In the right hands — in this case, with the help of human props — the Rev. Scott Prouty, the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, gave Synod School attendees some fresh material during worship on Monday on an oft-told biblical story, the Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother. Read more »
July 22, 2024
At Synod School, the prodigal, his brother and their father bring real life to a well-known story
In the right hands — in this case, with the help of human props — the Rev. Scott Prouty, the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, gave Synod School attendees some fresh material during worship on Monday on an oft-told biblical story, the Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother. Read more »
Few Synod School convocation speakers can get away with birthing new words on the spot the way Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall did Monday morning. 
The PC(USA)’s World Mission Office of the Middle East and Europe, in conjunction with several denomination partners, is sponsoring a webinar focused on the challenges faced by forced migration. “People on the Move” is scheduled for Monday, August 5 at noon Eastern Time. 
Aug. 11 is Youth in the Church and the World Sunday. To help plan for this day or anytime you want to hear the voices of young people in your church, the Office of Presbyterian Youth and Triennium has created resources for youth, youth workers, educators and clergy. 
Synod School, put on each year by the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, turns 70 this year, and so who else would leaders ask to preach during opening worship on Sunday than Elona Street-Stewart, a septuagenarian who’s the synod’s executive and Co-Moderator of the 224th General Assembly (2020). 
Appalachia has long captured the imaginations of missionaries and politicians in the history of the United States. 
Haitian-born poet, educator and advocate Enzo Silon Surin shared aspects of his remarkable experiences of healing and growth during the most recent edition of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast.” 
Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, 84, of Wooster, Ohio, died on June 21, according to her obituary. 
Just two weeks ahead of the Covid pandemic began in March 2020, Sara Pantazes started the Young Justice Builders Club at First Presbyterian Church of West Chester, Pennsylvania, which she serves as Director of Faith Formation. 
1001 New Worshiping Communities hosted a conversation for online and hybrid church leaders at the Wild Goose Festival in mid-July. Started in 2011, the four-day spirit, justice, music and arts festival took place at VanHoy Farms Family Campground in Union Grove, North Carolina.