Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Beginning in January, all the commission meetings for 2025 — set for Jan. 23-24, March 20-21, May 22-23, July 24-25, Sept. 25-26 and Dec. 4-5 — will be in-person gatherings in Louisville, Kentucky. During the months when the 12-member commission tasked with unifying the Office of the General Assembly and Presbyterian Mission Agency isn’t meeting, committee work will be the focus. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02_PcSF0 #PCUSA

Read a message from the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly/Executive Director of the Interim Unified Agency and the Co-Moderators of the 226th General Assembly here: https://hubs.ly/Q02_MLSv0 #PCUSA

Exciting News! We've just re-launched the PC(USA) website! Designed to adapt to the evolving needs of the people, communities, and churches we serve, the new website features an enhanced user experience with improved navigation, a faster, more robust search function and easy-to-access links to the information users need when they need it. It’s all just a click away! Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q02_6dTz0 #PCUSA

For reconsidering the relationship between disability and spirituality, Georgetown University Professor of Jewish Studies Rabbi Julia Watts Belser will receive the 2025 Grawemeyer Award for Religion, the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary announced Thursday. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02-yh_90

The Interim Unified Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) released its annual report on church statistics this month with no particular surprises. The numbers in the report reflect statistics from 2023, which saw a decrease in the number of members, ministers and churches across the denomination, in keeping with trends from recent years. Meanwhile, new worshiping communities saw an impressive rate of growth. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02-nFk-0

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, have collaborated to offer an innovative four-year dual degree program empowering students with the skills necessary to meet the evolving demands of faith-based leadership in today’s complex world. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQtiQwRY #PCUSA

Kathy Lueckert, president of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation since 2019, has announced she plans to retire Jan. 31, 2025, and return to the staff of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02YKk9v0 #PCUSA

Columbia Theological Seminary has named Dr. Tammy Lane as Director of Student Financial Services in the Office of Enrollment Management and Vocational Outreach. https://hubs.ly/Q02Ynksp0

A planned gift (also known as an estate gift or bequest) is often the largest gift anyone will make, said Karl Mattison, Vice President, Planned Giving Resources for the Presbyterian Foundation. Why not help church members align their planned gifts with those areas of mission and ministry that have been meaningful to them in their faith lives? That was the question he posed to attendees during a workshop at Stewardship Kaleidoscope 2024 in Portland, Ore., an annual conference on stewardship and financial matters sponsored in part by the Presbyterian Foundation. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02YhsH90

Nearly 90 national staff members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered online Wednesday for a Chapel service to honor the 12 colleagues whose positions were eliminated last week amid ministry reconfiguration announced by Executive Director and Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev. Jihyun Oh. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02Y7fDf0