“To go through a Civil War, two World Wars, a depression and to keep building and growing even during those very difficult times had to be tremendously hard and yet they rose to the challenge.”
“I’m trying to take away the common excuse of, ‘Well I just didn’t know when the church events were going to be.’”
“It’s only because of the divine that we have all been here 225 years.”
“These churches existed side-by-side for years and years even though they were different in that the church below the road (Middle Octorara) was the New Castle Presbytery and was all-American – it was not connected to the church in Scotland.”
“This work has given me a chance to hear perspectives from ministers and members of other churches so that I could better reflect on my beliefs.”
The Synod of the Trinity encouraged areas of smaller African American populations to consider work that they might engage in to address the challenges of African American males in their cities and towns, with this Freedom Grant helping to fund those initiatives.