Worshiping Communities Archives

Funds freed up for 1001 New Worshiping Communities program

Posted May 4th, 2022

An Indiana judge signed an order recently that frees up funds at the Presbyterian Foundation to support the 1001 New Worshiping Communities program at the Presbyterian Mission Agency.

Come as you are

Posted April 28th, 2022

Three new worshiping communities in Arizona, Georgia and Louisiana have been named winners of the 2022 Sam & Helen R. Walton Awards. Each recipient, listed below, will receive $15,000 for their excellence in furthering Presbyterian mission in their communities and neighborhoods.

A new worshiping community for people who have been hurt by the church

Posted April 1st, 2022

Emerge, a new worshiping community in Port Richey, Florida, officially began right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020.

Racism impacts refugees of color in Ukraine

Posted March 31st, 2022

It’s been a little more than a month since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to “demilitarize and denazify” Ukraine on the morning of Feb. 24.

From a train station to a storefront theater to home

Posted March 28th, 2022

Like some of its neighbors in Northwest Chicago, Friendship Presbyterian Church knows what it’s like to be on the move and without a home.

Nineteen worshiping communities receive Mission Program Grants

Posted March 18th, 2022

In its first grant cycle of 2022, on behalf of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Mission Development Resources Committee awarded 19 Mission Program Grant to worshiping communities — including $10,000 Seed Grants to nine communities who are just getting started.

Mariners Family Ministry Grant honors a worshiping community filled with youngsters

Posted February 28th, 2022

First Light Fellowship in Anthem, Arizona, pastored by the Revs. Kristin and Brandon Willett, is a 1001 new worshiping community and a recipient of a $2,000 Mariners Family Ministry Grant.

‘It made me want to dance’

Posted January 31st, 2022

Since arriving in Houston from Ghana, Pastor Ebenezer Boateng has persevered through many ups and downs. But finally, the new worshiping community he founded, the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, officially became a chartered congregation in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Acting like Jesus in the world

Posted January 19th, 2022

At First Presbyterian Church of Baraboo, Wisconsin, a small town near Madison, longtime church members wanted to know what it means to be Presbyterian.

What does JOY mean to you?

Posted January 7th, 2022

New worshiping communities in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) take on new and varied forms of church in a changing culture. Primarily they are seeking to make and form new disciples of Jesus Christ in order to transform the world. How they put that into practice often involves creativity and out-of-the-box approaches.