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Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry–First Presbyterian Church–Greensboro,
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2023 Enrich Educator of the Year Award Recipient
…and call to ministry. She provided leadership for implementing sustainable ministry in the children and youth programs. During the COVID pandemic, Jenna created a website to support families as they nurture faith at home. This website, www.fpcfaithfulfamilies.com, has been visited by thousands across the country and the world, resourcing both families and church leaders. Jenna lives out her belief in…
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Children’s Director–Brentwood Presbyterian Church–Los Angeles, CA
…and a heart and passion for children’s ministry. Competitive salary and benefits provided. Consider joining our creative and collegial ministry team and see why we are referred to as “The Warm Heart of the Westside”. Please email a resume and cover letter to info@bpcusa.org. (with “Children’s Director” in the subject line.) For more info on our church visit: www.bpcusa.org Childrens-Dir-BPC…
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Theological Summer Intern–Martha’s Vineyard Campmeeting Association–Oak Bluffs, MA
Martha’s Vineyard Campmeeting Association is looking for a PAID Theological Summer Intern. 2024-MVCMA-Theological-Intern-Job-Description Posting Closing Date: March 15, 2024 https://www.mvcma.org …
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Director of Child and Youth Christian Education–Bethany Presbyterian Church–Tacoma, WA
…expected. To apply send a letter of interest and a resume/CV to jobs@bethanytacoma.org Applications will be received until the position is filled. Bethany Presbyterian Church does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veterans’ status. For more information, please contact the Bethany Presbyterian Church personnel committee at jobs@bethanytacoma.org or 253-752-1123. https://www.bethanytacoma.org/about-us/job-opportunities 2024020-Bethany-Dir-Child-and-Youth-Job-Description…
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Re-Moralizing Monday
…at the General Assembly building and at the Capitol. The movement was in full swing and soon developed a healthy court component, with trials that resulted in the exoneration of arrestees, freeing them to return to “our house,” and vacating trespass orders, and opposing repressive laws like the “Monster” Voter Suppression Bill, passed the day after the Shelby County v….
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Congregational Corner: Lessons learned about congregational ministry
…do it. With the incredible governmental model in the Presbyterian Church (USA), it is even more incredible how different each congregation is. Orders of worship, prayers of thanksgiving, pastoral prayers, hymns… it is all different. I will never forget preparing to serve communion and asking a member of the congregation where I was visiting, “Is there anything I should know?…
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Response to immigration ban
…the basis of faith, race, or ethnicity. The executive order temporarily banning refugees and citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations is a violation of Christian values. In his ministry of gathering to himself those who found themselves thirsty, hungry, naked, estranged, and outcast, Jesus calls us into a new way of being (Matthew 25). The Brief Statement of Faith of…
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Alt-right rally: “Not a new fight for me”
…genocide to slavery to Jim Crow to Japanese Internment Camps, the Chinese Exclusion Act, the prison industrial complex, the border wall, Standing Rock. It’s a war that has been raging violently in communities of color but largely invisible to white Americans. The shock and trauma of white Americans comes from our brand-new front row seats. Well, they’re not really new….
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Student spotlight: Pay attention to the “bread crumbs”
…Divinity/Master of Arts in Christian Education student Isabella Fagiani. Growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, just five minutes from the famous waterfalls and a stone’s throw away from the Canadian Border, Fagiani was always involved in the Presbyterian church from a young age. “I took a lay academy class about preaching through my presbytery when I was 15 and…
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APCE 2018: Children first rather than adults?
…church’s community to come into our church and then to consider whether our congregation is ready for outreach and the enfolding of children. We completed a questionnaire that was designed to tease out whether our church is ready to sacrifice some of its own comfort in order to welcome outsiders. The presenter than offered three challenges to consider in developing…
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Central America Travel Seminar: Silencing Christian Justice
…Srs. Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clarke, and lay missionary Jean Donovan had been assassinated. I think their deaths are summed up in these words from our reflection tonight. These folks were assassinated in order to silence their Christian call for justice. Yet their voices are being heard louder and stronger now as we remember their deaths. They have not…
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Central America Travel Seminar: “Power is for the people”
…streets, and garbage and recycling cans along fences on the streets. The people of the town participate in their own government and laws. They took the time to write out the rules of the town. Things such as no selling of liquor or drugs, and no violence or deforestation that will prevent the social order. The town was originally vacated…
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A call to surrender
…now a growing sense of foreboding clouds the atmosphere. In his book entitled, “Strength to Love,” Dr. King observes that “It is midnight in the social order.” The church must be clear about its role and its response because the world is watching. Drawing from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:43-45 (NRSV), Dr. King reminds us that we…
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Alumni Spotlight: Amanda Hill called to WVU Medicine as chaplain
…started focusing in on verse 40. “Those things that you did to the least of these, you did it to me. He is, essentially, lining out what actions of faith must be done in order to do to God what God would wish. He goes through visiting those who are sick, seeing those who are in prison, clothing those who…
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Certificate Program in Public Theology
The purpose of the Certificate Program in Public Theology is to deepen the capacity of individuals engaging in public theology, a field that draws upon the resources of the Christian faith in order to serve the common good of society. The Certificate Program is designed for students who are either already engaging in, or plan to engage issues such as…
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Director of Youth Ministry–First Presbyterian Church–Charlotte, NC
…ministry in order to guide young people to Christ. Key Responsibilities Provide spiritual leadership to middle school and high school students and their families, equipping students to be followers of Jesus Christ Create a safe haven for students to interact with others, provide mutual support for each other, and explore their faith Be responsible for the planning, organizing, and coordination…
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India travel seminar: Spirit of the Sikhs
…one arrives with their head covered and feet bare to walk through a shallow pool of water in order to prepare for worship. Following the steps down into temple represents the humbling process of leaving the ego and social status behind. All are welcome at the temple. Here one is able to walk in without interference. You can hear music…
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India travel seminar: Leaving our shoes at the door
…longstanding tradition of barring women between the ages of 10 and 50 from entering the temple of the celibate god. Recently the Supreme Court of India ordered that women of all ages should be allowed to worship at this temple. However, crowds of men have (mostly) kept the women out of the temple. In response over a million women formed…
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APCE 2019: “Come to the Water”
…gather with fellow educators, to take a break from our hectic schedules in order that we can be filled with God’s unquenchable love, and that we will, in turn, be able to pour God’s love and grace on our congregations. Jessie Partridge is a Master of Arts in Christian Education (M.A.C.E.) student at the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary….
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Gems for the Journey: Challenge, not Comfort
…life of the nation, and the only light is this man Jeremiah. Josiah, the king after God’s own heart, has been slain. Josiah’s conversion to Yahweh at age sixteen was evidenced by the young king’s orders to purge Judah and Jerusalem of idolatry. With Josiah’s death, the nation quickly slipped back into idolatry. Jeremiah has been forced to leave his…
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Union Forum: What should white Christians do about racism?
…who have suffered because of systemic racism? How can the church make this more than a temporary concern brought about the exigencies of a moment of crisis in order to manifest true systemic change? What does the Lord require of the white church at this time? Please join us for this important panel discussion and let’s begin the work that…
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