The Leader Formation webinar series recently featured the Rev. Gradye Parsons, who served as Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) from 2008 to 2016.

More importantly for the webinar, Parsons has moderated seven church sessions during his calls. In his look at ways ruling elders nurture, support and provide for the spiritual life of a congregation, he drew on that wealth of experience, showed his abiding passion for Presbyterian worship communities around the nation and shared what Leader Formation host and Ruling Elder Martha Miller called his “notable sense of humor.”

Presbyterian hymn writer and pastor the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written “Now There Is War” to help Presbyterians as they sing, pray and act for peace.

During the most recent edition of the Presbyterian Foundation’s livestream “Leading Theologically,” the Rev. Dr. David Loleng told host the Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty he loves it when pastoral leaders, congregations and worshiping communities come around in three ways:

More than 100 members of Myers Park Presbyterian Church and the Charlotte community celebrated 75 years of ministry in Congo on Nov. 19. The two-hour celebration included ministers, the church’s Congo Ministry Team, members of the Congolese community and church members and friends.

Last month, the Presbytery of Milwaukee celebrated the completion of a two-year focus on Congregational Vitality during its final standing meeting of 2023.