basket holiday-bow
Mission Yearbook
05/17/2020
05/17/2020

TODAY IN MISSION YEARBOOK

Minute for Mission: Presbyterian Heritage

Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday, May 17, 2020, the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)

May 17, 2020

Image
The first Earth Day is celebrated in New York City in 1970.

Americans celebrated the first Earth Day 50 years ago this spring, on April 22, 1970. That same year the United Presbyterian Council on Church and Society undertook a study on threats facing human survival on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. The study culminated in the 1971 United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly adopting the council’s report, Christian Responsibility for Environmental Renewal.

A brand new Heritage Sunday church bulletin insert for 2020 connecting to the Christian responsibility for environmental renewal is available at https://www.history.pcusa.org/history-online/presbyterian-history/heritage-sunday.

Heritage Sunday is an annual day of celebration set aside by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Download past bulletin inserts and learn more about Presbyterian history at history.pcusa.org/hs.

Presbyterian Historical Society

Today's Focus:  Presbyterian Heritage

Let us join in prayer for: 

PC(USA) Agencies’ Staff

Jayne Culp, Office of the General Assembly

Norma Cunningham, Presbyterian Foundation

Let us pray:

Gracious God, grant us the humility and strength to follow your call wherever it may lead, whether close to home or on distant shores. Amen.