Theology and Worship

Some of you may have already learned of these opportunities, but here you are.

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Sessions, new worshiping communities, presbyteries, and synods may apply for grants from specific funds for mission efforts that fulfill the donor’s intent.
All the information, list of funds, and application (First due July 15) can be found here: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/who-we-are/financials/

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There is also this grant opportunity for a church that wants to do something in the area of family ministry: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/theology-formation-and-evangelism/financialaid/programs-for-institutions/mariners-grant/

Sessions, new worshiping communities, presbyteries and synods may apply for grants from specific funds for mission efforts that fulfill the donor’s intent.

All the information, list of funds, and application (First due July 15) can be found here: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/who-we-are/financials/

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There is also this grant opportunity for a church that wants to do something in the area of family ministry.
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/theology-formation-and-evangelism/financialaid/programs-for-institutions/mariners-grant/

We wanted to let you know that our blog updates will be a bit slower and on pause during June and July. Once we have more information about the General Assembly’s decisions and direction regarding certain overtures and business items, we’ll be back with fresh new posts. We also aim to align our updates with the newly revamped PC(USA) webpage.

Have a great summer! We wanted to let you know that our blog updates will be a bit slower and on pause during June and July. Once we have more information about the General Assembly’s decisions and direction regarding certain overtures and business items, we’ll be back with fresh new posts. We also aim to align our ...

Last month, we highlighted an exciting opportunity—the Teaching the Bible Grant (a.k.a. TBG). If you’re involved with a Presbyterian Church (USA) affiliated secondary school, college, or university, this grant is something you should definitely consider. Hastings College is a great example of how this Teaching the Bible Grant can be used for meaningful work. Last year, they received the grant and have since hosted a variety of events for Presbyterian college students.

A Real-Life Example: Hastings College Last month, we highlighted an exciting opportunity—the Teaching the Bible Grant (a.k.a. TBG). If you’re involved with a Presbyterian Church (USA) affiliated secondary school, college, or university, this grant is something you should definitely consider. Hastings College is a great example of ho...

We are delighted to share this reflection on our work three months after the Moderator’s Conference, underscoring the interconnectedness of thinking Soul, praying Heart, and living within the Body of Christ. The ethos and frame are reflected well in our current “categories” of the Everyday God-talk blog. Through this holistic approach, we strive to advocate for God’s justice and love, even amidst the uncertainties of our time.

Thinking, Praying, and Living Our Faith in God In November 2023, during the Moderator’s Conference of PC(USA), the Office of Theology and Worship embarked on a significant endeavor tied to our everyday responsibilities, as previously mentioned in one of our blog posts in November. At the conference, we delved into the themes of Thinking, Prayi...

In 2022, the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) reviewed, approved, and transmitted a resolution from the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee (REAC) identifying racism as a public health crisis. This resolution urged Presbyterians to raise their consciousness and awareness about this crisis’s theological, bioethical, and public health perspectives and to respond with specific actions. The subsequent statement briefly delineates key theological and bioethical affirmations central to this crisis, aiming to heighten the church’s awareness. REAC monitored, reviewed, and revised the statement accordingly.

Racism as a Public Health Crisis In 2022, the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) reviewed, approved, and transmitted a resolution from the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee (REAC) identifying racism as a public health crisis. This resolution urged Presbyterians to raise their consciousness and awareness about th...

Join the Office of Theology & Worship, COTE, and APCU for a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathering at the 2023 AAR SBL Annual Meetings this Saturday, November 18, 7:30-8:45 a.m. We will gather for Morning Prayer and time for connection. A light breakfast will be provided.

RSVPs are encouraged, but not required: https://forms.office.com/r/EyF4uJ8atD

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Let's dive into some meaningful discussions this week, exploring Karl Barth's theology and the significance of Indigenous People's Day on a global scale! 🤝

🌍Let it sing: GA - Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day
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Unapologetic Karl Barth In the world of Reformed Theology, where intellectual exploration meets faith, the name Karl Barth looms large. His reinterpretation of St. Anselm's argument for the existence of God marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of theological thought. In this book review, we delve into Karl Barth's groun...

