PWV News Articles

By Barbara Chalfant Half of my work as the Presbytery's Associate for Mission is to serve as pastoral care for 11 low-income older adult homes and one family housing community in West Virginia. Several have roots in the mission of Presbyterians here in the state and were birthed and built [...]

Church Payroll Taxes As we approach quarter end, I want to remind all church treasurers to keep up with employee tax withholding reports and payments to the IRS. I’ve recently had a conversation with a church treasurer who had gotten a notice from the IRS about an overdue employee tax [...]

All pastoral leaders – Ministers of Word and Sacrament (including those who are Honorably Retired ministers serving congregations), Certified Christian Educators, Commissioned Pastors, ministers of other denominations serving our congregations, lay pastors, and people on the Pulpit Supply List – are required to complete a Healthy Boundary Training Workshop. At [...]

The General Assembly will meet June 20-27, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Therefore, the Nominating Committee is now accepting applications for Minister of Word and Sacrament and Ruling Elder Commissioners, as well as applications for Young Adult Advisory Delegates (YAADs). Applications will be accepted through September 23, 2019. The Nominating Committee [...]

By Ed Thompson What season is it? We might say that technically it’s still spring since summer doesn’t officially start until the summer solstice, which, at least according to my calendar, falls on June 21. I’m not really talking about the weather or the amount of daylight we get each [...]