2025 News

What: "Sugarcane" Film Screening When: Optional Informational Session - Sunday, January 11 @ 11:00 AM Film Screening and Light Lunch - Sunday, January 18, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Where: Valley Community Presbyterian Church [3100 Lilac Drive N, Golden Valley, MN 55422) Who: Anyone who feels called to the ongoing work of social justice and would like to learn more about the history and impact of Indian residential schools 'SUGARCANE', the award-winning debut feature documentary fro

Καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν…  I don’t have many Bible passages memorized in Greek—but this one has lodged in my memory. It’s from the first chapter of John’s gospel and it’s been translated in many ways. What I memorized as a child was from the King James: "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us…”  It is a luminously evocative statement that evolves into the doctrine of the Incarnation. Humans have often prayed that God would magically deliver us fr

An invitation to New Life Members, past and present, Falcon Heights UCC, and Friends of the Church and Community to Our Last Worship Sunday in This Space as We Prepare to Merge into Something New Sunday, December 28 – 10:00 AM New Life Presbyterian Church, 965 Larpenteur Avenue West, Roseville Beginning on January 4, 2026, New Life Presbyterian Church will be merging with Falcon Heights UCC and moving into their church building. Our last Sunday in our current building will be

Wednesday mornings this winter @ Central Lutheran Church in Mpls Are you a white pastor, wanting to more faithfully live out your racial justice values? Do you wish for practices and community to help you embody something different than our white patterns and conditioning? Through this introduction to embodied antiracist practice hosted by  Rachel Joy Somatics , white clergy become more familiar with the white patterning that we embody, grow our capacity to be with the grief

Sign a Petition Rejecting Federal Concealed Carry Permits - CLICK HERE Information for your congregation about ICE and Know Your Rights to protect our Neighbors (focus on page 2) - CLICK HERE Statement from the Minnesota Council of Churches on Supporting our Somali neighbors - CLICK HERE PDA is also offering $10,000 emergency assistance  solidarity grants to communities like ours that have been targeted, which could be used for things like providing emergency assistance for f

The current confusion in federal policies is harming people with disabilities. During the shutdown, federal resources are less available than usual; and even when federal services are back to work, there will be problems due to lack of funding for programs, and lower staffing because many federal employees retired or resigned. When Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Accessibility (DEIA) programs are cancelled at the federal level, the rights of people with disabilities are res

Are you a white pastor, wanting to more faithfully live out your racial justice values? Do you wish for practices and community to help you embody something different than our white patterns and conditioning? Through this introduction to embodied antiracist practice hosted by  Rachel Joy Somatics , white clergy become more familiar with the white patterning that we embody, grow our capacity to be with the grief and shame of our people’s history, and develop relationships and

The Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area is looking for a new Treasurer and we need your help. The Treasurer serves as an officer for the Presbytery, therefore the person filling that role needs to be a Ruling Elder (or eligible to be a Ruling Elder) or Teaching Elder in the PC(USA). Because of this requirement, we are not posting the position widely on job boards. Please share the opportunity with your congregations in your church newsletters or announcements. We are seeking t

Be a Commissioner to the 227th General Assembly Deadline for applications is November 3 rd !  Application Link   The  227th General Assembly  convenes next Summer in  Milwaukee, WI . Committee meetings will be held  online June 23-24 , and the plenary business meetings will occur from  June 29-July 2, 2026  and will be held in person in Milwaukee.  More information is available through the  Office of the General Assembly.    This is a unique opportunity for our Presbytery: we

Candidate Anne Nelson , Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, Sat. Oct 18 (see below) TE Scott Jones , House of Hope Presbyterian, Sun....

Caution should be taken when live-streaming worship services that include a Children’s Sermon or similar event. Last week several pastors...

The Donald S. Milloy Disability Advocacy Award was presented to Ruling Elder Manley Olson (Westminster PC, Minneapolis). The Disability...

The Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area is looking for a new Treasurer and we need your help. The Treasurer serves as an officer for the...