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<![CDATA[Tidewater Presbytery (PCA) - News]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:41:38 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[ANNOUNCEMENT: 38th Stated Meeting]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:32:16 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/announcement-38th-stated-meetingThe 38th Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Grace Covenant PCA in Williamsburg (1677 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185).

SCHEDULE: The worship service will begin at 4:30pm. TE Dave Latham of Birmingham Theological Seminary will be preaching. A dinner will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 6:30pm.

Materials for the meeting are on the members-only section of the website.

Please register or request excuse here no later than noon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026.]]><![CDATA[37th Stated Meeting]]>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:32:34 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/37th-stated-meetingThe 37th Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Crosswater PCA meeting at Stonebridge School in Chesapeake, VA (1629 Jolliff Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23321). The worship service will begin at 8:30am. Mark Jennings of Third Millennium Ministries will be preaching. Breakfast will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 10:00am.

Materials for the meeting are on the members-only section of the website.

Please register your attendance or submit your request for excused absence using the online form here. Form submissions will be accepted until noon, Thursday, February 5.
]]><![CDATA[36th Stated Meeting Announcement]]>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:15:44 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/36th-stated-meeting-announcementThe 36th Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church located at 403 Whealton Road, Hampton, VA 23666.

The worship service will begin at 4:30pm. TE Charles McKnight, Coordinator of MNA's African American Ministries, will be preaching. Dinner will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 6:30pm.

Materials for the meeting are on the members-only section of the website.

Please register or request excuse here no later than noon, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.]]><![CDATA[April 23rd, 2025]]>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:43:42 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/april-23rd-2025The 35th Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Trinity Presbyterian Church located at 1600 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk, VA.

The worship service will begin at 4:30pm. TE Paul Joiner, of Geneva Benefits, will be preaching. Dinner will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 6:30pm.

Materials for the meeting are on the members-only section of the website.

Please register or request excuse here no later than noon, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.]]><![CDATA[34th STated Meeting Announcement]]>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:52:32 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/34th-stated-meeting-announcementThe 34th Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Immanuel Presbyterian Church located at 4700 Colley Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23508.

The worship service will begin at 8:30am. TE Clint Wilke, of the Mid-South Church Planting Network, will be preaching. Breakfast will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 10:00am.

Materials for the meeting are on the members-only section of the website.

Please register or request excuse here no later than noon, Friday, January 31, 2025.
]]><![CDATA[33rd Stated Meeting Announcement]]>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:14:39 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/33rd-stated-meeting-announcementThe 33rd Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at New Life Presbyterian Church located at 3312 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453.

The worship service will begin at 4:30pm. TE Tom Gibbs from Covenant Theological Seminary, will be preaching. A dinner will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 6:30pm.

Documents are in the members-only section of the site.

Register here by noon, Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
]]><![CDATA[Called Meeting - August 17, 2024]]>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:22:02 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/called-meeting-august-17-2024The Moderator has called a meeting of the Tidewater Presbytery for 9am, Saturday, August 17, 2024, at New Covenant Presbyterian Church located at 1552 Kempsville Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23464. The purpose of this meeting is to examine TE Robert Corwin of Heritage Presbytery for transfer into Tidewater Presbytery (BCO 13-6) and address the matters related to his call to be an assistant pastor at New Covenant PCA.

The request for this meeting comes from the Session of New Covenant PCA and the TWP Membership Committee, which meets the requirements to call a meeting given in BCO 13-12 (at least three TEs and three REs from at least three different churches).

This should be a short meeting, so there will not be a meal.

MATERIALS: Materials for the meeting are available in the members-only section of the presbytery website. You may download the combined packet or access each individual report. Please note that there is now an archive of all presbytery minutes available in this members-only section. I will send out an announcement if reports are added or updated. The password for the members-only section is: PCAinRVA51!

REGISTRATION: Please register your attendance or submit your request for excused absence using the online form here. Churches/Clerks may register all their Ruling Elder Commissioners in a single form. Teaching Elder Commissioners must register individually. There is a place at the end of the form to list any visitors attending with you. Contact the Stated Clerk if you have any problems with the form. Form submissions will be accepted until noon, Friday, August 16, 2024.]]><![CDATA[32nd Stated Meeting Announcement]]>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:27:58 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/32nd-stated-meeting-announcementthe 32nd Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at By Grace Community Church located at 2831 Denbigh Blvd, Yorktown, VA, 23692.

SCHEDULE: The worship service will begin at 4:30pm. TE Bryan Chapell, the Stated Clerk for the PCA, will be preaching. A dinner will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 6:30pm.

