On May 4th, Presbytery leadership held a training for our commissioners heading to the 226th General Assembly this summer in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join us as we pray for our commissioners & advisory delegates. Click here for a photo-album from their time together. Click here to learn more about the work of the General Assembly. Source ..read more

As described in the Standing Rules of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), overtures are items of business that have been approved by a presbytery or a synod that request the General Assembly take a particular action or approve or endorse a particular statement or resolution. In recent years, for overtures to be considered by the General Assembly they have required a… Source ..read more

The Office of the General Assembly’s format will include online committee meetings and in person plenaries. You can visit their site here for the latest planning updates, deadlines, and to sign up for the newsletter On the Road to GA. Commissioners and advisory delegates to the 226th General Assembly will elect a new stated clerk this summer. The Rev. Jihyun Oh… Source ..read more

“Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.” John 21:4 As we in the Presbytery of Philadelphia move through the Easter season, we were on the lookout for “Resurrection Sightings” as we gathered at Thompson Memorial Presbyterian Church for our April 30, 2024, Stated Meeting. Beginning with a pre-Presbytery exploration on the frontiers of… Source ..read more

Churches everywhere are reimagining what it means to love their neighbor in this particular time and place. As the landscape of church and culture are shifting, congregations are eager to remain a relevant partner in spreading the love and justice of Jesus Christ to the world. In particular, Church on the Mall, located in the Plymouth Meeting Mall, has been asking itself what concrete ways it can… Source ..read more

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Mark 6:31-32 31He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Last weekend ten pastors from the second cohort of our Cultivating Enough in the Care of Clergy initiative were led by our Director of Lilly Initiatives, Rev. Source ..read more

April 5, 2024 To the Members and Friends of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, For more than a year the Board of Pensions has indicated that the benefit package that shaped so many of our ministries would no longer be sustainable. Given the increases in health care costs, this was not a surprise. After discernment and many conversations around the nation, their new benefit plan has been released. Source ..read more

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(based on Mark 14:1-15:47) From H. G. Wells Time Machine to the Back to the Future franchise and beyond, our imaginations have been captured by the idea of being transported to another time and place in the blink of the eye. We hitch a ride with the main character of the story to change the course of history or travel to a better world, and more often than not, return home at the end of the… Source ..read more