What is God Saying to Us?

There is a great stirring going on among people of all ages and all walks of life. They may use different ways of expressing it, but all are asking the same question “What am I to do with my life?” It is the vocational question. A group of teens think about what path they will take after high school and what kind of person they will be. After I talked with a youth group about vocation, a young father came up to me and mentioned that he had been reading Parker Palmer’s book Let Your Life Speak. As a result he was wondering about where God might be leading him. Others have been moved by Rich Warren’s Purpose Driven Life. Presbyterians are rediscovering that we are called by our baptism and that each of us has gifts that God intends for us to use for the good of God’s people. As we live out our Christian vocation, Presbyterians make a difference in the world — as neighbors, citizens, parents, volunteers, as laborers in many types of work and as church and community leaders.

Vocation is a ministry area created to nurture a renewal of a culture of call in our church. Through the Web links below, you will find resources to support your own journey and to assist others. For those called to serve in a church vocation, we guide the certification of Christian educators and the preparation of ministers. We provide Church Leadership Connection to assist search committees and those seeking calls. We offer resources to presbyteries and to all those who respond to God’s call in all the varieties of service.

—  Marcia Clark Myers, director, Vocation