Low-income, food-insecure families often lack access to fresh, nutritious food like fruits and vegetables. Through the Mobile Food Pantry Program, the Food Bank of WNY delivers fresh, perishable food items such as produce and low-fat dairy products directly to those in need throughout Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties.  When receiving assistance at a food pantry or…

Congregation Shir Shalom invited members of the North Presbyterian Church choir to join them for concert on December 14, 2019 to celebrate the release of their recent CD, Hanukkah Nights.  North choir along with Cantor Arlene Frank, Shir Shalom High Holy Quartet, Shiru Na/Pop-Ups and various talented musicians teamed up for a night of beautiful…

We invite everyone to join Pastor Hennessy and Rabbi Lazarus-Klein for the pulpit exchange. Pastor Hennessy will be speaking on “How I View America: A Presbyterian Perspective” at Congregation Shir Shalom, 4660 Sheridan Dr., Williamsville, on Friday, November 15, at 7:00 p.m. Rabbi Lazarus-Klein will be speaking at North Presbyterian on Sunday, November 17, at…

Join a Centering Prayer group on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. at the Center for Christian Growth (formerly called the Resource Center) at North Church. Centering prayer is not just a method of silent and contemplative prayer, but more of a prayer where we consent to God’s presence and action within us.  Learning to quiet our…

Thank you to everyone who joined us last evening to hear international peacemaker Thang Van Lian from Myanmar, who is traveling in WNY as part of the PC(USA)’s International Peacemaker Visit. The International Peacemaker’s work supports a Matthew 25 Church in hunger ministries and welcome. Myanmar has been known as a country embedded in centuries…

Thank you to Improv WNY and everyone who helped us with this fun event on Sept. 14. Thanks to you, we raised $1500 for North Church!

The bus pulled out of Maryvale Presbyterian Church/Presbytery of WNY this morning at 4:53, heading to Purdue University (Indiana). Please pray for safety for our teens, and that they will have fun and develop a deeper relationship with God this week during Triennium.

Thank you to everyone who participated in a candlelight vigil to protest conditions in U.S. border detention camps, at North on Friday, July 12, from 8-9 p.m. Besides Pastor Hennessy, we heard from Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein (Congregation Shir Shalom), Rev. George Nicholas (Lincoln Memorial UMC), Khalid Qazi (Islamic Society of Niagara Frontier, and NPC spokespeople….

Thank you for helping us reach our goal of $2,000 to help veterans at Willow Lodge (VA Medical Center). They will be able to enjoy the little extras that make a day special: an impromptu pizza party or Tim Horton’s coffee and donuts, for example. This is the 6th year we have supported them, and we…

This year the Mission Committee has chosen the Humanitarian Respite Center (RHC) operated by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen, Texas, to receive 100 percent of the offering. Immigrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador are fleeing from difficult circumstances—the rape of women and teenage girls, the recruitment of young boys into…

Thank you to Acclaim Duo for their wonderful music Friday evening, May 31. Two well-known Houghton musicians/professors brought an eclectic blend of classical, jazz, and contemporary Christian compositions to their concert. “Acclaim Duo” is comprised of Dr. William John Newbrough (right in photo) and Dr. Armenio Suzano. Classical pianist and composer Newbrough is professor of piano, director of…