Synod Annual Report 2016 – Final – Web

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ANNUAL REPORT — 2016

Dear Friends,
We walk alongside
gospel communities to
provide unencumbered
spaces for the Holy
Spirit to breathe new
life into our ministry
and mission.
It is with profound gratitude and great joy that we are share this annual report. As a regional community
of Presbyterians, this report witnesses to the great abundance God has placed in our midst. This
abundance is reflected in the many new and innovative initiatives that we are privileged to encourage
and support. We hope you will notice the ways that your Synod community facilitates new ways for our
presbyteries and their congregations to serve their communities and witness to the grace of the Gospel.
From support of campus ministries, to the encouragement of innovative mission projects, and the
development of emerging gospel communities, to our work supporting of our presbyteries in times of
great change, we passionately work alongside one another as partners in ministry.
The faithful work of our Mission and Ministries Commission and the attentive listening of our staff
continue to bring fresh new opportunities to support thriving and vital ministry throughout the region
we are called to serve. Initiatives in leader development bless our life together and dream of becoming
the Beloved Community. We continue to seek new ways to build upon the diversity of our community
through support of racial/ethnic member communities and the launching of our Robert Washington
Scholars program. Our commitment to supporting and raising up voices of our younger leaders is thriving
through programs such as our Early Ministry Institute and our Emerging Leaders Group. In 2016 we
supported almost 800 young people who participated in the Presbyterian Triennium Youth Conference.
As a community, we are called to support our members as they dream into their own future and listen
for Christ’s call to serve our world. This report bears witness to the wonderful God is moving in our
life together. We hope you will be inspired as you read on and that you might consider how you might
discover ways to live into this great work with us.
In Christ,
Warren McNeill
Synod Moderator
Harold M. Delhagen
Synod Leader
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The Synod of the Northeast consists of eight
states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
and Vermont – with 22 presbyteries and over 1,130
gospel communities.
CONTENTS
GATHERING TOGETHER
Synod-Wide Networks
Funding Given to Networks
Overtures Sent to the General Assembly
Commision Meetings
Triennium Funding
Synod Assembly
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NURTURING INNOVATION
Emanuel in Los Moriches, Long Island
Young Adult Volunteers
Innovation Funding
Total Support for Presbyteries
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STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES
Collegium
Early Ministry Institute
Presbyterian Women
The Work of the Stated Clerk’s Office
Robert L. Washington Program Launched
Campus Ministry
Presbytery Contributions
Individual Named Donors
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Total Given in 2016
Leadership & Staff
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Gathering
Together
Reuniéndonos
Juntos
다같이
모이기
MOVING Moving OUR MINISTRY our Ministry FORWARDForward
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SYNOD-WIDE NETWORKS
Synod Networks are ways we gather around specific
passions to move our call to ministry and church
forward; they are spaces where we gain strength,
share resources and learn with and from each other.
In 2016, we had eight active networks– welcoming
both Immigration Action and New Beginnings to
our community.
Immigration Action — NEW
Presence: Immigration Action Network unites
leaders, congregations and presbyteries who
are engaged in immigration advocay. After
a training and gathering on immigration
advocacy sponsored by the Synod, the General
Assembly Office of Immigration Issues and the
Stony Point Center, this Network was formed.
The main foci of the network are to:
+ + Gather leaders throughout the Synod;
+ + Communicating opportunities for learning,
training and organizing;
+ + Sharing resources in local communities;
+ + Brokering relationships to empower local
leaders and communities to engage issues
of immigration, advocate for justice, and be
present to immigrant communities.
Prison Ministry
In May the Prison Ministry Network hosted its
inaugural conference at Stony Point Center,
drawing about 60 people from across the
Synod. The conference focused primarily
on listening to and learning from formerly
incarcerated people. The speakers addressed
the trauma of incarceration and how it
impacted them in three aspects of re-entry:
jobs, housing, and family reintegration. In
each area we learned how trauma-informed
ministries are addressing these areas.
