Summer Office Closure

July 13-17, 2026

The Donegal Presbytery Office will be closed for a one-week summer recess from Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17. The office will reopen on Monday, July 20. In case of emergency, contact Acting COM Chair Diane DeSieno at dianedesieno@msn.com. All routine business will be addressed when the office reopens.

Rise Up for Refuge

Saturday, June 20 (10:00 am - 4:00 pm)

Elizabethtown, PA

Hosted by Church World Service Lancaster

& Church World Service Harrisburg

Join Church World Service, immigration experts, and area faith leaders for a day of learning, reflection, and exploring concrete ways our communities can care for immigrant neighbors here in our region.

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Learn more and register for the event HERE.

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Want to attend with others from Donegal Presbytery? Indicate your interest HERE.

Juneteenth

Opportunities and Resources

Juneteenth is the oldest U.S. holiday commemorating the end of slavery. It marks June 19, 1865, the day Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to free the last enslaved African Americans – more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Donegal Presbytery Racial Justice Task Group invites you to participate in a Juneteenth event in your local area:

• Find Chester County Juneteenth events HERE.
• Find Lancaster County Juneteenth events HERE.
• Find York County Juneteenth events HERE and HERE.

Explore online Juneteenth resources for prayer, worship, and reflection compiled by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship HERE.

A Juneteenth Bible lesson for children is available HERE.

The Presbytery Office will be closed on Friday, June 19

to observe the Juneteenth holiday.

Follow Along and Pray for

General Assembly

Donegal Presbytery's Commissioners, Young Adult Advisory Delegate, and staff will soon be headed to Milwaukee, WI for the 227th General Assembly:

• Teaching Elder Commissioners – Betty Angelini, Matt Randolph
• Ruling Elder Commissioners – Carl Barr, Elizabeth Carrabine
• Young Adult Advisory Delegate – Emma Wilson
• Presbytery Staff – Erin Cox-Holmes, Sarah Kneier

We are grateful for their willingness to serve in this important way. Please keep them – and the entire Assembly – in your prayers as they seek to discern God’s will!

Watch the blessing of our GA Commissioners at the May Presbytery Gathering HERE.



You can learn about the major topics of discussion at this year's General Assembly, read news coverage, and get live updates from GA227 HERE.

LEFT: Blessing of Commissioners and staff at the May Presbytery Gathering. RIGHT: Young Adult Advisory Delegate Emma Wilson, who was unable to attend the Presbytery Gathering.

Columbia Dream Center

Assisting Fire Victims

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After a fire in Columbia, PA on Saturday destroyed three homes next door to the Columbia Dream Center – a ministry of Columbia Presbyterian Church – the Dream Center is accepting donations to help those affected by the blaze.

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View news coverage of the fire and Columbia Dream Center's response HERE.

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You can support the work of the Columbia Dream Center HERE.

Donegal Presbytery

Pastors Retreat

Open to all Ministers of Word and Sacrament

& Comissioned Ruling Elder Pastors

(actively serving and retired)

All Ministers of Word and Sacrament and Commissioned Ruling Elder Pastors (whether actively serving or retired) are invited to join us for a time of refreshment, fellowship, and learning in a lovely and convenient location!

Joys and Concerns

to Keep in Your Prayers

• Condolences to Rev. Scott Szabo, Pastor of Oxford Presbyterian Church, and his family on the death of his mother, Margaret Szabo, after a catastrophic fall. Scott and family are departing for a seven-week sabbatical trip to Europe, and Scott’s mom had been expected to join them.

• Congratulations to Slateville Presbyterian Church and Commissioned Ruling Elder Eric Chase, as he begins ministry as their CRE Pastor.

• Congratulations to Avondale Presbyterian Church and Rebecca Brown, who will soon be commissioned as their Commissioned Ruling Elder Pastor.

• Congratulations to the Our Table New Worshipping Community and the soon-to-be-Rev. Walter Kondratowski, upon his upcoming ordination as their Organizing Pastor.

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