Presbytery of the James

09/11/2026

It's going to be an eventful week at the POJ! Don't miss the GA Commissioners Meet & Greet Monday the 14th or the Self-Development of People's Grant Workshop on Tuesday the 15th. That and so much more coming up. Check it out: https://conta.cc/3T5dJKm

🤝 GA Commissioners Meet & Greet 9/14
💰 Grant Workshop for Local Projects 9/15
📅 POJ Fall Dates to Remember
🙏 Find Midweek Pause at The Gayton Kirk
⛪ View from the Pews at River Road Pres
🤖 Deep Dive—Church in the AI Age:
🧠 Ancestral vs. Artificial Intelligence
🕊 Pastoral Care Toolkit in Age of AI
⚖ The Algorithm & the Almighty: A Social Witness Policy
💻 Protecting Kids on Zoom & Livestream
🛡 Protecting Kids from Gun Violence
🍂 Fall Action Circle 9/30-10/28
Share, tag a friend, and stay connected. 🙌

Read the full issue here: https://conta.cc/3T5dJKm

09/10/2026

SO much coming up at POJ!

Visit our homepage for highlights: https://presbyteryofthejames.com/
View the full calendar of events here: https://presbyteryofthejames.com/events/

Which event are you looking forward to?

09/10/2026

Take an armchair adventure to the Arctic tundra tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 11, at noon with Presbyterians for Earth Care and Earth Keepers 360!

Due to popularity, and Zoom capacity, we're presenting it again!
Please join us if you missed it earlier this week, or if you would like to attend it again!
Date: Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Time: 12:00 noon EDT / 9:00 am PDT

Please visit https://presbyearthcare.org/arctic-adventures/ for the Zoom link. No registration required.
(We will also make a recording available within a week of the webinar.)

09/10/2026

⏰ Last Call! PYWA - Presbyterian Youth Workers' Association Gathering Scholarship Applications Close Today ⏰
Today is the final day to apply for a Gina Yeager Buckley Scholarship to attend the PYWA Come to the Mountains Gathering (October 5-8, 2026)!
🎓 3 registration scholarships ($180 each) are available for youth workers in their first 5 years of ministry.
📅 Applications close TODAY, September 10, 2026
✅ Apply now: https://forms.gle/MMsjVpEMyM1DBphM6
Don't wait, this opportunity won't come around again this year! 🙌

⏰ Last Call! Scholarship Applications Close Today ⏰

Today is the final day to apply for a Gina Yeager Buckley Scholarship to attend the PYWA Come to the Mountains Gathering (October 5-8, 2026)!

🎓 3 registration scholarships ($180 each) are available for youth workers in their first 5 years of ministry.

📅 Applications close TODAY, September 10, 2026

✅ Apply now: https://forms.gle/MMsjVpEMyM1DBphM6

Don't wait, this opportunity won't come around again this year! 🙌

09/09/2026

Do you have someone to nominate? 👀

We value your opinion and need your help! Do you know a young adult, 30 years old or younger, who connects their faith with creation and shows great potential to be a future leader for environmental justice? Or perhaps you know a more mature person who has spent their life acting and advocating for the beauty, integrity, and health of God’s creation. Maybe your congregation or faith organization operates in a sustainable manner and promotes being a good steward of God’s earth, both within and beyond its membership.

Now is the time to nominate them for a Presbyterians for Earth Care (PEC) Annual Earth Care Award! PEC presents three awards annually, two to individuals and one to an organization. These awards are given to individuals and groups whose work for the environment is especially praiseworthy and creative.

More Info Here: https://presbyearthcare.org/annual-earth-care-awards/
DEADLINE for nominations: Oct. 15, 2026

09/09/2026

Are you following The Struggle is Real webinar series on affordability from Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People? Check it out at https://pcusa-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/ND3_yZsUTHirq7wFm4k8LQ?fbclid=IwY2xjawUOQp9wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMThJZDdDcmpWNDJwanZNZk5zcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeJYjiO_tUby70G2_CebtxUen8w5FSY74IV0Khs8-ELN-wGkh4o0EnEZ4kLmY_aem_YNXAfFjiwTZK7AqbQQZM-Q #/registration

09/09/2026

Sounds like a good one from Cove Presbyterian Church! ;-) 💗

what does mutual forbearance look like for a person of faith today living in a deeply polarized country; in a culture that would rather cancel than communicate, where relationships seem disposable the moment conflict arises, when it is difficult to see that those who do things we abhor are also made...

09/09/2026

A program for early career preachers from Union Presbyterian Seminary and The Bridge:

We're back! Join us on Monday, Sept. 21st from 7-8pm Eastern for our next Bridge Conversation. We'll be talking with our guests about the body's role in preaching and a word that some love to hate..."performance."

Join us LIVE on our FB page or here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYbCj4LpkPQ

09/08/2026

Presbyterian Outlook writer Phillip Blackburn asks: How can we care for ruling elders?
In the PC(USA), there’s a lot of focus on pastor burnout — and rightly so. But lay leaders are also facing exhaustion, and we need to care for them, he writes.

How can we care for ruling elders?

In the PC(USA), there’s a lot of focus on pastor burnout — and rightly so. But lay leaders are also facing exhaustion, and we need to care for them, writes Phillip Blackburn.

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