What’s up in the Hudson River Presbytery?
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- June
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The Rev. Susan Andrews of the Hudson River Presbytery of Presbyterian Church (USA) has been on the road quite a lot over the past year.
Andrews, the general presbyter or chief executive of the presbytery, preached or participated in worship with 40 of the presbytery’s 90 congregations, she wrote in a recent report on the presbytery website.
She also met or broke bread with 69 pastors. In the picture, she is preaching at Central Presbyterian Church of Haverstraw.
She writes that building relationships with clergy and lay leaders is “central to my job.”
The presbytery serves about 15,000 Presbyterians in seven counties through the Lower Hudson Valley.
Her report includes numerous developments, big and small, across the presbytery, such as this one:
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The Presbytery Prison Partnership, under the leadership of Ricardo “Shepp” Sheppard and funded by he synod, the presbytery and 8 congregations, has engaged 45 congregations and 10 correctional institutions through worship, Christmas and Mother’s Day cards to inmates, Bible donation and distribution, education about the criminal justice system, and advocacy efforts to support criminal justice reform in Albany.
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She notes that a “new South Westchester Clergy Support Group was birthed this year” and that “The Yonkers Initiative continues to coordinate the mission outreach of the three Presbyterian congregations in Yonkers.”
Andrews opened her report with the presbytery’s “calling statement,” which looks like this:
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As members of the Body of Christ
Hudson River Presbytery
is called to live resurrection
with passion and partnership
in a changing world.
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And she closed it with these thoughts:
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Brothers and Sisters in Christ, God is at work in HRP inviting us to practice resurrection – to live resurrection – and to become resurrection for a world hungry for Good News. Thank for your partnership in this exciting, difficult, and challenging Resurrection Work.
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on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 9:19 am by Gary Stern.
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The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
