In a rapidly changing church and world, no one is exempt from fear and anxiety, the Reverend Veronica Goines told more than 430 leaders of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) presbyteries and synods gathered in Portland, Oregon, for the annual Polity Conference and fall meetings.
“If we don’t stay on our knees, we will not make it,” said Goines, pastor of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Marin City, California. She preached at a worship service that opened the joint gathering.
“So many of us went into ministry for an ideal, and it’s turned out to be an ordeal, and we want a new deal,” Goines said. But, “It’s better to be in the mess with God than to be in the clear without God.”
In light of the recent shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon in which eight students and an assistant professor were killed, PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness (OPW) hosted a webinar to provide a forum for discussion and advocacy strategy. The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, OPW’s director, discussed gun violence and its underlying causes, urging participants to lobby elected officials to enact measures that will eradicate or reduce gun violence in the United States.
The Rev. Leslie Vogel, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-worker serving Presbyterian World Mission in Guatemala since May 2013, is the 2015 Alumni Mind and Heart Award recipient, given by Whitworth University, a nationally ranked, private Christian liberal arts university in Spokane, Wash.
For three days this summer, more than 150 women and men from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) came together to reflect on and celebrate the rich history of the Catawba Synod and the impact it has had on the life of the church.
El Rev. Dr. Antonio Aja, moderador del Caucus Hispano Latino, ha enviado una nota, felicitando el nombramiento de Tony De La Rosa como director ejecutivo interino de la Agencia Presbiteriana de Misión.
A small group at Briargate Presbyterian Church recently gathered together to design an invitation for the Louisville church’s upcoming domestic violence workshop. Pam, whose mother had been killed by her father in 2008, was ready to share her story publicly in hopes that others would not have to experience what she, her family, friends, and church members have experienced. Pam said, “I want our invitation to read, ‘It happened in our church!’”
The 2016 Mosaic of Peace conference, sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, is a 12-day conference that provides Presbyterians an opportunity to walk among the ancient stones in the Holy Land, where Jesus himself once walked. The itinerary includes visits to Jerusalem’s Western Wall, Bethlehem’s Christmas Lutheran Church and a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee—to name just a few.
Conversaciones sobre identidad se están llevando a cabo a través de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EEUUA) y el Comité de la Oficina de la Asamblea General (COAG) quiere asegurarse que todos participen.
¿Qué significa ser presbiteriano/a? ¿A qué es llamada la iglesia a ser en nuestro tiempo? ¿Cómo debe la denominación servir en el futuro?
Preguntas válidas están siendo discutidas en diferentes rincones de la iglesia y ahora el Comité de la Asamblea General que supervisa los trabajos de montaje entre reuniones bienales está invitando a toda la denominación a una conversación de toda la iglesia.
"En estos tiempos de cambio …
[Español] Identity conversations are taking place across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) wants to make sure all join in.
What does it mean to be Presbyterian? Who is the church called to be in this current day and time? How should the denomination serve into the future?
The 2015 International Peacemakers have begun their visits across the United States, meeting with churches, presbyteries and synods. One of them, Vartkes “Kass” Kassouni, recently reflected on the ongoing upheaval in the Middle East.