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Did you know there’s probably a lot you don’t know about voting?

Posted October 21st, 2020

To many United States citizens, voting has been a fairly easy proposition. They take some time on Election Day to go to a polling place near their home, maybe stand in line for a while, cast their vote and get a sticker.

Planning and hosting virtual mission network meetings

Posted July 17th, 2020

The Rev. Sharon Stewart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Rev. Dr. Melodie Jones Pointon, senior pastor and head of staff at Eastridge Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, recently served as co-conveners of one of the first virtual mission network meetings.

Theology, passion, and justice

Posted December 16th, 2016

When it comes to conversations about church, most of us imagine sitting around a table and engaging face-to-face. Maybe it’s in a church basement, conference center, coffee shop, or a local bar. But lately Presbyterians have been gathering for a weekly conversation around their phones or computers, using Twitter and a common hashtag.

A new way to network?

Posted August 8th, 2016

From Facebook to face-to-face care, passion, rather than programming, is fueling the connections in the Synod of the Northeast.