Practical Resources for Churches
Free materials and benefits for you!

Presbytery of the Miami Valley has partnered with Practical Resources for Churches (PRC) to provide a variety of materials and services to our churches. Many of you are probably already familiar with the free training webinars that have been offered.

Because of our presbytery’s membership, your church has access to all the products in the PRC online store at no cost. The free products in the store include materials for use with children, teens, and adults. There are resources for curriculum, faith formation, worship, liturgical seasons, leadership, and more.

Beyond the free resources in the store and free webinars, PMV’s membership also gives your church access to additional support and services designed to equip and empower your ministry.

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What people are saying about Practical Resources for Churches

The Rev. Amy Duiker
Pastor of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church

I find the website very easy to navigate to find what I’m looking for and I’m always looking through their creative worship and education ideas for inspiration.  PRC is prolific – there is always something new.  I love being able to tell our leaders that this is our connectional ministry dollars at work in the presbytery.

I’ve watched several of the tech webinars on offer and had our session watch some of them as well.  I can speed up the prerecorded ones to maximize a lot of information inside an hour.  As with most webinars, I know some of the stuff, but there’s always new stuff in there that’s usable now or later.

We have started using a resource from one of those videos to quickly distill our full worship service videos into short clips for Facebook and YouTube and that has resulted in a ~500% increase in our Facebook reach and about 12 new subscribers to our YouTube last month

With Publisher disappearing and Sugar Creek looking to reimagine our newsletter options and patterns, our Administrative Assistant is registered for webinars on Affinity and Canva and I’ve watched one on thinking through newsletters that meet needs that has shaped my current vision

We connected to a consultant couple who work with PRC and have done some of their webinars and session voted to engage them; they’ll be here for a weekend assessment at the end of June; they specialize in small and medium sized churches and identifying highly contextualized, individualized, workable plans for macro and micro outreach to stimulate health, vitality and purpose.

The Rev. Cynthia Holder Rich
Pastor of Corinth Presbyterian Church

I’m really grateful for the PMV subscription to PRC, making these resources available at no cost to congregations. We ordered and are receiving digital resources from their Summer Strategy Pack.

Here are three ways Corinth is using the resources:

1. The On-the-Go blessings are being sent out to all members via text each Monday. There is one for each week June-August, so today, I sent out the second of these. Response and engagement are strong–and some members have started copying and sharing with their friends as well.
2. From the “RCL (revised common lectionary) Snapshots” resource, which gives direction for deeper reflection on sermon texts, Corinth is printing reflection questions based on the Gospel text for the day in the bulletin, and worshippers are discussing these in small groups after the sermon.
3. There is a resource called “RCL–Into the Prayground”, which offers lectionary based lessons for children. A committee of the church decided to use these for children’s lessons six Sundays this summer during an adult Bible study, with children and teachers gathering in an adjoining room to discuss the text.

The Rev. Diane Ziegler
Pastor of The Bellbrook Presbyterian Church

I have appreciated PRC as a way to engage in an hour or so of learning as I have time. PRC is an abundant source of ideas and assistance. PRC also has folks who can assist with particular problems or needs, which can be a tremendous time saver. If your congregation has not yet checked out PRC’s resources, I would encourage you to do so. It is one portion of our connectional support as congregations, and it is a wonderful investment!

The Bellbrook Presbyterian Church Session began using the PRC Boundary Training resources in 2026 to meet our training requirement. We have found the videos and materials to be excellent in helping us to think broadly and strategically about key areas of the church’s operations, and how we can increase safety and welcoming for everyone. The PRC training is designed for leaders, understanding that they are thinking about the congregation, as well as regarding Sunday School and particular parts of the church’s life and ministry. The training content provides immediate steps, as well as challenges congregational culture and provides pathways for making cultural changes that improve safety and welcome. We have appreciated the training and the conversations and actions that have risen out of them.

Additionally, staff and committees have used PRC resources for particular needs or to seek out ideas. For example, we have been working for several years on discipleship. There are a number of helpful videos on PRC that support thinking about and developing discipleship programs in participatory and sustainable ways.

Kylie Hettinger
Director of Discipleship
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton 

I really appreciate the resources provided to you because they are very easy to use and adaptable to your needs. It only took me a few minutes to get my access set up and I was off!

Practical Resources for Churches is a deep well of knowledge and, as it says in the name, resources. Here are a few of the things that you have access to: free live webinars, an online resource center, as well as groups you can be a part of via Zoom. The website also provides past recorded webinars. All of this is free to you, through the presbytery!