Presbyterian Mission Agency early childhood education Archives

Educator Thaye Ann Richards Kearns dies at age 74

Posted July 2nd, 2021

Thaye Ann Richards Kearns, an early childhood education specialist credited with improving the lives of hundreds of children throughout her career, died June 25 at age 74.

Washington state church donates land for affordable housing

Posted September 4th, 2020

With unanimous approval from Olympia Presbytery, Longview Presbyterian Church in Longview, Washington, is donating a 2-acre vacant lot adjacent to the church property to Housing Opportunities of Southwest Washington (HOSWWA). The land will provide space for 48 affordable housing units, about half of which will be reserved for people transitioning from homelessness.

Once upon a time in a pandemic

Posted May 27th, 2020

While staying connected to family, friends and church, Paula Howlett, a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in DeKalb, Illinois, has followed all the rules for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mission co-worker Louise Maxwell ‘Coffee’ Worth led a wonder-filled life for 100 years

Posted April 10th, 2020

Louise Maxwell “Coffee” Worth, a retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission worker, alongside her late husband, George, in Korea for more than 20 years, died on March 25 in Lakeland, Florida after a short illness. She was 100 years old.