Psalm 78 offers a song about God’s “glorious deeds” and “the wonders” God has done. It stresses that God is continually and forever faithful to the people God has chosen. This is true, the psalmist writes, even though God’s people forget. Miracle after miracle is recounted, God’s presence and care throughout history are described, and the people still ask, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?”
Your support of the Peace & Global Witness Offering helps draw people to God’s table of justice, where adversaries are reconciled and God’s abundance is celebrated and shared.
What exactly is World Communion Sunday? Is it just a day where denominations intentionally receive communion? Or is there more to it? As we commemorate World Communion Sunday, we will receive the Peace & Global Witness Offering. As we acknowledge the violence and division in our world, in our country, and in our community, we are invited to come together to the table and join in communion with sisters and brothers all over the world. As we bring our gifts, we gather with other worshiping communities around the country to strengthen Christ’s work for peace through our church.
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In a joint effort with the Malawi College of Medicine, Martha is working with the Nkhoma CCAP (Church of Central Africa Presbyterian) Mission Hospital in their new family medicine residency program, which began in 2016. Previously, Martha worked aw a doctor for 14 years at Embangweni and Ekwendeni hospitals, which are also part of the health ministries of CCAP. During that time, she served on Malawi's Family Medicine Task Force, of which this training program is a fruit. "I am very excited to be able to contribute to the Malawi government's and our partner church's joint effort to meet the …
Nearly 60 percent of the worshiping communities started since 2012 are racial ethnic and new immigrant worshiping communities. The new resource, "15 Dynamic New Racial Ethnic and New Worshiping Communities," highlights racial ethnic and new immigrant worshiping communities that have been started recently and that are making a positive impact on the lives of people who worship there and in the communities they serve.
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