Back to Basics: What is the Presbytery?
June 1, 2023 | Posted in Letters from the General Minister
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
June 1, 2023 | Posted in Weekly Newsletter
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
May 18, 2023 | Posted in Letters from the General Minister
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
May 4, 2023 | Posted in Weekly Newsletter
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
May 4, 2023 | Posted in Letters from the General Minister
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
April 27, 2023 | Posted in Weekly Newsletter
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
April 20, 2023 | Posted in Weekly Newsletter
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
April 13, 2023 | Posted in Weekly Newsletter
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
April 13, 2023 | Posted in Letters from the General Minister
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
April 6, 2023 | Posted in Weekly Newsletter
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 …