Coaching
2016 saw the number of coaches in the network
double to 10, based in 8 presbyteries in the
Synod community. These coaches provided
over 300 hours of coaching to leaders and
teams within the Synod’s bounds, including 40
hours pro bono and most at reduced rates.
New Beginnings — NEW
New Beginnings was a program provided by
the Presbyterian Mission Agency as a tool for
congregational assessment and discernment.
During the spring meeting of the Synod
Collegium it became apparent that this process
had led congregational leaders through much
needed introspection, and a heightened
awareness of their communities and hope for
future mission. It was also revealed that there is
a great pool of persons trained throughout the
Synod in the New Beginnings process. However,
support for implementation and next steps are
lacking.
The New Beginnings Network seeks to serve the
Synod community by:
+ + Bringing together leaders experienced
and trained in leading congregational
assessment and discernment;
+ + Identifying effective program resources for
congregational assessment processes;
+ + Gathering congregations across presbyteries
at different phases of assessment for joint
learning and story sharing;
+ + Developing plans, resources and leadership
for congregational decision-making and
implementation phases.
Mediation
The Mediation Network supports presbyteries
and local congregations by helping them
resolve conflicts, avoiding the formal judicial
process. In the spring, about 50 participants
from all over the Northeast came together for
an intensive, week-long Mediation Facilitator
Training at Stony Point Center, led by the Rev.
Richard Blackburn, a Mennonite, and the
executive director of the Lombard Mennonite
Peace Center in Chicago.
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Northern New York COM
The first retreat for the network was a great
success. They gathered in Syracuse, NY, in
May with participants from all five of the
presbyteries in the network. It was a great
benefit for the gathered to be in the same
physical space, allowing for the contextualizing
of the stories and experiences from the ministry
settings represented, and sharing in workshops
and discussions around topics relating to the
work of committees on ministry. Emerging from
these workshops were ideas for how various
presbyteries in the network can share resources
and build ministries.
“I left the retreat with a greater
connection to my colleagues in
ministry and enlivened by the Spirit.
To have the support and wisdom
from others doing this work in
Northern New York gives me great
hope for our churches.”
— Rev. Sarah Hooker
OVERTURES SENT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Synod of the Northeast sent two overtures to the 222nd General Assembly. The first overture
proposed to amend the Book of Order so Sessions can ordain Ruling Elders for service beyond their
congregation such as in a presbytery or a synod. This was referred to the Committee on the Office of
the General Assembly. The second overture was a request for a constitutional interpretation to resolve
tensions between different sections of the Book of Order. This resulted in the following affirmation from
the assembly.
“The 222nd General Assembly recognizes the value of making room for all people at the table of decisionmaking
in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
We urge councils, at all levels, to actively consider ways to involve, in the whole life of the church, those
previously left out from the table. This includes, but is not limited to, young adults, and those involved in new
worshipping communities.
We further recommend to the Synod of the Northeast to continue their productive conversations regarding
this issue and bring to the 223rd General Assembly a tangible recommendation.”
COMMISSION MEETINGS
FUNDING GIVEN TO NETWORKS
The Synod Networks received and spent the
following amounts for their gathering, networking
and learning.
The Synod Mission and Ministries Commission conducts business between assemblies. The commission
accomplishes a significant amount of work within quarterly 24 hour periods that range from Innovation
and Higher Education grant approvals to new Network approvals to financial and policy decisions.
Key to this work is the joy with which it is done, and the level of trust that exists amongst commission
members. Commission members leave satisfied in the belief that they have done work which will provide
people across the Synod with the space to be creative and live into new visions of gathering together for
mission in our gospel communities and across presbyteries.
Coaching
Gun Violence Prevention
Mediation
New Beginnings
$2,485
$180
$17,037
$1,286
Northern NY COM
Prison Ministry
Meeting Expenses
Total
$6,365
$14,257
$760
$42,369
TRIENNIUM FUNDING
Through the Synod’s mission dollars, we
provided 436 scholarships (totalling $66,100) to
every young person and their adult advisors in
our synod who attended the Presbyterian Youth
Triennium.
