Hosted by First Presbyterian Church, Plainview
Friday, September 25, 2026, registration from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
and Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 8:00 a.m.
Connecting in Confessing Our Faith
Our guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Margaret Aymer, Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Reserve your hotel rooms early! Texas Tech is hosting a football game and family weekend on the same weekend as our meeting. Plainview hotels also fill up. Hotel rooms will be limited–reserve as soon as possible. Click on Forms & Details for more information.
Check back often for updates.
Kintsugi (“golden joinery”) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Texas Hill Country Flooding
From July 4th to 5th, heavy rainfall resulted in catastrophic flash flooding in the Hill Country area in central Texas. Concerns remain for additional heavy rains and flooding from Hill Country to north Texas. The sudden floods resulted in more than 80 lives lost and search and rescue is ongoing. PDA is in communication with the Synod of the Sun Presbyterian Disaster Network and Mission Presbytery to coordinate a response and assess the needs, including Emotional and Spiritual Care.
A robust response from the Synod of the Sun
The Rev. Kathy Lee Cornell, the Synod of the Sun’s disaster response manager, said the floodwaters have impacted both Mission and Tres Rios presbyteries. “We have developed this network which is doing what it was designed to do: to be caring and responsive and to walk alongside our partners,” she said.
Mission Presbytery issued this prayer:
Good and Gracious God,
We come before you with humble hearts, overwhelmed by the catastrophic floods in parts of our Mission Presbytery and beyond.
We thank you for the lives saved in the midst of this devastation.
We grieve with those who have lost their loved ones. Comfort and console them, O God!
We pray for those who have lost their homes, businesses, and cherished belongings.
Hear our prayers, O Lord!
As the community prepares to rebuild, we pray for strength and resilience.
Grant us all a generous heart, so that we may rally the resources needed to rebuild our flooded communities.
We trust in your faithfulness, dear God, even in the midst of devastation.
Bless all who work for relief and restoration. And may your peace, which passes understanding, guard the hearts and minds of those who suffer.
May our response reflect your love for all people and all creation, and thus bring honor and glory to your holy name.
We pray all these in the name of Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord! Amen!
Better Together for Christ
COMING EVENTS:
Buffalo Gap Camp
Mini Camp
Completed grades K – 3
June 3-6, 2025 | $210
Elementary Camp
Completed grades 4 & 5
June 8-13, 2025 | $350
Middle School Camp
Completed grades 6 – 8
June 15-20, 2025 | $350
Featured News
2026 Celebration Scholarship Recipients Announced
🎓 We’re celebrating three remarkable students from across Palo Duro Presbytery as they begin a new chapter this fall. Palo Duro Presbytery is honored to award Celebration Scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are continuing their education and carrying their gifts into the future.
PC(USA) Receives $1M Lilly Endowment Grant for PDA
LOUISVILLE – Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a $1 million grant to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to support the work of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance through the Indianapolis-based foundation’s national initiative, “Hope After the Storm: Capacity Building for Faith-Based Disaster Relief Organizations.”
2026 Synod Youth Workshop Coming in July!
Synod Youth Workshop is open to youth who are entering 9th grade through those who have just graduated from high school and their adult sponsors. All registrations will be made online.
