For four decades, David Oyler has been a buoy in Lake Erie
“David Oyler is one of the most pastorally attuned execs that I have had the honor of ministering with over my career.”
Author Archives: Mike Givler
Through My Eyes: The 224th General Assembly
“My lament was not being physically in the community in Baltimore and my hope was for a successful digital Assembly.”
Benton Church (with help of neighbors in Raven Creek) perseveres through tough times
“The sense of family and being together has kept us from having that kind of feeling of discouragement.”
Through My Eyes: ‘I am not OK’
“I stand here today to tell you my friends, I am not OK. I am uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.”
Church leaders reflect on their peaceful protest experiences
In big cities and small towns across the Synod of the Trinity region, people are taking to the streets to protest the racial injustice that continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. We also understand that there are many who are only seeing the footage of these gatherings on the nightly news and…
‘You have saved lives.’ East Stroudsburg Church serving community during pandemic
“We chose that it was less safe for them not to be meeting given the addiction issue.”
Ruth Rusch, 95, was active in Synod PW
The wife of longtime Synod Executive Director Bill Rusch, Ruth wrote a children’s book at age 91.
Matters of racial injustice come front and center at Trinity-Berwyn
“I didn’t want something ‘in your face,’ but I wanted something honest.”
2020 Synod Assembly Meeting
Docket and corresponding paperwork for the Oct. 25-27, 2020, Synod Assembly gathering.
Annual regional gatherings focus on leading in a crisis and civility
Two days of online meetings with Synod commissioners and presbytery representatives focused on the stay-at-home mandate and “civility.”