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...

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...

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...

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

Read the 2016 Annual Report...

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...

EL Forum: Emotional Triangles

Ever since Adam, Eve, and Cain, human beings have learned to function in emotional triangles.

8 Things to do on a Sunday without Youth Group

No Youth Group this Sunday. We know, this is heartbreaking. We’ve all been there. So here are the top 8 Things to do on a Sunday without Youth Group. You’re welcome.   1.Build a Blanket Fort with your siblings ...

January 2017 Adult Sunday School Topics and Teachers

Adult Church School Topics and Teachers — January 2017 ACTS — B-205 (1) No class; (8) Faith for the Journey — Ambassador Mark Erwin; (15) Braves, Ballplayers & Faith — Carroll Rogers Walton; (22) TBA — Mic...

BookIt! January: The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi

I’m reading The Water Knife for our discussion on January 12 (12:30 pm at Myers Park Presbyterian Church). Admittedly it’s not an easy book to get into but I think we will be glad we read and discussed it (h...

Advent in Cuba

A group of Myers Park youth are in Cuba this week, participating in cultural exchange, learning, and building relationships with our partners in Remedios. You can learn a bit about our history and work in Cuba h...

Christmas Eve Services

Christmas Eve services at 2, 5, 8, and 11 p.m....

Year End Giving Reminder

It has been an exciting year at Myers Park Presbyterian Church!...

December Adult Sunday School Topics and Teachers

Adult Church School Topics and Teachers – December 2016 ACTS–B-205           (4) Why is the good news so good? — Dr. Craig Gourley; (11) TBA; (18) Healing Hearts Together — Anne Nielson; (25) No Cl...

Back in the Comfort Zone

We landed in Charlotte late last night. People were speaking English. Traffic patterns made sense. The air was crisp. It was the same place we’d left behind a week ago. In some ways, we took our comfort zone w...

Wild Love

Oof. It was an early morning. We wanted to get a hop on the construction portion of our day, so we backed up our schedule by about an hour. Over breakfast, Melissa prayed for us to “…continue to know this comm...

The House of Health

Part of the larger effort in Getsemani is the Casa de Salud, a community health clinic. There’s no dedicated health professional for a community of this size, but a local doctor comes through frequently to add...

Celebrations, Concrete, and Corn Ice Cream

Well, we got to sleep in. We haven’t been on some crazy schedule of waking up before dawn or anything, but it was a welcome bit of extra time to relax with a cup of (excellent) coffee. Court trying to get the ...

Opening Up

Some of us split off to go shopping today. Not really for souvenirs or items to remember our time here by, but for groceries. We were cooking lunch for everyone, more on that later. Francis and Lolita took us th...

Let’s Do This

Habitat El Salvador doesn’t mess around. They host around 75 groups every year and build dozens of homes. Six in ten Salvadorans live in inadequate housing. That basic human need just isn’t being met for the...

Looks Like We Made It

There’s no amount of coffee that can make 4 a.m. feel like anything other than the middle of the night, but that’s when we arrived at the airport. Fourteen of us from Myers Park Pres are in El Salvador for t...

Toward A Theology of Refuge

None is too many “None is too many.” That was the chilling (though, in the 1930s, not especially controversial) comment made by a Canadian immigration official when asked how many Jewish refugees Canada woul...

Ministry Partner Post: Friendship Trays

Eyes Wide Open Friendship Trays loves to get kids and youth involved with our work and open their eyes to the reality of need in our community. One of our most loyal partners is CROSS Missions, a ministry of Mye...

Strength

STRENGTH Strength: the ability to resist being moved or broken by a force. Strength of body, strength of mind, strength of faith, strength of God. This week has marked a week of tragedy for our country. The unne...

Neighbors

For those of you who do not know, this summer I am working as an intern for CROSS Missions in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mission of CROSS is to “cross over boundaries that divide us, cross out stereotypes ...

Let the Adventure Begin

A faithful church and youth ministry engages young people as partners in the Kingdom of God, utilizing their skills and igniting their passion for justice....