The Rev. Dr. John Robert Goodman, a pastor and mid council executive appreciated and respected for his polity knowledge proffered at the many General Assemblies he served as a volunteer, died Aug. 8 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was 81.
William Alan Craig, better known as Bill, a Presbyterian ruling elder of varied interests and copious abilities, was remembered Saturday by friends and family members at Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Watch Craig’s celebration of life, which opened with a Connecting Links ceremony, by going here. The service begins at the 30-minute mark.
장로교인으로서 우리는 기도의 사역이 세례를 통한 우리 부름의 본질적인 측면임을 이해합니다. 사역 장로에 관하여 최근 판에서, 우리는 회중의 양육을 담당하는 사역 장로들이 중보와 간구의기도를 할 수 있고 인도해야 한다는 것을 알았습니다 (규례서, W-3.0308).
샌프란시스코 차이나타운에 있는 장로교회의 장로인 로렌 챈은 기도하는 마음으로 전례를 준비하고 그 전달을 연습하면 그에 대한 확신과 신뢰가 쌓인다고 믿고 있습니다. 그녀는 자신에 대해 기도를 합니다. "하나님, 저를 써 주소서." 이렇게 하면 하나님께서 자신을 통해 놀라운 일을 하실 것임을 믿을 수 있다고 합니다.
Como pueblo presbiteriano, entendemos que el ministerio de la oración es un aspecto esencial de nuestro llamado bautismal. En una edición reciente de Regarding Ruling Elders, se nos recordó que las personas ordenadas como ancianas gobernantes, a quienes se les encarga la crianza de la congregación, pueden y deben dirigir las oraciones de intercesión y súplica (Libro de Orden, W-3.0308).
Laurene Chan, una anciana gobernante de la Iglesia Presbiteriana en Chinatown, en San Francisco, cree que ser orante mientras se prepara una liturgia y se practica su entrega, genera confianza en ella. Encuentra que centrarse y orar: "Está bien, Dios; úsame", le ayuda a confiar en que Dios la usará para hacer cosas increíbles.
As Presbyterians we understand that the ministry of prayer is an essential aspect of our baptismal calling. In a recent edition of Regarding Ruling Elders, we were reminded that ruling elders — who are charged with the nurture of the congregation — can and should lead the prayers of intercession and supplication (Book of Order, W-3.0308).
Laurene Chan, a ruling elder at the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown, in San Francisco, believes that being prayerful while preparing a liturgy and practicing its delivery builds confidence and trust in it. She finds that centering herself and praying, “OK, God; use me,” helps her trust that God will use her to do amazing things.
On a mid-August day in Mississippi in 1967, a group of Black children donned graduation caps and celebrated their completion of the Head Start Program.
In February 1964, the Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (1906-1985), Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA) and chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, had presented a proposal for a long-term civil rights project in the Mississippi River Delta. In 1965, the newly created Delta Ministry played a central role in the creation of the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), a statewide Head Start program.
A recent installment of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” saw Dr. Anna Carter Florence speak with hosts the Rev. Lee Catoe and Simon Doong over “engaging the biblical text.” Listen to their conversation here. Florence comes in at the 26:42 mark.
A recent installment of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” saw Dr. Anna Carter Florence speak with hosts the Rev. Lee Catoe and Simon Doong over “engaging the biblical text.” Listen to their conversation here. Florence comes in at the 26:42 mark.
Together with Triennium registrar Analise Brown, Gina Yeager-Buckley, who’s the mission coordinator for Presbyterian Youth and Triennium, said Triennium staff is gearing up to launch “an exciting and busy season” which will include a formal announcement this fall about the location and other details of the 2025 and 2028 events, among the most transformational gatherings the PC(USA) offers.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is working with the Presbytery of the Pacific following this week’s fires that killed at least 55 people in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Earlier this week fires also burned brush on the Big Island of Hawaii, but those fires have been largely controlled.