Presbyterian & Pluralist: Equipping Presbyterian Colleges and Universities for Interfaith Leadership—to be held April 6–7, 2016, at Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago—is a gathering of college leaders, including administrators, faculty, and chaplains, and experts on interfaith dialogue that will enable Presbyterian institutions to engage religious pluralism for purposes of mutual understanding, service to others, and social action.
We came to Oklahoma from Portland, Oregon, in the winter of 1983. We had been living in our car for some time after having been evicted from our apartment. We couldn’t pay our rent, so now there were eight of us living in a car that barely ran. My six children piled up in the back seat, with my husband and me in the front. We had heard about work in Tulsa, and so we headed out hoping and praying we could find work and a place to live. Truth be told, we did not know what else to do. We had been eating out of garbage cans in the back of supermarkets and collecting cans and bottles to return for the deposit. We had to try to turn it all around.
In a year-end video message from the Rev. Hunter Farrell, director of Presbyterian World Mission for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), he says, “In 50 countries around the world, and in your community as well, Presbyterians are gathering hope—bearing witness to the hope we have in Jesus Christ.”
The Presbyterian Mission Agency recently held a consultation at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to begin the process of building a robust theological framework for its 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement. To date, more than 300 fellowships have been established through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) evangelism effort.
The deadline is nearing for applications to be received by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) committee tasked with nominating the next Stated Clerk of the General Assembly.
Potential applicants have until midnight, Eastern Standard Time, on December 21, to submit completed applications to the Stated Clerk Nomination Committee (SCNC).
Two Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) staff members, Rebecca Barnes, associate for Environmental Ministries and Bill Somplatsky-Jarman, coordinator for Mission Responsibility Through Investment with the Compassion, Peace & Justice Program, recently returned from the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) conference in Paris. The duo had joined world leaders, government officials, activists, business leaders and other faith-based representatives from nearly 200 countries at the conference to discuss the impact of climate change and possible solutions to avert climate disaster.
Two films directed by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance photojournalist David Barnhart have been selected for screening at the Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF). The films—“Kepulihan: When the Waters Recede” and “Locked in a Box”—are two of only six films included in the festival’s documentary section. The films will be screened at the festival Feb. 11.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “it is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.” Still today, people of distinct racial groups—black, white and others—largely continue to worship in their respective churches, segregated from one another.
Sweaty Sheept사역이 제 222차 미국 장로교 총회 (2016)까지 자전거로 이동하는 것을 계획하다
에바 스팀슨, 미국 장로교 총회 사무처 연락담당
6월에, 수백의 장로교인들이 오레곤 주 포틀랜드에서 열리는 제 222차 미국 장로교 총회 (2016)에 참석하기 위해 비행기나, 자동차나, 버스를 탈 것이다. 하지만 총회에 참석하는 한 그룹은 좀 색다른 방식—자전거—으로 포틀랜드에 갈 것이다.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Korean Church of Boston recently held a unique fundraiser to assist Presbyterian Disaster Assistance efforts to help Syrian refugees. The church hosted a benefit concert in collaboration with the Hwaum Boston Chamber Orchestra and several community sponsors.