The Presbytery of Ohio Valley News and Announcements

Category: PC(USA)

  • AIDS Ministry Conference – Scholarships available!

    Greetings! I’m writing to invite you to attend an exciting event later this fall – “Creating AIDS Competent Churches and Church Leaders: Remembrance, Repentance, Responsibility” at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2012. At the direction of the 219th General Assembly (2010), the Office of Public Witness (OPW) is partnering with the Presbyterian AIDS Network…

  • 220th General Assembly

    The following is a pastoral letter from the new Moderator and Vice Moderator of the 220th General Assembly, as well as Gradye Parsons and Linda Valentine regarding the 220th GA. Please share it with your congregations as you find it helpful to do so. The letter is also online at the PC(USA) site. July 7, 2012…

  • PCUSA Collegiate Ministry Locator

    The Office of Collegiate Ministries is revising and updating the PCUSA Collegiate Ministry Locator. Pastors, educators, parents, and prospective students will be able to use this Locator to easily find and be in touch with a collegiate ministry near their college or university. If you already have an established campus ministry, you will want to…

  • 2012 Evangelism and Church Growth Conference

    ‘What Are You Waiting For?’ (Acts 1:10-11) “…why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky?…” EVANGELISM AND CHURCH GROWTH’S 2012 CONFERENCE JULY 29 – AUGUST 2, 2012 at ST. PETE BEACH, FLORIDA Register now 2012 Evangelism and Church Growth Conference Registration Book Download INFLUENCE CULTURE. LIVE OUT YOUR MISSION. DEVELOP DISCIPLES. GROW SPIRITUALLY. …

  • Reformation Day 2011

    Office of the General Assembly by Sharon Youngs Communications Coordinator  Louisville – To the congregations of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): The church affirms Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei, that is, “The church reformed, always to be reformed according to the Word of God” in the power of the Spirit. (Book of Order, F-2.02)…

  • Christian Leaders Say Yes to Palestine U.N. Membership

    International Law, Basic Fairness at Stake, Say PC(USA)’s Parsons, Others Presbyterian News Service, LOUISVILLE Leaders of four denominations, including the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons, have issued a statement backing the Palestinian Authority’s bid for membership in the United Nations. U.N. membership for the Palestinians is deserved, the four leaders say,…

  • A Special Hour About Africa with Nancy Collins

    UPDATE: This Event has been cancelled. Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 in the Laws Room at First Presbyterian, Columbus. Nancy, a Presbyterian Mission Consultant, will share about her work and converse with us about new directions for Presbyterian World Mission. Nancy Collins is regional liaison for East Africa. She facilitates PC(USA) relationships with partner churches and…