Presbyterian Mission Agency Worshiping Communities Archives | Page 4 of 18

Can online worship be intimate?

Posted March 27th, 2020

Online worship that’s intimate, meaningful, inclusive — and, at the same time, can be touching and even humorous?

Serious JuJu: Warehouse closed but ministry continues

Posted March 26th, 2020

Serious JuJu, a skateboarding ministry and 1001 New Worshiping Community in Kalispell, Montana, has been faithful to seeing, feeding and strengthening kids; celebrating skateboarders; and serving Christ for 13 years.

Creating community in digital spaces during a pandemic

Posted March 24th, 2020

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America church planter and author the Rev. Emily Scott, leader of an ELCA new church project, Dreams and Visions, and the founder of St. Lydia’s Dinner Church in New York City, will be the featured guest on a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1001 New Worshiping Communities Zoom conversation at noon Eastern Time on Thursday.

Praying for the women of Hagar’s Community Church

Posted March 20th, 2020

Hagar’s Community Church, a 1001 New Worshiping Community in Olympia Presbytery located inside the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), is currently unable to meet for worship due to social distancing required inside the prison during the COVID-19 health crisis.

Three hundred participate in 1001 Zoom conversation on streaming worship services

Posted March 19th, 2020

As 300 people, including a pastor from Ireland, gathered via Zoom for conversation on best practices for streaming worship services, the host, the Rev. Marthame Sanders, began by asking for grace to abound — and that those gathered would remember that nothing can separate us from God’s love.

1001 to host Zoom conversation Thursday on how to stream worship services

Posted March 17th, 2020

1001 New Worshiping Communities will host a Zoom webinar at noon Eastern Time Thursday how to best utilize streaming technology for worship in the face of the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Click here on Thursday to join the meeting.

Hive mentality

Posted March 4th, 2020

Contemplative. Entrepreneur. Convener. The Rev. Troy Bronsink wears all those hats and probably a few more as the founder and director of The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art and Action in Cincinnati.

‘Why in the world would we do that?’

Posted January 27th, 2020

When church leaders at Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, began discussing the idea to livestream its traditional Sunday morning worship service, one of the reactions was, “Why in the world would we do that?” Some members were afraid it would be an excuse for people to stay home.

Podcast highlighting leaders in new worshiping movement drops six new episodes

Posted January 16th, 2020

The New Way Podcast began dropping episodes for its third season last month with its first ever holiday episode.

Colliding with Jesus

Posted January 7th, 2020

Willow Weston, the founder and director of a 1001 new worshiping community in Bellingham, Washington, remembers the day Collide began.