Neighborhood Groups

The primary goal of the Presbytery of Genesee Valley (PGV) is the encouragement and empowerment of healthy, vital, and sustainable congregations and leaders: active in the mission of serving God and neighbors, engaged with partners within the Presbytery and beyond it. We seek to practice that we are “better together” by encouraging and enabling partnerships in which congregations can build on shared strength to be effective in their mission fields. Thus, six Neighborhood Groups were formed to facilitate relationship-building and potential shared mission among our congregations.

Gathering PGV churches into Neighborhoods invites pastoral leaders and congregations to engage in conversations about ministry in their region of the Presbytery, what they may want to address or learn together, how they might support each other, and whether they might be active in mission together.

Anticipated Outcomes:

• • Growth in the number of mission partnerships, either regionally or project-based
  • A stronger network of support for all pastoral leaders
  • Churches deepening relationships with each other and supporting each other through prayer, shared mission, and gatherings
  • Churches and leaders learning new skills together that will strengthen their life and ministry