In February, the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) welcomed Matty Marrow as the most recent Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers (BKBB) Archives Intern.
Marrow’s internship was part of PHS’s multi-year collaboration with Community College of Philadelphia (CCP). The BKBB grant project started in 2017 and grew out of the belief that PHS could create meaningful firsthand encounters between CCP students and historically resonant documents, build research and critical-thinking skills important to student success in academic and vocational pursuits and identify ways to assist Philadelphia students and educators more after the grant ended.
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is embarking on the next generation of Benefits Plan redesign — an exploration focused on flexibility, choice, and cost control for local churches.
The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is calling on Presbyterians across the denomination to pray for the victims of a recent fire at an immigration detention center along the Mexico/Texas border. In a brief statement released Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, spoke out against living conditions at detention centers and urged U.S. officials to do more to protect those seeking asylum in this country.
During an interfaith service held at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church Monday following the morning’s mass shooting at Old National Bank, Rabbi Ben Freed of Keneseth Israel Congregation in Louisville pointed out it isn’t God who’s beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks in the Book of Isaiah.
The Rev. Michiko Bown-Kai, a pastor in the United Church of Canada, discussed during “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” last week how people who feel they don’t belong in religious spaces can indeed feel that sense of belonging.
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, is reeling today following a mass shooting at a business just two blocks away from the Presbyterian Center Monday morning. As many as five people are known to have been killed and eight others, including two police officers, were wounded. Police say the alleged shooter is also dead. The shootings began around 8:30. Few other details have been released while investigators are still on the scene.
A dedicated board of directors is redoubling efforts to draw attention to and restore the Goodwill Parochial School building, now known as the Goodwill Cultural Center, in east Sumter County, South Carolina.
“The way I’ve always done ministry is that I love my people,” said the Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a retired pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), in the latest episode of “Everyday God-talk.” Jarvis spoke to the Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim, associate for Theology in the Office of Theology and Worship, in three 10-minute conversations organized around the themes of how Jarvis’ soul, heart and mind are responding to the call to retire.
Amira Barham, a Palestinian Christian social worker, will serve as one of the PC(USA)’s 2023 International Peacemakers. She hopes to enlighten American Christians on the plight of Palestinians living under occupation.
Dr. Trina A. Armstrong, Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Pastoral Theology Director of Marriage and Family Therapy at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, will deliver the 2023 Edward Virtual Lecture beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on April 13. Register here.