Young Adult Volunteers Archives

Young Adult Volunteer program creates new normal for 2020-22 YAV program years

Posted June 16th, 2020

Despite the challenges created by COVID-19, the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program is committed to responding to the call to serve in creative ways.

Seeking a pastoral call during a pandemic

Posted May 29th, 2020

When Teresa Larson first learned that her graduation from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary would be virtual, she did what she was trained to do.

A lifetime of change — and acceptance

Posted May 12th, 2020

The Rev. Ashley McFaul-Erwin would not likely be a pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) today if she’d stayed in her homeland of Northern Ireland — and never found the Young Adult Volunteers (YAV) program.

Prayers and determination bring Peru YAVs home safely

Posted May 8th, 2020

The phrase “it takes a village” has new meaning for the Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) serving in Peru.

Presbyterian group finds a casual place online for serious conversations

Posted May 5th, 2020

Just after New Year’s Day, before COVID-19 turned life in the United States and around the world upside down, Destini Hodges and Lee Catoe of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) national office went to the annual college conference at in North Carolina.

Varied, far-flung mission is envisioned over the next two years

Posted April 15th, 2020

Proposed budgets for the Presbyterian Mission Agency — about $61.2 million in 2021 and about $62.9 million for 2022 — will allow the agency two more years to continue the Matthew 25 focus and to carry out no small number of other worthy ministries, too.

Young Adult Volunteers rising to lead in a time of crisis

Posted April 3rd, 2020

While Luke Rembold isn’t grateful for the circumstances of the current COVID-19 crisis and the pain and fear it is causing, he is grateful for the way he sees his Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) responding.

Mission co-workers returning to the United States

Posted March 24th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has requested that all mission co-workers with the United States as home-base (United States citizens and U.S. permanent residents) return to the U.S. as recommended by the State Department. World Mission’s crisis management team is meeting seven days a week to coordinate individually with each mission co-worker in each country to determine the best course of action.

Real climate change is possible — and urgently needed

Posted February 13th, 2020

I spent the last year as a Presbyterian Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) in Austin, Texas

Church of Central Africa Presbyterian and the PC(USA)

Posted December 17th, 2019

With support provided by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP)’s Synod of Zambia created a Health Department in 2016. During its first three years, the CCAP’s Health Department has focused on building and improving infrastructure, strengthening the health of women and girls and ensuring availability of preventative medicine and personnel.