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Mission

Anyone Wondering Where We Are Headed? All-Agency Review Committee revises reports, plans next steps

All-Agency Review Committee revises reports, plans next steps Presbyterian News Service May 2, 2017 Final day of Denver meeting brings consensus to work objectives by Gregg Brekke | Presbyterian News Service Mihee Kim-Kort addresses colleagues at the Denver meeting of…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
05/03/2017

Mission, Uncategorized

Presbyterian Social Witness in a Time of Extreme Policy Conflict

This is a report on the work of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) and an introduction to new Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) policies on which this committee has worked; it does not review ALL Presbyterian social witness. We…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
05/02/2017

Mission

Calling all Pastors! New Church Financial Leadership Grant Program!!

Church Financial Leadership The Presbyterian Foundation’s program as part of the Lilly Endowment Inc.’s National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders helps to equip and train pastors and church leaders in their financial management and leadership for congregations.…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
05/02/2017

Mission

Presbyterian Communicators Network Links Communicators to Enhance Church-Wide Communications Efforts

Presbyterian Mission Agency April 26, 2017 Presbyterian Communicators Network links communicators to enhance church-wide communications efforts by Scott O’Neill | Presbyterian News Service Participants discuss developing strategic communications plans at a communications workshop conducted by Presbyterian Mission Agency staff at…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
05/01/2017

Mission

Immigration & Refugee Ministry

Hospitality for Refugee Families Seeking Asylum Pacific Presbytery is proud to partner with Immanuel Presbyterian Church and EPIC (Echo Park Immigration Center) to fund and support families staying in the church seeking asylum in the United States: Our Immigration and Refugee Task…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
03/02/2017

Mission

Presbyterian churches in Baltimore worship together for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church USA, speaks to the combined congregations of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Brown Memorial Park Avenue Church during a joint worship service. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
01/17/2017

Mission

Sanctuary movement gains post-election momentum

Presbyterian News Service December 15, 2016 PC(USA) webinar speaks to biblical roots, logistics of protecting immigrants by Gregg Brekke | Presbyterian News Service Rosa Robles Loreto, pictured here with her family spent 461 days living in sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
12/16/2016

Mission

Georgia PCUSA Church Takes Arms to Lend a Hand…

Local blacksmith, church make international difference Posted by Horace Holloman on November 9, 2016 in DeKalb News Equipped with a Colt 38 pistol as a handle, AR15 rifle and a couple of single-barreled shotguns, the contraption sitting at the…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
11/14/2016

Mission

Times of transition: It’s not about changing churches; it’s about changing people

Presbyterians Today November 3, 2016 It’s not about changing churches; it’s about changing people by Mark Roth | Presbyterians Today Theresa Cho, co-pastor of St. John’s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco leads worship with her daughter, Isabella Kim. (Photo provided)…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
11/04/2016

Mission

Rev. Terilyn Lawson installed as first resident in PCCMP Chaplain Candidate Residency Program

A few good women Evangelism & Discipleship October 26, 2016 Terilyn Lawson installed as first resident in PCCMP Chaplain Candidate Residency Program by Emily Enders Odom | Presbyterian News Service The Rev. Terilyn Lawson is installed by Glacier Presbytery, October…

Heidi Worthen Gamble
10/31/2016