The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) approved today—with applause—the 2017-2018 Mission Work Plan, a strategic plan that will guide the agency’s mission and ministry, set its priorities, and seek to identify and meet the areas of greatest need across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Symbolic of their common work toward unity and reconciliation, representatives from six Christian denominations jointly served Holy Communion to a congregation filled with worshippers from a diverse body of Christian communities here last week.
Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC) kicked off its January 28–30 plenary with opening worship and a celebration of the Lord’s Supper. Held at St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the host church, the worship service accentuated the group’s historic and ongoing commitment to work together to be change agents in the world.
지속 가능한(sustainable) 사역은 지속 가능한 사람들로부터 초래된다
지속 가능성이라는 단어가 많은 상황들에서 사용되고 있다. 우리는 땅이 내어줄 수 있는 것과 땅이 옥토로 존재하기 위해 필요로 하는 것 사이에 균형을 이루고 있는 농장에서 이 단어를 사용한다. 이 단어는 또한 견고한 경제 생활을 유지하기 위해 필요로 하는 자원들을 갖추고 있는 공동체들을 일컬을 때 사용된다. 재생 가능한 에어지 자원들 또한 지속 가능성이라는 단어로 표현된다.
우리는 또한 교회에 대해 말할 때에도 이 단어를 사용한다. 개체 교회는 그 교회가 하는 사역 그리고 정직히 말해서 그 교회의 사역자들을 후원할 수 있는 충분한 자원들을 지니고 있을 때 지속 가능한 교회로 여겨진다. 나는 여기에서 약간 다른 정의를 …
Ruling Elder Laurie Anderson, a nationally-recognized immigration advocate, has been named as the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s second new part-time interfaith associate in the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s office of Theology and Worship.
An Idaho pastor and Presbyterian Mission Agency Board member urged new small church pastoral residents to remember the role of mystery as they bear witness to God’s kingdom. During a Small Church Residency Program commissioning service in Louisville yesterday, the Rev. Marci Glass, pastor of Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho, drew from the parable of the sower in Mark’s Gospel to stress that God’s work surpasses human understanding.
The graceful entrance of a young liturgical dancer, Erin Williams—followed by a liturgy written and delivered by the children of Knox Presbyterian Church, Naperville, and its director of Children and Family Ministries, Jenny Hubbard—prepared the way for worshipers on the final day (Jan. 30) of the 2016 Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) to hear the Rev. Otis Moss III’s message to “make a way.”
I had the great pleasure of kicking off the New Year in Montreat, NC at this year’s College Conference! The four-day weekend was filled with challenges, friendship, exploration and growth.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced today it has exceeded the World Mission fundraising goal set in the fall of 2015 that allows most mission personnel, called mission co-workers, to stay in the field through 2016.
The Executive Committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) today (Feb. 3) approved a 2017-18 Mission Work Plan for presentation to the full board for approval at its plenary session this afternoon. If approved, the plan will be presented to the 222nd General Assembly (2016) in Portland.
Each year, churches around the world will purchase ecofriendly palm fronds as part of their Holy Week celebrations. The fronds, an integral part of the services, has become a major economic booster for farmers and workers in Mexico and Guatemala.