Just ahead of the final gift she’ll give to Presbyterians from around the country — training and encouragement during the annual Moderators’ Conference Nov. 14-16 — the Rev. Tricia Dykers Koenig was on the receiving end of expressions of thanks for her work and well wishes as she retires from her role as Associate Director for Mid Council Relations in the Office of the General Assembly and, more visibly, as parliamentarian at recent General Assemblies.
The most recent installment of the Office of the General Assembly’s Leader Formation webinars featured three guests speaking with host Martha Miller on the topic “Discovering Leadership: Called to Serve.” The series is designed to help ruling elders and deacons to grow in the important ministries they contribute locally, regionally and nationally.
As Presbyterians seek to faithfully understand what it means to be called to serve as ruling elders and deacons in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) stands ready to help.
Ian Hall, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer, had mostly good news for the A Corp Board Friday while presenting a financial report comparing June 30, 2022, to June 30, 2021.
Led and inspired by the joyful recorded percussion provided by youth drummers at Beechmont Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Presbyterians on Tuesday dedicated the Presbyterian Center’s new conference center that will host the 225th General Assembly — and, perhaps, some future assemblies as well.
After a tragic and deadly series of months in which Asian American and Pacific Islander people were targeted by racists and misguided politicians, the Rev. Joann Haejong Lee gazed into the Zoom screen Friday and made a bold declaration during the Presbyterian Week of Action.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will be in the spotlight next Friday as a full day of the Presbyterian Week of Action is devoted to issues and concerns related to those communities.
A panel discussion hosted by the Disparities Experienced by Black Women and Girls Task Force was nearing a close Thursday when the Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt asked panelists how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) could better support queer and trans Black women and girls.
The first time the Rev. Lee Catoe heard the term “queer,” it was in the saying “queer as a $2 bill.”
Sometimes it simply referred to something that was just odd, but other times it was referring to someone in the LGBTQIA+ community.
