As the Rev. Shanea D. Leonard began to talk about radical welcome from Montreat Conference Center, they put on an apron and began to reflect on childhood holidays.
Recent University of Minnesota graduate Lauren Holly hopes to write children’s books about multiracial and multicultural identity, as well as books for teens and young adults to help them discover their identity and who they are as children of God.
A quick search on the Internet leads to countless facts about shifting American diversity. For example, in 2007, Rodríguez and García joined the top 10 list of most popular last names in the United States. And, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, beginning in 2030, the country will grow more by international migration than birth within its borders.
Flyaway Books is proud to announce their partnership with the Muhammad Ali Center on a powerful upcoming children’s book called For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World by pastor, scholar, and activist Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters.
The children coming to “Camp in a Van” was one of Misión Presbiteriana Hispana’s greatest success stories from 2017. Forty children showed up when the 1001 worshiping community took its Vacation Bible School to children in their neighborhood at a nearby park.
The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced the addition of Albuquerque as a site for its 2017-18 program year. Partnered with the Presbytery of Santa Fe, the site has been years in development and will be the only new YAV site added in 2017-18. Seventy-nine YAVs are serving six international-based and 14 U.S.-based sites in the 2016-17 program year.
Church leaders and agencies unite to discuss diversity and immigration issues In response to a directive from the 220th General Assembly (2012), the offices of Immigration Issues and Theology and Worship… Read more »
