I have missed the opportunity to visit with many of you during this pandemic and I want to share a few thoughts and hopes with you during this Advent season.What a year this has been: Pandemic and quarantine and political division. Racial unrest and demonstrations across the country. Unemployment, poverty, and widespread hunger. Illness and death from COVID-19. A […]
Provider Search Coaching
Dear Friends, If ministry is a challenge, ministry during COVID is a marathon sprint up Everest in an ice storm. Even if you’re freezing, the very thought of stopping to knit yourself long underwear is laughable. Especially if you don’t know how to knit. For many of us, looking for a new mental health care […]
Ordination Exam Readers Sought
The Commission on Preparation for Ministry is seeking Ruling Elders and Teaching Elders who are interested in serving as Ordination Exam Readers during the week of May 3-7, 2021. Baltimore Presbytery has been requested to provide 2 ruling elders, and 2 teaching elders, and 1 alternate reader. Serving as an Ordination Exam Reader is a […]
Presbytery Lights: An Advent Luminaria Devotional
Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. While awaiting the blessed arrival of Christ during the Advent Season, the Christian Educators of the Baltimore Presbytery invite every household in the Presbytery to take part in our Advent Luminaria Devotional. Download the devotional and promotional flyer below. We ask that churches provide each family in your congregation with […]
Silent Night for Christmas Eve
Margaret McGillivray, the director of music at Ark & Dove Presbyterian had an idea to collaborate with other churches in our presbytery to create a virtual choir rendition of Dan Forrest’s arrangement of Silent Night for Christmas celebrations. The idea being that churches that would like to participate would contribute singers’ recordings to a mass […]
Boy Scout Bankruptcy Protection
There are many instances where churches and ministries allow BSA activities to take place on their premises, whether they charter a troop or simply permit gatherings or activities to take place. The deadline for filing a claim is November 16, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. EST. The Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Information Sheet (pdf) details […]
“Health and the Legacy of Enslavement”
The B’More Human Series continues in November There is little more important than our health. Yet, like many aspects of our lives, race impacts where one lives, economic resources, education opportunities, environmental issues, and definitely health. Disparities in health outcomes have been observed through the centuries, but are heightened in the more than a century […]
Parental Leave Policies Feedback Sessions
Attention All Teaching Elders, active Ruling Elders, Chairs of Personnel Committees, and Treasurers: There is no time in the life of a congregation quite like when the minister is expecting a baby. Please join one of two listening sessions about Clergy Parental Leave policies. When Evening listening session October 20, 2020, 7pm-8pm, or Daytime listening […]
“Wealth and the Legacy of Slavery”
Friday, October 16, 6:30 pm B’More Human Interviews Monday, October 19, 6:30 pm B’More Human Town Hall Download Flyer (pdf) The roots of the glaring income disparity between people of color and those who call themselves “white” run deep. All the way back to the plantation era, where whites first got rich at the expense […]
Stated Clerk Jack Carlson has left the building
Today we held our last staff meeting with Rev. John V. “Jack” Carlson, because tomorrow is his last official day with us at the Presbytery. As State Clerk, Jack’s relentless dedication and support have been invaluable to everyone, and we are grateful for the depth of knowledge and generosity of spirit he has brought to […]