rate of $4.10 for 2021 and 2022. Approved the 2021/2022 budget with the expectation that Synod leadership need not wait until the end of the current budget cycle to begin...
I have compiled a review of the 2020 Synod Assembly for those of you who need to report to your presbyteries, for those who were not able to attend the synod assembly, and for everyone to have a document in which you can find the results of this two-day gathering. In addition, there are links to...
Dear Synod Community, Many of you already know and some of you may not have heard that Stony Point is the latest casualty of COVID-19. The Presbytery Mission Agency (PMA) which owns Stony Point announced that it was time to let go of Stony Point as we have known it. Rick and Kitty Ufford-Chase, co-directors for twelve years, helped turn the financially...
Dear Members and Friends of the Synod of the Northeast, The Synod of the Northeast is seeking a Transitional Synod Leader. After consulting with key stakeholders throughout the Synod and drawing from our own backgrounds, the Synod Search Team, in consultation with the Synod Commission developed the attached job description. We are seeking a candidate who...
DEAR FRIENDS WHO SHARE THE JOURNEY, People are hurting all over our nation. This past week the pain erupted into “righteous indignation.” To have seen the life squeezed out of George Floyd by a White policeman was too much — a video we see played over and over – the last straw so shortly after Ahmaud...
FRIENDS, We know that these are high anxiety, uncertain times in which we find ourselves. Staff at the synod are in touch with your presbyteries and determining ways we can be helpful. Know that our prayers are with you all. Let us be strengthened by the knowledge that we are buoyed by our faith even in...
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 What a fast pace and stressful time we find ourselves in with changes happening almost every few minutes. Our tradition is...
BY NANCY TALBOT, STATED CLERK The Synod has sent two overtures to General Assembly for consideration at its June meeting. The first, On Amending G-2.0301 to Allow Congregations to Elect Members as Ruling Elders for Service to the Larger Church, would enable many people who are currently shut out of being able to serve on session...
By Carl WiltonDuring the years when I was growing up, we had a number of cars in our family. Big cars, little cars, new cars, old cars — they came and went, according to the fortunes of my dad’s business and my mother’s teaching salary. We were a suburban family in the Sixties, which meant there...
By Lori HyltonThe Synod’s Servant Leadership Institute (SLI) was officially launched and announced to the Synod community last month. To our delight, people were immediately excited and interested to learn more about the program.You’ve had several questions: who is the program targeting; what is servant leadership; what are the goals of the program; how does one...