New Tsunami Documentary to air on ABC affiliates

A new documentary called Kepulihan: Stories from the Tsunami, which addresses long-term disaster recovery by profiling three survivors of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, is scheduled to broadcast on ABC network affiliates across the country beginning November 21, and will be available to affiliates to air for two months after the initial air [...]

Compassion, Peace, and Justice: PDA in Haiti

Presbyterians have donated more than $5.3 million to the relief and recovery work following the earthquake in Haiti. The generous response has been inspiring. Working with ecumenical and international partners, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has already put over $500,000 to use for immediate assistance. More than 35,000 hygiene and baby kits have been disbursed, 15 [...]

PDA responds to Chile earthquake

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding to the devastating 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on Feb. 27. The quake destroyed buildings and bridges, and triggered tsunami warnings for much of the Pacific Rim. Reports list the death toll at more than 700 and about 1.5 million homes have been destroyed. PDA is working with ecumenical [...]

PC(USA) responds to Haitian earthquakes

As the whole world knows by now, a powerful 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, resulting in catastrophic damage and thousands of deaths in an already very vulnerable country. The quake has been followed by several aftershocks, including a 5.9 aftershock one week after the initial earthquake.  The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long had [...]

Presbytery Meeting Highlights – November 17, 2009

Highlights of the Stated Meeting of Cherokee Presbytery 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Southminster Presbyterian Church, Marietta, GA (Full minutes will be posted soon) Cherokee Presbytery came together on November 17 for its last stated meeting of 2009 – a year of transition to a new model, a change in presbytery leadership, a new [...]

Presbytery Meeting Highlights – October 12, 2009

It took a second try, but we finally had a presbytery meeting.  We gathered in faith and prayed for safe travel for all as streams swelled and basements flooded from heavy rains – again!  On short notice Cartersville First Church opened their doors to welcome us for the rescheduled meeting that didn’t happen on September [...]

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 [...]

In Praise of PDA

Remember the special offering we take each year at Easter?  It’s called the One Great Hour of Sharing, and it provides funds for disaster response, refugee assistance/resettlement and for community development efforts.  Thirty-two percent of that offering goes to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA), to help those affected by disasters such as floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.  Many [...]

The Flight of the Butterfly: My First 14 Days

When I began to pray about whether or not God wanted me to accept the call to serve as your MC, and how that call might be lived out given the new design and all of the accompanying unknowns, God gave me a vision.  The vision was of a butterfly joyfully flying from flower to [...]

Silver Creek Presbyterian Church

On August 31, 1875, God led fourteen people with a strong belief in their Presbyterian heritage and a desire to worship and serve Jesus Christ, to form Silver Creek Presbyterian Church. The church was a small building built in about 1833 as a Primitive Baptist Church whose members had since moved away to the community [...]