Presbyterian Mission Agency

PMA Board Meeting
2024-05-06 - 2024-05-07
via Zoom

Imagining a Future Beyond Systemic Poverty and Structural Racism
2024-05-01 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Kentucky/Louisville)
Is such a future possible, probable, or just a passing, polly-annish wish of well-intentioned do-gooders? If it is possible, what then? Join Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, Director of the Center for Repair of Historic Harms from the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) to sanctify our stunted imaginations toward a future God might be pulling us. A future where systemic poverty and structural racism are history. Nicole Mitchell Gantt will be our special guest for this part educational, part conversational engagement!
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Matthew 25 Continued Conversations: Vital Congregations
2024-05-01 15:00 - 16:30
Join ministry leaders for support, to explore the 7 marks of Vital Congregations and share questions, ideas, challenges and resources.
We meet bi-weekly at 3 PM EST.
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Mental Health Ministry Grant Application Deadline
2024-05-01
All PC(USA) congregations, mid-councils and seminaries are eligible to apply for one-time ‘seed’ grants to initiate projects that will help educate, equip, and empower churches to reach out to, and with, people with mental health concerns and their loved ones.
Deadline for Mental Health Ministry Grant Applications is May 1, 2024
Click here for more information: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/compassion-peace-justice/mental-health-ministry/

Matthew 25 Continued Conversations: Eradicating Systemic Poverty
2024-04-25 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-04-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-04-04 11:00 - 12:30
Join ministry leaders for support and share ideas, dreams, challenges and resources.
Register Here

Imagining a Future Beyond Systemic Poverty and Structural Racism
2024-04-24 19:00 - 20:15
Is such a future possible, probable, or just a passing, polly-annish wish of well-intentioned do-gooders? If it is possible, what then? Join Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, Director of the Center for Repair of Historic Harms and Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall, Deputy Executive for Vision and Innovation from the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) to sanctify our stunted imaginations toward a future God might be pulling us. A future where systemic poverty and structural racism are history. Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis will be our special guest for this part educational, part conversational engagement!
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Vital Church Series
2024-04-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-03-19 13:00 - 14:00

Challenging Christian Zionism - Episode 1
2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:00
The 216th General Assembly (2004) approved the “active opposition” by the Presbyterian Church (USA), “to Christian Zionism and the development of a plan to communicate the theological and political ramifications it engenders within our denomination, in the mass media, and among U.S. government officials.” 20 years later, in 2024, our Palestinian partners are calling us to challenge a theology that reinforces and supports occupation, annexation and apartheid. This first webinar in a new series on the topic will introduce the theology that contributes to the violence Palestinians experience on a daily basis and explore its connection to a settler colonial project that is having devastating consequences on the Palestinian people, including the Christian communities that have lived on the land for two millennia. This webinar is moderated by Cynthia Holder Rich and will feature panelists Munther Isaac, Marietta Macy and Brant Rosen.
Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yybfOGziT5e0DFq4aE-peQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Roma in Europe: Living on the Margins
2024-04-11 12:00 - 13:00
The Office of the Middle East and Europe will be hosting a webinar highlighting the marginalization of the Roma community in Europe.
Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XdAamp_iRxa7VSW1JLbwkQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

PCUSA, A Corporation Board
2024-04-11 09:00 - 2024-04-12 12:00
Meeting is in Louisville at the Presbyterian Center

Audit/Legal/Risk Committee Meeting
2024-04-11 09:00 - 11:30
ALR Committee meeting

Fernclipse: Solar Eclipse Intergenerational Event
2024-04-06 15:00 - 2024-04-09 11:00
Ferncliff and the Office of Christian Formation of the Presbyterian Mission Agency are partnering to offer a 4 day, 3 night intergenerational Creation care event culminating with the total solar eclipse.
Register here

Community Circle: Small Church
2024-04-04 19:00 - 20:00
Are you an educator, volunteer, pastor, commissioned pastor (CRE, CLP), that serves as a leader in a small church (less than 100 members)? Are you a mid-council leader that supports faith formation leaders in small churches?
You are invited to register for this Community Circle, our newest Faith Formation Leader Connection opportunity designed especially for those leaders in small churches. Offered six times March – November 2024, come to every gathering, or when you can, but come to share in conversation and learn, ask questions, receive and share resources for ministry and support one another. A one hour zoom gathering, the times and dates vary so there is flexibility. Register once but register anytime. Each gathering will feature a question or topic just to get the conversation going related to Faith Formation leadership in small churches, then discussion can go from there. So come ready to participate in the conversation.
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Finance, Operations, and Budget (FOB) Committee Meeting
2024-04-01 14:00 - 15:00
Zoom Meeting

