When I was a child, we sang a sweet song: The more we get together, together, together The more we get together, the happier we’ll be ‘Cause your friends are my friends And my friends are your friends. The more we get together,…
Encouraging diverse groups to exist together in Christ is the objective of a series of virtual dialogues hosted by the presbytery’s Black Caucus. At the first session on September 24, more than 40 participants came together to explore America’s racial divide by sharing their experiences…
Because of the continued need due to the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid large gatherings, the leadership of the presbytery of the James (POJ) will hold the Presbytery meeting on October 17 virtually. This memo outlines the plans that have been developed and the steps that…
POJ’s Pastoral Care Fund provides emergency financial assistance to active and retired ministers of the Word and Sacrament and certified Christian educators. The Committee on Ministry (COM) makes confidential disbursements from the fund to those with demonstrated need. In normal circumstances, the fund is replenished…
Many congregations in the Presbytery of the James receive the Peace and Global Justice Offering on World Communion Sunday. This year World Communion Sunday, October 4, will look different for many of you. Our congregations are connecting by Zoom or limited in-person worship services, drive-thru…
Create healing and hope for incarcerated youth around Virginia with Voices of Jubilee. Since March, these youth have been without classes, visits from family, and enrichment activities. Voices of Jubilee is creating school kits and Christmas boxes for the youth and invites churches to contribute. Needed…
The following is a message from the Dismantling Racism and Public Policy Witness ministries of Presbytery of the James. As people of faith in the Commonwealth of Virginia we long for an ordering of our communities that promotes justice and brings us into closer proximity to…
POJ is accepting orders for 2020-2021 Presbyterian planning calendars. The calendars, which begin in September 2020, will ship to POJ in late August. The price per calendar is $10.50 through August 14. Payment may be made by credit card or check. The window for ordering…
Six ruling elders and ministers of the Word and Sacrament from Presbytery of the James were among 503 who participated in the 224th General Assembly, June 19-27, 2020. One advisory delegate and six alternates from POJ also were involved. The event was conducted entirely online…
The 224th General Assembly of the PC(USA) declares that Black lives matter; that our country’s most important institutions have been built to sustain white privilege, to protect white lives and white property at the expense of our siblings of color; and that the church, through…