Part 2 of the “A Year with Matthew for a Matthew 25 Church” resource is now available for the nearly six months between Trinity Sunday on June 7 and Reign of Christ Sunday on Nov. 22.

Larry Sthreshley, a mission co-worker for more than 30 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), once more finds himself on the front lines combating a global pandemic. For years it was Ebola. Now it’s COVID-19.

For the first time in the history of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the denomination’s General Assembly will be held online only. The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a plan for a reduced assembly gathering that will require everyone involved — commissioners, advisory delegates, corresponding members and staff — to participate in a digital assembly.

미국 장로교 역사상 최초로 교단 총회가 온라인으로만 열릴 예정이다. 총회 사무국 위원회(COGA)는 관련된 모든 사람들—총대, 자문대표, 관련 회원들, 직원들이— 온라인으로 참여하는 단축된 총회 계획안을 지난 화요일에 만장일치로 승인했다.

Por primera vez en la historia de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.), la Asamblea General de la denominación se llevará a cabo solo en línea. El martes pasado, el Comité de la Oficina de la Asamblea General (COGA) aprobó por voto unánime un plan para una reunión abreviada de la asamblea que requerirá que todas las personas involucradas  —  comisionados/as, delegados/as asesores, miembros corresponsales y personal — participen en una asamblea digital.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) is asking people to contact their congressional representatives and call for voting rights protections in the next coronavirus stimulus package.

In less than a month, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has granted 208 requests for assistance in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic for a total of $1,119,688 in grants.

COVID-19 위기 가운데서, 전국의 교회들은 그 스스로가 음식, 사회봉사, 목회적 돌봄, 온라인 예배를 제공함으로써—희망의 지표임을 보여주고 있다.

장로교 역사자료 보관소(PHS)가 이 전례없는 시대에 반응하는 한 가지 방법은 미국장로교 교회들과 기타 예배 공동체의 2020년도 부활절 예배 자료 및 설교를 수집해 정리하는 것이다. 많은 내용들이 협회의 Pearl 디지털 보관소를 통해 출판될 것이며, 이로써 이제부터 교단 전체는 두려움에 직면해 희망을, 고통 가운데 위로의 메시지의 집합체를 갖게 될 것이다.

En medio de la crisis de COVID-19, las iglesias en todo el país se muestran como faros de esperanza, proporcionando alimentos y servicios sociales, atención pastoral y adoración en línea.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, churches across the nation are showing themselves to be beacons of hope—providing food and social services, pastoral care, and online worship.

One way the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is responding to this unprecedented moment is by gathering and curating 2020 Easter Sunday worship services and sermons from PC(USA) congregations and other worshipping communities. Many will be published in PHS’s Pearl digital archives, so that going forward the whole denomination will have a body of messages relating hope in the face of fear, comfort amid suffering.