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Pentecost Offering
Pentecost Sunday is a celebration of the Holy Spirit’s arrival, empowering the disciples to overcome their fear and boldly share the Gospel message. The Pentecost Offering, which supports children at risk, ministries with children and youth (including the Youth Triennium, which happens this July in Louisville), and the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program, is a way Presbyterians encourage our young people to do the same. Please join us in receiving this offering to ensure that our younger siblings in Christ begin life with a solid foundation of faith.
Online resources include minutes for mission, worship resources, children’s curriculum with activities, PowerPoint slides and social media/newsletter images for your use. There is also a short video titled “I Will Pour Out My Spirit” for use as a minute for mission in worship and other gatherings.
Cultivating Community — Phase III released
More than just gardening — a chance to sow, nurture and harvest faith in ways that strengthen congregations and support communities.
Download the newly released Phase III or Phases I through III and get started today.
Register for PAM's Montreat Worship & Music Conference
Join musicians and worship leaders for the most widely attended annual conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denomination.
The Worship & Music Conference will be held June 15–20 and June 22–27 at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina!
Together, we will create music, learn and worship. Your participation is an investment in the dynamic growth of our denomination as we explore the promising future together.
Registration is open now! Visit presbymusic.org/conference for more information.
Available in English only.
Prospective new worshiping community leaders are invited to attend a 1001 Discerning Missional Leadership Assessment
1001 New Worshiping Communities is offering its Discerning Missional Leadership (DML) assessment for prospective and early-stage new worshiping community leaders (NWCs) four times this year.
DML assessments give participants vocational guidance on the possibility of starting a new worshiping community and recommend next steps for their spiritual and professional growth as they pursue that work. Sending prospective NWC leaders to a DML assures presbyteries their NWCs are led by healthy, growing leaders.
For more information, visit pcusa.org/1001-new-worshipping-communities/support-nwcs/leadership-assessments.
Available in English, Korean and Spanish.
Registration is OPEN for the 2025 Presbyterian Youth Triennium
Are you ready for the 2025 Presbyterian Youth Triennium? It takes place in Louisville on July 28–31. Triennium is for high school-age youth, their accompanying adults, and, for the first time, a special option just for young adults! The theme is “As If We Were Dreaming,” and we can’t wait to dream with you. To find out if a group from your area is attending, reach out to the National Registrar: analise.brown@pcusa.org.
Learn more: presbyterianyouthtriennium.org.
Available in English and Spanish.
Join Presbyterian Advocacy Hour every fourth Wednesday!
The Presbyterian Advocacy Hour brings together committed people of faith each month to fill your solar batteries up with information and ways to act on the most pressing issues. Church members, lay leaders, pastors, mid council staff, all Presbyterians and friends are welcome! Get nourishment for your spirit and resources for advocacy!
Each month, we’ll start with spiritual grounding and then move to in-depth analysis of key issues. There will be an optional 30 minutes for smaller group networking, movement building and community building. Register and join us every fourth Wednesday!
zoom.us/meeting/register/A8XGueegQPGDlV3aw-632Q#/registration
Available in English and Spanish.
New books for group study with free video series from the authors
These new books are from two of your favorite PC(USA) leaders!
“Appreciate These Things: Eight Ways of Cultivating Compassion,” by Jill J. Duffield. Access digital resources.
“Reckoning with History: Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Making of American Christianity,” by William Yoo. Access digital resources.
Available in English only.
New gun violence resources from Be SMART
To combat gun deaths among children and teens, the church partnered with Be SMART to provide resources that address secure gun storage. We are also hosting trainings with Presbyterian Be SMART leader Temple Hiatt. Check out the resources and sign up for a training today!
Available in English only.