Mathew 25 Continued Conversations: Eradicating Systemic Poverty
2024-03-25 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-03-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-03-04 11:00 - 12:30
Join ministry leaders for support and share ideas, dreams, challenges, and resources.
Register Here

Faith, Democracy, and Justice: Understanding Why Election Issues Matter in 2024
2024-03-21 12:00 - 13:00
Join the Presbyterian Church USA for an engaging panel discussion centered on the intersection of Faith, Democracy, and Justice. In this dialogue, we will delve into the pivotal issues set to shape the landscape of the upcoming 2024 US Presidential Election. Discover the significance of exercising a faithful voice at the polls as we strive to advocate for justice for both God’s people and the planet we inhabit.

Mathew 25 Continued Conversations: Vital Congregations
2024-03-20 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-03-06 15:00 - 16:30
Join ministry leaders for support, explore the 7 marks of Vital Congregations and share questions, ideas, challenges and resources.
Register Here

Faith Formation Leader Connection Resource Zoom
2024-03-19 20:00 - 21:00
What’s New? A resourcing Zoom with time to share what’s new, what’s in season, and ask what you are looking for. One registration link with two times to choose from, a daytime or evening meeting.
Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuuorT0jGdQ7pi1V7Kja86b5sqQUO7b1#/registration

Imagining a Future Beyond Systemic Poverty and Structural Racism
2024-03-18 19:00 - 20:00
Is such a future possible, probable, or just a passing, pollyannishwish of well- intentioned do-gooders? If it is possible, what then? Join Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, Director of the Center for Repair of Historic Harms and Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall, Deputy Executive for Vision and Innovation from the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) to sanctify our stunted imaginations toward a future God might be pulling us. A future where systemic poverty and structural racism are history. This is one of two Zoom-versions seeking to catalyze solutions-focused imagination, attitudes, planning, and action.
Register Here

CSW68
2024-03-11 - 2024-03-22
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women at the United Nations.
Every year we bring a Presbyterian delegation between both PMUN/PW. The event will be hybrid.

Freedom Church of the Poor: Organizing Against White Christian Nationalism
2024-03-09 12:00 - 14:30
This one-day seminar will introduce faith and community leaders, connected to 1001 new worshiping communities, to the core theological and political tenets of White Christian Nationalism (WCN) in the US and ways people of faith and conscience are organizing to confront its growing influence. We will introduce the theory and model of the Freedom Church of the Poor (FCOP) and Freedom Church of the Poor Communities as a method and means to confront WCN. The Freedom Church of the Poor is part of a long legacy (biblical and historical) of poor and dispossessed people coming together as “church” on the basis of their common
experience and resistance to the forces of injustice and human degradation.
REGISTER TO RECEIVE LINK: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/Q2BVQft/freedomchurch2024

Faith Formation Leader Connection Resource Zoom
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:00
A resourcing Zoom with time to share what’s new, what’s in season, and ask what you are looking for. One registration link with two times to choose from, a daytime or evening meeting.
Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuuorT0jGdQ7pi1V7Kja86b5sqQUO7b1#/registration

MRTI Winter Meeting
2024-02-29 18:00 - 2024-03-02 12:00
MRTI Winter Meeting in New Orleans, LA

Connecting the Dots Webinar: The Long-Term Effects of Military Presence on Local Communities Leaders of the Vieques Women’s Alliance share the challenges at this Puerto Rican municipality island 20 years after the closure of a military practice base
2024-02-28 12:00 - 13:30
The municipality island of Vieques, located in the southeastern region of the Puerto Rican archipelago, has faced many challenges in the last decades. During the 90s, the island hosted a military base for live-fire bombing practices. Since its establishment, local communities protested against it, but it wasn’t until 2000 that a surge of local, national and international leaders joined protests calling to cease base operations. Since hurricane Maria in 2017, Vieques has no hospital and offers only a community clinic with a dialysis treatment trailer for a population of about 10,000. For more specific medical treatment, “Viequenses” need to fly or take a ferry to Isla Grande. There is no Presbyterian presence in Vieques, although through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and its response to hurricane Maria, partnerships have developed. Last March, during a Travel Study Seminar led by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and PDA, the group was able to visit Vieques and meet with the leadership of the Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses to learn about the current context of Vieques in terms of economy, health, transportation and land rights, while also sharing signs of hope.
