Presbytery of Riverside

"YAV fellow creates a ‘toolkit for grieving children’ while serving virtually with the Office of Christian Formation" https://www.presbyterianmission.org/st/amazing-grace-smith/

"Presbytery of New Covenant in southeast Texas has had a strong youth ministry for decades. A highlight has been its Youth Conclaves weekend retreats that are led by the youth themselves. These retreats are a time to meet other Presbyterian youth and a time to grow as disciples. Our presbytery also recognizes that youth is a time of exploration and identity formation including gender or sexual orientation. This became apparent in February of 2020 when a request was received regarding a young person who was hesitant to attend a retreat weekend because of who she is. Katrina is transgender." https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/pt-0521-beloved/

"How and where did your stewardship journey begin? Rev. Dr. Anna Pinckney Straight challenges readers to consider this question in the May lectionary preview that she shared with the Presbyterian Foundation. Read about the start of her stewardship journey at the link below." https://www.presbyterianfoundation.org/the-stewardship-jou/

"Buildings are reopening and in-person engagement is slowly coming back. As leaders look to the future, many wonder how to build consensus about the next chapter. Over the past several weeks, my phone has been ringing off the hook with clients looking for help with planning. It’s not surprising. Planning has traditionally been our go to approach for getting people motivated to move together from point A to point B." https://www.congregationalconsulting.org/getting-on-the-sa/

"In its heyday in the 1950s, Caldwell Presbyterian in Charlotte was a neighborhood church with a congregation of about 1,200 people including the Belk family of department store fame. But by 2006, Caldwell was down to 12 members, all of them in their twilight years, and the church was scheduled to close. Then a different-looking group that once worshiped together at Seigle Avenue Presbyterian which Caldwell had helped start decades earlier joined with the aged Caldwell ...remnant to resurrect the church on Fifth Street in Elizabeth." https://www.yahoo.com//resurrecting-church-one-charlotte-p

"APCE closing worship features an insightful tour of the doors inside a Houston church" https://www.presbyterianmission.org//the-church-from-a-do/

"NCC calls on Myanmar’s military to ‘abide by the will of the people’ as expressed in the November 2020 elections" https://www.presbyterianmission.org//national-council-of-/

"The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is providing for congregational use an online Ash Wednesday service that features liturgy and music in English, Spanish and Korean. The 40-minute pre-recorded service was filmed at the chapel in the Center’s Louisville, Kentucky, office." https://www.presbyterianmission.org//ash-wednesday-servic/

"Ruling Elder Vilmarie Cintron-Olivieri felt a breath of fresh air watching last week’s inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris." https://www.presbyterianmission.org//a-personal-and-unive/

At Epiphany, we read in the gospel Matthew that Royal Wise Ones bring gifts to Jesus. This story reminds us that God is bringing us gifts to enjoy and use for the benefit of others. https://www.riversidepresbytery.com/welcome-to-the-season-/

For those of you who would like your church community to become a more vibrant place, take a look at these questions Rev. Rob Stewart has shared. https://www.riversidepresbytery.com/questions-for-enhancin/

Let's start the week with a little different take on one of the parables. This is something to think about in the COVID environment we're in. https://www.presbyterianmission.org//the-parable-of-the-1/

This year, we can all use a reset. The promise in Advent allows that and so much more for us. https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/pt-1120-spiritual/

Recent hurricanes have had a dramatic impact on Central America, and the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly asks the Presbyterian Church to take action. https://www.pcusa.org//stated-clerk-calls-prayer-central-/

"During the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)’s #GivingTuesday 12-hour telethon on Dec. 1, the Rev. Nikki Collins, national coordinator for 1001 New Worshiping Communities, visited with two ‘1001’ leaders who started new churches among people and in places where traditional PC(USA) mainstream churches haven’t been." https://www.presbyterianmission.org/st/no-longer-invisible/