November 13, 2024
In one of the latest efforts to reduce gun violence by turning weapons into innocuous objects, such as gardening tools, more than 70 firearms were taken out of commission recently in Denver, Colorado.
November 13, 2024
Faith leaders and faith groups have for decades been engaged with climate negotiations, calling for climate justice for the most vulnerable people, communities, and countries who are most impacted by the effects of climate change. Their calls come from both their moral and justice perspective as people of faith and also from their experience as actors in humanitarian response and transformative development.
November 13, 2024
Nearly 90 national staff members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered online Wednesday for a Chapel service to honor the 12 colleagues whose positions were eliminated last week amid ministry reconfiguration announced by Executive Director and Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev. Jihyun Oh.
November 13, 2024
Just ahead of the final gift she’ll give to Presbyterians from around the country — training and encouragement during the annual Moderators’ Conference Nov. 14-16 — the Rev. Tricia Dykers Koenig was on the receiving end of expressions of thanks for her work and well wishes as she retires from her role as Associate Director for Mid Council Relations in the Office of the General Assembly and, more visibly, as parliamentarian at recent General Assemblies.
November 12, 2024
Talking about money, and even more directly, asking for money as part of church stewardship, can make people uncomfortable — including church pastors and leaders.
November 12, 2024
On October 19, a group of 14 — pilgrims, really — from the Synod of Lakes and Prairies arrived at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As part of their civil rights journey through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, they came to walk the grounds where history holds its breath, to witness a Presbyterian institution that bears the weight of the past with the dignity of the present and the promise of the future.
November 12, 2024
The most recent installment of the Office of the General Assembly’s Leader Formation webinars featured three guests speaking with host Martha Miller on the topic “Discovering Leadership: Called to Serve.” The series is designed to help ruling elders and deacons to grow in the important ministries they contribute locally, regionally and nationally.
November 11, 2024
During the episode of “Leading Theologically” that dropped Monday, the host, the Rev. Bill Davis, engaged not one but two seminary presidents — the Rev. Dr. José R. Irizarry, president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo, president of Columbia Theological Seminary. Their 35-minute conversation is here.
November 11, 2024
“Your neighborhood is full of people who will likely never come to your church” reads the call to action inviting leaders to a “missional entrepreneurship immersion” event in Sterling, Virginia from Jan. 29-31, 2025.
November 11, 2024
The Rev. Dr. Margaret Kibben, a PC(USA) pastor and retired rear admiral who’s been serving nearly four years as Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, prayed in the House Chamber Friday for the nation’s nearly 18 million veterans. Watch her prayer here courtesy of C-SPAN.
November 8, 2024
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells the story of her grandfather, John Wesley Rice, in the second decade of the 20th century, coming from rural Greene County, Alabama, to an educational institution in the former state capital, Tuscaloosa.
November 7, 2024
As a Synod executive based in Texas and now Florida, Valerie Young is exceedingly familiar with Hurricanes. The striking thing about the one-two punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is the breadth of the area severely impacted by the storms.
November 7, 2024
Memphis, Tennessee’s history with the Civil Rights Movement and current concerns around rights and relationships with Indigenous people ground pre-event offerings for the Association of Partners in Christian Education (APCE)’s 2025 annual gathering to be held in Memphis and online from Jan. 29–Feb. 1. Attendees will have an opportunity to arrive early to the historic Peabody Hotel and sign up in advance for tours of the National Civil Rights Museum; the Lynching Sites Project; its gospel, soul and R&B scene; and an “interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history rarely mentioned in American history.”
November 6, 2024
As the plaintive strains of “Be Still, My Soul” filled the Presbyterian Center, worshipers gathered for prayer, both online and in the chapel, on the morning following the national election.
Le processus de planification inclut la reconfiguration du travail ministériel
November 6, 2024
Rick Jones, Presbyterian News Service
Louisville
Le processus de redéfinition de ce que sera le ministère dans la nouvelle Agence unifiée intérimaire de l'Église presbytérienne (U.S.A.) est devenu un peu plus clair lundi. Des plans ont été annoncés pour reconfigurer plusieurs programmes ayant un impact sur les ministères de la théologie, de la formation et de l'évangélisation, de la compassion, de la paix et de la justice, de la société historique presbytérienne et de la communication.
기획 단계에서 사역 전반을 재구성하다
November 6, 2024
Rick Jones, Presbyterian News Service
Louisville
지난 월요일에 미국장로교의 새로운 임시 통합 기관 내에서 사역이 어떻게 진행될지 재정의하는 과정이 조금 더 명확하게 드러났다. 신학, 교육 및 전도부의 사역, 긍휼, 평화 및 정의 사역, 장로교 역사학회, 커뮤니케이션에 영향을 미치는 여러 프로그램을 재구성하는 계획 이 발표되었다.
November 6, 2024
The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance solidarity visit following Hurricanes Milton and Helene concluded last week with a day in Holston Presbytery in Tennessee, where resilience, innovation and togetherness were on display just as they were throughout the 10-day visit.
El proceso de planificación incluye la reconfiguración del trabajo ministerial
November 6, 2024
Rick Jones, Presbyterian News Service
Louisville
El proceso de redefinición de cómo será el ministerio en la nueva Agencia Unificada Interina de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.) fue aclarada el lunes. Se anunciaron planes que reconfigurarán varios programas que afectan a los ministerios de Teología, Formación y Evangelismo; Compasión, Paz y Justicia; la Sociedad Histórica Presbiteriana; y Comunicaciones.
November 6, 2024
In a nonpartisan vigil that provided a brief respite on what was an anxious night for many voters, the Rev. Jihyun Oh cried out to “the God of peace and justice” for the fortitude to keep doing the work that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long pursued.
November 6, 2024
Advent is a time of prayer and waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises. The Advent liturgy and worship resources published in the annual Lectionary Companion of the Call to Worship journal remind readers and faith leaders of this eternal hope, especially in the midst of wondering what election results and new administrations will hold for our common life together.
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