Presbyterian Mission Agency National Capital Presbytery Archives

United Korean Presbyterian Church amends its bylaws and enhances its service to the community

Posted June 24th, 2024

Over nearly a year, the United Korean Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland, undertook what the Rev. Josh Park calls “a significant project” to amend its bylaws to align more closely with the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

PC(USA) pastor and author discusses ‘Our Angry Eden’ with Presbyterians for Earth Care

Posted October 14th, 2022

The inspiration to write his 2021 book “Our Angry Eden: Faith and Hope on a Hotter, Harsher Planet” came, of all places, during a meeting of National Capital Presbytery, the Rev. Dr. Mark Williams told Presbyterians for Earth Care during a Zoom conversation Thursday.

‘We either have fun learning or we give in to despair’

Posted September 12th, 2022

Over the weekend, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and the Office of Public Witness in Washington, D.C. — together with National Capital Presbytery — hosted two women of faith who regaled a Zoom audience with stories of the decades they’ve spent advocating for and ministering to God’s people.

Presbyterians headed to Poor People’s Campaign march on Washington

Posted June 16th, 2022

Presbyterians will be among those traveling from all over the country for a march Saturday by the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C.

Maryland’s Bethesda Presbyterian Church hosts an ‘urgent’ conversation

Posted May 16th, 2022

Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland, hosted the fourth-ever Beyond Pink and Blue: Trans+ Family and Spiritual Care conference on Saturday, attended both in-person and via Zoom by more than 70 people.

Young adults impress leaders at 2022 College Conference at Montreat

Posted January 6th, 2022

Following the just-completed 2022 College Conference at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, Anisha Hackney said she learned as much, if not more, than the young adults attending her “Minding the Gap: Living and Working with Different Cultures” workshop.

Beltway-area church receives ‘best of’ award

Posted May 14th, 2021

The founding pastor of Brambleton Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Elizabeth Brookens-Sturman, remembers what it was like to establish a new Christian church presence in the area just beyond the Capital Beltway. That’s why she isn’t taking lightly Brambleton’s honor of being named the “best of” churches in Ashburn, Virginia, announced in a recent issue of a local magazine.

No such thing as neutral

Posted April 9th, 2021

This is it. The hard conversation. You’re prepared to lead your church group in the difficult work of antiracism. You’ve researched the perfect book. You’ve got the webinar cued up. You have your difficult but necessary questions prepared. But have you done your own work?

International School of Reconciliation in Rwanda workshop focuses on healing inner wounds

Posted July 8th, 2020

A Rwandan workshop teaches African participants how to find inner healing and forgiveness from the trauma of ethnic conflict.

Virginia church presents a case study on elder-led congregational change

Posted March 5th, 2020

Three leaders from Falls Church Presbyterian Church in Virginia subtitled the NEXT Church national gathering workshop they offered on Tuesday “Practical Principles for Elder-Led Congregational Change,” and they delivered as advertised.