by Rev. Michael Burkley | November 20, 2017 | transitional worktransitions | Blog
Michael offers an addendum to this letter: Addendum: Reflections on the SARC Report by Michael Burkley – published on November 29, 2017 [clear-line] “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Not a very original opening for a review of any event,... Read more
by Rev. Ted Wright, HR | November 20, 2017 | PCUSAtransitional worktransitions | News
On November 15, after hearing synod appointees discuss findings and recommendations from a long-awaited report, several commissioners to the Albany Presbytery meeting submitted thoughts regarding ways forward. These thoughts came in response to an announced 4-hour... Read more
by Samantha Brewer | November 6, 2017 | Missionstaffingtransitiontransitions | Blog
The air temperature had cooled, the leaves had changed to brilliant shades of red and orange, and SPAT, the Staffing Process Advisory Team, was “at it” again. This time, the venue was First United Presbyterian in Troy on Wednesday, November 1st for a Special Meeting... Read more
by Rev. Dr. Tim Coombs | October 3, 2017 | educationtransitiontransitions | Blog
How does the church move forward when nearly everything we learned in the past no longer applies? Another way to phrase this question was posed by Tod, “If western societies have become post-Christian mission fields, how can traditional churches become missionary... Read more
by Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo | February 15, 2017 | Adaptive ChangebolsingercanoeingchangemountainsPCUSAtransitions | Blog
“For many Christians throughout the world today, the death of Christendom in the West simply means that there are more brothers and sisters joining them at the margins, more shared experience within the greater church, more equality of leadership roles, more... Read more
