This year’s theme strengthened my faith in the promise of resurrection. The problem is that in order to experience resurrection, you must first experience death.
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As a denomination, the PC(USA) has been wandering in the wilderness for a while now. As a seminary student, I am so sick of hearing people say that the church is dying.
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I came to face dying and rising in my ministry context, vocation, and life. For I feel like I am a leader in the wilderness carving meaning out of rock and claiming the God of transformation while listening to the grief of God’s people.
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The NEXT Church National Gathering, themed “The Desert in Bloom: Living, Dying, and Rising in a Wilderness Church,” was my first ever opportunity to meet, dine, and interact with 675 Presbyterian pastors, lay leaders, and students.
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I come to the NEXT Church National Gathering every year to be reminded that I am one of many church leaders striving to teach the radical healing love of Jesus’ Christ.
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It was like we were living in “the dream of our future” at this gathering. I am not only talking about the big things but the little things, too, like the cardboard box altars where people could leave mementos and congregate.
As a lay leader in my church, I registered for three workshops, from which I knew I could bring back information to apply for our congregation and my job as program manager at a non-profit food pantry.
Ministry on the Brink of Death
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzThis year’s theme strengthened my faith in the promise of resurrection. The problem is that in order to experience resurrection, you must first experience death.
Wandering in the Wilderness
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzAs a denomination, the PC(USA) has been wandering in the wilderness for a while now. As a seminary student, I am so sick of hearing people say that the church is dying.
Journeying Through the Wilderness
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzI came to face dying and rising in my ministry context, vocation, and life. For I feel like I am a leader in the wilderness carving meaning out of rock and claiming the God of transformation while listening to the grief of God’s people.
A First National Gathering
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzThe NEXT Church National Gathering, themed “The Desert in Bloom: Living, Dying, and Rising in a Wilderness Church,” was my first ever opportunity to meet, dine, and interact with 675 Presbyterian pastors, lay leaders, and students.
Death to Bring About Resurrection
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzI come to the NEXT Church National Gathering every year to be reminded that I am one of many church leaders striving to teach the radical healing love of Jesus’ Christ.
The Dream of Our Future
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzIt was like we were living in “the dream of our future” at this gathering. I am not only talking about the big things but the little things, too, like the cardboard box altars where people could leave mementos and congregate.
Guided by Faith
/0 Comments/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzAs a lay leader in my church, I registered for three workshops, from which I knew I could bring back information to apply for our congregation and my job as program manager at a non-profit food pantry.