Greetings from Portland, Oregon, and the 222nd meeting of our PCUSA General Assembly. Elected commissioners, presbytery leaders, and folks from all around the country (and the world) are meeting in the Oregon Convention Center for a week of worship, mission…
The Presbytery of Shenango
…a community of Presbyterian congregations in western Pennsylvania
Kenneth E. Bailey, Th.D.
Kenneth E. Bailey, renowned New Testament scholar, seminary professor, author, Presbyterian career missionary, and international lecturer, died on Monday, May 23, 2016, at age eighty-five after a short illness involving some weeks of hospitalization and a brief period of palliative…
Rev. Ralph Hawkins
Members and friends of Shenango, Grace and peace to you in this hope-filled Easter season. I am both honored and energized by my election this week as our next Executive Presbyter and Stated Clerk. In the words of the old…
The Sudan and The Republic of South Sudan
Shenango Presbytery has had a partnership with The Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) since 1994. Sudan contains one of the oldest communities of Christians in Africa, who have suffered some of the worst persecution in the world. After a vote…
EP on eLink
SESSIONS
The following Two-Minute Challenge was offered at our recent stated Presbytery meeting. Nearly everyone in this room tonight is a member of a session, because nearly everyone here is a Ruling or Teaching Elder. “Session” is our Presbyterian term for the…
#neighborhood
“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” (John 1:14, The Message) The New Testament reports, “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.” That happened once in first century…
New Wilmington Mission Conference
The 2017 New Wilmington Mission Conference will be held July 22-29 at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA. At 112 years old, the New Wilmington Mission Conference is the longest-running mission conference in the United States. Held on the…
Official Call to the April 25, 2017 Stated Meeting of Shenango Presbytery
The next stated meeting of Shenango Presbytery will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Unity Presbyterian Church in Mercer, PA. Important Items Before Presbytery Include: Update on the Presbytery Fundraising Campaign Vote on Book of Order amendment…
Session Records Reviews
In accordance with the Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Standing Rules of the Presbytery of Shenango, the annual review of Session records will be conducted at two county meetings. All Mercer County Churches will meet…
