As the new host of “Leading Theologically,” the Rev. Bill Davis invited the Co-Moderators of the 226th General Assembly to pull their chairs close to the microphone for what would be a 34-minute wide-ranging conversation.
With dozens of family, friends, faculty, staff, students and PC(USA) representatives on hand in Caldwell Chapel to wish him their best, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Pomerville was inaugurated and installed Friday as the 11th president and professor of Practical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
For nearly seven years, the Rev. CeCe Armstrong has offered up a weekly online event she’ll not be letting go of, even after her election as co-moderator of the 226th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
With Ephesians 2:10 as their scriptural basis, the co-moderators of the 226th General Assembly, the Rev. CeCe Armstrong and the Rev. Tony Larson, joined the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Rev. Jihyun Oh, to lead a hybrid worship service Wednesday in the Chapel at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky. One by one, the three recently elected denominational leaders spoke on “Created,” “Called” and “Commissioned.”
The Rev. CeCe Armstrong, co-moderator of the 226th General Assembly (2024) and the associate pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina, wrapped up the 2024 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women on Sunday with a sermon focused on the theme “Love Always …,” drawing as inspiration familiar and treasured words from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
Using food as a centerpiece, the Rev. Yung Me Morris took the audience at Presbyterian Women’s 2024 Churchwide Gathering on a journey Friday, beginning with the everyday hospitality of Korean people and climaxing with the universal need to show more hospitality for those going without food because of traumatic experiences such as war, homelessness and greed.
The 2024 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women, an in-person first since 2018, is convening in St. Louis from August 8-11. It’s an event that celebrates the powerful impact of the women’s organization of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), offers an opportunity to meet or reconnect with PW participants from across the country, and also welcomes those who would like to learn more about growing, serving and leading though Presbyterian Women.
This summer’s Presbyterian Association of Musicians annual conference at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, was held in person and online.
But if you missed it — or simply want to share your experience with others — another option is available.
Since Friday’s closing worship at the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship and Music Conference focused on communion, dozens of loaves of bread from all over the world were spread on the communion table before worshipers. For this service, children were also front and center — right where Jesus wants them to be, according to Mark 10:13-16, one of the texts selected by the conference preacher, the Rev. CeCe Armstrong of St. James Presbyterian Church in Charleston, S.C.
During Thursday morning’s worship service at the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship and Music Conference, the Rev. Cecilia (Ce Ce) Armstrong told those gathered in person and online that she was not going to preach a devotional sermon.