We are grateful for this opportunity to make an
impact in the lives of the future of our church
“When they told me about Triennium, I
thought it was just going to be another youth
trip, but it wasn’t. Being able to see how such
a big number of people can come together to
share in their faith is mind-blowing.
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to be
apart of something like that!”
– Imani Elad, Albany Presbytery
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SYNOD ASSEMBLY
Governance Under
A New Way Forward
This was the first assembly held after the
Synod adopted A New Way Forward in 2014.
With the intention of creating a space similar
to that of Come To The Table and building
on our foundational values of blue skies and
unencumbered spaces, the Assembly flowed
back and forth between sharing stories
and information from across the Synod and
governance work. Those sharing included
representatives from the Emerging Leaders,
two gospel communities — Underwood
Park CrossFit in Albany Presbytery, and
Ministerio Hispano en Los Moriches in Long
Island Presbytery, the Working Group on
Race, the Hispanic Caucus, the Newark
Administrative Commission, Presbyterian
Women, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and
the Pre-Assembly Event on Race facilitated by
Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training.
A key announcement was the creation of the
Robert L. Washington Fund for Scholars and
Fellows, a program to cultivatee executive
leadership. Priority will be placed on choosing
young leaders from racial-ethnic as well as
other marginalized communities.
Ten Young Adult Advisory Delegates offered
reflections. They reminded the Assembly
that they are aware of the many problems
the church faces. Most importantly, they
emphasized the fact that they are not the
future of the church; they are the church now
and want to be included in efforts to address
these problems.
As the governance body, the Synod Assembly
took the following actions:
+ + Approved the revised By-Laws and Standing
Rules;
+ + Elected Ruling Elder Jacinth Hanson,
Presbytery of New York City, as Moderator-
Elect;
+ + Approved a Commissioner’s Resolution
addressing profound concern about the
destructive effects of climate change on all
God’s creation and divestment from fossil
fuel companies. Several assembly members
met to create the Clean Climate Network;
+ + Approved the 2017/2018 budget with a per
capita rate of $4.10;
+ + Approved 2014 and 2105 Presbytery minutes
with noted exceptions, comments and
commendations.
On Friday evening, Synod Leader Harold
Delhagen joined Tony De La Rosa, Interim
Executive Director of the Presbyterian Mission
Agency, for a Fireside Chat. On Saturday,
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk J.
Herbert Nelson preached at the closing worship
and installation of Moderator Warren McNeill.
Many commented on how different this
Assembly was from those of the past.
Transitional Leader, Cheryl Galan from
Elizabeth Presbytery, said: “From the stories
told about significant ministries happening
through the financial support offered by the
synod, to the reports that show how the new
synod structure is working and aligned with
the synod’s mission, to the announcement and
celebration of the Robert Washington initiative
and the pre-assembly racism awareness
training, it is clear. The synod is moving forward
boldly, and making space at the table for the
presence of those who can drive the changes
that our region needs.”
“As a regional gathering
of Gospel communities,
the Synod is a thriving
place of grace and passion
for mission and ministry.”
– HAROLD DELHAGEN, SYNOD LEADER
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Nurturing
Innovation
Animando
Innovación
혁신을
키워나가기
PROVIDING UNENCUMBERED SPACE
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EMANUEL IN LOS MORICHES, LONG ISLAND
‘O Come, Emmanuel’ has taken on new meaning
in the Ministerio Hispano en los Moriches.
Gustavo Sanchez, commissioned lay pastor, and his wife Miriam, who also serves as a deacon, minister
to a growing community of immigrants coming to Long Island. Consider the typical story of one young
woman connected to their ministry: Maria (not her real name) pays $400 for a trip to the Human
Resources Office in Manhattan to seek political asylum. She needs many trips to accomplish her goal;
with few resources to navigate the system in the United States she also finds herself alone and expecting
a child. Gustavo, Miriam and the ministry in Moriches step in and provide transportation and a safe
community for this young woman.
Then in September, when the child is coming, Miriam accompanies the young woman to the hospital.
