The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 2024 Peacemakers prayed to offer “hope in a hurting world” and to find “new possibilities for relationship and restoration” during a commissioning service that also served as a commemoration of the International Day of Peace.
Imagine you and your family are living a quiet life as best you can in a city in Central America and a local gang leader decides he wants your 14-year-old daughter as his “girlfriend,” and won’t accept no for an answer. Imagine working hard to earn $20 paycheck in Venezuela where a carton of milk costs $8.
Travelers on Highway 5, the 50-mile stretch between Blacksburg and Rock Hill, South Carolina, often stop on the roadside to admire and take pictures of the small church perched off the highway. Hopewell Presbyterian Church, with its distinctive rock exterior, seems to glow when the afternoon sun hits at the right angle, highlighting its unique architectural charm that symbolizes strength and fortitude.
One of six workshops offered during Friday’s People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture carried a title reflecting what many agricultural producers have wrestled with: “We Need Land, Money and Control.”
Near the end of her joyous and Spirit-filled ordination service on Saturday, the now-Rev. Jerusha Van Camp stood in front of the many friends and family gathered at First Presbyterian Church in Evansville, Indiana, and told them, “Your presence surrounds me with love.”
The plight of the thousands of migrants in her native El Salvador keeps Carmen Elena Díaz awake at night. “Knowing their experiences, their stories, and in ministering to the migrant people, my life has been transformed,” said Díaz. “Their stories mark you, transform you, sensitize you. They make you realize what a hard and difficult subject this is.”
A workshop with a focus on environmental justice offered strategies for people who are interested in doing the work of organizing and movement building.
El comienzo del otoño y del nuevo año escolar también trae consigo el inicio de un nuevo trimestre para la niñez en la iglesia. Parece que casi todos los años, la primera lección del material educativo es una de las historias más maravillosas de la Biblia: Génesis 1, la historia de la creación. En ella, se encuentra el recordatorio de que, incluso si no podemos recordar qué fue lo que se creó cada día, lo más importante que el autor quiere que retengamos es esta frase: «y vio Dios que esto era bueno».
가을이 시작되고 새 학기가 시작되면 교회에서도 새로운 어린이 커리큘럼이 시작됩니다. 거의 매년, 첫 번째 하이라이트는 성경에서 가장 놀라운 이야기, 즉, 창세기 1장 창조의 이야기로 시작합니다. 우리가 매일 창조의 구체적인 측면을 기억하지 못하더라도, 저자가 우리가 기억하기를 바라는 가장 중요한 것은 "하나님이 보시기에 좋았더라"라는 구절입니다.
The beginning of fall and a new school year also brings the start of new children’s curriculum in the church. It seems like almost every year, the first highlight is one of the most wonderful stories of the Bible: Genesis 1, the story of Creation. Within it is the reminder that, even if we cannot remember the specific aspect of Creation on each day, the most important thing the author wants us to remember is this phrase: “And God saw that it was good.”