Pastoral Transition Resources

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The materials on this page are designed to support congregations in the midst of a pastoral transition. For additional information or for any questions, contact your Commission on Ministry Advocate, the Commission on Ministry Co-Moderators, or the Executive Presbyter. Process Guides Videos Policies Forms Visit the COM Forms Library or contact Christine Kelson. Other Resources and Links Contacts Commission on …

July 2021 Reopening Survey

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We have heard from a number of churches who are considering changes to their pandemic practices as a new church year starts for many in the next several months. To help us learn from one another, presbytery staff prepared and distributed a survey to collect information about our congregations’ practices, which was distributed to pastors and clerks of session from …

March 2021 Reopening Survey

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As we settle in to the second year of changes to our patterns in response to the covid-19 pandemic, we are often asked what our churches are doing about reopening for in-person worship. We have had anecdotal evidence from our regular conversations with church leaders, but we wanted to be able to offer something a little more exact. So last …

West New Bern Responds to Hurricane Florence

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by Rev. David Fuentes, Pastor, West New Bern Presbyterian Church Driving through New Bern in the days after Hurricane Florence, devastation is apparent everywhere—homes gutted to the studs, entire histories placed at the curb, memories drowned in the hungry, muddy waters of the Trent and Neuse Rivers. We are deeply grateful to the hundreds of volunteers from all over the country …

Choosing Welcome

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In the heart of the busiest weeks of the election season, Hillsborough, North Carolina, drew attention from around the world as the county Republican headquarters was firebombed and heavily damaged. In those same busy days, though, one part of that same community stepped in to offer a word of hope in the weariness of these days. This summer, in response to …