Presbyterian mid council leaders offer ideas to make General Assembly better

CHICAGO – When word reached the Mid Council Leaders Gathering that the Senate had confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the U.S...

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Mid Council Leaders Gathering covers per capita, Board of Pensions

CHICAGO – J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), challenged Presbyterians to engage the complicated realities of the current..

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“God is working through these things” — Mid council leaders consider national news during meeting

CHICAGO - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders prayed for the city of Chicago Oct. 5, just before a verdict was returned in the..

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Mid council leaders look back to General Assembly and ahead to church trends

CHICAGO – Once a year, mid council leaders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gather for several days of conversation and training —..

Religion News Service

Pastor and activist William J. Barber II wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant

(RNS) — The Rev. William J. Barber II, architect of the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina and leader of the resurgent Poor..

Presbyterian News Service

Four organizations receive Native American Leadership Fund Award

(PNS) Four organizations working to provide leadership development for Native Americans have been selected to receive the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s 2018 Native American..

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Board of Pensions releases data showing benefits trends, gender disparities

The Board of Pensions has released an updated report on salary and benefit trends in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – a report..

Looking into the lectionary

20th Sunday after Pentecost — October 7, 2018

World Communion Sunday Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 Ordinary 21B Proper 22 “There once was a man…” Job begins..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team deploys in aftermath of Hurricane Florence

(PNS) Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) sent three National Response Teams (NRT) into North Carolina and South Carolina in the wake of severe..

Presbyterian News Service

Prayer for Domestic Violence Awareness Sunday

(PNS) October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this Sunday, October 7th, is Domestic Violence Awareness Sunday. This week, this month, and..

Voices

Surprised by flexibility

This week we asked our bloggers what younger pastors are thinking about and what they think the rising generation of Presbyterian leaders..

Book Reviews

Ecclesiastes: An Earth Bible Commentary

Marie Turner Bloomsbury, 144 pages Reviewed by Susan G. De George In the last several years, growing numbers of congregations have taken..

Prayers for the moment

A prayer for divided times

Reconciling God, we come to you grief stricken by the rancor and division among us, the hurt and pain rampant in our..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterians work together to stop the use of children in combat

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Princeton Abaraoha was a carefree 13-year-old boy when he was snatched by soldiers and taken to a military training..

Voices

Maybe still young enough to dream

This week we asked our bloggers what younger pastors are thinking about and what they think the rising generation of Presbyterian leaders..

Outlook Features

Bivocational exhaustion blessings

It started simply enough: I would take a couple of seminary classes and if I liked them, I’d take a couple more...

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God with us in our discouragement (Horizons 3)

“God’s Promise: I Am With You” Lesson 3: Deuteronomy 31:1-8; Joshua 1:1-9; Haggai 1:1-15, 2:1-9 We all face times of discouragement. Discouragement..

Insights columns

Singing side by side: Mission and music

No one stands alone, we’ll stand side by side. Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. Singing Mark Miller’s setting of these..

In This Corner

In an adult Bible study class …

In an adult Bible study class with Presbyterian women, a discussion was held on what they thought the greatest sin to be...

Presbyterians in Action

Waynesburg University

The Presbyterian-related Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania was recently named a national “College of Distinction” for the third consecutive year in recognition for..

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