by Judy Hartley | April 18, 2021 | | Blog
APRIL Moderator Musings Snow melts. Mud season underfoot. Seed catalogs in the mailbox. Birds return and sing. Spring has arrived! Thinking of nature and Presbytery, appreciation, recognition, and thank you go to the Peacemaking Taskforce, special guest Caroline... Read more
by Judy Hartley | February 27, 2021 | | Blog, Creation Care, moderator
MONTHLY MUSINGS OF THE MODERATOR March! Seasons change. Lent. Eagerly I look for indications that SPRING will soon appear in melting massive snow piles, tiny bits of green peeking out of the earth and on trees. It will happen and soon just not yet. We are on a... Read more
by Judy Hartley | January 29, 2021 | | Blog, moderator
2021 MEETING THEMES It has become a recent custom of Albany Presbytery Moderators to choose a theme or their term of service. I will follow that new custom with the ideas below knowing that unforeseen change may alter my intentions. Exemplification of each theme will... Read more
by Judy Hartley | January 29, 2021 | | Blog, Equality, Mission, Worship
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by Judy Hartley | December 3, 2020 | | moderator, News
Moderator’s Monthly Musings: CHANGE: ALL DAY, EVERY DAY! When/how will we acclimate to so much change? A November 17 Presbytery meeting seems so far behind us. Yes, I know we met, conducted business, held worship, and installed new leadership. I was there. That is... Read more
by Judy Hartley | November 23, 2019 | | Blog
Life for this Scottish Presbyterian began on the prairies of the Midwest on a farm just north of Peoria, Illinois. Yes, I had a herd of sheep and a horse. After graduation from Monmouth College, a Presbyterian school, teaching in elementary schools in Chicago suburbs... Read more
