Because Presbyterians love Mission Trips

Youth from Westminster Presbyterian (Austin) spent a week in Mexico City learning about forced mobility and serving at CEAHPAZ, a ministry that welcomes and supports people on the move around the world.

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July 9, 2026

It Was Never About the Soil

Rev. Bobby MusengwaTransitional General PresbyterGrowing up, preachers would ask: what kind of soil are you? Turns out, that might be the wrong question. According to The New Interpreter's Bible commentary on Matthew, scholars agree that "what kind of soil am I" was never Jesus' question. They posit that this question came later.

A Message from Mo-Ranch

Standing in the Gap: How Churches have Helped Heal Kerr County

As Kerr County has recovered from the July 4 flood, local churches haven't just offered comfort and prayer. They've also doled out millions of dollars in aid.

As it tries to move ahead, Kerr County remembers what the flood took

A year later, the community honors the 119 people who died, tries to comfort their loved ones and keeps looking for ways to heal.

A service of lament and hope

LOUISVILLE - One year after deadly floods devastated the Hill Country of Texas, First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, Texas, gathered for worship Sunday to lament and to hope. Watch the moving 96-minute service here.

Pre + post GA227 bulletin insert bundle

Stay connected to GA227 - before and after.

In the News

Learn Committee Needs Your Help

Please send us the contact info for the person in charge of the children, Youth, and adult educational ministries.  The Mission Presbytery Learn Committee and SCRAPCE (an organization for all church educators associated with APCE) is collecting this information.

 

Send name, church name and location, email, and volunteer/paid position title to:

Laurahallie81@gmail.com or charlotte@wpcaustin.org 

Are you a lay preacher interested in connecting with other lay preachers? 


Join a one-year cohort to learn more about faith-full preaching with your peers! Through discussion and sermon-sharing twice a month over Zoom, lay preachers in this group gain a community of peer-coaches who can encourage and support one another, all with the goal of cultivating more faith-full preaching.


Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply at https://www.sharingfaithinitiative.com/lay-preacher-cohorts.

Applications are due by July 31, 2026, with the cohort announced by August 5, 2026. The cohort will meet online on Tuesday afternoons from September 2026-May 2027.

We See You!

Because Presbyterians love celebrating our LGBTQIA family and friends.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Because Presbyterians comfort and console

The Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell delivered a heartfelt sermon to the First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville congregation to remember those who died in the floods last summer.

Because Presbyterians love VBS

Kids from Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian in Austin (above) and from Grace Presbyterian in San Antonio (below) making memories and building faith at VBS.

Leadership Openings

Read more information about all of the following postings on the "Leadership Openings" page of our website at: https://www.mission-presbytery.org/leadership-openings



Interim Part-Time Youth Minister | First/Kerrville


School Chaplain | Presbyterian Pan American School/Kingsville


Co-Director of Student Ministry | Westlake Hills/Austin


Part-Time Music/Choir Director | Grace/San Antonio


Day School Director | Northwood Presbyterian Dayschool/San Antonio


Executive Director | National Alliance of Mental Illness/San Antonio


PT/FT Solo Pastor | Oak Hills Presbyterian/San Antonio


Associate Pastor: Pastor to Children, Youth, and Pastoral Care | Madison Square/San Antonio


Part-Time Stated Supply or CRE | First/Kingsville


Organist/Pianist | Burnet/Burnet


Part-Time Stated Supply Pastor | First/Copperas Cove


Part-Time Minister | First/Palacios


Part-Time Piano/Organ Musician | First/Port Lavaca


Job Opportunities with Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

in English, Español, 한국인


PRN-on-call chaplain position. | Hospice Austin

Resources and Links

Matthew 25 Website


Campus Ministries in Mission Presbytery


PC(USA) Mental Health Ministry


Shared Mission Support (2024 remittance forms)


Resources from Presbyterian Publishing Corporation


Austin Theological Seminary


Trinity University


Schreiner University


UKirk Collegiate Ministries


Mission Presbytery Presbyterian Women

Austin College


John Knox Ranch


Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services


Mo-Ranch


Presbyterian Foundation


Texas Impact


Texas Presbyterian Foundation


Presbyterian Outlook


Presbyterian Pan American School


Synod of the Sun


SoL Center Classes

As Mission Presbytery, we connect diverse leaders and congregations by

providing opportunities for worship, learning, and service so that all can flourish

through God’s grace.

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