One highlight of the 113th presbytery meeting on Saturday, February 18, was the installation of the moderator and vice moderator for 2023. Thank you, Rev. Rosalind Banbury and Cherry Peters, for your willingness to serve the presbytery in the coming term. Rosalind, who had been…
The Church and Pastor Relations Committee of POJ’s Commission on Ministry invites you to learn about a spiritual parish opportunity approved by the presbytery at its October 2022 meeting. The spiritual parish was created to help churches in the presbytery that are challenged to call…
Presbytery of the James will convene the 113th meeting in person at Westminster Church in Richmond and via Zoom at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2023. Please direct all questions or concerns as soon as possible to Barbara Espigh, associate for administration and support.…
African Americans have been enriching the Presbyterian Church for more than two centuries. The first ordained African American minister in the Presbyterian Church was John Gloucester. Rising from slavery and oppression, he formed the first African American Presbyterian congregation in the early 1800s in Philadelphia. Many…
Now that the Presbytery of the James has settled into hybrid meetings for stated meetings, there are some logistical changes that need to be brought to everyone’s attention. Hybrid meetings are meetings that are conducted with attendees participating both in person and virtually via Zoom.…
Presbytery of the James invites sessions to make pledges of support toward God’s mission for 2023. Sometimes when we hear “mission” we only think of it as one aspect of a church or presbytery budget, but in reality, everything that we do is a part…
On October 22, POJ’s Disaster Relief Ministry set out for Little Gasparilla Island, a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Florida near Fort Myers. The community suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Ian on September 28. It was the first Category 4 hurricane to impact…
Each year, the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) gathers statistical information from presbyteries across the country and provides a comprehensive breakdown on church membership, ethnicity and age distribution, as well as other information. Clerks in Presbytery of the James may begin submitting their congregation…
We are thankful for our covenant together that is affirmed by your prayers and financial support of the Presbytery of the James and its ministry. We rejoice in your faith. The budgeted request for 2022, growing out of our commitment with one another, is $615,000.…
Matthew 25:31-46 calls us to actively engage in the world around us, so our faith comes alive and we wake up to new possibilities. Convicted by this passage, the 222nd and 223rd General Assemblies (2016 and 2018) exhorted the PC(USA) to act boldly and compassionately…