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August 27, 2024
Are there elements of community organizing that churches can learn from?
That was among the questions the hosts of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” had for the Rev. Dr. Aaron Stauffer, Director of Online and Lifelong Learning and the Associate Director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at the Vanderbilt Divinity School during a recent episode. Listen to Stauffer’s 55-minute conversation with Simon Doong and the Rev. Lee Catoe here.
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August 27, 2024
Picking up on his previous day’s theme of faith communities and mid councils “seeing beyond the standalone model of being church,” Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall told the 540 or so people attending Synod School that he talked to several attendees about how they’re “creatively using God’s resources to be a blessing beyond themselves.” Read more »
August 27, 2024
Cyrus-Franklin is a pastor, parent, part of a clergy couple, an advocate for youth, a certified coach, a trauma-informed yoga instructor and a group facilitator. The “New Way” podcast is hosted by the Rev. Sara Hayden, associate for the 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement, and produced by the Rev. Marthame Sanders of Mudeif Productions. Read more »
August 27, 2024
Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert, a nationally recognized expert on African American preaching and the dean of Howard University School of Divinity, shared his thinking on “Prophetic Preaching in a Tone-Deaf Culture” during a recent online presentation for New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. Watch Gilbert’s talk, which was followed by a question-and-answer session, here. Read more »
August 27, 2024
The Rev. Tony Larson, co-moderator of the 226th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is the latest addition to the roster of special guests who’ll be taking part in the denomination’s annual Young Adult Advocacy Conference this fall. Read more »
August 26, 2024
Beechmont Presbyterian Church in Louisville hosted a very successful Vacation Bible School this year! Ninety-three children, youth and adults were involved in Camp Firelight. At times, it was quite the circus — but generally a happy circus. Read more »
August 26, 2024
A book set for publication this fall invites us to join the church movement reshaping our neighborhoods — embracing love and creating community to house our neighbors and recognize our shared humanity. Read more »
August 26, 2024
The Rev. Sharyl Dixon, a teaching elder commissioner from the Presbytery of the Coastlands, came prepared when she arrived at Salt Lake City for the 226th General Assembly. She was equipped with a “snackle” box and over 100 “little Jesuses.” Read more »
August 26, 2024
Sarah Mibulano had a little problem.
The 19-year-old Young Adult Advisory Delegate from the Presbytery of Nevada — who emigrated to the U.S. from Congo with her family in 2015 — had her citizenship interview back in February and still hadn’t heard a word. Read more »
August 26, 2024
Last week, Tim Pollock, commissioned ruling elders and commissioned pastors coordinator for the Synod of the Covenant, offered a webinar full of ideas on extending ministry networks to municipal and nonprofit agencies. Watch the hour-long broadcast here. Read more »