From the General Presbyter One day during Advent in New Castle Presbytery, the Administrative Assistant and I were talking with our volunteer Treasurer about our holiday plans. This gentleman who, upon discovering that his whole family would descend at his house on Christmas Eve, said “I need to go to the store so I can […]
2023 Christmas Highlights
Throughout the Presbytery of Baltimore This compilation is a work in progress. If we are missing your event, please email office@baltimorepresbytery.org. Friday, December 8 Teen Night Cocoa and Cookie Decorating, 7 – 9 pm – Sponsored by Susquehanna Parish Ministry Group at Highland Presbyterian Church Saturday, December 9 Holiday Craft and Vendor Sale, 9 am […]
December 2, 2021
Choose Insanity In 2017 Howard County Maryland mailed out bumper stickers that read “Choose Civility,” as a response to behaviors emerging across the country. The other day, I saw one that read “Choose Insanity!” After I nearly wrecked my car laughing, I thought about the deep social and theological significance of these words and would […]
Advent Greetings: A Message from our Moderator
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 […]
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 […]
