Lycee Dipa Graduates First Class of Women

After Myers Park Presbyterian Church and the Congolese Presbyterian Church (CPC) collaborated to build Dipa dia Nzamb, the girl’s school in Kananga, the CPC through their own initiative developed Lycee Dipa, a s...

BookIt for September!

If you enjoy reading fiction and participating in lively discussion, join us for Book It on September 14 at 12:30 p.m. at the church. Our book for September is In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, by Ruchama King...

Ministry Spotlight: Charlotte Family Housing

Charlotte Family Housing (CFH) is a shelter-to-housing program whose mission is to empower homeless families to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy. For...

Invitation to Serve with Children and Family Ministries

Sign up here to serve with Children and Family Ministries!...

Youth & Children’s Music Kick-Off

MPPC offers our youth an encouraging and engaging music and arts program dedicated to cultivating their gifts, and abilities to be church-wide leaders in worship and throughout the community. Children’s Wednesda...

Ministry Spotlight: Montreat Youth Conference

A few weeks ago, the high school youth of Myers Park Presbyterian Church attended the annual Montreat Youth Conference. The theme for this year, “A Missing Peace,” focused on finding peace in spite of the ch...

Farewell!

Following the end of my first semester away at college, I came home to Charlotte to a city I had visited twice, a church I’d been inside of once, and a home I had never seen. This served as quite the shock, an...

Running into Similarities

We are more similar than we are different. As a former high school cross-country runner, one of my favorite ministry partners of CROSS quickly became RunningWorks. Originally organized through the Urban Ministry...

Ministry Spotlight: Betty Bridges

Betty Bridges has been a faithful member of Myers Park Presbyterian Church for 70 years. She has participated in the life of the church in a variety of ways, including serving as an Elder, but she is best known ...

Montreat Fall Retreat

An announcement from staff and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Help Needed: Calling on the Charlotte Faith Community

When a three-alarm fire ripped through the Woodscape Apartments on Farm Pond Road in Charlotte last week, 139 residents and 41 families were left homeless. Ninety-four percent of them are low-income, 113 are non...

Ministry Spotlight: Mike Burnett

The Reading Buddies program is a partnership between MPPC and Freedom School. Once a week MPPC volunteers meet with elementary school students to work on reading and comprehension in a one-on-one, nurturing envi...

Montreat: A Wonderful Disruption

  Montreat was uncomfortable. An unfamiliar context. A disruption. Montreat was an overwhelmingly positive experience. These statements initially seem contradictory. We hear “disruption” and we picture natur...

Holding Hands with the Kingdom of God

Let’s get one thing straight – I am not a hugger. I consider myself a loving person but I am definitely not a hand-holding, hugging, kissing-on-the-cheek, snuggling, cuddling person… and yet the most stri...

Ministry Spotlight: Shelby & Halsey Patrick

The Reading Buddies program is a partnership between MPPC and Freedom School. Once a week MPPC volunteers meet with elementary school students to work on reading and comprehension in a one-on-one and nurturing e...

Willing to Listen

Every time I think the summer is going by too quickly, it speeds up.  I can’t even comprehend that we are over half way done with being CROSS interns. Looking back over the weeks that have passed since moving...

Montreat: Days Filled with Meaning

Around 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dick Darlington leaned over to me and asked, “So, how many of these kids do you know?” At “these kids,” he nodded toward our boisterous group of 55 high schoolers, all square d...

Ministry Spotlight: Anne Rankowitz

Children’s Sunday School is an important ministry in the life of MPPC. Teaching children about what God has already done as proclaimed in Scripture is a joyous responsibility we take on as members of Christ’...

Cuba: Be Present, Notice Things

Be present. Notice things. Those simple guidelines from Michelle grounded us throughout the week in Cuba. Whether at a meal shared with the youth of the church in Remedios or on the bus with each other, the inte...

Budapest Day 6 (Final Day)

Budapest Day 6 Lean on me. Lean on me. When you’re not strong. And I’ll be your friend. I’ll help you carry on. For, it won’t be long, ‘til I’m gonna need, somebody to lean on. – Bill Withers When as...

Job Opportunities: Weekday School

Job Posting: Half-Day Program Assistant Teacher, Weekday School Myers Park Presbyterian Church is currently seeking candidates for the Weekday School Half-Day Program Teacher Assistant. For over six decades, the...

Living Out Love: Philadelphia

Philadelphia – what comes to mind when you think of this historic city? Is it the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall, or the taste of an authentic Philly cheesesteak? The city is a big, beautiful melting pot of...

Budapest Day 5

Budapest Day 5 Where do you live? Chances are good, most of us reading this would say, “Charlotte.” In a foreign country, we might answer, “United States,” “the U.S.” or “America.” (or Canada). T...

Cuba: Liberation Theology

Cuban cultural night was lit (pardon the slang, we are a group of mostly high schoolers). Our Cuban friends treated us to an evening filled with skits, food, and dancing. We learned about the peanut salespeople ...

Cuba Musings

We have had so much fun so far in Cuba and have made so many memories and I know there are many more to come as we continue through our week! I was kind of nervous about the language barrier and how it would be ...

