synod of the mid-atlantic
Preregistration Is Preferred
80th Annual Day Registration Link
The last day to register is
Thursday, October 31, 2024 by 12:00PM
We have lodging available with
Holiday Inn Monticello - Charlottesville
1200 5th Street Ext., (I-64 and Route 631)
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 977-5122
If lodging is needed, please use the link & code below:
Booking Link: Virginia Council of Churches
Booking code: VOU
Hotel Room Rate: $119 plus tax
Important:
If you plan to attend in-person, please register prior to the day of the event so an adequate head count can be taken for the purpose of lunch being served onsite.
Thank You
We encourage all to attend!
October 26, 2024 9 am – 4 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Howard County
Columbia, Maryland
The 254th Synod Assembly Elects New Leadership
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Barry Parks,
Moderator
Barry presently serves as the Vice-Moderator of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic and the Temporary Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of the James. Born in Washington, DC and raised
in Northern Virginia, Barry graduated from Virginia Tech and made his career in radiation and nuclear safety at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.
He was ordained as an Elder at Catoctin Presbyterian Church in Waterford, VA, where he was active in worship, youth ministry and pulpit supply. He and his wife Ann joined Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, in 2018 and served as Clerk of Session
for four years. Last March, Barry was certified as ready to receive a call as a Commissioned Ruling Elder.
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Leah Epps,
Vice Moderator
Rev. Leah Epps is the pastor of Greenway Presbyterian Church in Lenoir, NC and a member
of Presbytery of Western North Carolina. Leah is a 2016 graduate of Union Presbyterian
Seminary in Richmond, VA. Her first call was to the yoked churches of Fairview
Presbyterian and United Presbyterian, both in Lenoir. Leah was ordained and installed for
these churches in December of 2020.