Expanding Your Ministry Toolbox: Being Vital Today
Being Vital Today, an Expanding Your Ministry Toolbox course, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, on Zoom. We live in a new post-Christendom world in which the church is no longer the center of our society. This new world is unlike any world [...]
A Word from our Transitional General Presbyter – March 14, 2024
By Maureen Wright Many of my newsletter articles since I began my work as your Transitional General Presbyter have focused on scripture, nearly each one has included the biblical theme of wilderness. I have continually shared my belief that this time of transition is guided by the Presbytery moving [...]
News from the Presbytery’s Treasurer – March 14, 2024
Board of Pensions: Directors approve redesigned Benefits Plan The Board of Directors approved a redesigned Benefits Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), effective Jan. 1, 2025, that supports congregations and provides parity regardless of ordination status. The redesign is the outcome of the season of rebuilding initiative the agency launched in 2023 [...]
A Word from our Transitional General Presbyter – February 22, 2024
By Maureen Wright At the Presbytery meeting last Saturday during my Transitional General Presbyter’s report, I shared my current thoughts on the transition through which the Presbytery is moving and what this transition is asking of us as a Presbytery and as leaders. A number of people asked for [...]
A Word from our Transitional General Presbyter – February 8, 2024
By Maureen Wright Last Monday and Tuesday, I attended the Synod of the Trinity’s Executive Presbyter Forum, usually referred to as the EP Forum. It gathers three times each year, offering those serving the Presbyteries of the Synod in an executive role a space of support and a setting [...]