Presbyterian Mission Agency holy week Archives

Embodying Easter in a Waynesboro, Pennsylvania laundromat

Posted March 28th, 2024

While most pastors devote Holy Week to poring over commentaries, planning worship and washing feet, the Rev. Caroline Vickery also washes clothes. At the local laundromat.

Resurrection is a movement

Posted April 16th, 2022

I never really liked Easter — the pastel holiday of springtime flowers, the tired imagery of an emptied tomb, the hollow cheers of “He is risen” — until I had friends buried away in prisons. It wasn’t until I spent time in a jail as a volunteer with people awaiting actual trials that Holy Week became troubling and electric for me.

Fanning out to aid Ukraine

Posted April 12th, 2022

On Monday, Avenue Church NYC welcomed the Rev. Robert Gamble, who does ministry in Ukraine validated by the Presbytery of Western North Carolina, for an extended visit throughout Holy Week.

A Matthew 25-inspired Stations of the Cross

Posted August 25th, 2021

For the Rev. Jeanie Shaw, leader of Eventide Community, a new worshiping community in Sacramento, California, Holy Week had a whole new meaning this year. As an active member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team, people in her community are used to being sent into neighborhoods across the nation and around the world to work on PDA-connected projects.

The holy work of reconciliation continues during Holy Week

Posted March 31st, 2021

In this season of resurrection, two congregations are sharing an expression of renewal and reconciliation.

Digital Lenten devotional designed for youth, young adults and adult youth workers

Posted February 24th, 2021

The Office of Presbyterian Youth and Triennium, in coordination with its ecumenical partners, is announcing a 2021 Lent and Easter daily devotion series titled “Journey to the Cross.” Available through a phone app (d365 daily devotionals) and website, d365.org, it was created for youth, young adults, and anyone interested in practicing prayer and daily biblical reading and reflection.

Looking to experience Holy Week in a new way?

Posted February 18th, 2021

For those looking to experience Holy Week in a new and interesting way, the Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center has a solution, Easter-in-a-Basket.

Experience ‘Fury and Grace,’ a podcast from prison

Posted February 17th, 2021

The recently released book, “Fury and Grace: 40 Days of Paintings and Poetry from Prison,” edited by the Rev. Riley Pickett and the Revs. Layne and Crawford Brubaker, is now a podcast, too.

Spirit-inspired worship requires breathing life into dry bones

Posted April 9th, 2020

Using Ezekiel’s stark vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, the Rev. Dr. David Gambrell elicited any number of innovative ideas from about 70 pastors and other church leaders during Wednesday’s videoconference on Spirit-inspired worship, one of the Seven Marks of Vital Congregations.

Vital Congregations, 1001 New Worshiping Communities to hold Holy Week Zoom calls

Posted April 7th, 2020

At 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday the Office of Vital Congregations will continue its weekly Zoom calls on the Seven Marks of Vital Congregations with a discussion on “Spirit-inspired worship.”