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Sidewalk Prayers
The Saturday before Rally Day, we set out chalk and an invitation to our neighbors to share prayers for themselves and for our world on the sidewalk in front of…
Validated Ministries Series: Lagom Landing
The Presbytery of the Genesee Valley has several designated validated ministries, that is, programs or organizations run by teaching elders and receiving some oversight or support from the presbytery. Lagom…
Supporting Our Seminarians
Third Church is proud to have two seminarians currently under its care: Becka Fergusson-Lutz at Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School, and Gabi Henry at Princeton Theological Seminary. The following letter…
October Preaching Schedule
October worship and preaching themes default to (somewhat) normal after the first Sunday of the month. The Rev. Alex McNeill, director of More Light Presbyterians, will join us virtually that…
I-PEAce Monthly Prayer for Israel-Palestine
This month’s “Prayer for Israel/Palestine” comes from the Sabeel Wave of Prayer: In early September a lockdown in the Gaza Strip was extended after the number of patients suffering from…
“Praying through the Congregation” begins October 6
Third Church staff, and others gathered at Tuesday morning prayer, pray for every congregation member by name during the course of a year. We will begin the list again starting…
Transitory Talk from Pastor Z: Renewing Church
Well, we’ve kicked off the program year with more gusto than we might have imagined not too long ago. Rally Day morphed into Rally Week, thanks in part to the…
Children’s Ministry Update, October 2020
There is so much going on in faith formation at Third Church—even remotely, we are able to do ministry in new and meaningful ways! In the first few weeks of…
Adult Spiritual Formation, October 2020
Sunday Seminar—Sundays, 9:30-10:30am, on Google Meet Sunday, October 4—As part of our Theologian-in-Residence weekend, Alex McNeill, Executive Director of More Light Presbyterians, gives a talk entitled “There is Yet More…
Anti-Racism Project
What is the Anti-Racism Project of Third Presbyterian Church? Our mission is to create sustainable cultural change, driven first by Listening and Learning, then Acting with awareness toward equity and…
Z-Notes, 9/24/20
Two more days left on my quarantine…but who’s counting?!? You want to know how many hours? I have held up a lot better than I thought I would. I came…