Celebrate Multicultural Church
Sunday - June 2nd  

On Sunday June 2^nd millions of Presbyterians of all ethnicities and cultures will gather together to celebrate Multicultural Church Sunday. Now is the time to prepare for this Multicultural Church Sunday celebration.

 We have included on this website an example of worship bulletin for your use and also a communion service for those who are accustom to having communion during the first week of the month. We encourage you to explore the Biblical and theological foundation of diversity and multicultural ministry and discuss new ways of doing worship by utilizing diverse gifts in the congregation to reflect the racial, cultural, gender, theological and socio-economic makeup of the community in and around your church.

 To help you celebrating this event, we suggest that you order Living the Vision: Becoming a Multicultural Church, both the booklet and the DVD.  For English, please, order PDS 72-341-04-001; for Spanish, PDS 23-314-07-001; and for Korean, PDS 23-314-08-003. For the DVD in English with subtitles in both Spanish and Korean, order PDS 72-341-04-003 from the Presbyterian Distribution Agency, (PDA)

 You may also consider exchanging choirs, or/and pulpit with another colleague or church of a different racial/cultural background. Set Sunday afternoon for a cultural celebration with international potluck and invite an international guest speaker to address your gathering.  For more resources and info, please, visit our website, www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/multicultural or call 800-728-7228 ext. 5233 for questions and an up-to-date resources to interpret this emphasis.

 You may also want to consider signing your church as a member of and partner with the National Presbyterian Multicultural Network (PMN). For more information, visit www.pmnpcusa.org or/and - http://www.pcusa.org/multicultural/multicultural-sunday.htm

Guide to Essential Resources for Multicultural Congregations

Celebrating Multicultural Sunday 

Resources for Multicultural Sunday

The Church on the Move 

Why hasn’t the church more successfully embodied and embraced difference?  This is the question that stitched its way through the work of the Ecumenical Network For Multicultural Ministry (ENFORMM) “Church on the Move” consultation held in Chicago at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Offices during Holy Week this year. 

Representatives from six different North American Communions, including the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Presbyterian Church of Canada, the ELCA, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, The United Church of Christ in America (UCC), The United Church of Canada (UCCC), and the Anglican Church in Canada gathered in Chicago for three days of collaboration, exploration, soul searching, and prayer around some of the most difficult questions that challenge mainline churches today.  Read more now. 

National Multicultural Church Conference

August 1 -3, 2013 Louisville KY

Register Now - Sign up today for this great and exciting event.

Featuring: Claudio Carvalhaes
Guest Speakers:   Nancy Benson-Nicole, Laurel Underwood
Surprise Guest:  (Come Join Us to find out who this might be)

Featuring Some Great Workshops:

Let's Come and Engage with Each Other:  Invitation to a Lively Multicultural Conversation
Cultivating Collaborative Spaces: Transforming Church Buildings into Centers for Social Innovation
Thriving in Chaos:  Integrating the principals and Practices of the Conversation Arts to Create the Conditions for Creative, Innovation and Emergence
It's Not The Same Anymore: A Vision-Based Strategy for Developing Multicultural New Cjircj Developments Today!
Cultural Proficiency is an Imperative, Not and Option
Leadership for the 21st Century

 Luncheon to be held in Conjugation with the Racial Ethnic & Immigrants Convocation Friday, August 2, 2013. 

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COME AND ENJOY THIS YEAR BIG SURPRISE

Partnership Fund for Multicultural Church Growth with the Presbyterian Multicultural Network

God’s Spirit is at work in the PC(USA), drawing together cultures, generations and peoples from all nations! Contributors to this partnership fund will not only bless other Presbyterian multicultural congregations, but they will also be nurtured themselves by this fund. Contributing partners will be the first beneficiaries of this fund by being eligible to apply for grants of up to $5,000. Download a packet and pledge form.

Guide to Essential Resources for Multicultural Congregations

As part of our office’s mission to identify and provide resources meaningful to the growing diversity in the church we have prepared a list of suggested resources, which is available for download.

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Get the Racial Ethnic Torch

"The Racial Ethnic Torch" is a periodical published by Racial Ethnic Ministries since 1990, offering news, events and issues of concern to racial ethnic Presbyterians. The "Torch," which is published twice a year in summer and fall, serves as a tool to connect you to new resources and upcoming events, to equip you with information that will bolster your faith life and ministry and to inspire you as we share stories of racial ethnic Presbyterians in the church. To subscribe to the print edition, email Alejandra Sherman.

Download the Racial Ethnic Torch Fall 2011 

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