Presbyterian Outlook bicentennial celebration forum and lunch Saturday, October 5, 2019 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Virginia Event details and registration below. Please join us for a celebration of The Presbyterian Outlook's first 200 years — as we celebrate our past and envision our future. Brian Blount and Ted Wardlaw will speak on the past, present and future role of the magazine in church and culture. Editor Jill Duffield will offer a reflection and moderate a time of questions and answers. And, you'll enjoy lunch and fellowship with other Outlook readers. Thank you for your continued support of The Presbyterian Outlook's mission and ministry. Ticket options: Click on ticket price to purchase $50: 1 ticket - Forum and celebration lunch $200: 1 ticket - Forum, celebration lunch, inclusion on 200th Anniversary Honor Roll to be published in last issue of 2019 $500: 2 tickets - Forum, celebration lunch, inclusion on … [Read more...]
Hymns for Lent and Easter — Year C (2019)
New hymns for Lent, Holy Week and Easter by Presbyterian hymn-writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette The Presbyterian Outlook is offering new hymns for the season — lyrics based on the lectionary texts set to familiar tunes. Hymns are $10 each or purchase a package of all 10 new ones (Ash Wednesday to Easter) for $100. You’ll receive PDFs of the lyrics scored with music (regular and large print) as well as documents with lyrics only. You print as many copies as you need. Buy the package of 10 new hymns for 2019 / Lent Year C Click here to purchase – $100 Ash Wednesday / March 6 Where Are You, God? We Long to Know — New for 2019! click here to preview the hymn text Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b O WALY WALY 8.8.8.8 ("Though I May Speak") Purchase hymn – $10 God, Your Love Is Everlasting — click here to preview the hymn text Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-2 ELLACOMBE CMD (“I Sing the Mighty Power of God”) Purchase hymn – $10 Ash Wednesday Comes … [Read more...]
Lenten devotions — Year C (2019)
Theologically sound, inspiring and affordable Lent devotions for your bulletins The 40-day Lenten journey is an opportunity to imitate Christ and pattern our lives in the image of the One we follow. The Presbyterian Outlook devotions written by editor Jill Duffield will explore Jesus’ earthly ministry and seek to discern how we are called to emulate it. Buy the set of Lenten devotions: $19.99 These can be printed in the quantity needed for the congregation and inserted in the weekly worship bulletin for worshippers to take home and use throughout the week. Additionally, small groups, sessions, staffs or Sunday school classes could commit to the daily practices and discuss their experiences when they gather. As a bonus, there are prayers for each day of Holy Week. Your purchase includes a bulletin-insert sized PDF (prints on a half-page regular sheet of paper) and a full-page version — in both color and black-and-white. Use these devotions to enrich your spiritual life … [Read more...]
Healing the Wounds of Privilege (webinar)
90-minute Outlook webinar Recorded January 15, 2019 Presented by Amy Julia Becker On-demand video replay — $29.95 (1-6 participants from the same church/ministry) Purchase the Webinar The social divisions in contemporary culture – divisions of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, ability, gender, sexuality and more – threaten to tear apart communities. These divisions perpetuate injustice and provoke violence, shame, defensiveness and fear. This web of social problem has spiritual roots, and Christians have an opportunity to apply the spiritual tools of our faith tradition to bring a message and actions of healing and hope in a world often overcome by fear and hurt. As a white woman who grew up in a small southern town, as an affluent woman who now lives in the northeast and as the mother of a child with Down syndrome, Amy Julia Becker will share personal stories as well as biblical and theological reflection to invite participants to explore their own experiences of privilege … [Read more...]
Advent devotions – Year C (2018)
Are you looking for theologically sound, inspiring and affordable Advent devotions for the congregation? The Presbyterian Outlook is once again offering accessible and inspiring daily devotions for Advent. This year the focus is on deepening and practicing our faith vocabulary. How do Christians change the narrative from one of division to one of unity? How do disciples of Jesus Christ practice what our Lord preaches? Each week of Advent focuses on a characteristic of God that God’s followers are also called to exhibit: patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness. As we prepare for our Savior's birth and Second Coming, we are called to do so with eagerness and while exhibiting the traits of the one for whom we wait. Download the PDF, print as many as you need and insert them into your weekly worship bulletin. Written by Outlook editor Jill Duffield, each week includes a reflection, daily Scripture readings, suggestions for living out the Bible and a short prayer for each day. … [Read more...]
Hymns for Advent and Christmas – Year C
The Presbyterian Outlook commissioned Presbyterian hymn writer, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette to compose Advent hymns set to familiar Christmas tunes and other well-loved hymns. Your hymn purchase includes downloads of a PDF of the lyrics scored with the music for a half-page regular sheet of paper, a second PDF of the lyrics scored with music for a half-page of legal-sized paper (large print) and a document with lyrics only. You have permission to print as many copies as needed for your use. Advent wreath hymn “The Candle of Hope” is a new hymn that is not geared to the lectionary passages. This new hymn follows the themes of each of the Sundays in Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. If you light Advent candles as part of your worship during the season, then this hymn is ideal! The words are set to the familiar tune of “O Worship the King, All Glorious Above.” The Candle of Hope (preview of full hymn text) “The candle of hope we light in this hour, proclaims that the Lord is … [Read more...]
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