News In Brief

Cannon’s Creek-Prosperity Celebrates 250 Years

By: Rev. Brett Blackman 2022 was a very significant anniversary for our church—being in Newberry County (South Carolina) for 250 years. Pictures fill a wall in our fellowship hall: church buildings no longer standing, congregation photos of bygone eras, and other...

Hyo Shin Church Welcomes New Pastor

On Sunday afternoon, November 13, 2022 a Commission of Northeast Presbytery installed the Rev. Kwang Sun Kim as the new Senior Pastor of the Hyo Shin Bible Presbyterian Church, ARPC, which is located in Flushing, New York City, New York for Rev. Kim.  Rev. Kwang Sun...

What Makes Your Heart Beat?

By: Nicole McCoy, Missions & Outreach Many around the globe are rejoicing as they leave 2021 behind. A year filled with many unknowns, many fears, many tears and many changes, this world we once knew is now unfamiliar in thoughts, attitudes and actions....

Steps to Safety

By: Chip Sherer A wonderful schedule of events is planned for ARPs here at Bonclarken this spring, summer, and fall.  We thank all the leaders of these events for their optimism and continued hard work.  We remain prayerful that our grounds will be filled...

Going to the Gym

By: William B. Everett The simple and quite logical fact of physical fitness is this, if one hopes to get in shape, one must exercise. Period! Exercise can come in any number of ways. However, be it swimming, walking, jogging, or riding a bike, it is necessary to...

What is a Presbytery?

Growing up in the ARP denomination or new to the ARP denomination, there are some things you may not know or understand really well. One question that is easy to explain, yet complicated as well is, “What is a Presbytery?” The Presbytery has the oversight of a group...

A Unique Church Homecoming

By: Brian Garner, Landmark News Service You can image the pastor of the precursor to Union ARP Church in Richburg standing on the church steps, issuing a call to his neighbors. Along with two companies of Revolutionary War re-enactors, the members of the public were...

Centennial ARP Rocks

By: Melissa Davis If you don't know about the rock painting movement that is sweeping the nation, then check it out. What happens is a group of people will paint rocks and hide them throughout their city and even to different parts of the world. People from all over...

Spring Orientation

Spring orientation of new ministers and ARP staff. Pictured front row (left to right): Kat Kuciemba, Elly Keuthan, Rebekah Thomas, Nancy Campbell. Second row: Jonathan Kuciemba, Zack Keuthan, Jeremiah Thomas, Alex Campbell. Back row: Watson Gunderson, Justin...

Florida Outreach Building

First Presbyterian Church of Lake Placid officially dedicated its new Genesis Center, an outreach center for the community, at 4:00 p.m. on February 28th. More than five hundred people attended the dedication service which featured music performed by the...