Mission Presbytery News

Presbyterian Pan American School (PPAS), a Christian international boarding high school, is seeking a bilingual (English/Spanish) ordained minister to serve as School Chaplain. Responsibilities include leading chapel services, providing pastoral care, supporting student and residential life, and actively engaging in the campus community. This is a residential position (on-campus housing provided). Requirements: Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Ordination (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) preferred)...

What’s the big deal about Pentecost? Why do people insist on celebrating it in church ever year? Pentecost is sometimes called the “birthday of the church” and its story is found in Acts, but it goes back much further than that. In Judaism, Shavuot or “Festival of Weeks”, is observed fifty days after the start of Passover. People from all over had come to Jerusalem to celebrate and remember receiving the ten commandments at Mt. Sinai. It’s one of the three pilgrimage festivals, when all...

Pastors and congregational leaders will have the opportunity to participate in one of two Zoom Benefits Summits as they seek to understand better the recent updates to the Benefits Plan. The Zoom Benefits Summit dedicated to the Synod of the Sun will be 10 – 11 am on Monday, May 18. There also will be a Zoom Benefits Summit shared with the Synod of Mid America 1 – 2:15 pm on Friday, May 15. Among topics to be covered, you will hear about: Medical Plan cost trends and changes in the...