Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


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Today in the Mission Yearbook: June 2, 2020

RESILIENCY OF CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The fellowship hall at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Newburgh, New York, is the heart of the community ministry of the 162-year old congregation just over an hour north of New York City.

In addition to church gatherings, it hosts an annual back-to-school event including more than 1,000 free meals and haircuts, the local Habitat for Humanity MLK lunch, the Newburgh Urban Farm and Food Initiative, a rural migrant ministry, and Black United Growers, to name a few groups.

“The fellowship hall is a community center,” longtime church member and bell choir director Sue Young said, noting a community dinner in the hall usually held the last Saturday of every month.

In early March, that fellowship hall went up in flames ...

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