The Rev. Gordon Gartrell, a Presbyterian World Mission co-worker, recently received a prestigious award from the town council of Governador Mangaberia, Bahi, in northwestern Brazil where he serves with his wife, Dorothy. Gartrell was nominated for the honor by Cronor da Costa Silva, president of the city council and a noted Roman Catholic lay leader.

At the evangelism conference Sabbath Rest, Holy Surrender, Full Life, Rola Al Ashkar wanted to send a message to American Christians.

The story of a father and mother and the sextuplets baptized at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, was told on Sunday morning by the Rev. Mary Kay Collins.

Twenty-seven years of Saturdays, approximately 1,400 consecutive weekends of serving the “best meal in town,” is a pretty good track record of commitment. That’s how long Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York, has been running its dining room ministry, a hot meal program that started in 1991 and serves approximately 80 people each week. But that’s not enough for this 1,200-member congregation in north central New York. Their emergency food program has been similarly active for more than 20 years, and another hunger initiative, the East Avenue Grocery Run, a mere child at 9 years old, might be the most impactful program of all three.

A church doesn’t have to be wealthy to be a giving church.

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) calls for bold action in response to a new United Nations report on climate change. According to a U.N. international panel, earth’s atmosphere could warm by as much as 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels in the next 12 years.

미국 장로교 총회 정서기인 허버트 넬슨^{J. Herbert Nelson} 목사는 새로운 유엔 기후 변화 보고서에 대한 대담한 행동을 촉구한다. 국제 연합 (UNA)의 국제 패널에 따르면 지구의 대기는 향후 12년간 산업화 이전 수준보다 화씨 2.7도 더 따뜻할 수 있다고 한다.

그 결과는 가뭄과 빈곤이 심화되어 다른 문제들 중에서도 식량 부족과 산불로 이어질 수 있다고 넬슨은 말한다.

El Rvdo. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, secretario permanente de la Asamblea General de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) pide una acción drástica en respuesta a un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático. Según un panel internacional de la ONU, la atmósfera de la Tierra podría calentarse hasta 2,7 grados Fahrenheit por encima de los niveles preindustriales en los próximos 12 años.

Nelson dijo que los resultados podrían significar una mayor sequía y pobreza, lo que llevaría a la escasez de alimentos, a los incendios forestales y entre otros problemas.

During Tuesday morning plenary at the national evangelism conference “Sabbath Rest, Holy Surrender, Full Life,” 135 attendees were encouraged by Ryan McKenzie, director of program ministries at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center, to “silence themselves.”

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (UDTS) has received a $936,102 grant to help support the Clergy Coaching in Community and Context initiative. The grant is part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving in Ministry, an initiative that supports a variety of religious organizations across the nation as they create or strengthen programs that help pastors build relationships with experienced clergy who can serve as mentors and guide them through key leadership challenges in congregational ministry.