She is there for the delivery of the child—a moment that is like none other.
Miriam remembers that day: “I have not witnessed the birth of my grandchildren, but I was there for this
child to be born! It filled my heart. ‘What will you name him?’ I asked her. She answered, ‘Emanuel.’”
At that moment of joy they knew that this would be the name of the new fellowship that’s meeting in
the manse: Emanuel. God with us. Emanuel, the physical location where a bridge is provided through
Spanish-speaking ministry for so many of our brothers and sisters coming to this country for a life of
security and peace.
At the Synod Assembly half of the offering in the sum of $929 was given to the community of the
Ministerio Hispano en los Moriches, for this burgeoning community: Emanuel.
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YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTEERS
TAKE ROOT IN BOSTON
In 2008 a group of Presbyterians in the
Presbyteries of Boston, Northern and Southern
New England were interested in exploring what
opportunities might be hiding for campus
ministry and serving young adults. With help
from the New England Presbytery Partnership
of the Synod of the Northeast they spent time
in a period of discernment.
In this time, conversations began that crossed
traditional theological divides. People wanted
to move forward in mission. In 2010 a network
of people in the Presbytery of Boston began to
ask this question: “What if we worked together,
bridging secular community organizing work
and religious social justice work, to bring Young
Adult Volunteers to Boston?”
A uniting passion
was food justice.
The community was
interested in creating
a place to help provide
access to sustainable,
environmentally
healthy food.
The Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) would work
part-time in a congregation and part-time in a
local non-profit, creating the bridge between
these two worlds, and drawing congregations
out from the walls of their church buildings into
greater engagement with the needs in their
communities.
By 2013 the program had formed a board, hired
a Site Coordinator, secured four church/food
justice partner worksites and was interviewing
prospective YAVs. The program’s first class was
welcomed in late August 2013.
Since then, ten YAVs have worked with seven
different churches and twelve different
community agencies involved in food justice.
Four new YAVs joined in September 2016. After
their YAV terms, these gifted young adults
have gone on to live their faith in a variety of
ways, from attending seminary to working for
Americorps, to being a children’s advocate at
the Virginia Poverty Law Center, to enrolling
in nursing school, to working at the Women’s
Lunch Place in Boston, to name a few.
In 2016 the Boston YAV program received a
$20,000 Innovation Grant, which will assist
the YAVs with expensive Boston housing and to
provide a chaplain to partner with the YAVs and
the site coordinator.
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INNOVATION FUNDING
In 2016 the Synod was pleased to contribute a total
of $683,349 to ministries and gospel communities
within our geographic boundaries.
We made $319,169 of contributions to Innovation Fund recipients and $100,000 to our Mission Partners.
If you’re interested in contributing to the Synod and designating your gift to our projects of innovation,
campus ministry and more, please contact our Synod Leader, Harold Delhagen.
Albany
ADK Church WoW
$20,000
ADK Church WoW is a New Worshiping
Community based in the Adirondack
Mountains and serves those who have been
without connection to a Christian community
that is radically inclusive, focusing primarily
on LBGTQI and persons with intellectual
disabilities.
Congregational Leadership Support
$8,000
This Innovation Grant underwrote Albany
Presbytery's adaptive leadership experiment
for nine months with Pnuematrix Consulting.
Six congregations and six apprentices to these
congregations participated and their book
study was so well-received it was expanded to
the entire presbytery.
South End Neighborhood Tutors
$6,405
South End Neighborhood Tutors benefits the
highly mobile immigrant population within
the bounds of Albany Presbytery, addressing a
literacy rate very low among children in South
End Albany.
Rural & Migrant Ministry
$15,000
The Rural and Migrant Ministry acts to
overcome the prejudices and poverty that
degrade and debilitate people within rural New
York. The Innovation Grant supported their
efforts to reach out and empower a greater
number of rural women of color who are
socially and geographically isolated.
Unity Cross Fit
$929.50
The driving force behind the foundation of
Underwood Park CrossFit is the inclusion of
a worshiping community in their gym. The
community combines spiritual practices and
workouts in a unique format that allows pursuit
of fitness to open to something deeper.
