The Regional Synod of New York includes classes and congregations that are urban, suburban, and rural; large, medium, and small; black, white, Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial; progressive, moderate, and conservative—as well as those that don’t comfortably wear such labels. United in and through Jesus’s saving love, we rejoice in the diversity of our family of faith and we delight in the inclusive message of the Gospel. We honor Scripture as authoritative and divinely inspired, even as we recognize that we may have differences in faithful interpretation. Recognizing that our love is our response to God’s love and our grace a reflection of God’s grace, we welcome all.
W. Phillip Keller in, A Shepherd looks at Psalm 23, writes: “Amid all the chaos of a confused, sick society, Christ comes quietly as of old and invites us to come to him. He invites us to follow Him, he invites us to put our confidence in Him. For he it is who best knows how we can be satisfied. He knows that the human heart, the human personality, the human soul with its amazing capacity for God can never
As we celebrate Mothers and Women during the month of May, we recognize that for many of our churches, women are the backbone of maintaining Church polity and the governance of the church, even when many in the past were not permitted to serve as Ministers of Word and Sacrament, Elders and Deacons on the Consistory. These women exhibit a deep appreciation for the workings of God’s church and the Gospel message of Jesus on the Cross. Often faced with
