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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) celebrates Native American Day with special worship service

Posted September 25th, 2019

Following two days of meetings by the Native American Consulting Committee at the Presbyterian Center, today the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) celebrated Native American Day with a special worship service.

Jesus among the Navajos

Posted July 23rd, 2018

It is Easter morning and members of Del Muerto Presbyterian Church assemble around a roaring fire. They gather close to the edge of Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona — an ancient home of the Anasazi Indians and a historic hideout for Navajos resisting Spanish and American invaders. The morning gathering is the culmination of “SingSpiration,” the congregation’s three-day tent revival, which has been so successful that they ran out of mutton stew at Saturday’s lunch.

At odds with the church… Yet we love the church

Posted August 30th, 2017

The chapel of the Presbyterian Center was filled with voices singing the hymn of praise “God the Creator” in observance of Native American Day at the Presbyterian Center today. The chorus of the hymn reminds us the “we’re brothers and sister in God’s love” in spite of our differences.