Weekly Newsletter
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
PNews 3/2/23
Business Administrator Job Opening The Pittsburgh Presbytery is searching for a Business Administrator (BA) to manage the presbytery’s business, property, and financial affairs. Resumes are due by March 15, 2023 and the anticipated start date is May 1, 2023. To see …
PNews 2/23/23
Attention All Women Clergy COM invites you to join the International Association of Women Ministers for their Spring Retreat at Antiochian Village, in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania. On April 20-21, 2023, their retreat, “Spiritual Practices for the …
PNews 2/16/23
February Transition Updates Since Sheldon’s retirement became official, many people have asked, “So, how are things at Presbytery office?” The truth is that they’re pretty much the same. That being said, there are some new things happening. In this week’s letter, Rev. Brian …
PNews 2/9/23
Letter from the Stated Clerk As we have embarked on a time of transition at Pittsburgh Presbytery, the presbytery staff are taking on new tasks and rolls and finding new ways to be presbytery. During this transition we are asking each …
PNews 2/2/23
Welcoming Rev. Louise Rogers This week we meet Rev. Louise Rogers, the newest staff member of the Pittsburgh Presbytery. Louise comes to us from Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she was the Associate Minister of Congregational Care, and will be taking …