📣 This week, meet our incredible God-talkers, Sarang and Lucy, along with their beloved companions: Pinto, Toby, and Mark. Stay tuned for some thought-provoking God-talk! 🙏💬

🌟 Resting & Growing: Seeing God in H.E.L.P
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/every-day-god-talk/seeing-god-in-lucy/

🌟 Leading & Serving: Seeing God in Extra/ordinary Company
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/every-day-god-talk/sarang-company-pinto-toby/

Seeing God in Sarang's company to Pinto and Toby Hey there, wonderful Everyday God-talk community! 🌟 This week, let’s take a moment to reflect on how we connect with the divine through our relationships with other living beings. And guess what? These beings don’t have to fit into the traditional categories of “spouses,” “partners,” ...

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🌟 Explore the intersection of faith and climate justice 🌍
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Climate Justice & Evangelism Sunday Devotionals 🌍🙏 This past Sunday was truly a remarkable day for countless Presbyterians, each with their own unique reasons to celebrate. For some, it was a Sunday devoted to the pursuit of Evangelism, fueled in part by the tireless efforts of the dedicated individuals behind the ministry of Theology, Formation, an...

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🌟 Leading & Serving - Laura Zhang-Choi featured on PBS! (https://www.presbyterianmission.org/every-day-god-talk/laura-zhang-choi/)

🌟 Resting & Growing - Progressive Asian American CHRISTIANS? (https://www.presbyterianmission.org/every-day-god-talk/progressive-asian-american-christians/)

🌟Let it Sing: General Assembly- Presbyterians and the World’s Religions (https://www.presbyterianmission.org/every-day-god-talk/presbyterians-at-powr/)

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🌞 Hope you had an amazing summer! 🌞 Exciting news: Everyday God-talk is launching a fresh blog and platform. If you're eager to join us as a content creator, click the link below! Stay tuned; this space is buzzing with updates! 🚀

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Patience is key when waiting for a lotus to bloom 🌸. Just like the lotus, our Everyday God-talk is taking root and will flourish with care. 🌱🙏

As we enter the summer, we share the stories of a lifelong reformed theologian Bob Cathey: a professor emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary. How do we create a new space for more life by letting it go? What joy can we experience in that space intentionally created? Stay tuned and enjoy the summer. Everyday God-talk will be back after the summer with different formats and stories again.

Everyday God-talk with Bob Cathey: Creating Space by Letting Go As we enter the summer, we share the stories of a lifelong reformed theologian Bob Cathey: a professor emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary. How do we ...

As we enter the summer, we share the stories of a lifelong reformed theologian Bob Cathey: a professor emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary. How do we embody rest as praying theologians? How do prayers make us better theologians and pastors? Stay tuned and enjoy the summer. Everyday God-talk will be back after the summer with different formats and stories again.

Everyday God-talk with Bob Cathey: Embodying Rest & Theology As we enter the summer, we share the stories of a lifelong reformed theologian Bob Cathey: a professor emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary. How do we ...

As we enter the summer, we share the stories of a lifelong reformed theologian Bob Cathey: a professor emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary. How did Yoga practice accidentally shape him to become a praying theologian and heal physically? How did it prepare him to let it go and create more space for the new life? Stay tuned and enjoy the summer. Everyday God-talk will be back after the summer with different formats and stories again.

Everyday God-talk with Bob Cathey: A Presbyterian Yogi Soul? As we enter the summer, we share the stories of a lifelong reformed theologian Bob Cathey: a professor emeritus at McCormick Theological Seminary. How did Yo...

Barbara does a little "show and tell" about her art pieces which reveal her heart in a new vocation -- a full life after retirement with delight, gratitude, and learning a new language. She also encourages ministers to take the time and space to recognize God and carve out the time-space for an intentional sabbath and self-care.

Everyday God-talk with Barb - her Heart and Art Barbara does a little "show and tell" about her art pieces which reveal her heart in a new vocation -- a full life after retirement with delight, gratitude, ...

