오래 기다린 대로 미국장로교 규례서의 개정된 한국어 번역판이 한국어를 사용하는 회중, 노회, 중간 공의회에 제공될 예정이다. 이 새로운 번역판은 미국장로교에 속하지 않은 한국어 교회와 해외 교회들에도 도움이 될 것이다. 미국장로교 글로벌 언어지원부의 번역가들은 총회 사무국과 협력하여 지난 몇 달간 규례서 번역을 면밀하게 검토하고, 규례서 내용이 한글로 정확하게 전달되는지를 살폈다.
It has been a long time coming, but an updated Korean version of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Book of Order will soon be available to Korean-speaking congregations and mid councils, as well as Korean churches outside of the PC(USA) and Korea. Translators from the PC(USA)’s Global Language Resources team have been working with the Office of the General Assembly for several months, thoroughly reviewing every page, every chapter to ensure the content is accurately presented.
I’ve been thinking lately about glasses. Not the drinking kind, more like the seeing kind. Yet not the ones we use to improve our vision, but those we wear that color our perception. What I’ve come to learn after taking 60 trips around the sun is that we all wear these kinds of glasses, no exceptions — well, maybe other than God — I imagine that God sees purely, no glasses required; we humans, not so much.
Everywhere he looked, the Rev. Allen Shelton saw tremendous gaps — gaps that were keeping high school-aged young people of color like Tariq Mayo from succeeding in life.
Linda Jacobsen, Executive Vice President, Engagement and Community Relations, has announced that she will retire from the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), effective July 1. Her retirement from the Board marks more than 15 years of service to the Church both as an employee of the Board of Pensions and as a member of the agency’s Board of Directors during a time of transformational change.
The Leader Formation webinar series continued on April 27 with a 90-minute conversation about ways ruling elders and deacons — in addition to other church members — can provide care ministry in its many forms.
The Rev. W. Robert (Rob) Martin, III, lead pastor and head of staff at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City, Iowa, has been at his current calling for 2½ years. That longevity places him among the senior members of the St. Andrew staff, which has welcomed nine new staffers since August.
“We as Christians should stand in solidarity and pray for one another, but we also need to confront the people in government and not allow conflicting parties to use church venues and religious places in their fighting.” This was the message Dr. Aida Weran wanted to convey to Presbyterians as she detailed what life is like in Sudan as a near-civil war continues to plague her native country.
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) approved grants earlier this year totaling $105,000 to several self-help projects. The money comes from generous gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing.
When she sat for an interview this week, the Rev. Sarah Hegar, who directs congregational ministries at First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, was still basking in the glow of having welcomed six confirmands into membership the previous weekend.