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
Dear RSNY Church Family and Friends, Many of us grew up with the notion that the New Year brings about a gifted future. Some of us usually took this time to make New Year’s resolutions for our lives and future. A few of us made resolutions centered on the hope and possibilities of the gifts within the Body of Christ. And Some of us simply want a clean slate, a fresh start, a new beginning. In whatever resolution season you are
