The Strategic Planning Team of the Presbytery of the James is eager to share with you the results of our work together over the past two years. Our hopes, intentions, and objectives for the future of the POJ have come together in the Strategic Plan that was introduced at the called meeting on Saturday, November
Message from the Interim General Presbyter November 19, 2020 Grace to you and peace in the name of Jesus Christ! Many of you are asking what churches should do in the face of this new surge in the coronavirus. The Communications and Coordination Team and I have this guidance to share. Once again, I am
At the stated meeting on October 17, Moderator Leigh Anne Ring called a meeting of the presbytery for Saturday, November 21, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will include the following business: reports by Dismantling Racism Ministry and Strategic Planning Team, committee nominations, an examination for ordination, and a commissioning of two ruling elders to
When I was a child, we sang a sweet song: The more we get together, together, together The more we get together, the happier we’ll be ‘Cause your friends are my friends And my friends are your friends. The more we get together, The happier we’ll be. In our “zooming” from one
Because of the continued need due to the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid large gatherings, the leadership of the presbytery of the James (POJ) will hold the Presbytery meeting on October 17 virtually. This memo outlines the plans that have been developed and the steps that you and your church’s Commissioners should pursue to become fully
POJ’s Pastoral Care Fund provides emergency financial assistance to active and retired ministers of the Word and Sacrament and certified Christian educators. The Committee on Ministry (COM) makes confidential disbursements from the fund to those with demonstrated need. In normal circumstances, the fund is replenished by offerings received at ordination and installation services of candidates
Many congregations in the Presbytery of the James receive the Peace and Global Justice Offering on World Communion Sunday. This year World Communion Sunday, October 4, will look different for many of you. Our congregations are connecting by Zoom or limited in-person worship services, drive-thru communion or no communion at this time. However, we can
Create healing and hope for incarcerated youth around Virginia with Voices of Jubilee. Since March, these youth have been without classes, visits from family, and enrichment activities. Voices of Jubilee is creating school kits and Christmas boxes for the youth and invites churches to contribute. Needed items include: composition books (not spiral) men’s large crew socks
The following is a message from the Dismantling Racism and Public Policy Witness ministries of Presbytery of the James. As people of faith in the Commonwealth of Virginia we long for an ordering of our communities that promotes justice and brings us into closer proximity to the shalom God desires for all creation. The upcoming August
POJ is accepting orders for 2020-2021 Presbyterian planning calendars. The calendars, which begin in September 2020, will ship to POJ in late August. The price per calendar is $10.50 through August 14. Payment may be made by credit card or check. The window for ordering through POJ has closed. You may still order calendars directly