Mientras que muchas iglesias empiezan sus programas anuales en setiembre y el calendario litúrgico comienza con el adviento, la mayoría de las congregaciones siguen el calendario anual para las instalaciones y ordenaciones que marcan un tiempo de juntas y comités reconfigurados. Para algunas personas, esto incluye retiros de líderes en donde las metas, objetivos, visión y prioridades se establecen para el año venidero. Se espera que estos ejercicios visionarios influyan en la adopción final de presupuestos, antes de cuadrar el calendario de eventos y celebraciones ministeriales especiales.

많은 교회들이 9월에 프로그램을 새로이 시작하고 교회력은 대림절로 시작하는 반면, 대부분의 교회들은 새로 시작되는 이사회와 위원회의 임직과 안수를 위해 일반 달력 연도를 따릅니다. 여기에는 내년의 시간을 따르는 목표, 목적, 비전 및 우선 순위 등을 설정하는 리더십 퇴수회가 포함됩니다. 이러한 비전 활동은 예산의 최종 채택에 영향을 미치며, 특별 사역 및 축하 행사를 위한 달력 설정에 선행되어야 합니다.

While many churches begin their program year in September and the liturgical calendar begins with Advent, most congregations follow the calendar year for the installations and ordinations that mark a time of reconfigured boards and committees. For some, this includes leadership retreats at which time goals, objectives, vision, and priorities are set for the coming year. It is hoped that these visioning exercises influence final adoption of budgets and precede the setting of the calendar for special ministry events and celebrations.

Visual Parables’ Top Ten Film list is usually different from most lists because ethical and spiritual values in the films carry more weight than aesthetics. That the latter is important, however, is shown each year by the fact that faith-based films seldom show up on the list, most of these being dramatized sermons rather than open-ended works of art.

As we enter the 2020s, the United States finds itself frequently looking back to the early 1970s — a similar time of harsh political polarization, with issues of race and poverty a prominent part of our conversations and a church wondering how to address them.

The Rev. Dr. James Foster Reese officially retired in December from his position with the Presbyterian Foundation as Minister of Specialized Interpretation, a consulting position he has held since 1995.

Biblical scholar, minister and author the Rev. Dr. Renita Weems will present the 2020 Kathleen O’Connor Lectures at Columbia Theological Seminary on February 4-5.

Over the past year, the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been working to boost the church’s role in the city in which its national headquarters resides, Louisville, Kentucky. This week, the city’s newspaper, the Courier-Journal, has recognized Nelson as one of its 20 people to watch in 2020.

According to the Rev. Billy Song of St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Lomita, California, Los Angeles County has about 60,000 people experiencing homelessness.  About two-thirds are living on the streets or in tents.

The deadline to sign up for the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s Travel Study Seminar to the Philippines and Hong Kong has been extended to Feb. 1.