The Rev. CeCe Armstrong, co-moderator of the 226th General Assembly (2024) and the associate pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina, wrapped up the 2024 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women on Sunday with a sermon focused on the theme “Love Always …,” drawing as inspiration familiar and treasured words from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
Friday’s evening plenary at the 2024 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women in St. Louis included a dance and a discussion of the upcoming 2025-26 PW/Horizons Bible Study, “Finding Resilience, Joy and Identity in Jesus Christ.”
A Unification Management Office will be hired to help support the work of the Unification Commission.
Using food as a centerpiece, the Rev. Yung Me Morris took the audience at Presbyterian Women’s 2024 Churchwide Gathering on a journey Friday, beginning with the everyday hospitality of Korean people and climaxing with the universal need to show more hospitality for those going without food because of traumatic experiences such as war, homelessness and greed.
During a recent installment of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast,” hosts Simon Doong and the Rev. Lee Catoe asked pastor and author the Rev. Dr. Brian Kaylor to talk about how mainline Protestants have helped build Christian nationalism. Listen to their hour-long conversation here.
Answering the question “Who needs a heart?” was the Rev. Cindy Kohlmann’s task Thursday during the opening plenary of the 2024 Presbyterian Women Churchwide Gathering, going on through Sunday in St. Louis.
Members of the Commission on the Unification of the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency met in open session for less than half an hour on Thursday morning, with the remainder of their time together Thursday and most of the meeting Friday set to occur as a Committee of the Whole, which is also closed except to commission members and invited staff and its consultant.
If you’re passionate about food justice and live in or near the Louisville area, now’s the time to register for the People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture, which will include the unveiling of an action plan for food equity and showcase local organizations tackling food access and food insecurity.
Since people of faith — and those of no faith, too — learn by employing multiple intelligences, it makes sense for preachers to employ music, drama and visual arts on occasion to reach as many people as they can.
With a selected preaching text of 1 Kings 19:4-8, the account of Elijah asking God for death and God instead providing an angel to minister to the prophet for the long journey ahead, the Rev. So Jung Kim delivered a homily during Wednesday’s Chapel Service for the PC(USA)’s national staff filled with encouragement to care for one another in similar ways.