North Alabama Presbytery
 The Rev. Bill McWeeny was given the Respect Award for service to individuals with mental illnesses.
From New Market to Old Brick, from Mountain Home to Valley Head, the 34 congregations and 5,310 members of North Alabama Presbytery (NAP) make God’s justice, mercy, and love a reality for their neighbors in the Tennessee Valley and beyond.
Huntsville’s Council for Faith and Mental Illness is providing the services of the Rev. William McWeeny to the area’s mental health services consumers. In 2007, Alabama’s mental health agencies awarded Rev. McWeeny their Respect Award, given each year to an individual who is consistently respectful and supportive to individuals with mental illness.
The youth of Hope Presbyterian Church in Huntsville helped a member with multiple sclerosis. Her husband worked long hours and she was confined to a wheelchair. The youth raked and bagged pine straw, tore down an old wooden fence, and cleared the yard of sticks and debris. The woman said that she couldn’t begin to express her gratitude for their hard work and kindness.
The Katrina disaster continues to send ripples across the Gulf Coast states. In July 2007, underwritten by the NAP Disaster Response Network, counselors from Maranatha Camp and Conference Center spent a week helping displaced people in and around Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Internationally, NAP Presbyterian Men continue to work with the Living Waters for the World project. North Alabama Presbytery’s South Africa task force continues to fight poverty and want in Soweto and other townships.
Presbytery Staff
Rev. Warner Durnell, executive presbyter
Richard D. Borie Jr., stated clerk
Linda Griffis, secretary
Marja Brock, bookkeeper
Sylvia Stager, funds development officer
Kerri Beth Talley, acting director, Maranatha
Mark Dutton, maintenance supervisor, Maranatha
David Nebrig, bookkeeper, Maranatha
PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
James Hudson, BOP
Rev. Jay Hudson, PILP
Almighty God, you have blessed us with wisdom in many minds, kindness in many hearts, and strength in many hands. Bless us with your spirit so that, with unknown saints and unseen witnesses, we may do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly in the footsteps of the Risen Christ. Amen.
Ps. 92, 149 Ps. 23, 114
Ezek. 43:1–12
Heb. 9:1–14; Luke 11:14–23
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