The last week of General Assembly has seen a vast array of worship, from choirs, musicians and Scripture to powerful sermons. The final online worship service on Saturday was no exception. The Rev. Jenny Saperstein, pastor of Northside Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, referenced Luke 15:11–32 and Genesis 4:8–16 in her sermon, focusing on the parable of the prodigal son and the tragedy of Cain and Abel.
The 226th General Assembly will, like the current version, be a hybrid assembly — but the mirror image of the 225th General Assembly.
There are a lot of people behind the scenes at the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who have made it possible for commissioners and advisory delegates to watch, interact, and vote this year.
Commissioners of the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) decisively voted Friday to reverse a key modification the Financial Resources Committee made to a recommendation by the special committee exploring unification of the Presbyterian Mission Agency and the Office of the General Assembly.
The weight of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision could be felt on Friday as the General Assembly took up HSB-11, a commissioner’s resolution on affirming reproductive justice.
A series of long days and late nights during this 225th General Assembly was followed by an earlier than usual start time on Friday morning, July 8, as worship was pushed ahead an hour to stream at 10 a.m. EDT.
Sporting a “Fred Talks” T-shirt Friday in honor of the daily broadcast efforts of host Fred Tangeman, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II praised just about everyone he could think of — especially commissioners and advisory delegates — for preparing, enabling and participating in the denomination’s first-ever hybrid General Assembly.
Among the vast assemblage of historical photographs, recordings and records housed within Pearl — the digital collection at the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) — there is the Presbyterian General Assemblies online collection.
A California pastor describes her struggles of continuing to be a voice of hope even in the midst of a pandemic and personal foibles.
During morning plenary, the Assembly Committee on the Rules of Discipline recommended that the 225th General Assembly disapprove a recommendation from the Survivors of Sexual Misconduct Task Force. But several hours, a lunch break and a whole lot of parliamentary procedure later, the full assembly overwhelmingly approved a proposed amendment to the Book of Order regarding mandatory reporting of abuse.