Presbyterian Mission Agency young adult volunteers Archives

‘A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast’ explores the selfless work of Father Charles Strobel

Posted September 20th, 2024

Two longtime hosts of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” celebrated the 200th installment of the broadcast last week by exploring the work of Father Charles Strobel, founder of Room In The Inn in Nashville, Tennessee, which shelters and offers numerous support services to people in need in the Music City.

Young Adult Volunteer learning how SDOP lifts up minority voices

Posted June 25th, 2024

My YAV year is providing me with an experience I would not have had anywhere else. I had viewed mission work as something Christians do as an extension of neocolonialism. Rightfully so, I was uncomfortable with the word “missions” because it reminded me of exploitation and the silencing of marginalized voices.

Podcast explores 30 years of service by more than 1,900 Young Adult Volunteers

Posted May 15th, 2024

Destini Hodges, coordinator of the PC(USA)’s Young Adult Volunteer program, took to the Between 2 Pulpits airwaves to describe and celebrate a ministry of social justice and faith transformation that’s produced more than 1,900 alums over the last three decades.

Pentecost Offering sends children, youth and young adults out to change the world

Posted May 14th, 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.

Young Adult Volunteer learning how SDOP lifts up minority voices

Posted May 8th, 2024

As a Young Adult Volunteer serving in New York City with a placement in the Self-Development of People ministry, my work is composed of program outreach, grant application workshops and site visits for grassroots organizations seeking funding.

Pentecost Offering helps bring together young adults from across the globe to change the world

Posted April 30th, 2024

Once worlds away, Juliet Owuor [ō-war] and Maggie Collins now find themselves mere inches apart. The two roommates share a small New York City apartment with two other young adults — but that’s not all they share.

Presbyterian Peacemakers, delegation visit border ministry to collaborate on migration

Posted April 15th, 2024

In October, a PC(USA) delegation that included three international peacemakers from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program journeyed together to Frontera de Cristo, located in the twin cities of Agua Prieta, Mexico, and Douglas, Arizona, for four days of interconnected collaboration on the dynamics of people on the move.

Excitement grows as PC(USA) and Presbyterian Women’s joint delegation heads to New York for the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Posted March 5th, 2024

Empowering women and tackling poverty will be at the top of the agenda as a joint delegation of about 50 people from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Women (PW) heads to New York to take part in activities surrounding the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).

The PC(USA)’s Young Adult Volunteers learn from a panel of Louisville leaders

Posted August 28th, 2023

As they neared the end of a time of training and team building at the Presbyterian Center and online on Friday, more than two dozen of the class of 2023-24 Young Adult Volunteers got to hear stories of both inspiration and encouragement from a panel of Louisville-based faith leaders and advocates.

YAV alums and others in the PC(USA) join to commission the 2023-24 class of Young Adult Volunteers

Posted August 25th, 2023

Twenty-six Young Adult Volunteers who’ve agreed to give a year of service for a lifetime of change were commissioned by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Thursday during a service held both online and in the Chapel at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Watch the 75-minute service here.