King University, Presbyterian College grads win Outlook college award
I am pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Presbyterian Outlook church-college partnership essay awards. Seniors at Presbyterian-affiliated colleges were invited..
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Finding freedom in the liberal arts: Outlook church-college partnership winner
by Mickensie Neely There is a false yet pervasive myth that students graduating high school know what they want to pursue in..
Making a home: Outlook church-college partnership runner-up
By Helen Wilkins I was surprised to find myself calling Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, “home” in the fall semester of..
Massachusetts church rebounds from brutal winter
LOUISVILLE (PNS) It was the winter that kept coming. The record-breaking snowfall that dumped more than 100 inches in Boston and northern New..
Theological Horizons: A mentoring community at the University of Virginia
by Karen Wright Marsh This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask..
October 26, 2015: Digital issue for subscribers (Reformation)
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s October 26, 2015 issue is now available! It is viewable on most computers, tablets, and smartphones. Click..
What I want you to know
In honor of our college guide issue, here is a list of 10 things I want the young adults in my life..
PCC Letter on BCE Preparation
Today the Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) sent the following message to all CPM moderators and PC(USA) contact persons..
Where is God? (Horizons 3)
2015-2016 Horizons Bible Study Come to the Waters Lesson 3: Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 42 It was a hot day. The children were..
Deceased (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)
William Allen Doyle, 72, Feb. 20, Beaver, Pa. Walter Estelle, 81, Jan. 9, Spokane, Wash. Gordon Mackay, 85, Feb. 27, Wichita, Kan...
Honorably retired (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)
James R. Berger, from pastor, Hope United Presbyterian Church, Ft. Myers, Fla. Deborah Ann Chase, from member at large, Bixby, Okla. Paul..
Transitions (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)
Cecilia Armstrong, to associate pastor, St. James Church, Charleston, S.C., from member at large, Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery Bryan Bond, to pastor, First Presbyterian..
Ordinations (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)
Greg Allen-Pickett, to general manager of World Missions of the PC(USA) Mission Agency, Louisville, Ky., by Denver Presbytery Richard Bellomy III, to..
Anniversaries (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)
Second Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Mo., 150 years
Calendar Check – November 2015
Nov. 5-7 Denver 2015 Covenant Network Conference featuring Cynthia Rigsby, Clifton Kirkpatrick, J. Herbert Nelson. Central Presbyterian Church. covnetpres.org Nov. 8-13 Montreat, N.C. Presbyterian..
STEPHEN R. HERR
“Fast-food nation and higher education are becoming ever more homogeneous, and it’s not surprising that students are less engaged. Why should they be? Generic only goes so..
Esther Wakeman
Esther Wakeman, a mission worker in Thailand, writes of a renewed effort to recruit more students at Payap University. They have 4,500 students and are striving..
A Presbyterian pastor in Minnesota …
A Presbyterian pastor in Minnesota said he thought he’d heard every kind of complaint there was — and then an elderly member told him after church,..
Transformational education – 20 years ago
20 years ago - October 23, 1995 There are many kinds of education, nearly all of them affirmed by the Reformed family...
Regarding ruling elders: leading with the spirit
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Take a survey of ruling elders and you will probably find that many have served on nonprofit boards. This important work..
Surprise! Pope Francis stops by Vatican’s new homeless shelter
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to a new homeless shelter just outside Vatican City, the pontiff’s latest..
Local leaders call for outside consultants: A letter to Heath Rada, moderator of the PC(USA)
Guest commentary from Philip Reed and Mark Verdery Dear Mr. Moderator, We write to recommend consultants to facilitate a multi-level listening process..
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 18, 2015
Proper 24 – Mark 10:35-45 Jesus agrees to give James and John that which they request and the admonition “be careful what..
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance issues appeal for help in South Carolina
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The rivers have crested and the floodwaters have washed out to sea, but the hard work of cleaning up is just..
Earliest draft of the King James Bible discovered by New Jersey professor
(RNS) For about a month after he returned from England last year, a Montclair State University professor did not realize what a treasure he had found..
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