elona street-stewart Archives

Love knows no bounds

Posted June 24th, 2020

If a sacrament may be defined as a visible sign of an invisible grace, in a similarly sacramental fashion, God’s grace and love are on abundant, if mostly virtual, display through ‘Links of Love,’ a colorful paper chain representing Presbyterian generosity across the denomination, country and globe.

224th General Assembly elects Street-Stewart, Bentley co-moderators

Posted June 20th, 2020

Elona Street-Stewart, executive of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, and the Rev. Gregory Bentley, pastor of Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama, were overwhelmingly elected to be co-moderators of the 224th General Assembly Saturday.

A night to sleep on it

Posted June 19th, 2020

The three sets of candidates standing for co-moderators of the 224th General Assembly will have an additional day to polish their campaign speeches.

Webinar explores The Black Manifesto

Posted March 13th, 2020

When African American activist James Forman presented The Black Manifesto in 1969, calling for $500 million in reparations for injustices against black people, he made it clear that he thought Christian churches were partly to blame for the oppression of his people.

‘The starter car was already going around the track’

Posted May 17th, 2019

Synod of Lakes and Prairies is home to 16 presbyteries and nearly 800 churches, all of them in the upper Midwest. One of its presbyteries, Dakota Presbytery, is considered non-geographical but is the oldest presbytery west of the Mississippi River.

PC(USA) synod executive Street-Stewart recounts trip to Standing Rock

Posted December 21st, 2016

While water protectors, encamped near the confluence of the Cannon Ball and Missouri rivers in North Dakota, endure brutal winter weather, Elona Street-Stewart, synod executive of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, recounted her mid-November trip to the encampment, describing the camp, the work to prepare for the north’s raw winter, the sacredness of water and the role of the church.

Presbytery of Des Moines

Posted June 2nd, 2016

Training event designed to strengthen presbytery leadership for changing times As executive of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Elona Street-Stewart is increasingly aware of the changes swirling through the 16 presbyteries within her synod.