082 – Present
Season 2024, Episode 82, Sep 24, 08:00 AM
In this latest episode of the PCI podcast, Will Leitch interviews Rev David Thompson, Secretary of PCI’s Council for Congregational Life and Witness, on the thinking behind and hopes for Present - the new, denomination wide, initiative designed to encourage congregations in this season of life and witness, launched at this year’s General Assembly.
The initiative will roll out over three successive church years, inviting and encouraging congregations and their members to make themselves fully present to God who is ever present to us. It offers a framework to encourage congregations to explore and express being present in four particular ways:
The initiative will roll out over three successive church years, inviting and encouraging congregations and their members to make themselves fully present to God who is ever present to us. It offers a framework to encourage congregations to explore and express being present in four particular ways:
- Be present in this season of life and witness;
- Be present to God as his people;
- Be present for one another in God’s family of the church;
- Be present where God has placed us to be his witnesses.
Find out more and watch the introductory video here www.presbyterianireland.org/present