rev. cindy kohlmann Archives

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.

Three entities approve diminished revenue estimates

Posted May 18th, 2020

Using technology that performed flawlessly Monday, three entities approved eight recommendations to send to next month’s online General Assembly concerning the impacts of lower than anticipated giving brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board endorses proposed budgets, committee reports

Posted April 18th, 2020

Before hearing a fundraising feasibility report on Stony Point Center Friday and then learning of the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett’s plan to expand any fundraising efforts to make them church-wide, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board took care of committee reports.

Online Easter celebration to be released April 9

Posted April 1st, 2020

Dressed in the white robes of Easter, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II and the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett — together with remote appearances by the Rev. Cindy Kohlmann and Ruling Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri, Co-Moderators of the 223rd General Assembly — leave little doubt in a worship video set for release April 9 that the good news of Christ’s resurrection transcends the despair, economic deprivation and isolation brought on by the coronavirus.

Presbytery of New York City installs Ruling Elder Frances Thom, the body’s youngest-ever elected moderator

Posted March 25th, 2020

On Saturday, March 7, the eve of International Women’s Day, the Presbytery of New York City celebrated this year’s theme, “An equal world is an enabled world,” in a unique way: the installation of Ruling Elder Frances Thom and Ruling Elder Terri Youn to their one-year terms as, respectively, moderator and moderator-elect. Present for this historic occasion in the sanctuary of Riverdale Presbyterian Church in The Bronx was the Rev. Cindy Kohlmann, Co-Moderator of the 223rd General Assembly.

Registration open for conference supporting commissioned pastors and ruling elders

Posted February 25th, 2020

As one of their final offerings of leadership service to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Co-Moderators of the 223rd General Assembly are holding a conference for commissioned pastors and commissioned ruling elders, who mainly serve small Presbyterian congregations all across the nation.

A river flows through Presbyterians for Earth Care conference opening

Posted August 7th, 2019

A river flowed through the auditorium of Stony Point Center Tuesday night, rippling, cascading, and fanning out into a valley.

Convocation for Communities of Color concludes its gathering

Posted August 2nd, 2019

With the rhythmic beat of the drum and the melodious notes of the soprano saxophone, the Convocation for Communities of Color began with a jazz rendition of the hymn “I’m Going to Live so God Can Use Me.” Recording artist and convocation musicians Warren Cooper and Perpetual Praise filled the room with the sounds of familiar hymns performed with a jazz flair and in a way that lifted the spirits of all in the room, a room that truly looked like God’s beloved community with people of color of every hue.

Triennium pays it forward to hurricane-affected Puerto Rican camp

Posted July 18th, 2019

Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri first traveled to Campamento El Guacio as a 13-year-old girl and kept going back for the next decade.

‘We are here, we are ready, and we are eager to see what God is about to do’

Posted July 17th, 2019

More than 4,000 youth and their chaperones clearly energized by having arrived at Purdue University for the 2019 Presbyterian Youth Triennium worshiped together Tuesday night through movement, singing, prayer, confession — and by hearing thoughtful, heartfelt preaching.