Order of worship — August 11, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost — August 11, 2024
“It is enough, now, O Lord,” Elijah prays in 1 Kings 19. We can relate, writes Teri McDowell Ott.
Hope in Christian fellowship (August 11, 2024)
Samantha Coggins writes about God-friends and 1 Thessalonians 3.
CMEP holds prayer vigil before Israel’s prime minister addresses Congress
Churches for Middle East Peace prays for immediate end to violence in Gaza.
We say and pray her name: Sonya Massey
Sonya Massey was a 36-year-old woman from Illinois who was fatally shot by police when she called them for help. Teri McDowell Ott offers a prayer in response to this tragedy.
Decommissioned: The elimination of Missionary Advisory Delegates and the transformation of PC(USA) World Mission
Jonathan A. Seitz, who has served as a mission co-worker for 15 years, reflects on GA's decision to end the role of mission advisory delegates.
Missional confirmation: Strengthening youth in their missional identities and vocations
The "Changing the World" confirmation curriculum emphasizes a missional approach to confirmation, commissioning the baptized to serve God’s kingdom and change the world through the Holy Spirit.
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Our culture breeds an assumption of separation: "they" are the problem. How can the church stand against this, asks Teri McDowell Ott?
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She would be the first presidential candidate with a diverse personal religious and spiritual history that is now far more representative of America’s multi-faith makeup.
Hasta que haya equidad: The importance behind the General Assembly approval of RSG-05
Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri, former co-moderator, discusses the significance of the assembly's resolution to consider and support Hispanic Latino-a-é ministry.
National Council of Churches decries Supreme Court ruling criminalizing unhoused persons
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Overcoming biases: Navigating secular employment as a bivocational pastor
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Order of worship — August 4, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Christ’s love in God’s kin-dom (August 4, 2024)
Shea Watts explores the discrepancy between Christianity as an intellectual project and Christianity as a lived reality.
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost — August 4, 2024
"A piece of bread, an ounce of juice. It looks pretty meager. It looks like what’s on this table isn’t enough. But it is." — John Wurster
Horizons — Environmental justice
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Bethany Peerbolte interviewed the #GA226 Young Adult Advisory Delegates about what they believe is the PC(USA)'s greatest triumphs and where there is still room to grow.
Looking Up: A Birder’s Guide to Hope through Grief
That is what this book is ultimately about: becoming a person fully alive; present to creation and present to other human beings, particularly those who are suffering. — Roy Howard
Acting Stated Clerk condemns violence at Trump rally
Bronwen Boswell calls for a peaceful political season.
Five faith facts about Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance
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