Being Presbyterian

LOUISVILLE — The 2009 Moderators’ Conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) focused on technology and how it can be used in churches and presbyteries.

The theme of the conference, held here from Nov. 20-22, was “Blessings and Burdens: Where Technology and Church Life Converge.”

The church often asks itself how to reach young adults. To better reach any group of people, it’s important to understand the culture in which they live. Participants in their 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s and 30s described the events that shaped their generations — wars, music, civil rights and more.

At 25 years of age, Rev. Michael (Mike) Rundle, the new minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hanover, is currently the youngest serving minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

A native of Nova Scotia, Rundle began his ministry in Hanover in early September.

"It's God's calling for me to be here," he said, adding that after looking at the church's profile and visiting the community, "I realized this would be the best fit for me — a place where I could use the gifts God has given to me."

Those gifts, he said, include reaching out to others, visiting and "being able to discern others' gifts, helping them to use their gifts for God's mission and purpose in this church and in the community."

Our Presbytery is no longer sending snail mail.

No more meeting packets through the USPS. No more minutes. No more directories. Okay, the most recent Presbytery Packet came through snail mail. But no more!