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Back to Basics: What is the Presbytery?
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Brian Wallace Associate Minister for Emerging Ministries & Acting Head of Staff Thursday, June 1, 2023 Back to Basics: Reflections on Presbytery Life and Ministry in 2023 and Beyond Part 1: What is …
PNews 6/1/23
Back to Basics: What is the Presbytery? During the Landscape report interpretation, we heard that Presbyteries like ours need to take a “back to basics” approach. In this first installment of a series entitled “Back to Basics: Presbytery Life and Ministry …
Transition Updates – May 2023
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Brian Wallace Associate Minister for Emerging Ministries & Acting Head of Staff Thursday, May 18, 2023 Transition Updates – May 2023 Dear Friends- As we enter May, we, as a Presbytery, are into …
PNews 5/4/23
To Tell the Truth As those in the reformed tradition, we claim to place a high value on telling the truth about ourselves. Telling the truth, acknowledging what is real and what has happened, and how our actions have impacted …
To Tell the Truth
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Brian Wallace Associate Minister for Emerging Ministries & Acting Head of Staff Thursday, May 4, 2023 To Tell the Truth… In 1992, the movie “A Few Good Men” was released, starring Jack Nicholson …
PNews 4/27/23
Save the Date: Equipping, Empowering, Engaging At Pittsburgh Presbytery, we seek to provide guidance on how we Presbyterians work together to honor God and God’s hope for the world. With this training event, Equipping, Empowering, Engaging, we are providing the …
PNews 4/20/23
Restorative Justice We as a presbytery received multiple reads of an overture from Sixth Presbyterian Church seeking support for the efforts of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church to obtain reparations for the seizure of its building by eminent domain for …
PNews 4/13/23
Resurrection Reflections Our sanctuaries will look more normal when we gather this coming Sunday. The flowers will be gone, the pews less full, and the choir back to its regular size. But the tomb will still be empty. May we, this week, the …
Resurrection Reflections
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Brian Wallace Associate Minister for Emerging Ministries & Acting Head of Staff Thursday, April 13, 2023 Resurrection Reflections This past Sunday morning, in sanctuaries throughout our Presbytery and beyond, the familiar line of …
PNews 4/6/23
Holy Shift: A Montreat Retreat Longstanding trends of declining church membership accelerated during the pandemic and have found exhausted church staff working harder than ever to connect with their congregations. Habits changed, theology was challenged, and connections were severed, pointing to an unavoidable truth: The …
March 2023 Transition Updates
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Brian Wallace Associate Minister for Emerging Ministries & Acting Head of Staff Thursday, March 30, 2023 March 2023 Transition Updates Dear Friends- Last month I shared with you some of the latest …
PNews 3/30/23
March 2023 Transition Updates Since the February Transition Update, a lot has happened, and a lot is happening, and this is the latest as to where we are with the transition. There are staffing changes, the Special Nominating Committee is beginning …
PNews 3/23/23
Session Minutes Reading It’s time for our Clerks of Session to sign up for 2022 Session Minutes Reading! The Ecclesiastical Committee will hold in-person minutes reviews by appointment at the presbytery center on the following dates: Saturday, April 22, 2023 …
PNews 3/16/23
Call to Prayer for the Nation of Malawi This week, Malawi has been in the news due to a historic storm: Cyclone Freddy. We have received word that the delegation from Pittsburgh Presbytery is well and was able to deliver medical …
PNews 3/9/23
THON, Asbury, and a Passionate Faith One of the common elements of both the gatherings at Asbury and THON at Penn State was testimony. While the subject matter differed, the common element of passion shown through every speaker. Can testimonies be …