Comfort my people: Providing education about serious mental illness
The 223rd General Assembly will be reviewing an overture to provide education on serious mental illness in congregations, presbyteries and seminaries.
Prayer for the third day of the 223rd General Assembly
Lord, presentations have been made, and committees have started meeting. We have prayed and praised, worshipped and broken bread together. Colleagues have..
“We need clarity of vision” – Way Forward Committee takes action on 2020 Vision Team report
ST. LOUIS – The Way Forward Committee took action on the 2020 Vision Team report June 17 – but along the way..
The GA223 mascot?
ST. LOUIS – Walking around the America’s Center Convention Complex, where the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 223rd General Assembly is being held, it’s impossible to..
Intro to significant business: Assembly hears from committees and commissions
ST. LOUIS – This was like a meet-and-greet for some significant business coming before the 2018 General Assembly – an afternoon dedicated..
Humbled and overjoyed: Newly elected co-moderators Cintrón-Olivieri and Kohlmann
ST. LOUIS – When asked how they felt about the “amazing honor” of being elected as co-moderators of the 223rd General..
Prayer for the second day of the 223rd General Assembly
Gracious God, this is a day that you have made and we will rejoice and be glad in it. We give you..
“Prophets over profit” – Fossil Free PCUSA holds press conference calling for divestment
After walking over 200 miles from the PC(USA) headquarters in Louisville, walkers and ombudsmen for Fossil Free PCUSA gathered to advocate for..
Commissioners’ resolutions cover widespread issues: Calls to end policies separating families, respond to North Korean refugee crisis, address suicide and opioid addiction and more
ST. LOUIS – Commissioners’ resolutions to the 2018 General Assembly have started to roll in – often, matters drawn from breaking news..
Cindy Kohlmann and Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri elected co-moderators of the 223rd General Assembly
ST. LOUIS — On the fourth ballot, the 2018 General Assembly elected as co-moderators Cindy Kohlmann and Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri – a..
“Church, it is time now for the frozen chosen to thaw out” — The 223rd General Assembly kicks off
ST. LOUIS — Craig Howard, presbytery executive of Giddings-Lovejoy, brought greetings and welcome on behalf of the presbytery. “Church, it is..
Encountering the Triune God in the Gateway City: General Assembly opening worship
Waters of baptism: Bringing the community together, calling them forward “We believe that worship shapes the ministry of the church as it..
“I have never in my life been so proud to be a Presbyterian” – Liz Theoharis shares Presbyterians’ involvement in eradicating poverty
ST. LOUIS – J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), introduced the speakers this way: “These Presbyterians are fresh..
Speakers tell Middle East peace group that blame and stereotypes won’t help
ST. LOUIS — Do Presbyterians really think the best way to foster peace and cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians is to pick..
Prayer for the first day of the 223rd General Assembly
Lord, we have come from North and South, East and West, to worship and pray, discuss and discern. We thank you for..
105 degrees, 210 miles, 1 goal: Walking for a fossil-free church
Video by Ed Sackett EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL — In preparation for the 223rd General Assembly, Fossil Free PCUSA, a project of Presbyterian..
COLA volunteers welcome GA participants
ST. LOUIS- Members of the Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA) welcomed participants of the 2018 General Assembly at the St. Louis Lambert..
Remembering baptismal vows and why congregations need the wider church: Way Forward Committee begins meeting a day before General Assembly convenes
ST. LOUIS – The Way Forward Committee of the 2018 General Assembly started off its work with a history lesson, and a..
$5.3 million under consideration: Coordinating Committee examines costs of recommendations to 2018 General Assembly
ST. LOUIS – The Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) is hoping to help commissioners at the 2018 General Assembly better understand budget implications..
Discerning our way through General Assembly
Did you know that, but for the commissioners’ vote on the floor of a plenary session at General Assembly, our Presbyterian Church..
Ecumenical relations and Evangelicals
In preparing to write this blog, I spent considerable time on the ineffable PC-Biz website for this year’s upcoming General Assembly. If..
GA basics: A Presbyterian Outlook video introduction to General Assembly
Paul Hooker, associate dean for ministerial formation and advanced studies at Austin Seminary, explains some of the basics of General Assembly procedures.
Building the kin-dom one prayer at a time: An invitation to prayer practices for the General Assembly
Motel 6 famously advertises, “We’ll leave the light on for you.” A clever slogan that embodies a sense of hospitality and home,..
Compelled to respond: The 223rd General Assembly and climate change
To work for the transformation of society The two of us have spent the last two years (and longer) working in the..
More than church as usual in St. Louis: General Assembly to address community issues
The 223rd General Assembly will address issues of racial justice in the convention hall and on the streets. Look for it, weaving..
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