As an intergenerational event early in Advent, consider making advent wreaths for home devotional use. Here are instructions for a simple, inexpensive one.
Related pages: Season of Advent, Presbyterian Worship
Download "The Meaning of Inclusion: Living Into Our Faith Traditions; with Discussion Questions" by Milton Tyree from the 2013 Disability Inclusion Sunday packet.
September 16, 2012
Theological Education Emphasis Sunday is an invitation to you and your congregation to pray for and celebrate the gift of our seminaries. The Committee on Theological Education encourages you to embrace this opportunity and to use the liturgical resources compiled by the Office of Theological Education. The resources include responsive prayers and hymn suggestions. We encourage you to lead portions of the worship service from the baptismal font and table.
Theological norms serve as touchstones that determine whether or not something is true. Use these theological norms to spur your own work of establishing your own in your community as they shape creative worship. The Office of Theology and Worship has put together resources for a mini-course on worship that can be used for Commissioned Ruling Elder education, study for worship ordination exams, elder education, and/or a Christian education course on worship. See the full collection of these resources.
Every generous act of giving … is from above. — James 1:17
Worship Leaflet sample of The Present Word Winter 2009-2010.
This sheet provides objectives for various workshops, each with activities for children to learn and understand Biblical stories.
“Our first word as a delegation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) must be one of welcome in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome to this house. Welcome to this table of conversation. Welcome to this engagement of minds and hearts as we search together to learn the Lord's will for His Church.
We have come to wrestle together with a subject of undeniably great import. It is not too much to say that the shape of the church’s future turns on what the churches make of it. For it is claimed by the Bishop of Rome that he is called to …
The introduction is a study of Luke 19:37–44 and Ephesians 1:18. It explores the differences between peace as the world often defines it and peace as Jesus teaches and models it.
How do we find peace in our hearts? How do we deepen our personal spiritual practice as a peacemaker? Using Philippians 4:4–7 and Romans 5:15, this session explores how we might ground ourselves in the practice of peace.