Keynotes

Social Justice Summit Keynote, 9 am Saturday, 4/5

Rev. West McNeill of NYS Labor-Religion Coalition (a project of the Kairos Center at Tides)

Address Highlights the Challenges of These Times

Rev. McNeill is the NYS Labor-Religion Coalition Program Director. They are ordained in the United Church of Christ and have over a decade of experience organizing with community, faith, and labor organizations across New York State. They were named to City & State’s “Faith Power 100” list of New York’s most influential religious leaders. West holds an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, a B.A. in journalism from Ithaca College, and is a graduate of the Union Leadership Institute of the NYS AFL-CIO and Cornell. 

Anniversary Gala Keynote Address, 7 pm Saturday, 4/5

 The Rev. Jihyun Oh is the Executive Director and Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She was elected and installed at the 226th General Assembly in July 2024. Oh is the first Korean American to serve in the denomination’s highest office, only the second woman, and the first woman of color elected to lead the PC(USA) in its more than 300-year history in the United States.  

Oh earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and German Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Finance from Florida International University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary.  

For five years, she served as director of Mid Council Ministries in the Office of the General Assembly and previously was OGA manager of call process support. Ordained as a teaching elder by the Presbytery of Tropical Florida on behalf of the Presbytery of Chicago, Oh has served in several pastoral roles as well as hospital chaplain.  

“I love this church, the part of the body of Christ that is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),” Oh told the Assembly. “I love this church for who we have been, warts and all, and for who we are now and who we will become as we faithfully discern God’s call for us.”  

Story-Telling 

• • Eleanor Allison (posthumously) 
  • Bill Pindar, previous director of Stony Point Center
  • Margie and Carolyn Palm, children of previous director of Stony Point Center
  • Jane MacDonald, long-time supporter
  • Bill Collins, Stony Point Center fixture since the 1980s
  • And more! (email and add yourself to the Story Tellers!)

Songs and Music

• • Bill Carter, Presbybop
  • Frank Sole & Margy Capecelatro, The Folk Project
  • Bill Collins, Charmin’ Billy  (of Stony Point Center)
  • Warren Cooper, Take 5: Stop the Violence!
  • Tim Shew, Broadway Performer (Chicago, The Producers)

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