Chair: Tina Johnson

• Emily K. Corzine, TE Staff Support
• Jayne Elgin, RE PW

2026

• Tina Johnson, RE Chair
• Jim Miller, RE
• Kathi Bubb
• Nate Achterhof

2027

• Nicole (Nikki) Hogarth, TE
• Wendy McCormick, TE
• Kelsey Sorge, TE
• Nikki Hogarth

2028

• Jennifer Bunker, RE
• Diane Boster, RE
• Scott W. Schnapp, MWS
• Michael Woods, MWS

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OSUKirk.org

Who We Are

OSUKirk is a Presbyterian Campus ministry to students, faculty, and staff of the Ohio State University and young adults in Central Ohio.

Mission

OSUKirk offers an open and inclusive understanding of Jesus and his call on our lives to young adults and college students of central Ohio and on OSU’s campus while giving a unique perspective of and opportunities from the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Vision

The vision of OSUKirk is to partner in ecumenical ministry with Jacob’s Porch to help nurture a deeper and more mature faith in young adults, and foster connections with PC(USA) congregations.

The Rev. Taylor Barner is our OSUKirk Presbyterian campus minister serving The Ohio State University at Jacob’s Porch. He believes in seeing young people as not simply the future of the Church, but also as leaders of the present Church. Taylor would love to come serve in leadership at your church soon either by preaching, teaching a class, or speaking at a youth group event. We hope you will consider welcoming him to your church soon so he can share more about Jacob’s Porch and the campus ministry at Ohio State University! Please contact Taylor at Taylor@jacobsporch.com.

Support Presbyterian Campus Ministry at OSU

Building the ministry we envision will require all-hands-on-deck from churches from all across the state of Ohio in order to have the reach and impact that we hope to have on campus. In addition to your prayers and/or providing a meal for a Sunday night gathering, you can support this ministry through your financial support. Gifts of any size will go a long way to deepening our important work with students. This could be a one-time or recurring contribution from you or your church’s mission, outreach, evangelism, or young adult ministry funds, or could also be a gift from the funds your church has collected through the Pentecost Special Offering of the PC(USA). We are building this ministry from the ground up, so individual and/or church support will have an immediate and profound impact on our work.

Individuals and Churches are encouraged to partner with us by contributing to the OSUKirk Sustainability Fund, which will allow there to be a Presbyterian Campus Minister on the OSU campus for years to come:

• Partner Level ($500 – $1999)
• Sustaining Level ($2000-$4,999)
• Covenant Level ($5,000-$9,999)
• Buckeye Level ($10,000+)
• “Dot The I” Level ($100,000+)

You can find out more information about our Sustainability Fund at osukirk.org.

If your church can partner with us in building this ministry, please reach out to a member of the OSUKirk Board to explore together what a more robust partnership might look like!

By filling out this form  you share your church’s commitment to support campus ministry at OSU. Questions, please contact us at ukirk@jacobsporch.com. Contributions to OSU’s Presbyterian campus ministry can be made by sending a check made out to the Presbytery of Scioto Valley, 4131 N. High St B, Columbus, OH 43214 with “OSUkirk” in the memo line. Online payment through ZELLE: payments can be made to accounting@psvonline.org

In Christ’s Service, OSUKirk Board Members:

• Rev Trip Porch, Co-chair – trip@indianolapres.org
• Kathi Bubb, Co-chair – kathibubb@gmail.com
• Rev Todd Tracy – ttracy@spcnewark.org
• Bob Patterson – bobpatterson1305@gmail.com
• Duane Cable – duanecable5@gmail.com
• Shine Robison – robisonshine@outlook.com
• Dr. Fred Hitzhusen – hitzhusen.1@osu.edu
• Paul LaMontagne – DyPxLaMo@outlook.com

Nurture and Outreach Commission supports education and events for pastors, church leaders, clerk training, elders and deacons.

• The annual Partners in Education (PIE) event provides leadership training for all elders, deacons and church leaders. This event is typically held the first or second Saturday of January.
• Pre-presbytery events: The goal of pre-presbytery events is to provide programs with timely topics such as older adult ministry, environmental concerns, drug overdose awareness and other current topics.
• Resource Center:The resource center, located in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley Office provides books and resources related to worship, congregational life, devotional, age level ministries and other topics relevant to church and church life.

• Visit our Matthew 25 resources for more information
• Read the most recent newletter (pdf)

Matthew 25:31–46 calls all of us to actively engage in the world around us, so our faith comes alive and we wake up to new possibilities. 

Nurture and outreach commission assists congregations in mission service and stewardship and provides encouragement, guidance, grants and resources to congregations in mission, prophetic witness, leadership development, worship, evangelism and administration. Some of the ways we do this is through:

• Mission Projects
• Mission work Trips
• Self-Development of People (SDOP)
• Peacemaking Events
• Local Mission
• Global Mission
• Stewardship and Ecological Concerns
• Promotion of Peace and Social Justice
• Westside Urban Mission
• Neighborhood Mission Grant
• Peacemaking Mission Grant
• We work in conjunction with the Presbyterian Church (USA) – presbyterianmission.org
• Costa Rica Mission Opportunity

The commission for nurture and outreach provides programming and coordination for older adult ministry.

Purpose:

• Interchange between congregations and the Presbytery of ideas and information related to older adults so that a willingness to care about Older Adult Ministries can be built up in the congregations and the Presbytery.
• The mission of the Presbytery of Scioto Valley’s Older Adult Ministry Team is to partner with congregations to provide life-enhancing programs for and with older adults.

Vision:

• Provide support, resources and encouragement to all congregations, session and staff in establishing and maintaining meaningful older adult ministry programs and activities.
• Maintain a central collection of books, articles, and other related resources pertaining to the issues of older adults.
  Maintain awareness of community organizations who share similar interest for information useful to congregations.
• Communicative information and a activities from OAM committee to the congregations at Presbytery meetings.
  Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network (POAMN):
• The Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network actively addresses the new challenges and ever changing needs of our church’s aging membership, and advocates on behalf of our older adults. POAMN members include pastors, educators, and many others who work with older adults in our congregations, presbyteries and retirement communities.

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION

“Presbyterian Women understands that scripture asks us to be the hands and feet of Christ in the world. As such, Presbyterian Women provides information about justice and peace and ministry to inform mission and community-building work.” –PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S MINISTRY WEBSITE

Visit our Presbyterian Women webpage for information and resources.