Welcome to First Presbyterian, Wooster, OH

A fifth congregation recently affirmed the  Call to Covenant Community in time to be featured in the summer edition of the Covenant Connection, along with the four most recent Covenant Congregations we welcomed in May.First Presbyterian ChurchWooster, OhioJeff Paschal, PastorOrganized in 1815, First Presbyterian has a long history of service to the community, including organizing the College of Wooster and seeding Westminster Church on the college campus.  First Presbyterian continues to be deeply involved in numerous outreach ministries, both locally and globally.  The congregation celebrates its diversity, “including traditional and non-traditional families, single people, college students, and many people of seminary experience. This church family strives to be multicultural, intergenerational, and inclusive, welcoming all who seek to follow Jesus Christ.”New Hope Presbyterian ChurchAsheville, NCAnne Morgan, PastorLocated in western North Carolina and less than 30 years old, New Hope Presbyterian Church is “a theologically diverse congregation that values traveling light and trusting God.”   With a strong emphasis on fostering discipleship, it intends to be a place “where traditional and progressive Christians worship and serve together in mutual acceptance and respect.”*   *   *Shady Grove Presbyterian ChurchMemphis, TNJarad Bingham, PastorBelieving that church is “a way of framing hope, and of moving through 
loss” and involves “the sharing of life,”  Shady Grove actively practices community through worship, study, and service.  An annual “Race for Grace” helps support local mission projects.  Located in East Memphis, Shady Grove shares its space with more than thirty community groups.*   *   *Lyndhurst Community Presbyterian ChurchLyndhurst, OHHarry Eberts, PastorThis active congregation in the Cleveland area shares “progressive and holy worship” every week.  It is currently engaged in a major “green initiative” to make its building substantially more energy efficient and also to help an inner-city congregation achieve similar savings.  It claims as core values to “Go Boldly • Love Deeply • Trust Radically • Live Gently • Worship Joyously  •  Forgive Freely • Care Constantly.”*   *   *Tippecanoe Presbyterian ChurchMilwaukee, WIKaren Hagen, PastorThis “emerging” church congregation in the Bay View-Cudahy section of Milwaukee offers an active homeless outreach program and a community garden, and encourages spiritual growth for all through its “Living Waters Contemplative Life Center.”