Henry Martin Robert (1837–1923) 은 육군 준장으로 전역을 한 엔지니어였다. 로버트 장군은 갑작스럽게 어떤 모임을 진행해달라는 요청을 받았지만 어떻게 해야 할 줄을 몰랐다. 그렇지만 그 요청을 거절하는 것은 옳지 않다고 느꼈다. 그 모임은 “…14시간 동안 진행되었습니다…”그리고 로버트는 다음과 같이 말했다, “나의 당혹스러움은 극에 달했습니다.
<한국어> <Espaňol> Henry Martin Robert (1837-1923) was an engineer who retired from the U.S. Army as a brigadier general. Gen. Robert was asked – unexpectedly – to preside over a meeting, and did not know how, but felt it would be worse to refuse. The meeting “… lasted for fourteen hours…” and Robert said, “My embarrassment was supreme. I plunged in, trusting to Providence that the assembly would behave itself. . . . [and] the determination that I would never attend another meeting until I knew something of . . . parliamentary law.”
Military and government chaplains representing four denominations met last week at the Montreat (N.C.) Conference Center for their annual credentialing and training course. The second of two annual offerings of the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel (PCCMP), the gathering brought 35 chaplains and their families together for a time of learning, daily worship, connection and refreshment. A total of 150 chaplains attended either this or the event held earlier this year in Zephyr Point (Cal.) Presbyterian Conference Center.
The goal is clear: Provide quality education for 1 million children by the year 2020. It’s a goal established through an initiative adopted by the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The initiative, titled “Educate a Child, Transform the World,” seeks to participate in the work of global poverty alleviation, one of Presbyterian World Mission’s three critical global initiatives.
A Kentucky high school student has set aside speed and comfort and taken an environmentally friendly approach to his lawn care business and it has garnered the attention of Presbyterian Church leaders. Noah Wilding is a sophomore with a major interest in climate change. Instead of taking the quick and easy way of cutting grass with riding mowers and gas-powered trimmers, Wilding prefers to utilize a solar panel to charge his electric mower, trimmer and weed whacker. He also rides his bike to jobs, pulling his equipment on a cart.
Presbyterians will be hearing words of encouragement from a Cuban minister this fall. Edelberto Valdés Fleites, a lifelong Presbyterian and pastor, is among the International Peacemakers visiting the United States in September and October.
Bible Study yesterday morning at the national 1001 New Worshiping Communities Conference began with a simple question: “Where have you experienced bigotry because of race?”
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Chair Marilyn Gamm told attendees at the national 1001 New Worshiping Communities Conference last night that support for the church’s new worshiping communities remains “strong and unshaken” by events of the past year.
As part of the Big Tent 2015, held last week in Knoxville, Tenn., two of the Racial Ethnic Caucuses and Councils elected and installed new leadership to serve two-year terms.
Nestled in a tree-shrouded urban neighborhood of Seattle, Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church has launched an innovative program aimed at helping alleviate homelessness in the city. Partnering with Mary’s Place, a local homeless agency, and a nearby vocational school, the congregation is expanding its ability to house and staff its own homeless shelter, Julia’s Place, by placing a tiny house on church property.