Worshiping Communities Archives

PC(USA) approves changes to the Joan Fong Capital Grant

Posted September 27th, 2017

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation approved the recommendation of the Finance Committee to make changes to The Joan Fong New Church Development (NCD) Capital Grant and that the necessary changes be made to the Policies and Guidelines of the General Assembly Church Loan Program Endowment Funds to reflect those approved by the A Corporation.

An emotional goodbye to years of tradition

Posted August 15th, 2017

Church planters in the Presbyterian Church, (U.S.A.) held their final conference here at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort last week (August 7-10). They’ve been coming here since 2003.

‘Living, Dying, Rising’ at national 1001 New Worshiping Communities gathering

Posted August 11th, 2017

‘Love you.’ These were the last words the Rev. Aisha Brooks-Lytle heard her husband speak as she was preparing to go to New Hampshire for a vacation and before coming here to speak at ‘Living, Dying, Rising,’ the 1001 New Worshiping Communities national gathering.

‘In living and dying we belong to God’

Posted August 10th, 2017

At “Living, Dying, Rising,” the national gathering for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (1001 NWC) they talked about death. Ninety minutes were devoted to the topic of “dying” during a worship and plenary session.

‘The feet of Christ were always on a journey towards God’

Posted August 9th, 2017

Worshipers gathered at “Living, Dying, Rising”—the national gathering for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (1001 NWC) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)—were encouraged to “slow down” Tuesday night, “to be in the presence of God,” by walking with Christ on the road to the cross.

Worshiping communities remain ‘new’ when people find life in them

Posted August 8th, 2017

We are living in the between of the beginning and the end. Because of our tendency to want to control time—to want to know when things begin and end—life and ministry can be hard.

1001 New Worshiping Communities to live stream sermons, plenary talks from national conference

Posted August 7th, 2017

The 1001 New Worshiping Communities of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be live streaming sermons and plenary talks from its national conference here August 7-10 on its 1001 NWC Facebook page.

All are welcome at The Open Table

Posted July 20th, 2017

Bringing rich and poor, black and white, young and old together in communion at the same table is the mission of The Open Table, a 1001 New Worshiping Community of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) planted two years ago by Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Missouri.

Putting the cross in CrossFit

Posted July 12th, 2017

In 2014, the Rev. Michael Plank and his spouse, Lauren Grogan, opened a gym named Underwood Park CrossFit in Forth Albany, New York. Now more than 100 members pay a monthly fee to work out physically and spiritually there.

The church has ‘sold’ the building

Posted July 5th, 2017

After 170 years on Mt. Hope Avenue, South Presbyterian Church voted to sell its historic building on Easter Sunday 2014, a day chosen by the congregation for its symbolism of resurrection.