MATERIALS: Materials for the meeting are available in the members-only section of the presbytery website. You may download the combined packet or access each individual report. Please note that there is now an archive of all presbytery minutes available in this members-only section. An email announcement will be sent if reports are added or updated. Contact the Stated Clerk if you need the members-only password.

REGISTRATION: Please register your attendance or submit your request for excused absence using the online form here. Churches/Clerks may register all their Ruling Elder Commissioners in a single form. Teaching Elder Commissioners must register individually. There is a place at the end of the form to list any visitors attending with you. Contact the Stated Clerk if you have any problems with the form. Form submissions will be accepted until noon, Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

Regarding registration and excused absences, please remember:

If you do not submit a request for an excused absence, you will be considered unexcused. Our by-laws recognize the following excuses: (1) immediate need for pastoral care: illness, funeral, crisis counseling, and weddings; (2) personal or family illness; (3) unexpected business demands; (4) extraordinary distance to travel by those laboring outside the bounds of Presbytery; (5) honorably retired and (6) Sabbaticals.
Ruling Elder Commissioners must be elected by their Sessions to represent their congregations prior to the meeting. If you were not so elected, you should sign in as a visitor, as you are not eligible to vote. BCO 13-1 - "When the Presbytery meets as a court it shall comprise all teaching elders and ruling elders as elected by their Session. Each congregation is entitled to two (2) ruling elder representatives for the first 350 communing members or fraction thereof, and one additional ruling elder for each additional 500 communing members or fraction thereof.”
A church that is unable to send at least one commissioner should notify the Stated Clerk with the reason for its absence if it wishes to receive an excused absence.

]]><![CDATA[31st stated Meeting Announcement]]>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:01:40 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/31st-stated-meeting-announcementI am pleased to announce that the 31st Stated Meeting of Tidewater Presbytery will take place on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, VA (1600 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23517).

The worship service will begin at 8:30am. TE Mike Sharrett of Blue Ridge Presbytery will be preaching. A breakfast will be served on site following worship. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin by 10:15am.

Materials for the meeting are available in the members-only section of the website. The password is available from the Stated Clerk.

Please register your attendance or submit your request for excused absence using the online form here. Churches/Clerks may register all their Ruling Elder Commissioners in a single form. Teaching Elder Commissioners must register individually. There is a place at the end of the form to list any visitors attending with you. Contact the Stated Clerk if you have any problems with the form. Form submissions will be accepted until noon,Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Regarding registration and excused absences, please remember:

If you do not submit a request for an excused absence, you will be considered unexcused. Our by-laws recognize the following excuses: (1) immediate need for pastoral care: illness, funeral, crisis counseling, and weddings; (2) personal or family illness; (3) unexpected business demands; (4) extraordinary distance to travel by those laboring outside the bounds of Presbytery; (5) honorably retired and (6) Sabbaticals.
Ruling Elder Commissioners must be elected by their Sessions to represent their congregations prior to the meeting. If you were not so elected, you should sign in as a visitor, as you are not eligible to vote. BCO 13-1 - "When the Presbytery meets as a court it shall comprise all teaching elders and ruling elders as elected by their Session. Each congregation is entitled to two (2) ruling elder representatives for the first 350 communing members or fraction thereof, and one additional ruling elder for each additional 500 communing members or fraction thereof.”
A church that is unable to send at least one commissioner should notify the Stated Clerk with the reason for its absence if it wishes to receive an excused absence.

]]><![CDATA[Support RUF at CNU - Beers of Advent]]>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:59:20 GMThttps://www.tidewaterpca.org/news/support-ruf-at-cnu-beers-of-adventRUF Campus Minister Peter Lyon has shared this invitation:

Each Fall/Winter I hold an end of the year fundraiser for the ministry called Beers of Advent. It is my way of putting the four years I spent working in the brewing industry to work raising money for the ministry of the gospel on the campus of CNU. It is also a fun way for me to meet new people in the area and introduce myself and the ministry.

Here’s how it works: You pay $150. $65 of that covers a curated case of 24 different beers; the other $85 is a tax deductible gift to RUF at CNU. You get a case of 24 different beers handpicked by me and the fine folks at the brand new Bird Girl Bottleshop in Newport News for the month of December leading up to Christmas. Invite friends and neighbors who might be interested in the beer… or supporting the ministry of the gospel at CNU!

Pick up is available in Richmond, Newport News, and Norfolk, VA.

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