October 18 — Imitate Christ: Family faith formation @ home

Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy to begin your time of learning together. One: ..

Book Reviews

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Crown, 272 pages When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, it must have seemed to many abolitionists that..

Christian Ed for Children

Belonging to God — Christian education at home

When my son was 5, he overheard my husband and I talking about an interesting parenting situation one of our friends found..

Outlook Reporting

J. Herbert Nelson joins Robert P. Jones in discussion of race and church in an election year

The entanglement of white Christians and white supremacy – both historically and in the current political environment – “still lives in the..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk calls for an end to violence in what was formerly known as Artsakh

(OGA) In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, and on behalf of the General Assembly of the..

Religion News Service

Refugee data on religion disappears as fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US

(RNS) — The State Department no longer is making publicly available a number of statistics about refugees admitted into the United States,..

News from other sources

National award for diversity and inclusion work goes to Board of Pensions

(Press release) The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has won a 2020 NACD NXT award, a national honor recognizing..

Outlook Features

Church and school: A glimpse of reparations in action

Across the country, universities, seminaries, churches and communities are beginning to investigate and confront their own histories involving slavery — and the..

Voices

Earth care as a spiritual formation exercise

Someone asked me recently how stewardship of creation relates to my personal faith. It seemed like a simple enough question to answer,..

Ministry Resources

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Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk denounces immigration officials’ plan to return hundreds of Cameroonians to a situation of extreme danger

(OGA) The pain of the world is staggering. When life is brutally ended, when villages are razed, when people are forced to..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for Christian formation

Lord, we trust your Spirit to work through and within us. We believe the promise that the Spirit gives us the..

Outlook Features

Why the talk of reparations? Why now?

While many Americans may have heard talk of the concept of reparations and may be aware that some universities, seminaries, cities and..

Presbyterian News Service

Defending Armenia: PC(USA) ministry issues ‘an urgent call of distress’

(PNS) This is an urgent call of distress. At this moment, the Republic of Armenia — a flourishing democracy of 3 million..

News from other sources

WCC to host online prayer service for World Food Day

(WCC) The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting all people of good will to attend an online prayer service on 16..

Presbyterian News Service

Elona Street-Stewart and Gregory Bentley to host monthly online conversation

LOUISVILLE (OGA) For nearly four months now, Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart and the Reverend Gregory Bentley have been adjusting to a new..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — October 18

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

Outlook Reporting

Six month into the pandemic: Presbyterian congregations find new ways forward

Stress, uncertainty, creativity and hope. Some six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Presbyterian congregations are facing economic uncertainty and questions about whether..

Presbyterian News Service

Stony Point Center discerning a new vision

LOUISVILLE — Due to the ongoing financial impact of COVID-19, the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) is further reducing operations at Stony Point..

Outlook Reporting

Neighbors, storms and voting: Presbyterian board concludes its meeting by looking ahead

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board on Oct. 9 approved budget documents that outline the reductions the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) will make..

Voices

“I am not a radical” — Observations of the curfew in Louisville

Guest commentary by Dwain Lee I am not a radical. At least, I don’t think I am. What I am is a..

Looking into the lectionary

19th Sunday after Pentecost — October 11, 2020

Exodus 32:1-14; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14 Ordinary 28A; Proper 23 This week several phrases stood out from each of the lectionary passages...