Author Archives: Mike Givler

Lend A Hand plans fall 2025 trips

Posted June 19, 2025

Lend A Hand is a disaster response and assistance program that is a mission project of the Presbytery of Carlisle.

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Kilbert twins relish time together at General Assembly

Posted July 26, 2024

“It was a very unique and humbling way to serve the larger church and our presbytery.”

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2025 Eastern Region of APCE set for May

Posted March 15, 2025

This 2025 event will be held at the Claggett Center in Adamstown, MD, on May 5-7.

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At Northminster Church, renovations involve more than carpet and paint

Posted April 23, 2024

“The conversation was oriented toward who we are and who God wants us to be.”

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Lake Erie, Pittsburgh bringing overtures to 226th General Assembly (2024)

Posted May 15, 2024

Three overtures deal with “shared ministry,” while the fourth relates to “divestment recommendations.”

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Bill Carter’s latest book ties together ‘Jazz and the Spiritual Life’

Posted April 2, 2024

“It’s more than my own personal story of integration of holding together these two explorations of jazz and spiritual life. It offers a model of integration for their own lives.”

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Stop Clinging. Let Go.

Posted March 28, 2024

“Christ goes ahead of us, paving the Way from the old life to the new.”

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Charleroi Church a welcoming home for Haitian refugees

Posted March 15, 2024

“It is an amazing time to be the church there.”

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Now retired, Craig Kephart made Washington Presbytery his home

Posted April 10, 2024

“The local church is huge in my ecclesiology. That’s the front line. That’s where everything really happens.”

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2025 Sales Tax Exemption Renewal Update

Posted January 31, 2025

Updated sales tax exemption certificates for 2025 will be finalized in early February.

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