The One Great Hour of Sharing offering usually taken up around Easter is a huge success as a special offering. This year the needs from natural disasters have been heavy and Presbyterians are usually among the first to help and remain the longest. This offering is 70 years old. … [Read more...]

A lot of Presbyterian churches honor graduates each year. Trinity Church in Topeka, Kansas, does a great job. On Graduate Sunday they honor the graduates of eighth grade, high school and college. A card basket is available to leave greetings for the graduates. Graduates and their families then stay for a special meal. … [Read more...]

The Presbyterian Church has worked over 150 years in Egypt. Today, the church works through mission personnel, young adult volunteers and partner church relationships with the Synod of the Nile and the Evangelical Church of Egypt. … [Read more...]

The Outreach Foundation in Franklin, Tennessee, has put together a Leadership Training Center in Tete Province in Mozambique. This is serving to train leaders in the Northwest Province where four pastors work with over 70 churches. … [Read more...]

Lynn and Sharon Kandel are mission workers with the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan. They’ve had travel difficulties with many postponements, and often have to change plans at the last minute. But it also has often been a life-saving practice and they’ve learned to travel with prayer and patience. … [Read more...]

Ruth Brown, a Presbyterian mission worker, has a new position in Zimbabwe. She is an adviser to a committee that the synod named Chikondano, which means “love.” One of its tasks is to reduce HIV and AIDS and to improve conditions for widows and orphans. … [Read more...]