In the second part, Barb shares how she gets to pay more attention to her body in connection with her heart after retirement. There is more space and time for recognizing God in this new vocation.

Everyday God-talk with Barb - her Body care In the second part, Barb shares how she gets to pay more attention to her body in connection with her heart after retirement. There is more space and time fo...

This month, we share the story of Barbara Cathey, a retired minister of PC(USA) in Chicago. Barb tells us how she prepared the retriment and accompanied her congregation (Edgewater Presbyterian Church). She also shares important wisdom about how she redefines her vocation now after retirement. Vocation is not the same as a job!

Everyday God-talk with Barb - her Soul This month, we share the story of Barbara Cathey, a retired minister of PC(USA) in Chicago. Barb tells us how she prepared the retriment and accompanied her ...

Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a Minister of Word and Sacrament at PC(USA), shares her lifelong commitment and love to solitude and literature, both of which are poetic and romantic. How your life can be whole and holistic surrounded by many friendships with diverse communities, instead of being confined to one relationship. How she encountered another beginning of her life, by allowing the cloud of witnesses in her life before, during, and after the forty-five years of ministry.

Everyday God-talk with Cynthia Jarvis- her heart Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a Minister of Word and Sacrament at PC(USA), shares her lifelong commitment and love to solitude and literature, both of which are poeti...

Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a Minister of Word and Sacrament at PC(USA), shares what her life as an Emeritus Pastor looks like after letting her forty-five years of ministry at a full stop. She encountered another beginning of her life, by letting God work in this space of adventure.

Everyday God-talk with Cynthia Jarvis - her Body of Christ Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a Minister of Word and Sacrament at PC(USA), shares what her life as an Emeritus Pastor looks like after letting her forty-five years of...

Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a Minister of Word and Sacrament at PC(USA), shares her experience of forty-five years of ministry and how she prepares herself and her community to let go of it. How she encountered another beginning of her life, by letting go of a significant part of it.

Everyday God-talk with Cynthia Jarvis - her soul Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a Minister of Word and Sacrament at PC(USA), shares her experience of forty-five years of ministry and how she prepares herself and her ...

This month, we invite Yena Hwang, a PC(USA) minister of Word and Sacrament in between calls. How can we rest and grow in between calls? How can we let go of a church and continue to love the church? In this first part of God-talk, Yena tells us how her heart never stops loving, blessing, and praying for herself and others. Be yourself, and be your whole self, be-love-d!

https://youtu.be/WDWZa5h-ohA

Everyday God-talk with Yena - Loving Heart This month, we invite Yena Hwang, a PC(USA) minister of Word and Sacrament in between calls. How can we rest and grow in between calls? How can we let go of ...

This month, we invite Yena Hwang, a PC(USA) minister of Word and Sacrament in between calls. How can we rest and grow in between calls? How can we let go of a church and continue to love the church? In this second part of God-talk, Yena shares her embodied story from her concrete ministry context - how to love fiercely and fearlessly the Body of Christ.

https://youtu.be/jJKCYm1qr4s

Everyday God-talk with Yena - Body of Christ This month, we invite Yena Hwang, a PC(USA) minister of Word and Sacrament in between calls. How can we rest and grow in between calls? How can we let go of ...

This month, we invite Yena Hwang, a PC(USA) minister of Word and Sacrament in between calls. How can we rest and grow in between calls? How can we let go of a church and continue to love the church? In this first part of God-talk, Yena shares her root-of-soul theology inherited from his grandfather - be a blessing, beloved.

https://youtu.be/HiR_XwhIMVU

Everyday God-talk with Yena - Blessed Soul This month, we invite Yena Hwang, a PC(USA) minister of Word and Sacrament in between calls. How can we rest and grow in between calls? How can we let go of ...

Everyday God-talk for the new year, new season, in January 2023. Monica teaches us a very simple embodied practice of Yoga and tells us her story about daily prayers and rituals.

