Member Church News: Earthquake, Peace Calls, Visit
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) churches and a seminary suffered damage from the earthquake that hit Hualien on 3 April. The PCT is accepting donations to support relief efforts. More than 140 global Christian leaders call for Gaza cease-fire in Holy Week letter: ‘We repent of the ways we have not stood alongside our Palestinian […]
Member Church News: Easter Messages
Many of our member churches and ecumenical partners have shared Easter messages (or unique resources). Here are a few of them: Church of Scotland: Lego Easter Story Conference of European Churches: May peace, joy and love shine from the empty tomb Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand: Resurrection Hope The United Church of Canada: Even […]
Easter Message 2024: God’s agents of transformation
Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. —Hebrews 12: 1b-2a Easter 2024 is here with us. Thanks be to God. Yes, it is time to celebrate the victory over death and the forces of death as the Lord Jesus Christ […]
Member Church News: Solidarity, Bicentenary, Ecology
Together with a few ecumenical partners, “Solidarity with the Suffering,” a 35-member delegation of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Israel/Palestine Mission Network returned home last week after eight days of solidarity with people who are suffering and mourning the deaths of those who have died in the war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. Joint pastoral […]
Member Church News: Exchange, Elections, Advocacy
The Presbyterian Church in Canada has a longstanding relationship with the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT). Each year, the PCT hosts a dynamic program called “I Love Taiwan,” which attracts youth from all over the world who share in the PCT’s youth and children’s ministry and learn about the unique culture of Taiwan. Presbyterian Church […]
The earth as holy ground: Reconciliation of human and nature
By Lalmuanpuii Hmar Opening Prayer Creator of all things, your glory shines forth through your creation. We praise you and celebrate your awe-inspiring work in creation that we can see all around us. Reveal more of yourself to us as we worship you. Show us the way to reconcile ourselves with nature so that our […]
Member Church News: Women, Antisemitism, Prayer
On International Women’s Day 2024 (Friday, 8 March) the Uniting Church in Australia celebrates the women in their lives, communities, and the Uniting Church. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal will hold an online worship service at 20:30 (CET) on 8 March to celebrate women. The Lenten season is a particular time when some interpretations […]
Crying from the Land
By Minwoo Oh Opening prayer The God of Land be with you. And also be with you. God, our Creator of heaven and earth, We are blessed to be surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation. We lift our prayer of gratitude as we are enchanted by earth. We are awed by all the animals […]
Member Church News: World Prayer, Peace Pilgrimage
On 1 March, Christians all around the world come together to celebrate the World Day of Prayer. This year’s service was written by a group of Palestinian Christian women before the current conflict and deals with their own personal experiences. Their hope was to encourage and inspire other women around the world to bear with […]
Help Me to Follow
By Jessica Hetherington This devotional is based on Jesus’ lesson about building a house on rock versus sand and is meant to strengthen us in our discipleship as we seek a new path toward the cross this Lenten season. Opening Prayer God of Life, Earth is in chaos right now: global heating is rising; species […]
