How do we maintain health and wellness? What makes for good relationships? Where do we find purpose throughout the span of our lives? This issue of the Outlook invites you to delve into these questions and consider how our faith impacts our well-being and the lives of others. Click here to read the issue in the Uberflip reader. Presbyterian churches promise to help families experiencing homelessness Family Promise partners with churches across the country to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness. Healthy Pastors, Healthy Congregations This Board of Pensions program combines financial education with pastor grants. The difference between triangles and triangulation David Lee Jones offers family systems theory for church leaders. … [Read more...]

Ministry takes on a myriad of forms, changing over time as a result of circumstances seen and unseen. This issue of the Outlook examines how congregations and individuals respond to natural disasters — not just in the short run, but over many months and even years. Additionally, we take a look at the gifts and challenges of bivocational ministry. Click here to read the issue in the Uberflip reader. On this rock Following disasters, Presbyterians step in to bring hope and relief to communities in chaos and grief. In the eye of the hurricane Presbyterians serve “faceless people” in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. A snapshot of biovocational ministry How can the church better care for the needs and callings of pastor serving bivocationally? 200 years of Outlook Here’s a glimpse of our 200th anniversary celebration in October. To give thanks  Poetry for Thanksgiving by J. Barrie Shepherd  … [Read more...]