Boston
Arts, Spirituality and Justice Campus
Ministry
$20,000
Located in Church of the Covenant, their
ministry is focused on supporting students and
young adults in the Boston area, and bringing
faith-filled frameworks to bear on students’
already established or emerging arts and social
justice endeavors.
Boston Food Justice Young Adult Volunteer
Program
$20,000
This program is specially designed to partner
with young adults with a desire to spend a
year engaged in mission service, spiritual
formation, vocational discernment, and
food justice advocacy. The Innovation Grant
helped to provide housing for the YAVs and to
compensate a chaplain to provide consistent
pastoral support.
Boston/Northern New England
Shared Resource Presbyter
$20,000
The Presbyteries of Boston and Northern
New England partnered to share a Resource
Presbyter, helping them to maximize the reach
of a single person to develop communications
and programs to strengthen all of their
congregations.
Transformation through Leadership
Development
$20,000
The Presbyteries of Boston and Northern
New England stimulate congregational
transformation through the development
of strong leaders, both lay and clergy, with
collaboration between presbyteries, shared
missions and congregations.
Elizabeth
Prison Ministry and Social Witness Project
$15,000
Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth
Presbytery used synod funds to begin this
project serving the incarcerated, formerly
incarcerated and their families.
New Creation Family Life Center
$20,000
The New Creation Family Life Center of Iglesia
Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras Presbyterian
Church envisions a holistic family life enrichment
ministry that is faith-based in its approach while
recognizing the family as an essential biopsychosocial-spiritual-cultural
unit.
Hudson River
The Nyack Project
$6,000
The Nyack Project is a new worshiping
community of the Hudson River Presbytery that
weaves together a new community focusing on
the intersection between the arts and faith.
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Long Island
Ministerio Hispano el los Moriches
$929.50
This ministry provides a bridge of spiritual care
and social services to the Spanish-speaking
immigrant community in Moriches, Long Island.
Monmouth
Genesis Center
$20,000
The Genesis Center is a non-profit Christian
service and resource Center. Our mission is to
equip and strengthen the needs of pastors,
educators, leaders, volunteers and church
members of all denominations. The Synod's
Innovation Grant supported staffing and free
introductory memberships.
New Brunswick
Abundant Grace Dinner Church
$20,000
Abundant Grace Dinner Church gathers around
the table to worship, creating an inclusive
community to faithfully feed people under the
banner of God.
Sand Hills Community Wellness Center
$6,405
Innovation Funding supported Grace
Presbyterian Church’s mission of this center to
provide programs that enhance the growth of
mind, body and spirit.
Urban Mission Cabinet, Inc. English School
$25,000
The English School of the Urban Mission
Cabinet organized to provide urban ministry
support to urban churches in New Brunswick
Presbytery. It envisions its English school
becoming an effective, replicated adult
English as a Second Language (ESL) education
program.
New York City
Jan Hus Esperanza
$18,000
Jan Hus Esperanza is a new justice-forward
worship service in English and Spanish,
embracing the breadth of vulnerabilities in New
York City.
Not So Churchy
$10,000
Not So Churchy, a 1,001 Worshiping
Community, is an intimate worshipping
community in New York City that creates open
and healing spaces for those previously turned
away by the church. In particular they serve
LGBTQ communities.
Northern New England
Presbyterian Church Shekinah Fellowship
$20,000
Shekinah Fellowship provides immigrant
Latino, and in particular Brazilian, communities
with worship in their native language and
tradition, as well as social services to help them
navigate life in the United States.
Palisades
Misión Presbiteriana Nueva Vida
$15,000
Misión Presbiteriana Nueva Vida is a Latin@
New Worshiping Community. Their vision is
to establish an active outreach to the growing
Latin@ population within the bounds of
Palisades Presbytery.
Southern New England
PIM - Presbyterian Immigrant Ministry
$12,500
PIM has formed and nurtures nine new
worshiping communities of incarcerated
immigrants in three prisons located in eastern
Massachusetts by providing trained, tri-lingual
(English, Portuguese, and Spanish) worship and
Bible study leadership.
