Presbyterian Mission Agency pentecost offering Archives

Pentecost Offering helps young DREAAMers dream big

Posted April 16th, 2024

LOUISVILLE – One van, five days. That’s all it took to change the worldview of six young people. That, plus three committed adult leaders, a whole lot of faith and one big DREAAM. DREAAM, an acronym for Driven to Reach Excellence and Academic Achievement for Males, is a program designed to reach, teach and invest in African American boys at risk and to walk alongside them and their families beginning at the early age of 3 until they reach the age of 24.

North Carolina youth ask the important question, ‘¿Cuándo te vimos?’

Posted April 2nd, 2024

If given the choice, most people would rather not ride on a hospital gurney. Except for Hector Cardenas.

Denver teenager adds welcome ‘drama’ to 2025 Presbyterian Youth Triennium Production Team

Posted February 28th, 2024

When 17-year-old Grace Blackstock accepted the challenge of helping to plan the 2025 Presbyterian Youth Triennium (PYT) as part of a team of youth and adults from across the country, she did so with her characteristic upbeat attitude.

Mister Rogers conference provides novel platform for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Educate a Child initiative

Posted July 14th, 2023

Growing up in northern New Jersey, a younger version of the Rev. Dr. Alonzo Johnson watched in awe as Fred Rogers welcomed a break-dancer onto the groundbreaking television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in the 1980s.

Presbyterian Youth Triennium resources, grants support youth retreats from Washington to Puerto Rico

Posted May 24th, 2023

When the pandemic shut down plans last year for the epic every-third-year event, its fearless and flexible organizers pivoted to take the theme, the swag, the funds and the fun to places where smaller groups of young people could gather safely and share where they saw God in their lives, their relationships and in their larger communities.

Pentecost Offering helps young people challenge the world’s injustices

Posted May 23rd, 2023

Yuriko Beltran doesn’t ask for much — just an opportunity to change the world. Which is exactly why the 23-year-old entered the PC(USA)’s Young Adult Volunteer program.

The PC(USA)’s Pentecost Offering supports ‘Belonging Together’

Posted May 23rd, 2023

Although 15-year-old Grace Reck usually can’t wait to try new things, when given the chance last year to attend her first churchwide youth conference at Montreat, she dragged her feet. For a minute. Ever since then, the first-year high school student has jumped at every opportunity to lean in — including “Belonging Together,” a fall youth retreat held in November 2022 at Camp Loucon in Leitchfield, Kentucky, by the state’s three presbyteries.

The PC(USA)’s Pentecost Offering celebrates its 25th anniversary

Posted May 16th, 2023

When Elizabeth Odom was just a baby, so was the Pentecost Offering. Twenty-five years later, both are thriving. Today, Elizabeth is a social worker and American Sign Language interpreter serving the Deaf community in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Pentecost Offering helped her get there.

The PC(USA)’s Pentecost Offering helps set at-risk youth on the road to success

Posted May 9th, 2023

Everywhere he looked, the Rev. Allen Shelton saw tremendous gaps — gaps that were keeping high school-aged young people of color like Tariq Mayo from succeeding in life.

The PC(USA)’s Pentecost Offering gives young people an opportunity to change the world

Posted May 2nd, 2023

Everywhere he looked, the Rev. Allen Shelton saw tremendous gaps — gaps that were keeping high school-aged young people of color like Tariq Mayo from succeeding in life. Shelton, a veteran educator, community advocate and pastor, was determined not to watch Tariq — and so many other promising youth — fall through the cracks of an increasingly broken educational system.