Wednesday’s online Matthew 25 gathering focused on welcoming the stranger. The 80 or so participants learned from two Presbyterians who are currently working hard to carry out Jesus’ command to do just that.
A common table prayer opens with “O Lord, make us truly thankful for that which we are about to receive …”
Some Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partners who traveled to the United Nations Climate Change Conference are reacting to an agreement reached by world leaders and reflecting on their time spent there.
Twice during Wednesday morning’s virtual Transgender Day of Remembrance service offered by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a list of more than 40 transgender people who were murdered this year was shown.
“In Southwest Louisiana we talk of life before the storms and after the storms,” said CRE Nanette Cagney, pastor at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Lake Charles.
The “storms” are August 2020’s Hurricane Laura, followed by October’s Hurricane Delta, two of the five named disasters to hit the area in the last year. The “we” is everyone in Southwest Louisiana, including the patchwork of community groups that have come together in unprecedented ways to rebuild in the wake of recurring devastation.
The 2021 Moderators’ Conference ended Saturday night with a Q&A conversation between conference attendees and Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart and the Rev. Gregory Bentley, Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly of the PC(USA).
Seeds planted by mission co-worker Dan Turk and the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM), a longtime global partner of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) World Mission, are beginning to bear fruit.
Seeds planted by mission co-worker Dan Turk and the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM), a longtime global partner of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) World Mission, are beginning to bear fruit.
Moderating presbytery, congregational and other general meetings within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) requires wearing a lot of different hats. That’s what newly elected moderators and vice moderators learned at the recently concluded virtual Moderators’ Conference. They received that important tip from two people who know a thing or two about moderating church gatherings.
Preachers looking to hold the attention of the youngest people in worship — especially during the children’s time — do well to check with a Christian educator. Nearly all are founts of creative ideas.