Many churches will observe the International Day of Climate Action on Sunday, October 24. In preparation for that observance, the organization 350.org and Tustin Church in Tustin, Calif., have prepared a litany in three versions for leaders, for making a bulletin insert, and --. Below are the texts for each version, used by permission.
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Sept. 30, 2009 Well, after encountering Archbishop Abuna Elias Chacour in little Richmond International Airport on Friday morning, and getting from him..
In this film, Mark Whitacre, Ph.D. (Matt Damon) was a chemical engineer for agri-business giant ADM in the early 1990s.
What happens when you bring together three of the greatest living rock guitarists?
As college students returned to campus, a new study suggests that some could be in danger of losing their religion.
Editor’s note: This essay won the 2009 Outlook Church-College partnership Award open to graduating seniors invited to write on the topic, “How my education at a PC(USA)-related college has equipped me for significant service and leadership.” The winner received a $1,000 prize. Information on the 2010 contest is available on page 10.
Editor’s note: This essay was first runner-up in the 2009 Outlook Church-College partnership Award competition open to graduating seniors invited to write on the topic, “How my education at a PC(USA)-related college has equipped me for significant service and leadership.” The writer received a $200 award. Information on the 2010 contest is available on page 10.
In many ways, this is the best of times for church-related higher education. Many of the core values that have historically defined us and kept us out of the mainstream are now, well, mainstream.
Editor’s Note: This address was delivered at the January 4, 2009, worship Service of Palma Ceia Church in Tampa, Fla.
Each year as students head off to school, I think about the days I spent listening to other students tell me about what fed their faith during those years.
Ministries involving “today’s youth” are explored to some extent by each ecclesiastical generation. Our denomination is currently involved in such a dialogue as part of a greater challenge.
Many Presbyterian-related colleges and universities face questions about how to strike a balance between their relationship with the Church and their desire to attract a wide variety of students, faculty members, donors, and trustees.
Presbyterian-related colleges and universities report the following news from their campuses as academic year 2009-10 gets underway:
Welcome to my first series of blogs. I’ve resolutely avoided both blogging and twittering. My general mindset is to put my most..
In my newspaper reporting days, we were always guided by the “Five W’s” (actually five W’s and one H), who, what, where, when, how, and why.
If you have been struggling with your own giving to the church or your congregation is having a difficult time raising its annual budget or meeting capital expenses, J. Clif Christopher’s book, Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate, A New Vision for Financial Stewardship (Abingdon Press, 2008) is for you.
I made an unusual symbolic commitment as a teenager: I would not get my drivers license until I turned 21 years old. I had several reasons for taking this unusual step.
While nothing is yet certain, conversations are underway about a possible partnership of sorts through which the University of Dubuque could provide a gateway to survival for Sheldon Jackson College in Alaska.
MINNEAPOLIS (ABP) — Delegates to the national assembly of America’s largest Lutheran denomination voted by a wide margin Aug. 21 to open the door allowing clergy in committed same-sex relationships to serve openly.
Thirteen copies of Mozart’s Requiem, $200; 13 airline tickets across 14 times zones and four hemispheres in a collapsing economy, $52,000; the chance for a very small Presbyterian church choir from South Carolina to sing one of the most glorious, theologically brilliant pieces of music ever written to the glory of God in the Sydney Opera House — priceless.
Holy Spirit revival breaks out on campus. Students descend upon the chapel for worship services that last for days. Classes are suspended for a fortnight to make room for this spontaneous divine visitation.
LOUISVILLE – For a month this fall, 45 Presbyterian mission co-workers, who live in and work in countries from Sri Lanka to Haiti, will travel the United States, speaking in churches and at seminaries, eating pot-luck dinners, sleeping in the guest rooms of Presbyterians in town after town.
“Fame” is the kind of musical that just begs to be re-made. The premise, back in 1980, was to showcase some of the most talented high school students from the New York Academy of Performing Arts, and that movie launched the career of Irene Cara, as well as spawning a television show that lasted several seasons.
LOUISVILLE – Some years ago, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made a commitment to raise its racial-ethnic membership to 20 percent by 2010.
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