After a full day of presentations and discussion on Monday, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Executive Committee took a field trip on Tuesday. The group is in the middle of a three-day retreat in St. Paul, Minnesota and stepped away from the conference room to learn about local mission outreach and church expansion.

A mediados de los años ochenta, la vida de la Iglesia Presbiteriana Trinity en Tacoma, Washington, estaba colgando en un hilo y el Presbiterio de Olympia había comenzado a sugerir al consistorio el considerar cerrar sus puertas.

Las drogas, el crimen y las pandillas habían infestado el deteriorado barrio de la iglesia. Un puñado de miembros fieles asistía a los servicios de adoración y luchaba por mantener el edificio de la iglesia.

"Pero sucedió algo sorprendente", dice el pastor actual de la iglesia, Matt Robbins-Ghormley. "Ocurrió una resurrección". Según lo describe, la congregación pasó de estar "al borde de la extinción" a ser energizada a través de la misión en la comunidad.

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Executive Committee began its three-day retreat in worship today in the historic Central Presbyterian Church in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Afterwards, the group quickly got down to business with reports from both the Way Forward Commission and the All Agency Review Committee.

"This is what the future of the Presbyterian Church looks like!" Co-Moderator T. Denise Anderson declared to a group of nearly 40 young adults attending this year’s Presbyterian Intercultural Young Adult Network’s post-Big Tent gathering. Sponsored by Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries, the assembly of multicultural young adults ages 19-35 included individuals with ethnic backgrounds from five continents.

In the mid-1980s, Trinity Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, was on life support, and Olympia Presbytery had begun nudging the session to consider pulling the plug.

Drugs, crime, and gangs had infested the church’s deteriorating neighborhood. A handful of loyal members attended worship and struggled to maintain the church building.

“But something surprising happened,” says the church’s current pastor, Matt Robbins-Ghormley. “Resurrection happened.” As he describes it, the congregation went from being “on the brink of extinction” to becoming energized through mission in the community.

On the heels of the Big Tent conference in St. Louis, the ongoing PC(USA) Facing Racism campaign has released resources from the event with the theme “Race, Reconciliation and Reformation.”

Kim A. Shiley ha sido nombrada directora de desarrollo de la Sociedad Histórica Presbiteriana (SHP). Comienza su trabajo el lunes 17 de julio.

“Kim aporta años de experiencia como directora de desarrollo y directora ejecutiva para organizaciones en Filadelfia”, dijo la reverenda Dr. Beth Hessel, directora ejecutiva de la SHP y Secretaria Permanente Asociada Oficina de la Asamblea General de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.). "Ella también tiene un profundo trasfondo de fe. Todos/as esperamos con ansias trabajar con ella."

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) hosts its annual convention tomorrow and expects nearly 1,000 people from across the state to share concerns facing family farms. CCI was organized in 1975 when a handful of clergy began working on housing, crime and safety, and other urban concerns. When the 1980s Farm Crisis hit, they expanded the work throughout rural Iowa to support farmers by helping them obtain nearly $37 million in desperately needed credit. The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) supported that work financially for a number of years.

Kim A. Shiley has been named director of development at the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS). She begins her work on Monday, July 17.

“Kim brings years of experience as a director of development and an executive director for organizations in Philadelphia,” said the Reverend Dr. Beth Hessel, PHS executive director and Associate Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of the General Assembly. “She also has a deep faith background. We all look forward to working with her.”

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