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March 11, 2024

Ecumenical Women at the United Nations, an international coalition of denominations and organizations that advocates for gender justice, held its initial gathering Saturday as part of the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

March 11, 2024

The Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved this year’s proxy voting guide during its stated meeting on March 2.. The recommendations will next go before the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board for consideration in May.

March 9, 2024

The Presbyterian Women delegation to the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women gathered Friday afternoon at New York’s Church of the Covenant, also known as the “The Church of the Nations.”

March 8, 2024

The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, the PC(USA)’s advocacy director who leads both the Office of Public Witness and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, has been named Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Distinguished Alum for 2024.

March 8, 2024

As people of faith, members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have walked with the people of Haiti for decades. Together, we have helped construct hospitals and schools, forged connections and friendships. We are concerned as we witness the people of Haiti again watch as their fate and the fate of their island nation play out.

March 8, 2024

Near the end of his time on a recent “Between 2 Pulpits” podcast with the Rev. Dr. John Wilkinson and Katie Snyder, the Rev. Dr. Alonzo Johnson waxed visionary when asked about his hope for the church.

March 7, 2024

Anita Clemons, Senior Vice President of Investment Management, recently announced her retirement from the Presbyterian Foundation, ending 24 years of service to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Her retirement will take place later in 2024.

March 7, 2024

From childhood, the Rev. Dr. Anita Wright, the pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Montclair, New Jersey, has thought Wonder Woman — especially Linda Carter’s version — was wonderful.

March 7, 2024

Once more, we call to your attention some of the values and themes in the films that the Academy of Motion Pictures seeks to honor during this Sunday’s broadcast. I will be looking at nine of the 10 “Best Picture” nominees, as well as a couple of others.

The seasoned broadcast journalist and strategist has directed communications for the Office of the General Assembly since 2018

March 7, 2024

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Rick Jones, director of communications in the Office of the General Assembly since 2018, was named Wednesday to lead the unifying communications ministries in OGA and the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The appointment is effective immediately.

March 6, 2024

Columbia Theological Seminary has been awarded a Climate Science in Theological Education (CSTE) grant by the American Association for the Advancement of Science through its Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion program.

March 6, 2024

The Gun Violence Prevention Working Group of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) has been hard at work. The team of 15 Working Group members has completely re-tooled its primary resource, the Gun Violence Prevention Congregational Toolkit.

March 6, 2024

Next week’s Congo Mission Network conference, hosted by Charleston Atlantic Presbytery, finalized its schedule earlier this week and features several current and former PC(USA) mission co-workers hosting or presiding over topics important to the long-term health of education for the Congolese people. The conference’s theme is “Education for Transformation: Equipping Congolese Youth for the Future.”

The Rev. CeCe Armstrong and the Rev. Tony Larson used the month of February to discern their call and discuss their shared vision for the PC(USA)

March 5, 2024

Mike Ferguson | Presbyterian News Service

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Two South Carolina pastors will stand for co-moderators of the 226th General Assembly, set for June 25 through July 4, with plenary sessions to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, and committee work online.

March 5, 2024

Empowering women and tackling poverty will be at the top of the agenda as a joint delegation of about 50 people from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Women (PW) heads to New York to take part in activities surrounding the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).

March 5, 2024

For Shawn Duncan, it’s the little things — like getting a birthday card — that mean a lot. Perhaps it’s because Duncan, a military veteran living in Las Vegas, hadn’t had a mailbox in years.   Or a home.

March 5, 2024

Ecumenical Advocacy Days is returning to an in-person gathering after three virtual conferences.

March 4, 2024

The Presbyterian Hunger Program has been supporting its partner Improvement and Development for Communities Center (IDCO) in Gaza since 2014 in IDCO’s efforts to improve the food security situation for Gazans.

March 4, 2024

The Reimaging America Project, a grassroots effort of clergy, activists, and local leaders in and around Charlotte, North Carolina who are working to reduce the unjust impacts race has on the systems of our society, was the subject of an illuminating webinar offered last week by Union Presbyterian Seminary and two of its institutions, the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation and the Katie Geneva Center for Womanist Leadership.

March 4, 2024

The above words came from a Syrian woman displaced from her homeland and forced to flee to Italy, but they’re words that could be voiced by thousands who face a similar migration journey to often-unwelcoming countries; a journey that frequently leads refugees to be terrified, broken, and fragile at their destination.