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July 23, 2024

A longstanding practice at Synod School is to offer a talk-back session with the convocation speaker each evening. At the start of his talk on Tuesday, Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall, this year’s convocation speaker, shared some of what he learned during Monday evening’s talk-back.

July 23, 2024

The Board Bulletin is published after each regular meeting of the Board of Directors of The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and represents information and actions taken that affect plans and programs administered by the Board of Pensions.

July 22, 2024

In the right hands — in this case, with the help of human props — the Rev. Scott Prouty, the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, gave Synod School attendees some fresh material during worship on Monday on an oft-told biblical story, the Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother.

July 22, 2024

Few Synod School convocation speakers can get away with birthing new words on the spot the way Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall did Monday morning.

July 22, 2024

The PC(USA)’s World Mission Office of the Middle East and Europe, in conjunction with several denomination partners, is sponsoring a webinar focused on the challenges faced by forced migration. “People on the Move” is scheduled for Monday, August 5 at noon Eastern Time.

July 22, 2024

Aug. 11 is Youth in the Church and the World Sunday. To help plan for this day or anytime you want to hear the voices of young people in your church, the Office of Presbyterian Youth and Triennium has created resources for youth, youth workers, educators and clergy.

July 21, 2024

Synod School, put on each year by the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, turns 70 this year, and so who else would leaders ask to preach during opening worship on Sunday than Elona Street-Stewart, a septuagenarian who’s the synod’s executive and Co-Moderator of the 224th General Assembly (2020).

July 19, 2024

Appalachia has long captured the imaginations of missionaries and politicians in the history of the United States.

July 19, 2024

Haitian-born poet, educator and advocate Enzo Silon Surin shared aspects of his remarkable experiences of healing and growth during the most recent edition of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast."

July 18, 2024

Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, 84, of Wooster, Ohio, died on June 21, according to her obituary.

July 18, 2024

Just two weeks ahead of the Covid pandemic began in March 2020, Sara Pantazes started the Young Justice Builders Club at First Presbyterian Church of West Chester, Pennsylvania, which she serves as Director of Faith Formation.

July 17, 2024

1001 New Worshiping Communities hosted a conversation for online and hybrid church leaders at the Wild Goose Festival in mid-July. Started in 2011, the four-day spirit, justice, music and arts festival took place at VanHoy Farms Family Campground in Union Grove, North Carolina.

July 17, 2024

An interfaith webinar will be held on Tuesday, July 23, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Cuba, where economic restrictions continue to hinder the ability of the people to get necessities, such as food and water.

July 17, 2024

With Kenya Mission Day coming on Saturday, more than 30 members of the PC(USA)’s national staff were privileged to hear a sermon during their online Chapel Service Wednesday by the Rev. Dr. Robert Ngugi, Secretary General of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, as well as musical offerings from Kenyan choirs.

July 17, 2024

As one of two PC(USA) churches recently honored as Cool Congregations by Interfaith Power & Light, Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Maryland, relishes telling the story of how it covered its roof in solar panels to provide all the electricity it needs, as well as filling some of the needs of its neighbors, including very low income adults in mental health recovery.

July 16, 2024

The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program is finalizing the itineraries of its 2024 International Peacemakers and needs your help to fill the schedules of peacemakers from the South Pacific and South Korea.

July 16, 2024

Sometimes things come full circle. The scene: At a Presbyterian Peacemaking Program conference at Ghost Ranch in 2010, a filmmaker from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance heeds a plea from retired pastor James Atwood to make a documentary about gun violence and its impact on families and communities. The result is the award-winning film, “Trigger: The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence,” since seen by millions of viewers.  Flash forward: This August 22-25, David Barnhart and his PDA crew will roll the cameras again at the James Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. The goal? To interview participants at the new gun violence prevention training event honoring the late Jim Atwood. The result? A planned sequel to “Trigger,” as part of the Presbyterian Decade to End Gun Violence.

July 16, 2024

Kaya Oakes’ upcoming book “Not So Sorry: Abusers, False Apologies, and the Limits of Forgiveness, ” which will be published by Broadleaf Books on July 30, made her the logical choice to appear last week on “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” to talk about forgiveness in faith communities.

Trabajar en el mundo por la paz, la justicia, la libertad y el desarrollo humano

July 15, 2024

Marissa Galván-Valle

Mientras navegaba por Facebook, vi que alguien compartió esta cita atribuida al Reverendo Doctor William J. Barber: «Los predicadores y predicadoras no pueden mantenerse al margen de la política. Somos capellanes del imperio o profetas de Dios». Esta declaración podría considerarse controvertida y provocó muchos comentarios sobre la separación de la iglesia y el estado, los partidos electorales y las candidaturas específicas. Al conocer el ministerio del Rvdo. Dr. Barber en la Campaña de los Pobres, interpreté esto como un llamado a quienes predicamos a involucrarnos en los asuntos de la polis.

평화, 정의, 자유, 인간적인 실현을 위해 세상에서 사역하는 일

July 15, 2024

마리싸 갈반-바예

페이스북을 훑어보다가 누군가가 윌리엄 J. 바버 목사의 말을 공유한 것을 보았습니다: "설교자는 정치에 무관심할 수 없습니다. 우리는 제국의 목사이거나 하나님의 선지자입니다." 이 발언은 정교분리, 지지 정당 및 특정 후보에 대한 많은 논란을 불러일으키며 많은 댓글을 촉발시켰습니다. 저는 ' Poor People’s Campaign'를 진행하는 바버 목사의 사역을 알고 있었으므로, 이를 설교자들이 폴리스(polis)  문제에 참여해야 한다는 요청으로 해석했습니다.