Mission Partners
Newark — Bloomfield College
$40,000
Bloomfield College’s College Chaplaincy and
Director of Spiritual Life provides opportunities
for constructive dialogue via interfaith
and inter-cultural programming, and the
providing of a safe space for reflection and the
development of a sacred consciousness for
social responsibility.
New York City — Parity
$20,000
Parity is a faith-based LGBTQ-focused
organization based in NYC, that creates
open and nurturing spaces – physically and
spiritually to: 1) Support emerging LGBTQ
pastors as they live into their callings. 2)
Empower LGBTQ and allied young people to
integrate their spiritual, gender and sexual
identities through a range of programs.
Northern New England — Mission at the
Eastward (MATE)
$40,000
Mission at the Eastward is a dynamic, forwardlooking
family of Presbyterian churches and
service ministries located in West Central
Maine, inspired by Christ to worship and work,
"reaching the last house on the last road"
with God's gifts and graces so that they are
exemplified, multiplied, and shared with others
for the good of all.
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TOTAL SUPPORT FOR PRESBYTERIES
We provide support to our member presbyteries
in numerous ways.
One of those ways is through funding to help support local, innovative, and emerging ministries within
their geographic region. We also provide presbytery support for particular and urgent circumstances.
Albany
$64,035
Newark
$65,011
Boston
$60,700
Newton
$6,400
Cayuga-Syracuse
$3,600
Northern New England
$87,000
Elizabeth
$38,100
Northern New York
$5,000
Genesee Valley
$20,000
Palisades
$19,700
Geneva
$2,700
Southern New England
$18,500
Hudson River
$10,900
Susquehanna Valley
$12,900
Long Island
$9,700
Utica
$1,400
Monmouth
$28,300
West Jersey
$10,500
New Brunswick
$71,205
Western New York
$12,700
New York City
$52,200
Total
$566,940
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Strengthening
Communities
Fortaleciendo
Comunidades
공동체를
강화하기
BUILDING STRONG, HEALTHY FUTURES
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COLLEGIUM
The Synod Collegium is comprised of the
ministry leadership from each presbytery in
our bounds. Most usually, the person holding
the executive, general, transitional, or resource
presbyter role who attends the collegium.
The collegium meets twice a year, gathering
for conversations with the synod leadership,
training, biblical study, cross-presbytery
leadership conversations, worship and
fellowship.
During 2016, David Specht of Seeing Things
Whole, helped the collegium community to
imagine the next 10-20 years of leadership in
mid-councils and how our leaders might best
reach towards these fast-changing realities.
EARLY MINISTRY INSTITUTE
Early Ministry Institute (EMI) is a three-year
program to encourage and support pastors in
their first call. It is designed to assist them in
gaining skills in specific areas which are often
omitted in a traditional seminary education. At
EMI the focus is on God’s call in the lives of the
participants, focusing on how Christ is leading
their ministries, especially in the ongoing life of
the congregation and the church as it interacts
in the surrounding world.
In April 2016 about 40 participants gathered at
Stony Point Center. Over the four-day retreat,
community was built and individuals were
strengthened for the time ahead through
worship, workshops, bible studies, and the
richness of simply spending time together.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
The Presbyterian Women in the Synod of the Northeast (PWSNE), supported a wide variety of ministries
and missions through their generosity of funding, in addition to gathering, supporting and training
throughout the year and at their annual business meeting and leadership enhancement retreat in the fall.
To support the mission of the church worldwide, $3400 was divided among eight Young Adult Volunteers.
In addition, the following was contributed to mission, focusing on children and youth:
$4,000
$1,000
$1,000
$800
$800
$800
$800
$800
New Creation Life Center at Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras, Plainfield, NJ
Iglesia Presbiteriana en Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center, Johnsonburg, NJ
Camp at the Eastward, Anson, ME
Camp Whitman on Seneca Lake, Penn Yan, NY
Camp Wilmot, Wilmot, NH
Holmes Presbyterian Camp & Conference Center, Holmes, NY
Vanderkamp, Cleveland, NY
Finally, with support from PWSNE, a Thank Offering from Presbyterian Women PC(USA) was awarded
to Life Way Network, Inc., Rego Park, NY for their project called “Providing Safe Housing for Victims of
Human Trafficking.”
