Weekly Outlook - What counts as disruption in worship?

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MRTI defends engagement over categorical fossil fuel divestment by Mark Douglas & Kerri N. Allen   A fourth set of General Assembly Co-Moderator candidates announces they will stand by Mike Ferguson What counts as a disruption in worship? by Katrina Pekich-Bundy Overtures seek Israel embargo, genocide declaration by Eric Ledermann   An update from GA227’s Financial Stewardship and Witness Committee by Mike Ferguson What is the E.T. Thompson Award? by Rose Schrott Taylor

In case you missed it... Krysten Carter Holloway is president-elect of Board of Pensions Holloway will be presented to the 227th General Assembly (2026) and will formally assume the role upon confirmation by the General Assembly on or about July 1 — Board of Pensions Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Charlotte campus has a new Chaplain and Director of Student Life Amanda Shanks began in her new role last month — Press releases Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark Blaine Crawford reviews James K. A. Smith's "Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark," a timely and deeply personal guide to finding faith, love and companionship in life's darkest seasons. In the room of prayer, there’s no “right way” L. Roger Owens reflects on prayer as both practice and way of life, inviting readers to see every moment as participation in God’s presence. A pair of prodigious scholars to receive Excellence in Theological Education awards The Rev. Dr. Frances Taylor Gench and Dr. James Hudnut-Beumler will be honored during the 227th General Assembly. — Robyn Davis Sekula Unification Commission approves its comments on General Assembly items of business The UC addresses ordination, pay equity, artificial intelligence and more. — Presbyterian News Service A prayer for Presbyterian Heritage Sunday In this prayer, Rachel Sutphin gives thanks for the saints and reformers who shaped the church — and calls today’s Presbyterians to a living, justice-seeking faith.

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