The soup at Heritage Presbyterian Church in Glendale, Arizona, is a recipe for encouraging mission support.

Las co-moderadoras de la 223º Asamblea General (2018) Vilmarie Cintrón Olivieri y Cindy Kohlmann, han combinado los comités especiales que revisan el actual sistema de financiamiento per cápita y revisan la sostenibilidad financiera de la iglesia nacional. El comité especial brinda la oportunidad de facilitar la eficiencia y aprovechar la información que necesitan ambos grupos, a la vez que proporciona a miembros y experiencia necesaria para cada función.

현재의 상회비 예산 기반 시스템을 검토하는 위원회와 국가적 교회 재정 지속 가능성을 검토하는 특별위원회는 223차 총회 (2018)의 공동 총회장인 Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri와 Cindy Kohlmann에 의하여 15인 특별위원회로 통합되었으며, 통합된 특별위원회는 효율성을 높이고 두 그룹이 필요로 하는 정보를 활용하면서 각자의 신중한 기능에 필요한 구성원과 전문 지식을 제공할 수 있는 기회를 제공한다.

The special committees reviewing the current per-capita based system of funding and reviewing national church financial sustainability have been combined into one, fifteen-member special committee by Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri and Cindy Kohlmann, Co-Moderators of the 223rd General Assembly (2018). The combined special committee allows the opportunity to facilitate efficiency and leverage the information needed by both groups while still providing necessary members and expertise for each discreet function.

With what he calls a “labor force” that includes 119 mission co-workers and long-term volunteers as well as 63 Young Adult Volunteers – serving in at least 42 countries abroad as well as stateside – the Rev. José Luis Casal is clear on what is the mission of Presbyterian World Mission.

Squeezed together with girls about her same age, Mary sat on a bamboo pew in the sanctuary. It was the first morning of a three-day children’s trauma healing workshop. The list of things written in her new notebook included: too much housework, loss of my parents and missing school.

지난 주 갑자기 죽음을 맞이한 로비나 윈부시^{Robina Winbush} 목사와 마이크 밀러^{Mike Miller}를 기억하기 위해 미국장로교회 여러 기관의 직원들이 모여 오늘 루이빌의 Presbyterian Center에서 풍성한 회고의 시간을 가지었다. 미국장로교 정서기인 제이 허버트 넬슨^{J. Herbert Nelson, II}, 이 예배를 이끌었다.

"올해는 미국장로교회의 많은 사람들에게 힘든 해였습니다. 우리는 우리 공동 생활에서뿐만 아니라 우리 삶에서 많은 사람들을 잃었습니다" 라고 그는 말한다. "이 특별한 시기에 고통과 고난, 그리고 투쟁 사이에 깊은 연관성이 있습니다. 그러나 우리는 치유의 하나님이 독생자 아들을 희생하신 것을 알고 있습니다. 그래서 우리는 보다 풍요로운 삶을 살 수 있습니다."

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, is condemning last week’s deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The death toll currently stands at 50 with more than 40 injured.

“Once again it is a travesty that we are in such a time that there is not a significant respect for an individual’s choice of religion,” said Nelson, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) “The reality is we are challenged in this day and age to begin to put love back in the center of our humanity and in so doing, be able to embrace all of God’s people, no matter what they choose with regards to their faith.”

Music, prayer, and reflections were abundant at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville today, as staff from the various agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered to remember the Reverend Robina Winbush and Mike Miller, who both died unexpectedly last week. The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), led the service.

The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA joins its hearts and voice to those who have suffered in the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. This horrible tragedy is a toxic combination of gun violence, Islamophobia, anti-immigrant xenophobia, and white racist nationalism.