The morning of Nov. 17, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will offer its first-ever denominational worship service commemorating the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Current and future moderators across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) got an overview of what to expect when the denomination’s first hybrid Assembly convenes next summer. Leaders with the Office of the General Assembly presented an update on plans for the 225th gathering during a Friday night breakout session at the Moderators’ Conference.
Together with its partners, Covenant Network of Presbyterians re-launched its Covenant Conversation series Saturday with worship, workshops and a panel stocked with thoughtful and passionate Christians.
Watch Night recalls the hopeful waiting for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to take effect in 1862, and today’s continued quest for racial justice.
There is more to being a moderator in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) than simply running a meeting. The second day of the annual Moderators’ Conference took up that topic on Friday.
More than 140 people are taking part in the conference this weekend. Many will be assuming roles as moderator or vice moderator for the first time in their presbyteries. Leaders in the Office of the General Assembly’s Mid Council Ministries led discussion around the roles and responsibilities of moderator and how to navigate meetings dealing with highly charged issues.
Oct. 17, the Rev. Brooke A. Scott was ordained and installed as the pastor at Church on Main, a Presbyterian congregation in Middletown, Delaware. A week later, the church was the target of some Twitter trolling by another pastor because of the Black Lives Matter and LGBTQIA+ Pride flags displayed on the front of the church.
New Theology, Formation & Evangelism cohort groups begin next week.
During a webinar this week, special guests of the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People encouraged churches and other segments of society to find ways to help formerly incarcerated people get back on their feet.
The Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters, who wrote the award-winning “For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World,” published last year by Flyaway Books, brought a pair of show-and-tell items to punctuate his hour-long talk Thursday evening at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
For the second year in a row, the annual Moderators’ Conference is being held online. More than 140 moderators, vice-moderators, and moderators-elect from synods and presbyteries across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are spending Friday and Saturday taking part in online worship and training. The theme for the conference is “And you shall be my witnesses: Cultivating Mission-Minded Leadership.”