office of theology and worship Archives

‘Keep singing the Matthew 25 vision’

Posted September 2nd, 2020

The bold vision and invitation of Matthew 25:31-46 to be the hands and feet of Jesus, serving people who are hungry, oppressed, imprisoned or poor, is awakening compassionate faith to new possibilities in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

A somber hour during the Week of Action

Posted August 28th, 2020

Presbyterians paused during their Week of Action Thursday to take a more introspective and personal action: mourning the deaths of 183,000 Americans and more than 832,000 people around the world who have perished from COVID-19.

Thursday’s COVID-19 memorial service is part of the Presbyterian Week of Action

Posted August 25th, 2020

At 5 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday as part of BLACKOUT Day during the Presbyterian Week of Action, a COVID-19 memorial service will be held via Zoom — and also streamed live on the PC(USA) Facebook and Week of Action pages.

Getting faith formation and worship resources into people’s homes

Posted August 13th, 2020

Church and worshiping community leaders, are you looking for ways to support families in faith formation at home during a time of pandemic? Would you like your community to have access to a children’s Bible, hymnal and prayers in their home?

PC(USA) offers guidance on baptism, ordination during the pandemic

Posted August 4th, 2020

The Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Theology and Worship have together prepared a statement on the sacrament of baptism and services of ordination and/or installment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Office of Theology and Worship offers supplemental guidance for online communion

Posted June 11th, 2020

Since the Office of the General Assembly issued an advisory opinion from the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), saying that churches can hold online or virtual communion during an emergency/pandemic, the church’s Office of Theology and Worship released the statement “Celebrating the Sacraments in a Time of Emergency/Pandemic.”

PC(USA)’s Daily Prayer app upgraded with helpful features

Posted May 8th, 2020

The PC(USA) Daily Prayer app, which combines services for daily prayer from “The Book of Common Worship” with Bible readings from the two-year daily lectionary, received a major update this week.

What would Fred Rogers say about the coronavirus?

Posted April 23rd, 2020

In the latest installments of Everyday God-Talk, So Jung Kim, the associate for Theology in the Presbyterian Mission Agency, hosts a two-part video conversation about what the late Presbyterian minister and television host Fred Rogers might say and do during the current pandemic.

Part 2 of ‘A Year with Matthew for a Matthew 25 Church’ is now available

Posted April 22nd, 2020

Part 2 of the “A Year with Matthew for a Matthew 25 Church” resource is now available for the nearly six months between Trinity Sunday on June 7 and Reign of Christ Sunday on Nov. 22.

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board committees Zoom to get their work done

Posted April 16th, 2020

Administrative and Program committees of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board met separately Thursday by Zoom calls.