Menaul School is fully functional during COVID-19

(PNS) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the entire world to rethink the way we conduct some of our most routine practices. Each..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Center bears witness on its walls

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The international headquarters of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be bearing witness to God’s love for Black lives and..

Voices

To see or not to see… family

Several years ago, I struggled with chronic stomach pain. My gastrointestinal specialist prescribed a medication and told me I would be on..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for anxious times

“Be not anxious,” you tell us, Lord. “Fear not,” your messengers repeat to your terrified children. “My peace I give to you,”..

Presbyterian News Service

Henderson, Wright extend contracts with the Office of the General Assembly

LOUISVILLE (OGA) As the Office of the General Assembly continues to look for ways to meet a shrinking budget, two interim leaders have..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) leaders to take a hard look at future general assemblies

LOUISVILLE (OGA) With the 224th General Assembly (2020) in the history books, leaders in the Office of the General Assembly have begun to..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — August 30, 2020

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

Outlook Features

Your place at the table

“I have a dream that one day … the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be..

Presbyterian News Service

Young Adult Volunteer Program goes virtual for 2020-21

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — For the first time in nearly three decades, the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program will be completely virtual for..

Presbyterian News Service

Pennsylvania’s Nottingham Presbyterian Church hosts 11th annual Back-to-School Fair

(PNS) The last Saturday before school starts has come to be known as Back-to-School Fair day for Nottingham Presbyterian Church in Nottingham,..

Voices

A picture of grace

This summer, my wife and I left our children in the care of her parents and headed off to hike Pilot Mountain,..

Editorials

Staying on the path

Lately, when weather allows, I venture out on prayer walks — some contemplative and free-form, others guided by Bible verses with instructions...

Outlook Reporting

PC(USA) shortfall projected: Dealing with the financial fallout of COVID-19

Financial projections from now through the end of 2020 are showing the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is likely to experience a budget shortfall..

Voices

After COVID-19: Do we go big or go home?

Guest commentary by Dave Coles According to Wikipedia (you know, the source of all knowledge and wisdom), “Go big or go home!”..

Looking into the lectionary

12th Sunday After Pentecost — August 23, 2020

Exodus 1:8-2:10; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20 Ordinary 21A; Proper 16 Are we not always learning, really, who Jesus is? Who we are?..

Religion News Service

In Iowa, hard-hit churches and faith-based organizations rally to help out in wake of derecho storm

(RNS) — Pam Schulz has never seen anything like it. Just about every home in the Cedar Rapids area has been impacted..

Outlook Reporting

Presbyterian Church considers budgets during COVID-19

Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial situation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to look troubling — with contributions to the..

Benedictory

Why ask why?

Somewhere along the line, we learned to stop asking questions we couldn’t answer. For example, when’s the last time you asked: Where..

Insights columns

We have all lost so much

Asian physician Battles virus at clinic Battles hate on street — John Okamoto John Okamoto, a member of Japanese Presbyterian Church is..

Insights columns

Betrayal

As I was growing up in Richmond, Virginia, my universe largely consisted of the five miles between my private school and my..

He/She Said

Saida Grundy

“In the absence of concrete economic and legislative changes, consciousness raising through anti-racist reading is mere filibustering — white people learning about..

Presbyterians in Action