A Bible story set in the ancient city of Nineveh helped connect children at First Presbyterian Church of Lake Park, Iowa, with the modern-day challenges of South Sudan.
규례서 예배 모범 개정안 14-F가 통과되기 위해 필요한 노회 과반수의 찬성 투표를 얻었습니다. 총회 정서기가 보내는 비디오 메시지를 보십시오. 이것은 또한 한국말과 스페인어로 볼 수 있습니다. 이 개정안과 관련하여 질문과 답변이 들어있는 문서와, 총회장과 부 총회장이 작성한 목회 서신을 읽고 공유해 주십시오. 이 모든 자료들 및 다운로드할 수 있는 다른 자료들은 pcusa.org/marriage에서 얻을 수 있습니다.
[Español] [한국어] Amendment 14-F of the Directory for Worship in the Book of Order has been approved by a majority of the presbyteries. View a video message from the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, which also is available in Spanish;[Español] and Korean [한국어]. Read and share a document with questions and answers related to the action, and a pastoral letter from the Moderator and Vice Moderator of the General Assembly here as well. All of these materials, and other downloadable resources, are available at pcusa.org/marriage.
La enmienda 14-F del Directorio para la Adoración en el Libro de Orden ha sido aprobada por la mayoría de los presbiterios. Véase un video mensaje del Secretario Permanente de la Asamblea General, que está disponible en inglés [English] y coreano [한국어]. También, lea y comparta un documento con preguntas y respuestas relacionadas con la acción y una carta pastoral del Moderador y Vice Moderadora de la Asamblea General adjuntos aquí. Todos estos materiales y recursos descargables, están disponibles en pcusa.org/marriage.
A majority of the 171 presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have approved a change to the current description of marriage in the PC(USA)’s Constitution.
Rev. Jeanie Shaw, a new worshiping community leader and a member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) national response team, has been thinking about how to describe a house church that outgrew her living room and backyard? How to speak about what they see and feel?
내가 섬기고 있는 노회 안에서 몇몇 새로운 신앙 그룹들이 생겨나고 있다. 한 그룹은 자신의 그룹이 형성되고 있는 동안에 그 그룹을 섬기기 위해 안수를 받은 한 목사에 의해 인도를 받고 있다. 또 한 사람은 자기 공동체의 목사가 되기 위해 위임 사역 장로 (CRE)가 되고 있는 과정에 있다. 나는 전에 목회 위원회에서 섬긴적이 있었기 때문에, 이러한 것들을 보면서 안수의 목적과 기원에 대해 생각해 보게 되었다.
<한국어><Espaňol> In the presbytery in which I serve, several new faith groups are emerging. One is led by a teaching elder who was ordained to serve her group while it was still being formed. Another is becoming a commissioned ruling elder (CRE) in order to be his community’s pastor. As a former member of the presbytery’s committee on ministry, this has gotten me thinking about the purpose and origin of ordination.
Following up on the 2014 General Assembly’s Cuba assignment—made well before the historic announcement in December 2014 easing U.S. sanctions against its island neighbor—the Advisory Committee will be visiting Cuba March 17-21.
The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the Reverend Gradye Parsons, and members of the Office of the General Assembly and World Mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were honored in February to spend a day with our ecumenical partners from the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) and international partners from the Waldensian Church of Italy addressing issues of migration and border policy in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The NCC lends their collective voice to issues of migration and wrote a powerful statement just this summer addressing our country’s treatment of families and children fleeing Central America.