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• Of sharing food and company

  By Megan BachmanMarch 15, 2012

  

  At three upcoming potlucks, starting next week, villagers can share their cooking and enjoy the “luck of the pot.”

• Minister passionate about justice

  By Megan BachmanMarch 31, 2011

  

  Now preaching from the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church, new pastor Joe Hinds has a Southern accent and a passion for social justice.

• Youth linen drive aids women’s shelter

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 14, 2010

  

  The youth of First Presbyterian Church are holding a linen drive throughout the month of November, collecting new, white linens for the Family Violence Protection Center of Greene County.

• Shower of Stoles to exhibit at Presbyterian church

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 15, 2010

  

  Drawing attention to the plight of gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender people of faith around the country, next weekend the Yellow Springs First Presbyterian Church will host a national exhibit of liturgical stoles representing 1,000 homosexual clergy members of 32 religious denominations, many who have been excluded from serving in their church due to their sexual orientation.

• First Presbyterian church spotlights the plight of gay people of faith

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 9, 2010

  

  To draw attention to the plight of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith around the country, the First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs next weekend will host a national exhibit of liturgical stoles representing 1,000 clergy members of 32 religious denominations…

• Presbyterians throw birthday bash for community

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 2, 2010

  

  The Yellow Springs First Presbyterian Church is throwing a 150th birthday party for the community that supported it through its long history on Friday, Sept. 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 on the church’s front lawn.

• Presbyterians celebrate 150th

  By Megan BachmanAugust 26, 2010

  

  In 1855 the First Presbyterian Church was founded in Yellow Springs when Nancy Love, tired of going by horseback in bad weather to churches in Clifton and other nearby towns, successfully convinced her husband Robert to start, with other locals, a Presbyterian church here in town. Five years later, the members, for $5,000, built the church that still stands on Xenia Avenue today.

• Church harbors a market in winter

  By Stephanie BeasleyJanuary 7, 2010

  While church basements tend to be the place for after-service coffee hours and socials, the basement of the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church will soon veer off the traditional path and host vegetables. Beginning this Saturday, Jan. 9, from 9 a.m. to noon, the church will sponsor its first winter farmers market.

• Lotsa thanks

  By YS News StaffDecember 3, 2009

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• Presbies welcome new pastor

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 5, 2009

  Growing up in the farming community of Arcanum, Ohio, almost five decades ago, Doris Arnett Whitaker was surrounded by strong, church-going women who passed on to her their highest aspirations for a young girl: if she worked hard, she could grow up to be a nurse, a teacher, or a minister’s wife.

  Whitaker took that advice seriously, although she’s given it a significant twist. She’s not the minister’s wife. She’s the minister.