Going to GA223 in St. Louis? Want an interesting gig while you’re there?
The Office of the General Assembly (OGA) is looking for individuals to serve as “process observers” during the 223rd General Assembly in St. Louis, June 16-23. Process Observation takes place in the 12 Assembly Committees and involves measuring who participates, when they participate, and if there are changes in participation patterns when a committee shifts its process and practice.
With the historic summit between President Donald Trump of the U.S. and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un nearing, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, II has issued a statement reiterating the denomination’s persistent calls for a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The death toll continues to climb following Sunday’s eruption of the Fuego Volcano in Guatemala. More than 100 people are known to have died following the blast, and more than 200 are still unaccounted for. Communities near the volcano are buried under ash and rock.
At the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network (POAMN) national conference, titled “Savoring the Journey,” keynote speaker Dr. John Holton spent his evenings looking at the sky.
Since 1984, the Mission to the U.S.A. (MUSA) program has connected the Synod of the Covenant in Michigan and Ohio with international clergy and lay leaders through fellowship, hospitality, mutual sharing and awareness. MUSA, which was initially co-sponsored by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for about two decades, has helped each mission partner break down cultural barriers and truly become brothers and sisters in Christ.
Ongoing national dialogues with ecumenical partners, the role of local churches and presbyteries in fostering relations and just action with neighbors of all faiths, and deliberations over Presbyterian involvement in interchurch and interreligious councils and agencies will be on the docket of Committee 7 of the 223rd General Assembly (2018) when it meets in Saint Louis June 16–23.
Committee 7 will review the work of the General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations (GACEIR). It also will consider a prospectus for the third round of dialogue between the PC(USA) and the Episcopal Church in America and another prospectus for the ninth round of dialogue between U.S. Reformed churches and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
With a student body that represents 20 different denominations, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary has named a scholar of diverse religions and cultures as its tenth president.
In his opening sermon at the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network (POAMN) national conference, the Rev. Robert Watkins told attendees at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center that we in the church and culture — which is consumed with self — have forgotten how to live with and talk to each other.
Presbyterian News Service recently submitted questions to Joseph Kinaird, chair of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) about the upcoming General Assembly in St. Louis and its continuous discussions with the fossil fuel industry.
One of our core beliefs as Presbyterians is that the more people involved in a decision, the more likely we are to figure out where God is leading us. That’s why so many teaching elders and ruling elders are attending General Assembly. It’s also why Presbyterians spend so much time in meetings. We believe that many cooks only make the broth tastier.