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Two 2020 Katie Cannon Scholarship award recipients named

Posted October 1st, 2020

Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries has announced the 2020 recipients of the Rev Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship.

Former Moderator the Rev. Charles A. Hammond dies at 86

Posted May 12th, 2020

The Rev. Charles A. Hammond, who in 1980 was elected Moderator of the 192nd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, died May 3 in Pasadena, California, at the age of 86. His wife and daughter were at his side.

Out of three, one

Posted December 4th, 2019

Three churches in the Presbytery of Philadelphia were at a crossroads — each considering their future for different reasons.

Unrest in Chile arrives at the church’s door

Posted November 19th, 2019

The Rev. Fred Milligan is the ex-pat pastor of the Santiago Community Church in Santiago, Chile. On Tuesday, October 29, two weeks into the ongoing unrest in Chile sparked by a five-cent increase in the cost of a metro ticket, the pastor arrived at the church and was startled by what he saw.

The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon dies

Posted August 9th, 2018

The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, a pioneer and legend in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), died Wednesday, Aug. 8. She was the Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and the first African-American woman ordained as a minister of Word and sacrament in the former United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She was also a minister member of the Presbytery of Philadelphia.

Presbytery of Philadelphia celebrates 300th anniversary

Posted May 11th, 2017

The Presbytery of Philadelphia is celebrating its 300th anniversary in 2017 with an ambitious goal: raising $300,000 to invest in community projects and outreach. The presbytery is also observing the milestone with an Oct. 7 worship event and a commemorative devotional, “300 Days for 300 Years,” as it strives to be a “people born in faith, rooted in grace and answering God’s call in Jesus Christ to live into hope.”

Presbytery of Philadelphia celebrates 300th anniversary

Posted April 3rd, 2017

The Presbytery of Philadelphia is celebrating its 300th anniversary in 2017 with an ambitious goal: raising $300,000 to invest in community projects and outreach. The presbytery is also observing the milestone with an October 7 worship event and a commemorative devotional, “300 Days for 300 Years,” as it strives to be a “people born in faith, rooted in grace and answer God’s call in Jesus Christ to live into hope.”

Presbyterians stand with Jewish community after cemetery vandalism, threats

Posted March 1st, 2017

Vandalism in two Jewish cemeteries in recent weeks has not only caused concern in the Jewish community, but also among interfaith partners working to confront religious-based violence. Members of the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy in St. Louis and the Presbytery of Philadelphia have come alongside Jewish partners to offer support.

Fire destroys Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

Posted August 31st, 2016

For more than a century, the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church stood tall in the city’s Overbrook neighborhood. Now only the charred outer walls of the building remain after fire raged through the church early Monday morning.

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Posted May 12th, 2016

Congregation inspired by peacemaker visits

For Ivyland Presbyterian Church, the Middle East was something many members had simply read about or seen on the news. There were no personal connections to the refugee crisis or to displacement of Christians overseas. Members weren’t connected to the trials and tribulations facing people in war-torn regions.