Budapest Day 3

Budapest Day 3 We Meet at Last They came from all over the world. Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya. Happy to be in Budapest. Afghanistan is represented through children and a couple of families. They have given their ne...

Budapest Day 4

Budapest Mission Day 4 The good man have Love. When the children, from all over the world, are asked their favorite things about the day, the answers are universal. The games. The songs. Making new friends. Smil...

Budapest Beginnings

The Weekend. July 1, 2017 Gathering. We are all coming from all different directions, but with a common purpose. Some left home the week, or two weeks before, to travel and for adventures. Some of us slept sound...

So Here We Are. Cuba.

So here we are. Cuba. It’s hard to know what to think of this place. For being so close to the mainland United States, it feels like I should know at least as much about this island as I do Canada or Mexico. M...

Living Outside Our Comfort Zone, Living Out Love

As we near the end of the first month of CROSS, I am beginning the see the ways the CROSS experience has transformed me. Through the program, we discuss a lot with youth the importance of living out our missio...

Playground Updates

An announcement from staff and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Tricia Rudisill

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and...

Ministry Spotlight: The Nelsons & Melissa Wall

Coming into the last week of offering for Loaves & Fishes, we highlight Janet and Lowell Nelson as well as Melissa Wall who actively serve our homeless and hungry neighbors through this ministry. Janet has been ...

World Refugee Day

The refugee crisis our world faces is the worst it’s ever been. According to the UNHCR, there are 22.5 million people forcibly displaced from their homes and seeking safety, stability, and refuge elsewhere. Over...

Ministry Spotlight: Loaves & Fishes Volunteers

This week we continue to highlight Loaves & Fishes and the volunteers that make this ministry possible. Two such volunteers are Barbara Merlie and Bryn Miles who have been serving at Loaves and Fishes for many y...

Welcome! From the 2017 CROSS team

Greetings from the Cornerstone, and welcome to another year of CROSS! As you can see, we have moved on over to our brand new website (ten thousand thanks to Josh Richard and the rest of Myers Park Presbyterian C...

Mission Stories: WDS Canned Food Drive

Weekday School teacher CaryAnn Wonderly often helps facilitate the WDS Canned Food Drive at MPPC. Each year, the kids spend an entire month collecting non-perishable food items to donate to Loaves & Fishes endin...

Ministry Spotlight: Loaves & Fishes

Hunger is a continually mounting issue in the city of Charlotte attributed to many factors. This week’s Ministry Spotlight focuses on an organization focused on changing that. Loaves & Fishes has fed those fig...

Ministry Spotlight: Von Clemans

Farewell… When I arrived in Charlotte in 1999 the church was dealing with yet another pastoral transition. The pastor then was leaving after just a few years at the church and the congregation was heading into...

Connect: The Interns are Here!

An announcement from staff and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: The Learning Collaborative

This week we highlight The Learning Collaborative, a comprehensive pre-school program focusing on hands-on involvement among teachers, students, families, patrons, and the community. The Learning Collaborative (...

Job Opportunity: Weekday School Half-Day Director

Myers Park Presbyterian Church is currently seeking candidates for the Weekday School Half-Day Director. For over six decades, the Weekday School has been a vibrant ministry of Myers Park Presbyterian Church, nu...

Ministry Spotlight: Alexander Youth Network

This week we also highlight Alexander Youth Network. Alexander Youth Network (AYN) provides quality professional treatment to children with serious emotional and behavioral problems across the state. Their vario...

Our Gifts At Work

We are calling May 14th our Day of Giving. Join us as we discover these transformational ministries—and make transformational gifts! Join us after services in the Circle Drive for information about each of our...

Connect: Thank You, Mothers

An announcement from staff and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

The Secret Wisdom of the Earth

This book, Christopher Scotton’s debut novel, is the last book for this year’s season of BookIt! I thought he did an excellent job of portraying the characters and the landscape of Appalachia. At first I was con...

Connect: Home from Preacher Camp

An announcement from staff and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Day of Giving – May 14th

A message from Sean Mitchell, Stewardship Director at Myers Park Pres: At a moment in history, Jesus turned water into wine. It was a miracle. Today, the transformational work of God continues in our world. As a...

Ministry Spotlight: Family Mission Trip – Hungary

This week we highlight our Outreach Ministry and the Family Mission Trip to Hungary. This year, a few Myers Park Presbyterian families will travel to Budapest, Hungary to minister with our neighbors there. Partn...

Ministry Spotlight: Crisis Assistance Ministry

Established by local clergy in response to the economic recession facing their community, Crisis Assistance Ministry has been providing new opportunities for those in need throughout Charlotte since 1975. As an ...

Church Officer Nominations

Connect: Living Into Our Calling

An announcement from staff and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: One Great Hour of Sharing

*Information cited from PC(USA) The Christian season of Lent is historically marked with fasting, a traditional practice of giving up food and devoting yourself to prayer. But this isn’t the only type of fasti...

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Week is upon us! Join us all this week as we prepare for the Passion of our Lord and the miracle of Resurrection on Easter Sunday. View a schedule of worship services and activities below:...

