If every picture tells a story, then the Presbyterian Historical Society has over 60,000 compelling ways to share the story of religion news reporting in the mid-20th century.
Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, will launch a new church leadership initiative this year, largely thanks to a generous $1.25 million gift from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Two Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations — First Presbyterian Church of Fargo, North Dakota, and First Presbyterian Church of Taos, New Mexico — have been awarded matching grants from the National Fund for Sacred Places, a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Presbyterian Association of Musicians has received a $1,209,973 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish a new program, “Child of Blessing: Growing Faith in Worship.”
The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish a program called “Worship for the Whole People of God.” A variety of new resources will be created to help congregations as they engage children in intergenerational corporate worship and prayer practices. The program is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative.
A lot can happen in five years. Babies are born and start kindergarten. White House administrations come and go. We saw the pandemic shut down most of the world and greatly impact the way that churches function.
A lot can happen in five years. Babies are born and start kindergarten. White House administrations come and go. We saw the pandemic shut down most of the world and greatly impact the way that churches function.
And, this spring marks five years since the launch of Stewardship Navigator, an educational website launched by the Presbyterian Foundation.
The Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Synergos Pastoral Residency Program.
The University of Dubuque Theological Seminary has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Plentiful Gifts: Nourishing Members for the Flourishing of Small Member Congregations. Through this new initiative, UDTS will partner with several judicatories to shepherd cohorts of small churches in seasons of transitions, without full-time pastors, to equip members to carry on being church through vital congregational practices.
The University of Dubuque Theological Seminary received a $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. in continued support of the seminary’s Clergy Coaching in Community and Context initiative, which launched in January 2019 thanks to a $936,102 grant from the endowment.
