by Albany Presbytery Communications | November 17, 2015 | ChristianFight for 15Labor relations | Blog
No Such Thing as Powerless Sometimes in the life of the church – in prayer or in preaching, in policy statements and confessions of faith – we hear reference made to aiding “the powerless.” We speak of giving voice to “the voiceless.” These words are born, I think,... Read more
by Rev. Dr. Tim Coombs | November 9, 2015 | ChristianPCUSAPresbyterian | Blog
Committee on Ministry? We are all working in Ministry. What is special about this committee? Once required by the Book of Order, the Committee on Ministry (COM) is now optional component of a presbytery’s life and work. As “optional” as it may be, the Book of Order... Read more
by Rev. Donna Elia | October 30, 2015 | ChristianMissionTAUM | Blog
TAUM Annual Festival of Music and Chocolate How do you make a space feel like home? From the City of Rensselaer to the Village of Hoosick Falls; from the City of Troy to the town of Sand Lake and all throughout Rensselaer County those in need have access to used... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | October 29, 2015 | ChristianMissionStewardship | Blog
I collaborated with Sue Laz, SMI Chairperson, to learn a bit more about the basics our SMI Committee in the Albany Presbytery. What is the official name of this Albany Presbytery Committee? Stewardship and Mission Interpretation Committee but also commonly referred to... Read more
by Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo | October 27, 2015 | Christiancreativityingenunity | Blog
Two weekends ago Vice-Moderator Jerry McKinney and I travelled to the fall PCUSA meetings in Portland, Oregon. It was a grouping of a number of meetings together, I attended the Association of MidCouncil Leaders meetings while Jerry was in Moderator Training and then... Read more
by Christy D'Ambrosio | October 22, 2015 | ChristianPresbyterianPYTYouth | Blog
The Presbyterian Youth Triennium (PYT) is scheduled for July 2016! This is an Event that should be seriously considered by all Youth! Let me tell you why… 1. Kids like to worship with other Kids! Have you ever attended either Breakout or Excel in Saratoga, put... Read more
by Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo | October 13, 2015 | Christianmissions | Blog
Recently the Vision Team presented a report to the Presbytery including the two graphs shown below, showing the membership of the counties that make up the bounds of our Presbytery and the U.S and Census data for the same region. Jim Reisner remarked that for him,... Read more