Book It – The Library of Mount Char

This one is a weird one! The Library of Mount Char is a fantasy novel written by Scott Hawkins. I have emailed with Scott and learned that he grew up in Aiken, SC attending First Presbyterian Church there. I loo...

Ministry Spotlight: Habitat Build in Grier Heights

This week’s Ministry Spotlight highlights the Habitat Build in Grier Heights. Spring’s build will mark the 9th home that Myers Park Presbyterian has helped build in Grier Heights. MPPC disciples Stewart Cowd...

Connect: Blessings to Celebrate and Challenges to Meet

An announcement from Von and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Jennifer Clifford

Jennifer Clifford has a passion for her family, church, and community. “She’s pretty much a rock star!” according to her husband Joe Clifford, Senior Pastor at Myers Park Presbyterian – though he admits to...

An Announcement From Von Clemans

An announcement from Von and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

The nation of South Sudan has been plagued with instability and civil war brought on by clashes between rival government factions. Since December 2013, rule-of-law has collapsed leading to widespread looting, de...

Grier Heights Build

We’re building our second Habitat House in six months for our neighbors in Grier Heights. Habitat for Humanity Charlotte was established in 1983 through the efforts of seven Charlotte churches to strengthen the ...

How’s Your Bracket Looking?

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: The Harvest Center of Charlotte

This week’s Ministry Spotlight and dedicated offering goes toward The Harvest Center of Charlotte. For over thirty years, The Harvest Center has serviced the situationally homeless, which make up over 85% of o...

Cultivating Joyful Lives

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Florence Crittenton Services of North Carolina

This week’s dedicated offering goes towards Florence Crittenton Services of North Carolina (FCS). FCS has been involved with the health and welfare of single pregnant and non-pregnant women and teens in the Ch...

Connect – 3/7/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Shepherd’s Center of Charlotte

This week’s Ministry Spotlight highlights Shepherd’s Center of Charlotte (SCC). SCC was formed 36 years ago by a group of Myers Park area churches and members of the local medical community to provide senior...

Connect – 2/28/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

BookIt: Hate List

I finished reading Hate List last week. I found myself very sad about the difficulties teenagers face and the power of social acceptance to destroy their lives. As a mother of two daughters, I empathized with Va...

Ministry Spotlight: Youth Mission Scholarship

Seventeen-year-old Tyree Watson has been on more mission trips than he can count, having been everywhere from Montreat to Philadelphia. A resident of Grier Heights, Tyree was introduced to Myers Park Presbyteria...

Connect – 2/21/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Cuba Mission Team

This week’s dedicated offering goes toward the Cuba Mission trip. The Cuba team meets several times a year to share experiences and stay abreast on what the church is doing there and learn about the ever-chang...

Connect – 2/14/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

BookIt: Underground Airlines

This novel offers “alternate history” if the Civil War never happened and slavery continues....

Parents of Faith

Parents of Faith, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 10 a.m. (come and go as you please), Outreach Center – Save the date for a special forum on Faithful Parenting. MPPC ministers Joe Clifford, Millie Snyder, Michelle Thomas...

The St. John’s Bible Comes to Myers Park

The St. John’s Bible Comes to Myers Park, Sunday, Feb. 26, 12:15-2:30 p.m., Providence Hall – Join us for an interactive experience for families, youth and adults with the St. John’s Bible, the first handw...

Ministry Spotlight: Waking Up White & Race Relations

“Self-examination and the courage to admit bias and unhelpful inherited behaviors may be our greatest tools for change. Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable enough to expose our ignorance and insecurities takes...

Connect – 2/7/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Muslim-Christian Relations

Dr. John Azumah, Director of International Programs at Columbia Theological Seminary, gives a talk on the importance of Muslim-Christian relations. Interview conducted by Dr. Leighton Ford....

Ministry Spotlight: Souper Bowl of Caring

Super Bowl Sunday and Super Bowl parties have become somewhat of an American tradition where friends and loved ones spend time together enjoying their favorite snacks guilt free while cheering on their team to v...

A Less Common Resolution

We’re just through the first month of the New Year – how are your resolutions holding up? We all know the typical goals we try to make this time of year; eating healthier, exercising more, getting organized ...

Connect – 1/31/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

PC(USA) Stated Clerk opposes order banning refugees’ entry into U.S.

Yesterday President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allegedly protect the nation from terrorists entering the United States. In practice, however, this order serves to further harm those who are the ve...

Ministry Spotlight: MAMA HOPE & Jania Massey

When resources are scarce or unavailable, and there is nobody around to advocate for you, it is easy to lose hope. Unfortunately, that is the reality for far too many people around the world and right here at ho...

2016 Annual Report

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Connect – 1/24/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Ministry Spotlight: Montreat Conference Center

This Sunday we highlight Montreat Conference Center and their contributions to the Presbyterian Church. Nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina, Montreat is one of three national conference centers af...

Connect – 1/17/17

Joe Clifford's weekly message and upcoming opportunities at MPPC....

Annual Consignment Sale

Discover a great way to sell or buy gently-used children’s clothing and accessories – all season and ages – as well as maternity clothes, car seats, sports equipment, and children’s furniture. The annual M...