He looks me right in the eye, holding his cup in front of him all aquiver. Westley has been waiting — and waiting — for the moment when we all drink the grape juice, the blood of Jesus Christ, together.

Across the country and the world Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people took part in rallies and demonstrations against gun violence. The March for Our Lives was organized by students in various communities.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II has signed an amicus curiae brief in a suit filed in the Northern District of  California to enjoin the federal government from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The plaintiffs in the case are the University of California, the States of Maine, Maryland and Minnesota, the City of San Jose, CA, the County of Santa Clara, CA, the Service Employees International Union Local 521 and individual DACA recipients, Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jiminez Suarez, Viridiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez and Jirayut Latthivongskorn.

I was once in charge of logistics for an important meeting at an international airport. Since VIPs were flying in from all around the world, I wanted to make sure that everything was set up perfectly. I dutifully went to the conference room a couple of hours early and found, to my surprise, several strangers camped out.

If you overlook the name of a church, sometimes you miss a vital story in the life of their congregation. Such is the case for Valley United Presbyterian Church.

미국장로교회의 권징조례^{Rules of Discipline}에 대한 첫 번째 개정 작업을 수행하는 특별 전담반이 초안을 완성하고 교회 전체에서 의견을 모으고 있다. 6인조 단체는 2018년 9월 15일 두 번째 초안 작업을 시작할 때까지 피드백을 받게 된다.

The three-day RISE Together: A National Mentorship Network conference provided networking opportunities for attendees and offered a social justice and pastoral voice in support of women of color.

Un grupo de trabajo, que se enfocó en la primera revisión de las Reglas de Disciplina de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.), ha completado su primer borrador y está buscando que la iglesia de sus comentarios y sugerencias. El grupo de seis personas los recibirá hasta el 15 de septiembre del 2018, cuando se pondrán a trabajar en un segundo borrador.

A task force working on the first revision to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Rules of Discipline has completed its first draft and is seeking comments on it from throughout the church. The six-person group will receive feedback until September 15, 2018, when it will go to work on a second draft.

The part of tax law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in explicit political activity will remain intact for now, despite concerns that Republican lawmakers would try to repeal it in the latest massive federal spending bill they released this week.