The new season of Everyday God-talk shares the stories of those who are resting and growing -- pastors and teachers in-between calls, on sabbatical, and retired. In the first episode, we invite Monica, a retired teacher of yoga and guided meditation based in Chicago. She shares how our resting bodies are not resting until we intentionally lead them to rest. We can grow better through mindful resting, breathing, and praying. There is no right answer about how to rest. We share various ways of resting and growing. We encourage you to find some stories and voices that resonate with you.

https://youtu.be/WS3FQ-986e4

Everyday God-talk with Monica: Tender Hearts The new season of Everyday God-talk shares the stories of those who are resting and growing -- pastors and teachers in-between calls, on sabbatical, and reti...

Everyday God-talk for the new year, new season, in January 2023. Monica teaches us a very simple embodied practice of Yoga you can do sitting on your chair or lying on the bed -- breathing as an embodied practice anybody can follow.

The new season of Everyday God-talk shares the stories of those who are resting and growing -- pastors and teachers in-between calls, on sabbatical, and retired. In the first episode, we invite Monica, a retired teacher of yoga and guided meditation based in Chicago. She shares how our resting bodies are not resting until we intentionally lead them to rest. We can grow better through mindful resting, breathing, and praying. There is no right answer about how to rest. We share various ways of resting and growing. We encourage you to find some stories and voices that resonate with you.

https://youtu.be/L1DR74XfTbM

Everyday God-talk with Monica: Embodied Practices The new season of Everyday God-talk shares the stories of those who are resting and growing -- pastors and teachers in-between calls, on sabbatical, and reti...

Everyday God-talk for the new year, new season, in January 2023. We learn from Monica about her soul's journey with Yoga.

The new season of Everyday God-talk shares the stories of those who are resting and growing -- pastors and teachers in-between calls, on sabbatical, and retired. In the first episode, we invite Monica, a retired teacher of yoga and guided meditation based in Chicago. She shares how our resting bodies are not resting until we intentionally lead them to rest. We can grow better through mindful resting, breathing, and praying. There is no right answer about how to rest. We share various ways of resting and growing. We encourage you to find some stories and voices that resonate with you.

https://youtu.be/hdc_I_p3NCI

Everyday God-talk with Monica: Tender Souls The new season of Everyday God-talk shares the stories of those who are resting and growing -- pastors and teachers in-between calls, on sabbatical, and reti...

As we enter the week of thanksgiving, Everyday God-talk presents a special feature on Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. May we Presbyterians have a chance to think and pray about this while sitting with our families this week.

This article is also a part of the response to our General Assembly's recommendation to investigate the impact of the Doctrine of Discovery on our Body of Christ, especially our indigenous communities. It took a while for this consultation table to be shared wide open after several months of consultation, contemplation, and collaboration.

Thanks be to God of our indigenous ancestors!

https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/pcusa-leaders-continue-their-work-dismantling-the-doctrine-of-discovery/

PC(USA) leaders continue their work dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery | Presbyterian Mission Agency In response to a referral from the 224th General Assembly (2020) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) for the Presbyterian Mission Agency to develop theological resources for how the church has benefited at the expense of Native American peoples, a consultation was held with Native American leaders at...

Members and friends of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are invited to gather during the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Denver, CO for Morning Prayer liturgy, a light breakfast, and an opportunity to connect with one another on Sunday, November 20 at 7:30 a.m. MST. Please RSVP to reserve your spot: pcusa.org/rsvp

Fill | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Connection at AAR SBL Annual Meeting 2022 Members and friends of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are invited to gather for the liturgy for Morning Prayer, a light breakfast, and an opportunity to connect with one another during the AAR SBL Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, Sunday, November 20, 2022, 7:30-8:30 a.m. (local time). An opportunity....

Our one and only Diane Moffett says, keeping her eye on what God is doing at the moment is what sustains her heart in ministry. Her heart in ministry and people is leading her to say, "We’re meant to be loved, accepted, and in community."

https://youtu.be/dIKCLLAdUL8

Everyday God-talk with Diane Moffett - her heart Our one and only Diane Moffett says, keeping her eye on what God is doing at the moment is what sustains her heart in ministry. Her heart in ministry and peo...