2026 News

Ten churches in the Presbytery of the Twin Cities area were certified as an Earth Care Congregations by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Presbyterian Hunger Program through February 2027. The Earth Care Congregation certification is designed to recognize churches that take seriously God’s charge to “till and keep” the garden, that is our shared common home. These ten churches include: Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis; Cherokee Park United Church, St. Paul; Westmin

YOU/WE ARE THE OGHS--SDOP G.O.A.T (or at least the greatest in my time on the committee): PTCA’s portion of last year’s OGHS *** offering for 2026 SDOP grants is …. [drumroll --- fireworks ---laser light show … streamers] … $19,419.33!!!! That’s almost twice the largest distribution in the past 10 years AND triple the amount we had budgeted for the ministry of combatting racism & economic inequality in 2025!!!!! Hip Hip Hurray! We have truly outdone ourselves: thank you …

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong will open your eyes and your heart. She was born with spinal muscular atrophy, started using a wheelchair in elementary school, and went on to become a determined and effective disability advocate. One of her great contributions was broadcasting the voices and viewpoints of people with disabilities. After studying and working in medical sociology, she founded the Disability Visibility Project, sharing oral histories of peopl

Free  2026 Susan Draper White Lecture with Dr. Ellen T. Armour at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities on February 23rd at 6:30pm. There is an option to attend online, or here at the Seminary. Among the many issues dividing Americans these days is the conflict over how we should understand, see, and treat people whose gender identities break with norms. This is a conflict where religion, gender, and politics come together—familiar terrain for feminist theologians of

Saturday, February 7, 2026 9:00 am - 12:00 noon Oak Grove Presbyterian Church 2200 W. Old Shakopee Road Bloomington, MN 55431   “Oak Grove is a joyful, inclusive, compassionate community of faith seeking to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.” (from  www.oakgrv.org )     Call to Meeting In accordance with the  Book of Order,  Form of Government G-3.0304, and the Bylaws of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, the Presbytery will meet in stated session from

Under the theme of ‘ Kingdom Minded Youth’ , the Spiritual Gifts Church, in partnership with First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, MN as a co-sponsor, organized a three-day youth summit between June 13th – 15th, 2025, at Camp Victory, Zumbro Falls, Minnesota. PTCA supported this summit with a $10,000 Community Partner Grant. The theme ‘Kingdom Minded Youth’ was adopted as a follow up on the previous year’s youth summit (Youth Summit 2024) designated as ‘ Rooted in Christ ’, w

The PTCA offices will be closed on Friday Feb 23rd in solidarity with the Day of Truth and Freedom. (The Nonviolent Communication Training on Self-Empathy will still be occurring for all who registered in the spirit of its applicability to this moment.) Zach and Anna invite all our congregations and clergy to participate in whatever ways possible in this historic day of public witness, in fasting and prayer, in using PTO to stay home from work if possible, refraining from mak

Our national Presbyterian Church has a wonderful site offering disability resources, a blog link, and disability consultants who can help local churches. https://pcusa.org/about-pcusa/agencies-entities/interim-unified-agency/ministry-areas/disability-concerns From the consultants: The questions can be overwhelming: Help! I need curriculum help for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Can you give me information about accessibility audits/checklists/surveys? My

Presented by Jen Gergen Part of the NonViolent Communication Series In this session, we’ll slow down the self-empathy process to explore what’s alive in us and consider how we show up in our communities. Together, we’ll:   Gently unpack your judgments, moralizations, criticisms, assessments, and evaluations Practice shifting these stories into clear observations that support these beliefs (separating “fact” from interpretation) Build awareness of your feelings so you can bett