young adult volunteers Archives

Coming in 2023: ‘Just Talk Live’ returns to inform and delight Presbyterians

Posted December 9th, 2022

Here’s some good news for fans of “Just Talk Live.” The award-winning online talk show, co-hosted by the Rev. Lee Catoe and Destini Hodges, returns in 2023 with 14 new episodes.

The PC(USA)’s ‘Advocacy Watch’ offers takeaways from COP27 climate conference

Posted December 7th, 2022

A Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegation has returned from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt and is encouraging others in the denomination to find ways to show their concern for the environment.

‘Look right into the face of Almighty God and give yourself to the work that is before you’

Posted August 22nd, 2022

Twenty-two Young Adult Volunteers who have agreed to give a year of service for a lifetime of change were commissioned online Sunday in a service that featured stirring, comforting and challenging words by both the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II and the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett.

New ‘covenant agreement’ to provide more affordable seminary options for Young Adult Volunteers

Posted August 18th, 2022

The Young Adult Volunteer Program of the Presbyterian Mission Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

A year as a Young Adult Volunteer is ‘like being air-dropped in the middle of chaos’

Posted August 17th, 2022

For Monday’s Between Two Pulpits broadcast, Dr. William McConnell, interim director of Special Offerings, celebrated the start of the Young Adult Volunteer program year by talking to two YAV alums who were equal parts passionate and practical about their own YAV experiences.

The thread of bondage

Posted July 14th, 2022

As they did earlier this year, three thought leaders in the Synod of the Sun joined their hearts, minds and voices this week while recording the most recent edition of Sunspots, the synod’s podcast. Listen to their conversation here.

Synod of the Sun announces new director of Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery

Posted June 22nd, 2022

The Synod of the Sun announces that the Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell will become the director of the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery.

Virtual YAV program gives young adults another opportunity to experience mission in action

Posted June 15th, 2022

Applications are now being accepted for the 2022-2023 virtual Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) year.

New partnership between the PC(USA) and New Wilmington provides opportunities for young adults

Posted June 3rd, 2022

A new partnership between the Presbyterian Young Adult Volunteer program (YAV) and the New Wilmington Mission Conference is expected to create ambassadors for both programs this summer.

Learning from our siblings in the Church of Scotland

Posted May 27th, 2022

A Young Adult Volunteer working this year with a youth group at a church in Dundee, Scotland, sees parallels between an aging Church of Scotland and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — with both churches having an opportunity to pivot in order to appeal more broadly to people of all ages.