by EPC Admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Chaplains, Ministers, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
EPC Chaplain Endorser Mark Ingles has washed his home in Colorado Springs, Colo., in blue light to honor first responders during the COVID-19 crisis. Ingles is a Teaching Elder in the Presbytery of the West and a retired U.S. Air Force Chaplain. “It’s simply a show of...
by EPC Admin | Apr 23, 2020 | Ministers, People, Uncategorized, World Outreach
Richard George “Dick” Oestreicher (born June 20, 1934) and Roberta Belle “Bobbi” Oestreicher (nee Bradley, born September 12, 1936) were married on August 30, 1958, at Grace Bible Church in Ann Arbor, Mich. They enjoyed 61 years together and went home to be with the...
by EPC Admin | Apr 19, 2020 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
One week after a series of tornados raked the southeastern United States, EPC churches are helping members of their churches and communities affected by the storms. Michael Allen, Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Laurel, Miss., said several members of the...
by EPC Admin | Apr 13, 2020 | Denominational News, General Assembly Meeting, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
D. Dean Weaver, Teaching Elder in the Presbytery of the Alleghenies, is the Stated Clerk Search Committee’s nominee to succeed Jeff Jeremiah as EPC Stated Clerk. Weaver is Lead Pastor of Memorial Park Presbyterian Church in Allison Park, Pa., and was Moderator of the...
by EPC Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Church News, Ministers, Ministries, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
As the human and economic toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic mounts, EPC churches in some of the hardest-hit areas of the United States have witnessed the death of parishioners in quarantine among other unprecedented challenges as they continue to minister...
by EPC Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Church News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Drive-in restaurants. Drive-in oil changes. Drive-in car washes. And for those old enough to remember, drive-in theaters. Big Creek EPC in Hannibal, Mo., has added “drive-in church” to the list. Nathan Markley serves as pastor of the congregation of less than 50 in...
