Mission & Ministry (M&M) Teams
As the congregations of the Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse begin to live into the new way of equipping churches to create, develop, perform, evaluate and fund Mission and Ministry, there will be a continually up-dated list of what teams have "bubbled up", how they are forming and whom to contact for details. This list may be found in publications of the Presbytery, at the Presbytery Office and on the website: presbycs.org
Civil Rights Connection
(Park Central PC, Cazenovia FPC, Westminster PC Auburn)
To instill in young people the ideas of personal growth and humility. To teach them the values of nonviolence, patience, and determination which guided the civil rights activists and have them incorporate those qualities into their own lives. To have them acquire an awareness of the role that faith played in sustaining the Civil Rights Movement and give them a sense of how faith can bring comfort and direction to their own lives. To have them share the lessons of the Civil Rights Connection with their friends, fellow students, and other young people, thereby creating a kinder, more tolerant environment in their schools and communities. The Service Project, such as our Gulf Coast clean up, will bring a sense of satisfaction from physical work as part of a team for a noble cause and will instill in them a profound realization of their own many blessings.
Contact: Nancy Laraine Hoffmann (Park Central Church), office- 315-443-4900 or crconnection@yahoo.com
Disaster Preparedness Administration
(Liverpool PC, Auburn, Westminter PC, Robinson Memorial PC,
Skaneateles PC)
To prepare administrative resources, and materials, necessary for the congregations of The Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse, to have the essential records, and plans, in place in the event of a disaster.
Contact: Rev Dr. Craig Lindsey, 685-5048 or revlindsey@skanpresby.org
Empowered Elders
(Robinson Memorial PC, Weedsport FPC, Baldwinsville)
To organize educational opportunities for CLP candidates and others who want to broaden their understanding of topics and tools for faith-related living and serving. To offer a way to help CLP's meet their educational requirements. To provide opportunities for personal enrichment for others not involved in the CLP program.
Contact: Rev. Debra Thomas, 834-9212 or revrndeb@gmail.com, and Rev. Tracie Martin, 468-2509 or Tracie-martin@juno.com
Go Green for God
(Syr.FPC, Liverpool FPC)
The purpose of this team is to promote concern for environmental issues as a Christian responsibility. To share information on the current environmental status of: air, soil, and water-locally, nationally, and globally. To study ways as churches and individuals we can reverse the negative effects of human exploitation of our natural resources in our community, in our churches, and in our homes. To encourage other churches to join with us by identifying a contact person to partner with other presbyteries (FAB FIVE) and religious organizations that share similar goals.
Contact: Rev. Jerry Shave 315-457-1496 or jerald_shave@yahoo.com
Leigh Anne Herd 315-413-0690 or laherd@twcny.rr.com, Tracie Folley 315-653-4347 or tfolley@verizon.net
Health Tapestry: Faith Community Nursing in Southern Cayuga
(Scipioville PC, King Ferry PC, United Ministries, Aurora, Good Shepherd Parish, Trinity UCC, Seventh Day Adventist,, Ledyard UMC, United Church of Genoa, Poplar Ridge Friends, Westminster PC and First PC Auburn)
The purpose of this team is to develop a Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministries Outreach in Southern Cayuga County with health education, advocacy, visitation, and resource referrals available. Referrals originating in local churches, but with intentional outreach to surrounding communities.
Contact: Deborah A. Herst Hill, RN, Faith Community Nurse (Scipioville PC)
315-283-5331 or debhersthill@yahoo.com
Korean Partnership
(Morrisville Community Church, The First United Church of Fulton, Fayetteville United, Mexico FPC, The Korean Church of Syracuse, Liverpool FPC, Sennett Federated Church, Baldwinsville FPC, Westminster PC Auburn)
To continue the international partnership with Pyongyang Presbytery, South Korea, in order to expand knowledge of evangelism and spirituality within the congregations of our presbytery; and to partner in mission projects around the world.
Contact: Steering Committee Co-Chairs, Linda Russell (Westminster PC Auburn) 315-253-3331 or LSRuss@aol.com , Robert Chambers (Mexico FPC) 315-625-4416 or rcham69@juno.com, and Jean Harshaw (Baldwinsville FPC & The Korean Church) cell 315-383-0366 or h 315-635-5189 or JLHarshaw1@aol.com
LAMP (Latin American Mission Project)
(Northminster, Park Central, Pebble Hill, Onondaga Valley, South, Robinson Memorial, Parish-Hastings, Fayetteville United, King Ferry)
Has had three mission trips to Campeche Presbytery, Mexico, since February 2004, for construction work, to teach Vacation Bible School, to supply theological books for a seminary, and to build relationships. A delegation from Campeche visited here in September 2004. Along with Southern Comfort M&M, a joint mission project with Campeche members was sponsored in Gautier, Mississippi in Feb. 2006. Afterwards, several Campechanos returned to Syracuse and Old Forge for a few days in order to experience winter. Exchanges will continue.
Contact: Dave Hoover (Northminster PC) eves. 315-458-8812 or e-mail: HooverFl@AOL.COM and Sandi Yingling (Park Central PC) 315-457-2259 or slyingling@msn.com
Visit our web site: http://www.presbylamp.org
Presbyterian Southern Comfort
(Those who have participated in our efforts have come from many of the churches within the Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery. Participants have also come from the Geneva, Albany, Northern NY and Utica-Rome Presbyteries. We have also had team members participants from other church communities and religious faiths; from both local and out-of-state areas and countries).
The purpose since August 2005, our focus has been to work with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in long-term recovery effort: helping to rebuild homes damaged by natural disasters (in the Gulf of Mexico coastal region impacted by Hurricane Katrina; Southern Tier of NY State 2006-07: flooding damaged communities along the Susquehanna River).
Contact: Sandi Yingling (Park Central PC) 315-457-2259 or slyingling@msn.com and Paul Dungey (Westminster PC, Auburn) 315-253-3796 or Elder365@verizon.net
PYC Youth Ministry (Presbyterian Youth Connection)
(Presbytery-wide)
To promote youth ministry in our presbytery by organizing and offering two or more presbytery-wide youth events each year. Traditionally, youth retreats have been sponsored at Vanderkamp Center over Columbus Day Weekend and Martin Luther King Weekend.
Contact: Rev. Beth DuBois 315-380-0754 housewoods@aol.com and Karen Wolff (Syr FPC) o-446-0960 or: kjwolfff@msn.com