“EMI met my needs this year in ways I didn’t
even expect. I hadn’t realized how tired and
burned out I was getting until I had the chance
to get away and reflect on those very things.
It’s changing the way I’m approaching things
moving forward.” — EMI Participant
— Maxine G. Hunter
THE WORK OF THE STATED CLERK’S OFFICE
2016 saw no judicial cases before the Synod. Instead, requests were received by those who sought fresh
eyes to review practices within their presbyteries and provide recommendations for how a presbytery
might work together in different ways to move forward, become more effective, or move beyond
conflict. Following is the list of Special Administrative Review Committees (SARC) and the Administrative
Commission Synod created in 2016.
Albany SARC
Palisades SARC
Geneva SARC
Newark SARC
began in 2016
concluded in 2016
concluded in 2016
concluded in 2014, followed by a request of Newark Presbytery in 2015 for the
Synod to create an Administrative Commission to assume original jurisdiction.
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ROBERT L. WASHINGTON SCHOLARS
Named in honor of the late Robert L. Washington
of the Presbytery of New York City, The Robert
L. Washington Scholars program was launched in
2016 to provide resources for robust discernment
regarding vocation, call and abilities of service for
the Church.
Each year we provide funding for three scholars, which includes training
through an approved leadership formation program.
An application process was released and we look forward to
welcoming our inaugural cohort in 2017!
Robert L. Washington
1923 — 2015
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CAMPUS MINISTRY
After a renewed application process, the following Campus Ministries received
Synod-funding for their work to care for and train young leaders.
Albany
Troy Area United Ministries
(Russell Sage and RPI)
$1,666
Union College– Campus Protestant Ministry
$1,667
University of Albany– Cornerstone
Protestant Campus Ministry
$1,667
Genesee Valley
Brockport SUNY– Interfaith Campus
Ministries
$2,500
Long Island
Long Island United Campus Ministry, Inc.
– Umbrella
$8,000
Newark
Sisters in Spirit at Bloomfield College
$10,000
New Brunswick
Rutgers Protestant Campus Ministries
$7,000
Westminster Foundation at Princeton
$7,000
University of New Hampshire– United
Campus Ministry
$1,700
Vermont Cooperative Christian
$2,000
Susquehanna Valley
Cornell-Protestant Cooperative Ministry
$2,500
Cortland SUNY-Campus Ministry
$2,500
Delhi (SUNY) Campus Ministry
$2,500
Ithaca College-Protestant Campus Ministry
$2,500
Western New York
ConneXion Campus Church
$8,000
Total Campus Ministry
$70,600
Nazareth College
$2,500
University of Rochester– Genesee Area
Campus Ministries/Eastman
$10,000
Genesee Valley
Eastman Campus Ministry
$5,000
Northern New England
Maine Christian Association
$1,000
Plymouth State University– United Campus
Ministry
$900
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PRESBYTERY CONTRIBUTIONS
The following presbyteries contributed to the
mission support of the Synod community, with
contributions totalling $149,251.
The following presbyteries contributed per capita
dollars to support the administration and governance
of the Synod community totalling $610,555.
Albany
$9,191
New Brunswick
$4,602
Albany
Long Island*
Palisades
Boston
$6,065
Newark
$6,113
Boston
Monmouth*
Southern New England
Cayuga/Syracuse
New Brunswick
Susquehanna Valley
Cayuga/Syracuse
$3,100
Northern New England
$385
Eastern Korean*
Newark
Utica
Eastern Korean
$16,635
Northern New York
$14,134
Elizabeth
Genesee Valley
Newton
New York City
Western New York
West Jersey
Elizabeth
Genesee Valley
$20,322
$11,508
Palisades
Southern New England
$1,636
$5,926
Geneva
Hudson River
Northern New England
Northern New York
* Full 2016 payments
not yet received
Geneva
$2,149
Susquehanna Valley
$5,003
Hudson River
$9,073
Utica
$10,598
Long Island
$6,822
Western New York
$4,643
Monmouth
$3,589
West Jersey
$7,757
Mission Support was not received from the Presbyteries of Newton & New York City.
