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Presbyterian Mission Agency Vital Congregations Initiative | Presbyterian Mission Agency


February 28, 2021
The Rev. Rebekah Carpenter (left) and Debra Levray sing in the lobby of a large apartment community in their church’s neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Sion Presbyterian Church)
On day one of the 2020 Virtual Vital Congregations Gathering, four panelists from Trinity Presbytery described how beginning the two-yearVC initiative in January 2020 — and its Seven Marks of a Vital Congregation  â€” helped prepare them as church leaders for the pandemic.
The Rev. Rebekah Carpenter of Sion Presbyterian Church in Winnsboro, South Carolina, told nearly 100 participants she didn’t realize how quickly the seven marks and the Bible verses that go with them would become part of her thinking. ....

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Presbyterian Mission Agency Cohorts benefit members and leaders alike


by Paul Seebeck | Presbyterian News Service
This fall, 20 cohorts were offered by the Christian Formation Partner Association Collective.
LOUISVILLE — Gina Yeager-Buckley came away from her experience coaching the Presbyterian Youth Workers Association (PYWA) cohort for the Office of Christian Formation dramatically changed.
“I’m excited again, renewed,” she said. “It took me back to my love and passion for youth ministry.”
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From the start, Yeager-Buckley’s PYWA cohort — one of 20 cohorts offered this fall by members of the Christian Formation Partner Association Collective — clicked and became important to cohort members.
She said members in the cohort really talked and listened to each other, using one of the principles of holy listening: no interruption. It worked so well that the cohort is planning on getting together for an informal gathering in 2021. ....

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