Local Service Opportunities

Friends, there are many of our congregations and ministry sites that could use some helping hands.  Below are some opportunities for you and your congregation to help make a difference in the lives of others… and you don’t have to leave the country to do it!  Many of these locations could work as a day [...]

Battlefields Large and Small

My route to the MINDER meeting this week, took me through the 5,000+ acre Chickamauga Battlefield.  As I drove through what seemed like miles and miles of monuments and markers, it really brought home the physical and emotional real estate occupied by the war.  I suppose that all of our battles, whether within families, congregations [...]

New Church Development in Dawsonville Opens Clinic

Grace Presbyterian New Church Development in Dawsonville is growing in numbers and service to God.  This coming week, they will open their brand new medical clinic.  This ministry joins their other ministries to the community which include a twice-weekly free hot meal.

The Ripple Effect

Ever notice how a change in one place is connected to or creates change in another?

Happy 4th of July!

From all of us in the Presbytery Office, please have a safe and Happy 4th of July Holiday. May we always remember that our freedom and strength ultimately and always come from our sovereign God, that we are called to be a holy people, active in good works, recognizing the needs of our world are [...]

Shalom Ya’ll!

All shall be well; all shall be well; all manner of things shall be well. ~ Teresa of Avila Greetings brothers and sisters of Cherokee Presbytery. It has now been a week since I began work as your Mission Coordinator and I want to take a moment to share some thoughts with you.

Ray-Thomas Memorial Presbyterian Church

In recent years, Ray-Thomas Memorial Presbyterian Church has taken on a new identity and vision as a church. In 2002, after an intentional time of prayer and discernment, RTM felt called to immigrant and cross-cultural, multicultural ministry. We had no idea what that meant or how to accomplish it, but God led us, revealing to [...]

End Child Slavery

Will Your Congregation Exist In 10 Years?

What’s in a Name?

I have to admit that the Vision Team surprised me. I fully expected that they would do some “fixing” of the presbytery system and leave it at that.  In preperation for that, I asked the committees and divisions to begin putting together a manual which would help communicate their work throughout the presbytery. When they [...]