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One Church’s Dogged Determination to Construct a 174-Unit Affordable Housing Project Right NeXT door

The Rev. Patrick O’Connor, the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, which hosted the “Connection to Transformation” conference last weekend, is in his 33rd year serving the famed and historic church…


Creating a Partnership Culture in Faith Communities

The subhead for last week’s Synod of the Northeast’s “Connection to Transformation” conference was “Creating a Partnership Culture in Faith Communities.” That’s exactly what happened throughout the two-day conference, held at First Presbyterian Church…


Interfaith Partnerships Can Bring About Collective Action

The Synod of the Northeast’s “Connection to Transformation” conference held last week at First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica turned its attention Friday afternoon to using interfaith partnerships to achieve collective action…


Everything’s Up to Date in Jersey City

For his workshop as part of the “Connection to Transformation” conference put on last week by the Synod of the Northeast, the Rev….


Workship Outlines the Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing

The Rev. Dr. Eileen Lindner, a seasoned and successful grant writer, led the informative “Grant Writing for Church and Community Projects” at the Synod of the Northeast’s “Connection to Transformation” conference, held last week at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica….


Creating Partnerships Through Advocacy | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

The Rev. Christina Cosby helped the 90 or so people attending the Synod of the Northeast’s “Connection to Transformation: Creating Partnership Culture in faith Communities” conference last week to better understand how they can work together to impact,,,