Councils of the church exist to help congregations and the church as a whole to be more faithful participants in the mission of Christ. The particular responsibility of the councils of the church is to nurture, guide, and govern those who witness as part of the PC(USA), to the end that such witness strengthens the whole church and gives glory to God (G-3.0101).
This document is intended to assist presbyteries and synods of all types and sizes in establishing personnel policies and processes, for the following two reasons:
A simple evaluation tool helps guide us to evaluate what we have been doing, whether it is working now, and if it should be pulled forward into our plans for the year. This resource offers simple evaluation questions to use when trying something new OR when considering bringing a former program back.
The church should be proactive and seek ways to provide tools for the young people in our congregations to have respectful, caring conversations with people who they may disagree with or where the topic may just be uncomfortable no matter how important. Here are exercises to help create an atmosphere of safety, respect, and accountability.
In the Dismantling Structural Racism issue…
From the 2018 Book of Common Worship, use this commissioning service to bless or commission mission personnel as they leave for their new call.
This Quicksheet resource shares various spiritual practices and how to explore them with College Students.
This report describes how congregations are doing six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
This resource gives ideas on how to assist all ages with actively engaging with scripture during worship whether in person or online.
Start out the school year faithfully in a season of new beginnings with the At Home ideas included in this resource.
This resource includes a litany, some hymn suggestion, prayers and other liturgy helps to help plan Celebrating Christian Formation in worship.