As Long Island, N.Y., and Detroit, Mich., continue to dry out from record amounts of rainfall that led to widespread flooding last week, the assessment of needs in communities surrounding those areas is beginning. Many homes in the communities on Long Island, just south of New York City, and Detroit suffered extensive damage from rising…
The 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) begins in four weeks, and the Committee On Local Arrangements (COLA) from the Presbytery of Detroit has been busy making preparations for the event. The General Assembly will meet June 14-21 in Detroit, Mich., at the recently refurbished Cobo Center on the banks of the Detroit…
On Wednesdays, we pray for presbyteries of the PCUSA. This week’s intercession includes: de Cristo Denver Des Moines Detroit
By Steve Salyards Tomorrow (Dec. 14) we will reach the six-month point ahead of the meeting of the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). As we look ahead to the meeting of that Assembly a number of things are already in place but so much more is to come. The GA…
Did you hear the one about the divorced, female, Baptist bishop who secretly married her lesbian lover? No, that isn’t the set-up line for a warped joke. Instead, this is the summary of a news story coming out of Detroit in the past few weeks. “Detroit Baptist leader resigns after announcing she married a woman”…
By Niraj Warikoo Six years ago, Richard Jewell and his wife moved from Lathrup Village to downtown Detroit to live in a condo near the river. Their children had grown, and they were looking for a new perspective on life, excited to hear about people moving back to the city. “It just seemed like the…
Why Detroit? That’s the question many are asking about the decision to have the 221st General Assembly in a city ravaged by crime, poverty and brokenness, from its people to its economy. Thomas Hay, director of General Assembly Meeting Service from the Presbyterian Church (USA), understands why that question is raised and believes there is…
By Mary Holder Naegeli Naegeli’s Law: Making something legal does not necessarily make it moral. I am energized by the latest “The Edwards Epistle”—sent out to friends of Dr. Jim Edwards of Whitworth University—which focuses on the topic “The Difference between Legal and Moral.” Every quarter or so, Jim (with the help of Rev. Phil…
The 221st General Assembly meeting of the Presbyterian Church (USA) takes place next summer in Detroit, Mich. That same city filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection Thursday, July 18. USA Today reported that Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr released a plan last month to restructure the cash-strapped city’s debt and obligations that would leave many…