The sources to pay for the nearly $631,000 in deferred maintenance that a consultant says is needed at the Stony Point Center north of New York City have been identified.
A familiar name in the newsroom of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has died. John Filiatreau, who was a writer/reporter with Presbyterian News Service, died this week after suffering a heart attack, according to family.
Filiatreau had a lengthy career, spending more than 20 years as a reporter/editor for the Louisville Courier Journal as well as editor in chief of Louisville Magazine. He was recognized for investigative reporting on the horrific conditions of local and state jails and his columns amassed a devoted following.
Charles Atkins serves as chair of the Justice Committee for the Presbytery of New York City, and late last year, one of his committee members came to him with an opportunity he had never thought of.She was Sue Rheem, whose day job is mission specialist for the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations (PMUN), and she thought Atkins would be a prime candidate to be a Presbyterian delegate to the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD) in February.
Despite having worked in youth ministry at two Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations before becoming a marriage and family counselor, 72-year-old Gregg Dana has never attended Presbyterian Youth Triennium (PYT). He could’ve gone to the first two Trienniums in 1980 and 1983, but he was serving large PC(USA) churches with active summer programs.
The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is awarding three Research Fellowship grants for 2019.
Dr. Leanne Calvert of the University of Hertfordshire; Yasmina El Chami, a graduate student at the University of Cambridge; and Kevin Rose, a graduate student at the University of Virginia, were chosen from a record-tying number of applicants. PHS received applications from fifteen states and three countries related to a diverse array of research topics, including Near Eastern languages, education, social justice, art history, and architecture. Read more about this year’s winners.
The Rev. Dr. Stewart M. Pattison, pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church in Lombard, Ill., has been living — and serving — with multiple sclerosis for more than 20 years.
What does it mean to be a Matthew 25 church today? That’s the key question participants in a series of international consultations and U.S. regional gatherings have been addressing through roundtable discussion across the country and around the world.
Immigrants seeking a home in a new land and Arizona residents needing home repairs are both learning the language of love through the work of a couple serving as Young Adult Volunteers at the Tucson Borderlands YAV site on the U.S.-Mexico border.
To many Presbyterians, he’s been the face of the General Assembly operations for more than 10 years. Tom Hay could often be seen during GA gatherings on the platform, next to the Stated Clerk of the Office of the General Assembly, making sure everything is running smoothly.
Now, Hay is about to embark on a new adventure. The director of Assembly Operations with OGA will be stepping down this fall after 11 years on the job.
It’s the job of the Rev. Luke Choi to inspire, equip and connect the 400 Korean Presbyterian congregations and their 50,000 active members spread across the United States.
Along with that responsibility, Choi, the guest on Monday’s edition of Coffee with the Clerk, works with presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly to help Korean congregations “get the help they deserve,” Choi told the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, during the Facebook Live event.