Co-moderators find new ways to connect with Presbyterians
(OGA) Many people are unable to attend worship in their communities due to health issues, work, or travel schedules, and churches have..
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Opinion: Surviving April
(RNS) — This isn’t the April we wanted. We wanted spring training. We wanted to go to church on Easter Sunday. We..
Presbyterians, Holy Week and COVID-19
With Palm Sunday and Easter around the corner, congregations are trying to figure out how to approach Holy Week in the year..
PC(USA)’s Financial Aid for Service: Emergency student loan management enacted during COVID-19 crisis
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — New resources from the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service provide guidance on how to manage one’s student..
Lenten devotion video: The symbol of oil
This week we look to the symbol of oil and consider what it means to be called by God and anointed for..
Dead air, living silence
I recently wrote about my first experience with video-taping Sunday morning worship. I began that service by lip-synching the opening theme to..
Lent 3, 2020: The Sunday the church went virtual
On Wednesday, March 11, I changed the text and went off script, having decided the lectionary was not the way to go..
This Easter Celebration (A free hymn for 2020)
AURELIA 7.6.7.6 D ("The Church's One Foundation") Download PDF: This Easter Celebration- with music - for bulletins This Easter celebration is not..
Race, religion and contagion
(RNS) — For reasons I don't need to explain, my family and I recently watched the 2011 movie "Contagion" together. In times..
GA or not GA? That is the question
Guest commentary by Steve Salyards GA or not GA? That is the question. Presbyterians in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are watching and..
Stated Clerk lifts up health care workers
LOUISVILLE (OGA) As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb around the world, so does the impact on medical workers. Infected..
Higher attendance, lower giving: New survey shows how churches are responding to COVID-19
(RNS) — Giving is down, attendance is up and a good number of pastors still aren’t sure what they’re going to do..
Order of service — Palm/Passion Sunday (April 5, 2020)
This liturgy has been crafted for Palm/Passion Sunday. You are welcome to use it in your online worship services and distribute it..
Prayer for healthcare workers
Lord, you came to the world healing, touching those considered dangerous, unsafe and unclean. You entered into suffering, never turning away from..
They didn’t teach us this in seminary!
Guest blog by Molly Smerko “They didn’t teach us this in seminary,” I read as I aimlessly scrolled through Facebook one day..
Opinion: COVID-19 could end church as we know it. And I feel fine.
(RNS) — The coronavirus pandemic has quickly swept the globe, throwing just about every human institution into chaos. Faith communities are no..
Clergy laugh off bloopers as the coronavirus forces churches online
(RNS) — The Rev. Megan Castellan has been livestreaming morning prayer from home every day through the coronavirus pandemic for her parishioners..
PC(USA) corporate engagement committee calls on companies to support workers in COVID-19 crisis
LEXINGTON, Kentucky — The Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (MRTI) has joined nearly 200 signatories on..
Committee on the Office of the General Assembly considers options for the 224th General Assembly (2020)
LOUISVILLE (OGA) One of the questions surrounding Presbyterians in the midst of COVID-19 is how it will impact the planned gathering of the..
Prayers of the people for Sunday, March 29, 2020
Jill Duffield reads the prayers of the people she crafted for this 5th Sunday in Lent. You are welcome to share this..
Christian education at home: All things bright and beautiful
Over the last few weeks, our children’s worlds seem to have shrunk dramatically. While they were used to going from school to..
Opinion: Our moral obligation to health during the COVID-19 pandemic
(RNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic has focused many of us on the state of the nation’s health care system. As the virus..
Surgeon general, disaster experts advise church leaders in COVID-19 online summit
(RNS) — The nation’s top doctor urged faith leaders to follow federal guidelines and partner with local health officials as they learn..
5th Sunday in Lent — March 29, 2020
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Lent 5A Rejoice, O Jerusalem, the prophet Isaiah declares, rejoice greatly. We’ve made it to the..
Prayer for the class of 2020
Compassionate God, for many of us these days feel like an exile. We remember that your people have walked through exile of..
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