Faithfulness Amidst Struggles
A letter from victor and Sara Makari serving in Israel/Palestine | February 2017
God’s life-giving and life-renewing Spirit revives our souls in the midst of living conditions arising from a conflicted and sometimes chaotic situation.
After a full day of presentations and discussion on Monday, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Executive Committee took a field trip on Tuesday. The group is in the middle of a three-day retreat in St. Paul, Minnesota and stepped away from the conference room to learn about local mission outreach and church expansion.
An Awesome Witness
A letter from Kay Day serving in Rwanda | May 1, 2017
This year the remembrance of the Genocide of 1994 took on a special meaning for me as I helped to host the PC(USA) Africa mission co-workers’ gathering here in Rwanda, which focused on the theme of Reconciliation.
A letter from Michael Ludwig | May 2017
Looking at the roots that the CHE method uncovers leads us to another question: “What can we as people from the outside do to help communities work on their own problems?”
A letter from John McCall | May 2017
I am currently teaching a course at Tainan Seminary on “Following the Pilgrim God: A Biblical Journey.” This past weekend, I was a pilgrim taking two planes, two ships, and one train.
The Rebuilding of Cajamarquilla | June 2017
A letter from Ruty Edmondson serving in Peru
In our time visiting with residents, we witnessed their spirit of determination, resolve and Christian faith as they shift their focus from relief efforts to rebuilding. They continually give thanks to God that no residents of Cajamarquilla died in this disaster.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Executive Committee began its three-day retreat in worship today in the historic Central Presbyterian Church in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Afterwards, the group quickly got down to business with reports from both the Way Forward Commission and the All Agency Review Committee.
“This is what the future of the Presbyterian Church looks like!” Co-Moderator T. Denise Anderson declared to a group of nearly 40 young adults attending this year’s Presbyterian Intercultural Young Adult Network’s post-Big Tent gathering. Sponsored by Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries, the assembly of multicultural young adults ages 19-35 included individuals with ethnic backgrounds from five continents.
On the heels of the Big Tent conference in St. Louis, the ongoing PC(USA) Facing Racism campaign has released resources from the event with the theme “Race, Reconciliation and Reformation.”
