NYAPC celebrates Legacy Sunday on April 29 with the founding of The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church "Birthday Fund." Members and friends of all ages are invited to Peter Marshall Hall for a time of fellowship, fun, and crafts with birthday cake and balloons. The "Birthday Fund" offers opportunities to celebrate life in a way that enhances the church's missions and community outreach. Please visit the Give section of this site and Special Gifts for additional information about the new fund.

Join us for a women's retreat lead by Rev. Frances Taylor Gench. We'll begin Friday, May 25, around 7:30 p.m., and share three meals on Saturday, ending with dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Applications for scholarships from the Kathryn G. Heath Scholarship Fund are now available. Scholarships from the Fund are designated to assist academically able, but economically disadvantaged, women who wish to study for professional careers.

My Colombia Experience 2012 Witness for Peace Beth DuMez Colombia: entirely new to me; very limited time to become prepared. Witness for Peace: an NGO, about which I knew nothing. I came to define it as a human rights monitoring and advocacy organization.

News from our partner church, First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana, has focused on the initiatives and busy activities of the young adults and youth--all inspiring! In October at the Congregational Annual Meeting, First Havana’s Music Director, Sandra Santos, was elected to the Consistory (aka, Session), and Sandra’s husband, Oscar Cañizares, was elected Youth Group President. (Sandra visited NYAPC with two Elders in October 2010.) In addition, the new program “One More for Christ,” a Sa...