Author Archives: Mike Givler

Hymn Accompaniment Project assisting small churches in West Virginia

Posted September 27, 2024

“We’re just trying to help them in ways that make sense.”

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Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet Weekend

Posted January 22, 2025

Bidwell Street United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh will hold a celebration in honor of the Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet during the weekend of Feb. 21-23.

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“Hiraeth” by the Rev. Bob Andrews

Posted February 13, 2024

“These are chrysalis days. I believe our grandchildren will grow wings.”

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World Mission Initiative Conference and W. Don McClure Lecture

Posted August 9, 2024

This year’s theme is “Mission in the Margins: Lessons and Practices from the Global Church.”

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Overbrook Church looks to future after devastating fire

Posted February 5, 2024

“I have been so inspired by the ways in which our neighbors have loved us.”

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Cruise line opportunity allows Dale Williams to return to ministering on the seas

Posted January 30, 2024

“On the ocean I experience God’s presence, and I really feel a sense of his peace when I’m at sea.”

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Lehigh, Lackawanna presbyteries taking steps to merge

Posted March 7, 2024

“It allows us to merge our resources completely in terms of imagining a new way of being a presbytery.”

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Webinar for faith leaders focuses on ‘Driving PA Forward’

Posted May 21, 2024

“Expanding access to driver’s licenses would ‘would bolster the economy, improve public safety, strengthen communities, and is just the humane thing to do.'”

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The Divine Limbo Dance

Posted December 14, 2023

A Lenten passage looks pretty good at Christmastime. For the message of Christ’s abasement is true at Christmas just as it is in Holy Week.

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Washington Presbytery still benefiting from partnership with Ethiopian synod after 30 years

Posted December 1, 2023

“We learn from each other. We’re able to support one another in various ways.”

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