In July 2023, a group of 13 volunteers from the WKY Presbytery embarked on a mission trip to Buckhorn, Kentucky, to participate in Camp Noah. This week-long camp was designed to provide healing and support to children impacted by the devastating floods of 2022. With generous donations and volunteer efforts from the WKY Presbytery, Camp Noah was able to serve …
Eugenia A. Gamble Since 2019, when I had to take early retirement due to medical challenges, through Covid and even until now, I have thought a lot about what it means to be a part of the community of God’s family that we call church. Is it really possible to do that alone with a …
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All of us have room in our hearts for a little more joy and contentment! Today those qualities can seem like endangered species. Financial difficulties, family problems, national crises and the plight of the world, can keep caring people up at night wondering what to do, or fearing what might come next. Sometimes we ourselves …
New from Eugenia Anne Gamble, August 2024 In a world fixated on outward appearances, discover the joy of cultivating an inward relationship with the Spirit, where virtues like love, joy, and self-control blossom naturally. Let the fruit of the Spirit be more than just words on a page – they’re the living expressions of God’s …
We are so excited to bring you this special issue of the Synod of Living Waters virtual magazine, the Virtual Voice. The stories in this issue are truly inspiring. Our team asked writers to reflect on the marvelous grace that can be experienced in and from small things and unexpected moves of the Spirit. Here …
Rev. Ann Laird Jones, Synod Moderator Dear friends! We are quickly approaching the beginning whispers of General Assembly 226, which meets June 25-July 4 in Salt Lake City. These beginning whispers that GA is coming bring me the same glee and joy I feel when I see spring’s newness, summer’s fullness, autumn’s richness, winter’s wisdom. …
Rev. Greg Goodwiller, Synod of Living Waters Plans are coming together for the 226th General Assembly Meeting this summer, the plenaries for which will bring commissioners, delegates, and church leaders all together in one room for the first time since the last pre-pandemic assembly in 2018. While the opening “organizational” plenary (which is necessary to …
Rev. Karen Russell, Transitional Executive Presbyter, Holston Presbytery The story of Presbyterians in the early years of this nation cannot be told without telling the stories of Holston Presbytery. Beginning with Rev. Samual Doak, who sent off the Over Mountain Boys to turn the tide of the Revolution, to the Rankin family of church planters, Upper …
Rev. Ann Kelly, Leland Presbyterian Church “Rowboat or Sailboat?” asks the title of Chapter 3 in Joan Gray’s Spiritual Leadership for Church Officers. After studying that chapter. the Session of Leland Presbyterian Church in Leland Mississippi agreed that we are a rowboat church. What’s more, we are extremely comfortable rowing. We know the resources that we …
Rev. Patrick Harley, Pastor, Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN I’m fascinated by artists who can transform items like clay, wood, or metal into something beautiful. I don’t have that skill. And when the raw materials that an artist is using come from something that was created to harm? Well, then my fascination turns into pure …