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INDIVIDUAL NAMED DONORS
The Synod of the Northeast is grateful for the contributions of the following individuals who participated
financially in 2016 to support our community’s mission and ministry.
Their gift of financial resources have gone directly to supporting the innovative programs
and ministries of those within our Synod community.
Under $99
Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario
Lindsay Borden
Virginia A. Champlin
Janice Fife
Barbara Floryshak
Lisa Gray
Letty Heredia
Jean Hrbek
Donna Hunt
Christopher M. Mason
Robert Meredith
James Morris
William Wilkinson
Judith Wussler
Diane Lacey
Amy Lincoln
Derrick McQueen
Thomas Patterson
Stephen Phelps
Thia Reggio
Jeniffer Rodriguez
Joan L. and Reade H. Ryan, Jr.
Penny Webster
Rich Will
Bob and Nancy Wind
Arthur Winter Jr.
Nancy Young
$250-$499
Visionary Circle: $1000-$2,500*
Anonymous
Kellie Anderson-Picallo
David and Marylee Ashby
Donna and Harold Delhagen
Brunilda Fernandez
Alan Ford
Cheryl Galan
* Our major donor Visionary Circle community begins at $1,000.
Shelley Gardner
Warren McNeill
Art Riihimaki
Amaury Tañón-Santos
Mieke Vandersall
West Milford Presbyterian Church-
Women’s Association
If you would like more information about making a gift, or contributing a
named gift or leaving a legacy for future generations, please be in touch with
our Synod Leader, Harold Delhagen.
$100-$249
Gayle Bender
Dave Bomgaars
Andrea Bradford
Martha Campbell
Robert and Leslie Foltz-Morrison
Delaina Gumbs
Katherine Harris
Abbie Huff
Katherine Jones Calone
Chris Kim
Larissa Kwong-Abazia
Terri and David Ofori
James and Neola Reese
Donald W. and Peggy Shriver
Anna Taylor Sweringen
Shannan Vance-Ocampo
Thomas Woodward
$500-$999
Anonymous
Beverly Dempsey
Ronald Paul Fields
Hu-Nam Nam
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TOTAL GIVEN IN 2016
LEADERSHIP
The Synod is pleased to have provided the
following contributions through investment in
ministries and gospel communities within our
geographic boundaries. These investments were in
addition to the many hours of support provided
by our dedicated staff and volunteers.
Warren McNeill
Moderator
Jacinth Hanson
Moderator-Elect
Nancy Talbot
Stated Clerk
Alan Ford
Treasurer
Campus Ministry
$80,600
Harold Delhagen
Thia Reggio
Synod Leader
Moderator of the Mission and
Innovation Grants/Mission Partners
$419,169
Ministries Commission
Ecumenical Relationships
$26,000
STAFF
Synod Networks
$42,369
Presbytery Support
$35,611
Harold Delhagen
Nancy Talbot
Amaury
Paula Terrell
Fran Klaiber
Racial Ethnic Support
$8,500
Synod Leader
Stated Clerk
Tañón-Santos
Synod Networker
Administrator
Manager of Finance
Presbyterian Youth Triennium
$66,100
Ecumenical Advocacy Days Scholarships
$5,000
Total
$683,349
Samantha Demko
Admin. Assistant and
Stacy Galloway
Finance Clerk
Terri Ofori
Chaplain to the
Thia Reggio
Presbyterian Disaster
Communications
Commission
Relief Coordinator
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Synod of the Northeast
5811 Heritage Landing Drive, 2nd Floor
SynodNE.org — (315) 446-5990
East Syracuse, NY 13057-9360
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