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PNNE Seeks Volunteer Treasurer
See info on "Staff and Leadership" page
The Presbytery of Northern New England (PNNE) is a mid-council of the Presbyterian Church (USA). PNNE consists of all the ministers and churches in New Hampshire, Maine, most of Vermont and northeastern Massachusetts. A formal description of the PNNE boundaries is found in the PNNE Bylaws, Article I.C.
At the end of 2024, 28 PNNE member congregations and one fellowship reported 2,029 members. More PNNE statistics are available on the PCUSA statistics page for PNNE. You can view a list of our churches on our CHURCHES page. Our approximately 112 active and retired Ministers of Word and Sacrament provides PNNE with a significant strength. The PNNE is one of the 19 presbyteries in the Synod of the Northeast.
The church is to be a community of faith, entrusting itself to God alone, even at the risk of losing its life.
The Book of Order
Synod Grant makes Church survey tools available thru COM
How recently have you looked at your congregation’s purpose? Who are the groups in your community with whom you can partner to serve your neighbor? What is unique about your calling to prepare members for ministry? The Synod has provided funds to help sessions study their community and to survey their congregation. Mission InSite and Church Assessment resources are available to you at half your cost. Contact Resource Presbyter Scott DeBlock via EMAIL to sign up.
Workshop on Preaching and Theology
Feb 19, 2026
Commissioned Ruling Elder (CRE) June Taing and the PNNE Commission On Ministry (COM) have arranged for Dr. James Calvin Davis https://jamescalvindavis.com from
Middlebury College (VT) to offer a Zoom workshop on preaching and theology for CREs and Ruling elders who preach. James is a lifelong Presbyterian who grew up in a small church in western Pennsylvania. He is currently a member of Albany Presbytery where he also serves a small congregation as well as their Commission on Preparation for Ministry (CPM). He was on the team that wrote Theology exams for the ordination process and has published several books. He teaches in the areas of religion, church history and ethics.
The workshop will be held on the evening of Thursday, Feb 19, 2026, in conjunction with CRE’s from Albany Presbytery. James will help us think about how our traditions, perspectives and hallmark theologies shape the way we read and understand the Bible as well as prepare sermons.
Please save the date—more details will come later! Questions? Ask June Taing. This workshop is made possible by the Synod Grant.
PNNE Cohort Retreat Beginning to Take Shape
Save the date for an all cohort retreat beginning with lunch Monday April 27 thru lunch Wednesday April 29, at Geneva Point Center in Moultonborough, NH. Cost will be $250 (with Synod grant money paying the other half of the real cost). Scholarship partnership will be available. Rev. Deb McKinley will be the leader, and your cohort convener should be soliciting ideas for topics you would appreciate. Deb is willing to work with our input. It is an amazing opportunity to be lakeside for worship, reflection and fellowship. Questions? Ask Al Timm, Kay Huggins or Marnie Silbert of the Synod Grant taskforce. Watch for registration information coming soon.
Ongoing Care for Ukraine
Composer and conductor John Rutter writes: "‘How can a composer respond to a global tragedy? By writing music is the most obvious thing. Like everybody, I’ve been shocked and dismayed by the events of recent days, and the first thing I wanted to do was write some music that would respond in my own way." Thus was born this new setting of A Ukrainian Prayer —
Боже, Україну храни
Дай нам силу, вірі, й надії
Отче наш, Отче наш
Амінь
A literal translation of the text is:
Good Lord, protect Ukraine.
Give her strength, courage, faith, hope. Amen.
Read more from Rutter. The score is available for free by submitting this form. You are welcome to duplicate the score for the sole use of your own choir. You may like to make a donation to a Ukrainian relief charity, perhaps equivalent to the approximate cost of the copies had you purchased them. If you wish, you are free to make an audio or video recording of the piece without a special license to do so.
For every contribution to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, 17% of designated gifts are allocated for PCUSA operational services, and the remaining 83% goes directly to the emergency response, in this case to organizations working directly with those fleeing Ukraine. Gifts can be made online, by calling (800) 872-3283, by texting PDAUKR to 41444, or by check made payable to Presbyterian Church U.S.A. with "DR000156-Ukraine" on the memo line.
Mail to: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264.