by Virginia ChamplinThe eighteen women from across the United States who comprised the delegation of the Churchwide Presbyterian Women’s 2017 Global Exchange to Indonesia traveled south and west to “Build the Bridge of Understanding” as sisters in Christ. Over the two and a half weeks of September 12-29, 2017, we accomplished the program's two main goals:...
There are four Presbyterian mid-councils in Puerto Rico - the Sínodo de Boriquén and its three Presbyteries - Presbiterio del Noroeste, Presbiterio de San Juan, and Presbiterio del Suroeste. The Synod of the Northeast holds a historic relationship with Puerto Rican Presbyterianism: Puerto Rico was a presbytery of our predecessor Synod of New York. For more...
Last October, for the two days preceding the Synod’s Come to the Table event, almost 40 pastors and lay leaders from the Northeast under age 40 met for the second annual gathering of Emerging Leaders. In an aging denomination where more than half our worshipers are over the age of 60, young people, and especially young...
On November 13 and 14, Presbytery Moderators from around the Synod of the Northeast gathered in Albany to engage in conversations around the New Way Forward. Just two weeks before, the Synod had held its first Come to the Table event-a biennial gathering that will alternate with our Synod Assembly as a way of bringing the...
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Buffalo received the Katherine Hawes Award, which recognizes ministries that engage youth in all areas of the church’s mission, extending beyond the church into the community and the world. The youth fundraise all year for an annual mission trip to Hartford, Maine, where they assist the community in preparing for winter. The...
A Pastoral Letter from the Leadership and Mission Teams on the passing of Amendment 14-F to the Book of Order (Marriage – Amending W-4.9000) Please click below for a English, Spanish or Korean PDF SynodNE 14-F_English SynodNE 14-F Esp_Spanish SynodNE 14-F Korean
Below is a letter from the Synod’s Leader, Harold Delhagen- December 4, 2014 Synod Leader’s Letter 120414
Dear Friends, I deeply value the community of love and care that surrounds my family and me. I feel it's important to honor that gift by sharing a great concern that has come into my life. Last month I was diagnosed with what is identified as stage 4 prostate cancer which includes metastasis to some lymph...