December 10, 2024
If tears are a gift of the Spirit, then the Rev. Dr. Judi McMillan has been blessed. Even if some of those tears have been other than joyful. What began for the PC(USA) pastor 20 years ago with tears of happiness when she relocated from Nebraska to Michigan to accept a call as an associate minister at a large, non-Presbyterian church in a suburban university setting didn’t end as auspiciously as it had started.
December 9, 2024
An accomplished storyteller, the Rev. Dr. Ruth L. Boling returned last week to the place she earned her doctorate — Pittsburgh Theological Seminary — for an engaging hybrid discussion on “Season’s Greetings,” her book published ahead of Advent that features letters to modern readers from some of the biblical characters at or near Jesus’ birth, including the Lord himself.
December 9, 2024
With “Boomers and beyond” as his target audience, Chris Pomfret, the treasurer and a board member of the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network, led a webinar last week that helped Presbyterians in their “Third Thirty” — those 60 and older — to think about and hold conversations on what they hope to accomplish late in life. More than 60 people attended.
December 6, 2024
As far as Third Presbyterian Church’s Anti-Racism Task Force was concerned, the already overcrowded, post-Thanksgiving calendar was missing a critically important date for holiday shoppers.
December 6, 2024
“People may not be leaving religion behind as much as they are changing what being religious means,” the Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean told a group of 125 leaders of camp and conference centers affiliated with the Campfire Collective as part of the annual conference of the Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference Association (PCCCA).
December 5, 2024
For reconsidering the relationship between disability and spirituality, Georgetown University Professor of Jewish Studies Rabbi Julia Watts Belser will receive the 2025 Grawemeyer Award for Religion, the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary announced Thursday.
December 5, 2024
As a hunger action advocate for the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia, Jessica Fitzgerald loves to collect goods for farm laborers and their families, particularly migrants and seasonal workers who contribute to the state’s agriculture industry.
December 4, 2024
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship launched its initial “Lost and Found Virtual Peace Church” gathering on Sunday. The online offering, which is scheduled for each Sunday during Advent plus Dec. 29, featured Scripture, music, Communion, meditation and a thoughtful homily by the Rev. Dr. Laurie Lyter Bright, PPF’s executive director. Register for upcoming worship services here.
December 4, 2024
As was first reported by Presbyterian News Service on Nov. 5, several ministries in the new interim unified agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be reconfigured, including the Theology, Formation and Evangelism ministry area, which serves presbyteries and synods as they support congregations and develop spiritual leadership across the church.
December 3, 2024
The Interim Unified Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) released its annual report on church statistics this month with no particular surprises. The numbers in the report reflect statistics from 2023, which saw a decrease in the number of members, ministers and churches across the denomination, in keeping with trends from recent years. Meanwhile, new worshiping communities saw an impressive rate of growth.
December 3, 2024
Sitting next to a picture on the wall at her office, LaTrell Clifford Wood accidentally discovered a significant piece of her family’s history.
December 2, 2024
Westminster Presbyterian Church in the southwestern section of the District of Columbia has been serving the community for decades, evolving to address its changing needs.
December 2, 2024
For Eileen Lindner — a longtime Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor, mid council and denominational leader — October 31 has always been much less about celebrating Halloween than it is about observing Reformation Day.
November 27, 2024
The Rev. Mark Elsdon, an author and co-founder of Rooted Good, which has partnered with the PC(USA) on its Good Futures Accelerator Course, joined Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall, the PC(USA)’s Deputy Executive for Vision and Innovation, for a recent edition of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” hosted by Dr. Andrew Peterson and Simon Doong. Listen to their 52-minute conversation on reimagining church property here.
November 27, 2024
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, have collaborated to offer an innovative four-year dual degree program empowering students with the skills necessary to meet the evolving demands of faith-based leadership in today’s complex world.
November 26, 2024
After days of long, intense marathon sessions of negotiation, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) concluded in the early hours of Sunday morning in Baku, Azerbaijan. The negotiated outcomes included a new $300 billion international climate finance goal, known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG).
November 26, 2024
A single phone call nearly 20 years ago turned Jenni Whitford’s whole world upside down. Whitford and her young family had just returned from vacation when her husband’s workplace called.
November 25, 2024
In the most recent edition of “Leading Theologically,” which can be viewed here, the Rev. Bill Davis and the Rev. Zoë Garry take a look back at the most recent season’s five broadcasts.
November 25, 2024
An innovation in store during the 227th General Assembly, which will be held online and at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 23-July 2, 2026, will be Community Day on Saturday, June 27.
November 22, 2024
On Saturday, the Moderators’ Conference closed just as it had opened on Friday — with worship led by the Co-Moderators of the 226th General Assembly, the Rev. CeCe Armstrong and the Rev. Tony Larson, with Armstrong offering up a sermon she titled, “Who Needs Jesus?”
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