The first class of a parenting program in cooperation with the Camden Central School District met in 1998 addressing issues of single parenting, dysfunctional families, and child abuse. Today a former Roman Catholic parish hall provides a center for donated clothing that is sold at low cost or provided free to fire victims and others in need. Purchase of and equipping the building has been made possible by grants from the Presbytery of Utica and three area foundations. The Cluster 13 program is in full swing because of the Rev. Dr. Carl Geores, a guiding light of Mission at the Eastward. Dr. Geores brought new vision and vitality to this rural upstate New York community.
Partnership continues among congregations, communities, denominations, and seminary faculty.
Cluster 13 is connectionalism in action and has become a designated mission project for many of the 5,248 members and 39 congregations in the Presbytery of Utica.