Presbyterian Mission Agency kathy lueckert Archives

A Corporation President Kathy Lueckert announces her retirement, effective Jan. 31, 2025

Posted November 18th, 2024

Kathy Lueckert, president of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation since 2019, has announced she plans to retire Jan. 31, 2025, and return to the staff of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas.

Saying goodbye and thank you to 12 departed colleagues

Posted November 13th, 2024

Nearly 90 national staff members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered online Wednesday for a Chapel service to honor the 12 colleagues whose positions were eliminated last week amid ministry reconfiguration announced by Executive Director and Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev. Jihyun Oh.

A Corp Board wraps up its in-person meeting at the Presbyterian Center

Posted August 23rd, 2024

Meeting at the Presbyterian Center Friday morning, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation Board took care of a handful of action items before moving into closed session to discuss personnel, property and security matters.

Giving thanks for seven members’ years of service on the A Corp Board

Posted July 26th, 2024

Service to the church plays a key role in any General Assembly. Commissioners and advisory delegates discern God’s will to shape the church’s mission and ministry. Resource persons and overture advocates share information to aid that process. Staff from the Office of the General Assembly, the Presbyterian Mission Agency and the Administrative Services Group as well as volunteers support the assembly’s work.

Upcoming Storytellers camp held at Presbyterian Center

Posted July 24th, 2024

“Lights. Camera. Action.” Those words echoed in the Presbyterian Center from July 15-19 as it hosted the 2024 Upcoming Storytellers Summer Youth Camp.

‘God’s got this’

Posted May 29th, 2024

Kathy Lueckert’s mother used to tell her daughter that the chores the girl dreaded the most would build character.

2025-26 unifying budget proposal clears its last hurdle on the way to the 226th General Assembly

Posted May 9th, 2024

Like their siblings on the A Corp Board, the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board did while meeting jointly Tuesday in Salt Lake City, the Unification Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve the proposed unifying budget for 2025 and 2026.

Three of the PC(USA)’s top officials discuss the value and the challenge of developing a unified budget proposal

Posted May 6th, 2024

In just a few weeks, three PC(USA) entities with different areas of ministry focus had to develop a unified budget proposal for 2025 and 2026.

The PC(USA), A Corporation Board is briefed on 2025-26 unified budget proposal

Posted May 2nd, 2024

On Thursday, members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation Board of Directors were briefed on the proposed unified budgets for 2025 and 2026, budgets that will authorize the upcoming work not only of the Administrative Services Group, but the Presbyterian Mission Agency and Office of the General Assembly as those two entities continue to unify under the guidance of the Unification Commission.

A Corp Board discusses changes to the Board of Pensions’ Benefits Plan

Posted April 15th, 2024

On Friday, the second of its two days of meeting online and at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation Board had a discussion on what a number of people in the denomination are talking about: recently announced changes to the Board of Pensions’ Benefits Plan.