Alternative giving this Advent season
Are you looking for an alternative gift this Advent Season? Then the Mission Committee has a few suggestions for you! Substance Abuse Rehabilitation in Our Partner Presbytery Kenya is roughly the size of the state of Texas, has a population nearly 10 times that of West Virginia and is facing [...]
Nyeri is near!
In a little less than a year, a group from Nyeri Presbytery in Kenya will be visiting The Presbytery of West Virginia. This group of men and women will be coming for approximately 12 days in the August-September 2020 time frame; they are looking to see some local sites, visit [...]
A Word from our General Presbyter – November 14, 2019
By Ed Thompson Part of me doesn’t want to think about Thanksgiving. Because once Thanksgiving arrives, Advent is lurking just around the corner. Advent means I can’t avoid thinking about Christmas, even though I have been trying to do that since stores started pushing the holiday right after [...]
From the Presbytery’s Treasurer: November 14, 2019
2020 Per Capita The 2020 Per Capita is $30 per member. The 2020 Per Capita was approved at the August Presbytery meeting. It is a 50 cent increase from the 2019 rate. The increase in the total rate was in response to an increase in the General Assembly rate for [...]
A Word from our General Presbyter – October 31, 2019
By Ed Thompson The Presbyterian Church encourages its congregations to identify themselves as Matthew 25 churches. That means they willingly embrace one or more of these three focuses: building congregational vitality, dismantling structural racism, and eradicating systemic poverty. I’ve been hearing more and more about the Matthew 25 initiative. We [...]
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