African American leaders and congregations
The Presbyterian Historical Society continues to offer free digitization through our African American Leaders and Congregations initiative. For any church in the African American Presbyterian Congregational Support directory, we digitize session minutes and registers at no cost to the congregation. Congregations are welcome to send in records for imaging and return or to place them on deposit here. Among others, last year we imaged the records of Goodwill Presbyterian Church (Mayesville, South Carolina), Edisto Presbyterian Church (Edisto Island, South Carolina) and the former Presbytery of Catawba. Contact David Staniunas at dstaniunas@history.pcusa.org.
Available in English only.
Around the Table resources
The Around the Table initiative invites parents, caregivers, and congregational leaders to nurture children and youth, helping them grow in faith and discover who God created them to be in today’s world. Check out the podcast, Flyaway book guides, Quicksheets and new books at pcusa.org/aroundthetableresources. These resources can help cultivate meaningful conversations and connections about Christian faith in everyday life.
Available in English and Spanish.
Vote your values — PC(USA) proxy voting guidelines available now
Do you or your congregation have personal investments? Exercise your right as a shareholder and vote your proxy statements to align company practices with your values. The PC(USA)’s proxy voting guidelines and recommendations outline resolutions at major companies that you can support, addressing topics such as climate change, racial justice and human rights. Many of these votes are taking place this spring, so be on the lookout for your proxies, or talk to your financial adviser now.
Available in English only.
PDA year at a glance
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has published their 2024 At-A-Glance report summarizing their work over the past year. Learn how your gifts to PDA and One Great Hour of Sharing have made a difference.
pcusa.org/resource/pda-2024-glance-report
pcusa.org/es/resource/pda-un-vistazo-al-2024
Available in English and Spanish.
‘Finding Resilience, Joy and Our Identity in Jesus Christ’ by Rhashell D. Hunter
Join Presbyterian Women in rediscovering our resilience, joy and identity found in Christ through the 2025–2026 PW/Horizons Bible study, “Finding Resilience, Joy and Our Identity in Jesus Christ,” by Rhashell D. Hunter. The study is available in several editions (English, Spanish, large print and audio) with helps (companion DVD, Workshop for Leaders, author blog and supplemental resources available exclusively in Horizons magazine); visit presbyterianwomen.org/bible to learn more or to purchase.
“Finding Resilience” is suitable for personal and group study as well as a source for sermon inspiration!
Available in English and Spanish.
Mental Health Awareness Month begins (May 1, 2025)
Foster Care Month begins (May 1, 2025)
National Day of Prayer (May 1, 2025)
May Friendship Day (May 2, 2025)
Older Adult Week begins (May 4, 2025)
Legacy Giving Sunday (May 4, 2025)
National Day of Awareness & Action for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit People (May 5, 2025)
Holocaust Remembrance Day (May 6, 2025)
Fair Trade Day (May 10, 2025)
Mother’s Day (May 11, 2025)
Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Day (May 15, 2025)
Mission Worker Sunday (May 18, 2025)
Presbyterian Heritage Sunday (May 18, 2025)
Africa Day (May 25, 2025)
Memorial Day (May 26, 2025)
Ascension of the Lord (May 29, 2025)
Intercultural Church Sunday (June 1, 2025)
1001 New Worshiping Communities (June 1, 2025)
National Gun Violence Awareness Day (June 6, 2025)
Pentecost (June 8, 2025)
Trinity Sunday (June 15, 2025)
Father’s Day; Presbyterian Men (June 15, 2025)
Juneteenth (June 19, 2025)
World Refugee Day (June 20, 2025)
Season of Prayer and Reflection in the Korean Peninsula begins (June 25–Aug. 15, 2025)
Independence Day (July 4, 2025)
Immigration Sunday (July 6, 2025)
Kenya Mission (July 21, 2025)
College and Young Adult Sunday (Aug. 3, 2025)
Hiroshima Day (Aug. 6, 2025)
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (Aug. 9, 2025)
Youth in the Church and World Sunday (June 10, 2025)
Day of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (Aug. 10, 2025)
Young Adult Volunteers’ Commissioning Sunday (Aug. 17, 2025)
Public Education Day (Aug. 20, 2025)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (Aug. 23, 2025)