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The PC(USA)’s Christmas Joy Offering connects a retired pastor’s family with crucial assistance in time of need

Posted November 28th, 2022

As a lifelong advocate of the connectional church, the Rev. Ben Franklin Whitfield might never have expected that this denominational doctrine would one day prove indispensable to him at his own time of greatest need.

The PC(USA)’s Christmas Joy Offering eases financial needs

Posted November 22nd, 2022

Samuel Polanco is no stranger to the power of walls — especially their potential to exclude and keep people like him from being their best selves. But the 2022 graduate of the Menaul School — a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related college preparatory school in Albuquerque, New Mexico — credits his educational experience as being instrumental in breaking down many barriers.