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Called to Service: Understanding the Roles of Elders and Deacons

Called to Service: Understanding the Roles of Elders and Deacons

For many of us, attending worship on Sunday is an essential part of our week. It is a time to pray and reflect, a time to share with our friends and family in the company of the congregation. In a world that can be noisy and intrusive, this special time of faith and...

Advocacy Focus: Civil Rights Trip

Advocacy Focus: Civil Rights Trip

Have you ever walked across a bridge that played a major role in our history? Or witnessed the anguish still present today in a person who was brutally attacked by police and firemen when they were young? Have you ever thought about what those four young girls were...

Nurturing Leadership in Youth: The Will Appleby Award

Nurturing Leadership in Youth: The Will Appleby Award

“To say that Will Appleby was an outstanding youth does not do justice to the influence he had during his life and the kind person he was,” Jean Cochrane, an Appleby Award Committee member and close family friend, explained. “I chose to be a part of this committee...

Arts+ Piano Teacher Dzidra Reimanis: A Journey of Music and Service

Arts+ Piano Teacher Dzidra Reimanis: A Journey of Music and Service

At the age of 97, Dzidra Reimanis reflects on a life dedicated to music and community service, particularly through her involvement with the Community School of the Arts (now Arts+), founded at First Presbyterian Church. Born in Latvia, Dzidra journeyed to the United...

On the Shores of Service

On the Shores of Service

Situated on a white sandy beach in the Yucatan Peninsula with a view of the turquoise Gulf sits Camp Chuburna, a coastal Presbyterian retreat center. Despite its picture-perfect location, the building itself has been in need of some work to prepare for the summer...

A Figurative Fairy Godmother

A Figurative Fairy Godmother

Volunteers Nurture Campers and Future Leaders In the rolling hills of North Carolina, nestled amidst towering trees and babbling brooks, lies Camp Grier. Founded over half a century ago as an outdoor ministry of the Presbyterian Church, the camp has served as a...