Order of worship — April 7, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
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Second Sunday of Easter — April 7, 2024
We, like the disciples in John 20, are called to leave the security of locked doors and closed minds, to leave the safety of status so we the Holy Spirit can send us into the world God loves, writes Chris Currie.
Austin-area Presbyterian church calls for fasting in solidarity with famine victims in Gaza
University Presbyterian Church (UPC) in Austin, Texas, is calling for a day of prayer and fasting on Good Friday, March 29th, in solidarity with victims of an impending famine in Gaza.
Perennial
A poem for gardeners, for springtime lovers, for the hopeful by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Discussion guide for March 2024 issue
In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.
Faith communities call for clear abortion rules
Interfaith advocacy network Texas Impact mobilizes thousands of Texans to provide public input for the "medical exemptions" provisions in the state’s stringent abortion law.
Statement from the Covenant Network of Presbyterians on Ghana
The Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians has adopted a statement of concern about impending homophobic legislation in Ghana.
The Exvangelical plight: ‘Hurting because we followed the rules’
NPR reporter Sarah McCammon's memoir of growing up evangelical is both timely and superb.
Tech watch: AI in Canva and Mailchimp
Dartinia Hull offers quick tips on maximizing your communications with AI.
ChatGPT is here. There is no going back.
Mentioning AI on college campuses can earn you a monologue on academic integrity, but we can only move forward, writes college chaplain Maggie Alsup.
Full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. Part-time pastors can help.
The happier, healthier future of ministry is in part-time clergy. — G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Stewardship Navigator portal celebrates five years of growth and success
The Stewardship Navigator, which is free to all Presbyterian congregations, has helped small and large churches with their fundraising.
Praying Easter would happen again
"I’ve never stepped into the mouth of an empty tomb, but I have walked into my grandmother’s one-bedroom apartment three days after she died," writes Lisle Gwynn Garrity.
PC(USA) retirement staying on predicted course
Retired clergy’s income boosted with help of retirement credits.
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! — Weekly Christian ed lesson
This lesson centers on a traditional hymn, “Jesus Christ is Risen Today.” By singing, exploring and responding to this hymn, children can rejoice in Jesus’ resurrection.
Order of worship — Easter Sunday
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Like the women at the tomb (March 31, 2024)
Shea Watts talks Easter Sunday and the first ending in Mark's Gospel.
Easter Sunday — March 31, 2024
The original end of Mark's Gospel is one full of questions and fear, writes Teri McDowell Ott. And that's ok. It’s not a fear without faith or hope.
On Turning Eighty-Nine
I've never ... been this old before, worn a body like this before, known a mind like this before, lived a life like this before, writes J. Barrie Shepherd.
Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love
"'Being Here' would be a welcome addition to a small group’s gathering and closing time or stand on its own as the foundation of a daily or weekly prayer service," writes Amy Pagliarella of Pádraig Ó Tuama's latest book.
The nones have changed campus chaplains’ jobs — and made them more interesting
All students, not just Christians, come talk to me about class and life in general. — Lyn Pace
Exploring the uses and possibilities of digital ministry
In this Faithful Conversation, Outlook’s Social Media Producer Jesy Littlejohn and Washington National Cathedral Pastor for Digital Ministry Jo Nygard Owens explore the uses and possibilities of digital ministry.
Latest General Assembly deadline brings more overtures and recommendations to PC-Biz and the PC(USA)
To date, 34 overtures have been submitted by presbyteries, 45 reports from GA committees and commissions and 30 reports from church agencies.
If the tool becomes the master, the greatest commandment remains
"We do not have to solve the world’s problems, but we do have to love our neighbor," writes Jay Blossom.
The anti-Zionist Jews countering mainstream support for Israel
Pro-Israel Jews have denounced anti-Zionists as antisemitic and not really Jewish. But the ranks of this group are growing, and their criticism of Israel is catching on among younger U.S. Jews.
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