We have been given significant time focusing on new recruitment strategies for the 2027-2028 round of CGPI participants. One thing that we have discovered over the last few months is that there are still many congregations and individuals in the Synod who are unaware that the CGPI program even exists, in particular smaller rural and urban congregations. In order to get the word out we are planning a handful of CGPI “pop-up” events around the Synod. These “pop-up” events are designed to give...

Many who are reading this have likely had a retreat or a camp experience that they would describe as a spiritual “mountain top” event. An event wherein your faith is enlivened and deepened, or even – to use a word we Presbyterians are sometimes a bit afraid of – you have a mystical encounter with God that leaves your faith, your relationship with God, forever changed and enriched. Words often fail us here. Not because they cannot describe the experience, but because they can only describe...

We are impatiently waiting for the 3rd Annual Alma Preaching conference to begin! From June 4th to June 8th, we will welcome 14 new emerging preachers into the CGPI family, along with 24 returning participants, and 6 alumni. In addition, we are welcoming four new mentors to the program and several new speakers. This year, our keynote speaker is Catherine Williams, who serves as the Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship, and the Director of Chapel Worship at the Lancaster, PA campus of...