The Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love brought to the world through the birth of Jesus that we celebrate every year during Advent is a blessing that is meant to be shared. This year we are asking the children and youth of the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery to share that blessing by helping make Christmas a little brighter for the children and youth…
Who has the Keys to our Churches? While we can think of a set of keys tangibly as a physical privilege and responsibility of leadership, they can also be symbolic of capabilities, power, and access. Many Church memberships are declining, younger generations are faced with competing activities on Sunday mornings (and Wednesday evenings), and our congregations are aging. In a…
What on earth do you want to hear from a children and youth ministry director in 2022? I asked that in the PC(USA) Leaders Facebook group and had 37 comments in a matter of two days. There are so many question marks with how to reach our young people that their requests ranged from “how do you start from scratch”…
Blog Post by Rev. Thirza Sayers Pastor Hillside Presbyterian Church, Light for the Darkness, Our Selah Due to the isolation and anxiety caused by the pandemic and the fear, violence, and uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, many of us have personally experienced mental health variances in the past few years. Few of us have weathered this storm completely…
Blog Post by Rev. Marilyn “MP” Panco Associate Pastor-St. Mark Presbyterian Member of Dynamic Leaders Team and DRAWP as Children/Youth Team As I sit here in my office anticipating the flurry of frantic activities that will surround Christmas and New Year’s I listen to calm music while watching beautiful landscapes move across the TV screen mounted on my wall. Thoughts…