Life-changing love: Family faith formation @ home

Welcome Before you begin, invite those gathered to go outside (or if weather does not permit, around the house) and gather something..

Voices

The verdict and the long way ahead

“Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and rider he has hurled into the sea.” — Exodus 15:21..

Outlook Reporting

PC(USA) releases 2020 statistical report

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). lost 56,689 members in 2020, a pandemic year. That’s a membership loss of 4.3% in 2020 — from..

Book Reviews

Christ and the Multiverse: Following Jesus in Our Wild, Infinite Creation

David Williams Apocryphile Press,150 pages Reviewed by Ruth Everhart Can you recall the moment in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”..

Presbyterian News Service

U.S. House, Senate chaplains speak candidly about the work they’re privileged to do

Having felt called to ministry as a youngster, retired Rear Admiral the Rev. Dr. Margaret Grun Kibben, ordained into ministry in the..

Presbyterian News Service

Vaccine rollout varies greatly around the world

(PNS) More than 894 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in 155 countries, about 5.9% of the global population, including..

Christian Ed for Children

Earth care shepherds — Christian ed @ home

In many congregations, the Sunday after Earth Day becomes Earth Care Sunday. We sing hymns like “For the Beauty of the Earth,”..

Let’s connect

Let’s connect: Zephyr Point

Zephyr Point | Zephyr Cove, Nevada COVID-19 shut down much of what we previously took for granted, including the ability to gather..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk reacts to guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin case

(OGA) We do not celebrate, nor do we gloat at this verdict, for there is no joy in what has happened here...

Outlook Features

Love: The foundational fruit of the Spirit

The fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 is not presented as a random catalog of virtues. It is important to note..

Voices

Love and the Holy Spirit tree

I can still picture myself sitting in the pew of the United Methodist Church I grew up in, listening to my pastor..

Prayers for the moment

Litany for a verdict

(If desired, this prayer may be read responsively, with the words of the people in bold) Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do..

Religion News Service

African Americans attend church, Bible study more than others, but Black ‘nones’ increasing

(RNS) — Black adults attend church and participate in Bible studies more than other U.S. adults, but younger Black Americans are less..

Presbyterian News Service

Kennedy, King and restoring God’s Creation

(PNS) The Most Rev. Michael Curry was at a meeting of Anglican bishops from around the world at Canterbury Cathedral in England,..

Presbyterian News Service

Maine man charged with hate crime offenses in connection with Massachusetts church fire

(PNS) The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts charged a Maine man in federal court Thursday in connection with..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — April 25, 2021

You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..

Voices

God is doing a new thing: Connections during COVID-19

We talk in circles about how the church is a place for connecting, a place for people to find community. And..

What's right?

What’s right about Heritage Presbyterian Church?

Heritage Presbyterian Church — Acworth, Georgia Last summer, as Heritage Presbyterian Church continued to worship virtually, an interactive prayer station appeared in..

Prayers for the moment

O God of resurrection hope: A prayer in response to violence

God, We are surrounded by violence, learning geography through tragedy: Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Brooklyn Center, Chicago. No place is safe. So many lives..