Return visit to Iceland helps bring closure for Chip Crawford and family
“I wanted to meet and thank as many people as I could who were involved with the rescue at the hot springs and the transport to the hospital in Reykjavik.”
Author Archives: Mike Givler
Presbytery leaders among Pittsburgh area clergy rallying to address injustice
“Voices and energies need to be raised against this wickedness of our generation, and pastors hesitant to wade into these waters are charged to re-examine their reluctance.”
A season of change: A time to move on from our historic home!
PDF version of this letter is available here.
Pioneer Women Reflect on Pioneer Women: Philadelphia congregation produces online video series
“In a real sense, the women in the Bible were pioneers, for their stories were told in a society and time that did not value their leadership or their voices.”
It’s the ‘Summer of Jubilee’ for Crestfield Camp and new director Gene Joiner
“We really are working on ecumenical partnerships because at the end of the day we just want to create an environment for people to encounter Christ.”
Bruce-Reyes Chow among workshop leaders
We were invited to join with three of our presbyteries to host past GA Moderator Bruce Rayes-Chow to discuss “Ideas for a Hybridized Worship Experience Between People on Zoom and People in Person.”
El Rally del Lunes, 1 de Junio, en Pittsburgh
“Las voces y las energías necesitan ser elevadas sobre esta maldad de nuestra generación, y pastores indecisos a vadear en estas aguas necesitan preguntarse por que.”
Survey Results: How is your garden growing?
Read responses from a Synod questionnaire to church leadership here.
An offering that makes sense: ‘We are servants, so we go and help serve’
“We are a church and part of that means we do things for people. We are servants, so we go and help serve.”
Annual Synod gathering offers helpful insight for presbytery COM-CPMs
An estimated 80 people (which is 20-plus more than normally turn out for this gathering) attended the six online workshops.