At the same time a Kentucky county clerk was being jailed for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-gender couples, Paul Kempf and Robb Gwaltney said their vows in the Presbyterian Center chapel yesterday. An intimate group of friends, family and co-workers gathered to witness the ceremony presided by the Rev. David Maxwell, an editor at the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. Kempf has been an employee of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2012 and Gwaltney is a former employee who helped plan and oversee the PC(USA) move to Louisville in 1988.
We Presbyterians believe that God’s image is reflected in us, including our ability to be co-creators and co-laborers in the world. There is something fulfilling and even holy in doing your best work. Our cooperative work allows us to do things we cannot do individually. Through our sense of vocation we connect to the web of labor relationships as we seek to build a more just society. For this Labor Day, we affirm the church’s stance on labor and offer up examples of our work in pursuit of dignified work, better conditions, and fair wages.
More than 5,600 in 67 countries. That’s how many community projects have received support over the last 45 years from the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People. SDOP is celebrating the milestone this month and church leaders are thrilled with the progress communities have made.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Gender & Racial Justice will host the first-ever #SpeakAntiracism Twitter chat Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. The hour-long conversation, 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT, will be moderated by Sera Chung, associate for Gender and Racial Justice in Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries.
The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), which represents a network of food producers, laborers, faith-based and social justice organizations, is recognizing two groups for its 2015 Food Sovereignty Prize. The Federation of Southern Cooperatives in the U.S. and the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras will be awarded the prize on Oct. 14, 2015.
When asked how she’s empowered by her faith, Emily Chun quickly replies, “My faith gives me purpose and assurance that my life is not an isolated event without consequences, but one that is part of a bigger, cosmic reconciliation between God and man.”
A study team of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP), appointed last year to study the "two state solution" to the Israel/Palestine conflict, is welcoming written comments or statements on the feasibility and nature various concepts of statehood and the rights, values and characteristics attached to those concepts.
“마음(heart)을 교육시키지 않고
지성(mind)을 교육시키려는 것은 전혀 교육이 아니다”-아리스토텔레스
최선을 다하라 (Go all in)
올 해에 우리 가족에서는 세대 교체가 일어나고 있다. 내 아내 캐티는 33년 만에 처음으로 학교에서 가르치는 일을 하지 않고 있다. 우리 손자 딜런은 유아원에 다니기 시작했다. 그래서 올 가을에는 적어도 우리 가족 식구들 중 누군가는 학교에 다닐 것이다.
내가 처음 다녔던 학교는 Mrs. Williams의 유치원이었다. 내가 지금도 기억하는 것은 그녀가 나에게 내 이름의 철자를 쓸 수 있도록 가르치면서 매우 애를 먹었다는 것이다. 그녀는 내가 꼭 Gradye라고 써야한다고 주장했고, 나는 Roy라고 써도 된다고 주장했다. 왜냐하면 그 당시에 내가 들고 다녔던 점심 도시락 가방이 Roy Rogers 였기 때문이다. …
The Presbyterian Youth Workers Association (PYWA) is preparing to celebrate its 10-year anniversary by going “To The Hills.” The national gathering of youth ministry leaders will be held at Zephyr Point Conference Center, which sits on the shores of Lake Tahoe, Oct. 12-16, 2016.
Seven college women—including a pair of sisters—have each been selected to receive a $1,000 supplemental award through the office of Financial Aid for Service. The supplemental grants were awarded on the basis of the students’ responses to two questions proposed by the award’s co-sponsor, Women’s Leadership Development & Young Women’s Ministries.