When I go to the gym and get on a treadmill, I sneak a look at the people around me. Who are they? How fast are they going? How steep an incline is their machine set at? Then I compare myself to one of them. Am I going faster? Is my incline steeper? Lately, it often seems that I’m much slower than my gym neighbors. They have better numbers showing on their machines.
Millions of people will be tuning in this Sunday as The Denver Broncos take on the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. But that won’t be the only competition taking place as fans for both teams compete for a worthy cause. Churches and other organizations across the country will be participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring, an idea generated by the Spring Valley Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina in 1990.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related publications won 18 awards in the 2008 “Best of the Christian Press” competition sponsored by the Associated Church Press(ACP) — the oldest and largest religious press association in North America.
The Presbyterian News Service (PNS) — which will undergo a General Assembly Council review beginning May 11 — led the way with six awards, including third place in the prestigious “Best in Class” category for religious news services. It marks the 11th time in the last 12 years PNS has placed in the ACP’s top category.
HORIZONS — the magazine of Presbyterian Women — won five …