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.
As we continue to Celebrate The Women of the Reformed Church in America for their years of commitment and Service...check out Warwick's Spring Newsletter remembering Arlene Tenckinck and other Warwick news. https://warwickconferencecenter.org/spring-2023-newsletter/ Please copy link in your browser to view Warwick's Spring Newsletter.
As Ministers of Word and Sacrament, Elders, and Deacons, self-care is essential to move a church in a wilderness where we feel lost, discouraged, and weary as children of God. Covid continues to provide a spiritual dryness in the life of the church, or another term I recall using during my time as a hospital chaplain, spiritual dehydration. I would share with the medical staff about their spiritual dehydration in their job performance when they found themselves in a state
