Horizons — Let justice roll down
Rosalind Banbury previews the next Horizons Bible study offered by the Presbyterian Women.
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Order of worship — July 14, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
More Light Presbyterians endorses POL-01
In our reading, Part B is concerned not with policing theological belief but with promoting behaviors of respect for all people across many lines of difference and privilege.
Gathered in faith: Worship and reflection begin the in-person plenaries of #GA226
Those gathered in Salt Lake City, and watching online, begin the plenary work of General Assembly with reflection and song.
Domestic Engagement Committee passes items on modern slavery, gun violence, White Christian nationalism and solitary confinement
A full second day concludes the committee’s work.
Christian Formation Committee considers two commissioners’ resolutions
Recommendations call church to prayer and seminaries to disinvestment transparency.
Committee advises against recognizing Korean church caucus over women’s mistreatment
The Korean churches in the PC(USA) comprise about 330 churches and 40,000 members, making NCKPC the second largest group after the African American or Black Caucus.
Finance committee chooses fast action over study
The finance committee recommends selling government debt of countries involved in long-term military occupation, as requested by the commissioners' resolution.
How congregations can save on energy bills and care for the earth
Ronald Newman, the Treasury Department’s senior advisor on implementing the Inflation Reduction Act, comes to Louisville.
The Olympia Overture (POL-01) approved with amendment
“Non-discrimination” removed from second proposed amendment.
Plan to reduce, reconfigure PC(USA) Special Offerings OK’d by committee
The Financial Resources Committee sent the recommendation to the full assembly for consideration next week.
Ordination Committee takes actions in response to the needs of a changing church
Recommendations include extending a task force studying ordination and referring an overture on commissioned pastors.
Race, Sexuality and Gender Justice Committee moves through business with conviction and care
Among its approvals is observing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility.
Committee on General Assembly Procedures approves the Presbytery of Milwaukee’s offer to host the 227th General Assembly in 2026
Committee members vote down amendments that would have included in-person committee meetings.
Environmental and Climate Justice Committee endorses divestment from the fossil fuel industry
Denomination’s longstanding process of engaging with companies deemed too slow for the current climate crisis.
‘The protest is a ritual’: How faith found a place in Palestine solidarity encampments
Over the past nine months, student-led Palestine solidarity encampments popped up at universities across the country. For many students, multi-religious programming at the encampments became unexpected sites for religious connection.
General Assembly committee recommends continued PC(USA) support and engagement in Guatemala
Overture encourages Presbyterians to engage with U.S. lawmakers and learn more about past corruption.
The 226th General Assembly opens quietly
Audio problems slow, but don’t halt, the assembly’s opening livestream plenary Tuesday morning.
PC(USA) to engage GE and Palantir on human rights concerns
The finance committee recommends the assembly approve "focused engagement" techniques with GE and Palantir in efforts to end the companies’ military equipment and AI surveillance production.
Highlights from two years in office: Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis and Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
The co-moderators of the 225th General Assembly offer a valedictory.
Advice from the Advisory Committee on the Constitution on Item POL-01
The Advisory Committee on the Constitution evaluates the Olympia overture, POL-01.
The Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis appointed campus minister at Columbia Theological Seminary
CTS has appointed the Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis – fresh off the culmination of her term as Co-Moderator of the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – as Campus Minister, effective August 1.
UKirk Collegiate Ministries Association Board endorses Olympia overture
"We believe the overture calls each of us to value the beautiful diversity of the Body of Christ, while also inviting all of us called to serve in ordered ministries to imagine how our welcome can be as full and complete as God’s welcome to each of us in Jesus Christ."
The connectional needs of the church
Teri McDowell Ott interviews Acting Stated Clerk Bronwen Boswell as she wraps up her time in the position.
Former PC(USA) moderators, co-moderators and vice moderators voice support of Olympia overture
A group of leaders elected by past General Assemblies advocates for POL-01.
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