Today’s lectionary text from the letter to the Ephesians reminds us that the love of God anchors and sustains us. It is the firm ground underneath our feet. It is the fertile soil in which we are rooted, allowing us to grow and flourish. Scripture is full of images from the agricultural world that describe God’s kingdom.
Phoenix First Presbyterian Church. Their outreach includes a community kitchen, clothing closet and food bank. The numbers they reach are really quite remarkable, especially for the size of the congregation.
Rebuilding continues for thousands of people in South Louisiana whose homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding when the Amite River crested at 46.2 feet near Denham Springs in mid-August, breaking the previous record of 41.5 feet set in 1983.
International Peacemakers from partner churches around the world are traveling to churches throughout the U.S. as part of the Presbyterian Peacemaking program.
St. Mark Presbyterian Church and P’nai Or Jewish Renewal Fellowship of Portland have teamed up in an interfaith ministry of shared worship for special occasions. They have also developed a unique interfaith day camp called “Abraham’s Tent” that brings together Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities for nurturing shared understanding and peace.
It was November 8, 2013 when one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded slammed Southeast Asia, doing damage in particular to Philippines. The result: more than 6,000 dead, towns and communities were destroyed and millions of people were left homeless, with no food and little hope.
I have a favorite T-shirt.
It’s not my favorite shirt because it’s fancy or colorful. In fact, it’s just a white shirt received at the finish line of a 5-kilometer charity walk more than a decade ago.
When the Rev. Terilyn Lawson was installed on Sunday, October 23, as associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Great Falls, Montana—and concurrently as the first resident in the Chaplain Candidate Residency Program newly launched by the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel (PCCMP)—she had to marvel at what God had done.
Opportunities to witness the mission and ministries taking place in Puerto Rico
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is pleased to announce that it has accepted an invitation from the Presbytery of San Juan to hold its March 2017 meeting in Puerto Rico.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco wanted to grow. So it hired the Rev. Theresa Cho as an associate pastor with the idea that her presence would help attract young Chinese families who were settling in the neighborhood. After three years, however, growth hadn’t happened in the way some people expected.
