What do solar power, clean water, and a bagpiper have in common?
At first blush, the answer may seem to be not much, but they share a particular bond here at the 220th General Assembly. They can all be found in the Exhibit Hall along with dozens of other exhibits and exhibitors.
Solar Under the Sun, an ecumenical ministry of the Synod of the Sun in Texas, trains people to install solar energy units in places that lack electricity. Using solar power, Solar Under the Sun can show people how to provide light for schools and orphanages or run a refrigerator for a medical clinic. They have installed units in Haiti, and soon will have units in Kenya, Honduras and the Ukraine.
Ruling elder Alysson Janke has been awarded the C. Fred Jenkins Constitutional Services Award, which honors a person or group that has given wise, prudent and vigilant support to the constitution and polity of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
“I knew Fred not only as an exemplary stated clerk, but as a pastor and friend," she said. “I am so honored.”
More Presbyterians are in the Pittsburgh region than any place else in the world. To celebrate that legacy, the Senator John Heinz History Center will feature a lecture and exhibit starting Monday, July 2, on “A Bedrock of Faith: Presbyterian Pioneers in Western Pennsylvania.”
Faith-filled women serve the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in every congregation. The Women of Faith Awards Breakfast celebrated the particular gifts of three women whose faith has informed their work for the church and the community. These women have solved problems, served others and transformed systems with their efforts.
540 miles in 7 days, many of which were pedaled in record heat. Through it all, a handful of bicyclists led by Team Sweaty Sheep—a new worshiping community in Mid-Kentucky Presbytery—thrived, arriving here at the 220th General Assembly (2012) Saturday afternoon.
By a vote of 344-273 (55 percent to 44 percent), the 220th General Assembly (2012) today declined to suspend its standing rules to permit discussion of the confirmation of the Rev. Tara Spuhler McCabe of National Capital Presbytery as the Assembly’s vice-moderator.
A two-thirds majority was required to suspend the rules.
The Rev. Neal D. Presa, 35, newly elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 220th General Assembly, told a press conference Saturday night (June 30) he would seek as his primary goal the unity of the church even with our differences.
First Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, Ohio, received significant damage during a storm Friday night, June 29, that left Ohio Gov. John Kasich declaring a state of emergency and seeking federal disaster aid.