Rev. Joseph Scrivner, Ph.D. Dean of Chapel, Stillman College / Pastor, Brown Memorial PCUSA Condoleezza Rice tells the story of her grandfather, John Wesley Rice, in the second decade of the 20th century, coming from rural Greene County, Alabama, to an educational institution in the former state capital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This school began as the …
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Pastor Kim Van Brimmer, Orange Beach Presbyterian Church On Friday night I made one last phone call to the church member who was heading up the church work day the very next day. “I’m not sure how many people will be there – we might have ten, we might have twenty. We’ll just have to …
Scott Sanderson, Transylvania Presbytery Finally, it has come down to this. Just a few days left and then, after all the vitriol and rancor a new president will be chosen. Many will not be happy. It does not matter who will win; a large group will be distressed. So, what if the other one wins, …
Steve Young, Executive Director, Living Waters for the World Hope seems like a scarce commodity these days – and a concept at best. War in Ukraine and in the Middle East. Governmental collapse and violence in Haiti. A fraught political climate here at home – and hurricanes! The list goes on. It is little wonder …
BY CINDY FISHER, Presbyterian Home For Children, Communication Director The Presbyterian Home for Children has renovated several cottages on the Talladega, Alabama, campus over the last year to make room for more homeless children and their female caregivers in need of hard-to-find, long-term housing as part of our Secure Dwellings program. With the expansion, the …
By Rev. Eugenia A. Gamble A number of years ago when I was pastoring in Colorado, a colleague told a story about a friend of hers who was traveling back to Denver from a conference in Fort Collins. She and her conference mate were driving south on I-25 just at that magic time of day …
In this issue: We are excited about life in our congregations and our denomination. Your synod Communications and Technology Team is happy to offer you a few stories to help you celebrate what God is doing with and through us in our Synod. As always we welcome your ideas and comments to inspire future issues. …
This summer, I attended my sixteenth consecutive General Assembly. I still remember my first one. In 1999, I was an Alternate Minister Commissioner from the Presbytery of Mississippi. That assembly was held in Fort Worth, Texas. It was an awe inspiring experience for a thirty-something year old minister whose church experience including some synod-level work, …
“Be always kind and true” I have been working at Montreat Conference Center, a gathering place for Presbyterians, for most of my life. In the 7th-8th grade era I made coffee for conferences my father directed at the Board of National Ministries for the former PCUS. In college I worked on the auditorium crew, setting …
The Presbyterian Home for Children, a new covenant partner with the Synod of Living Waters, has added a new program that will help ensure unaccompanied immigrant minors coming to Alabama are being placed in safe housing. The Home that is based in Talladega, Alabama, has joined the national Caminos® program through a contract with nonprofit …
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