Presbyterian Mission Agency gathering Archives

Giving thanks in plenty and in want

Posted October 26th, 2021

Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One … The children practiced their song repeatedly in the fellowship hall. The adults, gathered in the kitchen assembling Thanksgiving food baskets, didn’t mind listening to them. It had been a while since the struggling church heard children’s voices within its walls. The sound not only brought smiles to wrinkled faces, but a few tears as well to cataract eyes.

Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women celebrates 30 years

Posted July 30th, 2018

Presbyterian Women from across the country will gather in Louisville August 2-5 to celebrate the 2018 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women (PW). Susan Jackson Dowd, executive director of Presbyterian Women, Inc., said she is pleased PW, Inc., is bringing the triennial PW Churchwide Gathering back to Louisville for its 30-year anniversary celebration.

Big Tent 2017 kicks off in St. Louis

Posted July 6th, 2017

The picturesque campus of Washington University will play host to over 600 attendees as Big Tent 2017, the biennial event of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), gets underway today.

PC(USA) co-moderators to lead plenary session at Big Tent

Posted May 15th, 2017

The Rev. Denise Anderson and the Rev. Jan Edmiston, co-moderators of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly 222 (2016), will present a plenary session tentatively titled “At the Cross: Intersections the Church Must Navigate” during this year’s Big Tent.