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Arizona church ‘persevering in the spirit of love’ after devastating fire

Posted June 28th, 2023

The congregation and leadership of a Presbyterian church that was set on fire in late May in Douglas, Arizona, is determined not to give up despite major damage to the building.

Minute for Mission: Earth Day

Posted March 17th, 2023

In the first quarter of this year, we have experienced some severe weather occurrences in most parts of our country — fire, flooding, drought, wind and snow. Globally, the same is true. It is no longer far from most of our minds how we are connected to, and dependent on, the earth.

Fire destroys sanctuary but not spirits

Posted January 12th, 2022

Never has a lectionary passage been more providentially timed. Just four hours after worship ended on Sunday, Jan. 2, a major fire erupted in the sanctuary of Bethany Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, the result of what fire officials determined was an “overloaded circuit.”

Relishing a slower pace of life

Posted October 19th, 2021

In her introduction to a recent episode of the “New Way” podcast, the Rev. Sara Hayden quotes St. Thomas More, who once said, “Soul cannot thrive in a fast-paced life because being affected, taking things in and chewing on them requires time.”

Princeton Seminary building damaged by fire

Posted August 3rd, 2021

A fire heavily damaged a building on the Princeton Theological Seminary campus today.

Maine man charged with hate crime offenses in connection with Massachusetts church fire

Posted April 16th, 2021

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts charged a Maine man in federal court Thursday in connection with setting the Dec. 28, 2020 fire that destroyed the predominantly Black Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield.

My D.E.S.K. Mission

Posted April 14th, 2021

Jim Ferguson of Calvary Presbyterian Church in Newburgh, New York was recently checking out a do-it-yourself project on YouTube. Nothing unusual for him, since he is a long-time volunteer with the Habitat for Humanity PresbyBuild group in Hudson River Presbytery. The group is currently working on its 10th house and has raised almost enough funds for house 11.

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