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January 26, 2024
APCE keynoter Mark Yaconelli, whose most recent book holds up the importance of storytelling, told a few compelling stories himself during his plenary talk on Thursday.
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January 26, 2024
One Sunday, the Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman had an epiphany. As the former pastor of Table of Grace, a non-traditional, radically inclusive faith community she planted in Jefferson City, Missouri, she knew that her leadership and preaching were central to worship. But one Sunday, the congregation showed her — and the Spirit told her — otherwise.
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January 26, 2024
There may be no place thirstier for life than the desert after a long period of no rain, the Rev. Melanie Marsh said during Thursday’s worship service at APCE’s Annual Event being held in St. Louis and online. Marsh used a National Geographic clip to demonstrate rain’s dramatic effect on the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park southeast of Los Angeles.
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Agency encourages putting a hold on national meetings at Texas’ non-PC(USA) conference centers while Federal courts debate Texas Senate Bill 4
January 25, 2024
Rick Jones | Office of the General Assembly
LOUISVILLE
When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law last month giving the state permission to enforce certain aspects of federal immigration law, the Office of the General Assembly determined it was time to revisit how the church supports members with immigrant identities and ancestry. The agency has decided to follow existing General Assembly policy and encourage Presbyterian groups to refrain from holding any national meetings at non-PC(USA) convention spaces in Texas while Federal courts determine the bill’s legality.