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…getting volunteers is hard. I don’t know of any pastor who knows exactly how to get all of the volunteers for everything they need. Even when I think that I am set for success, something will inevitably happen and I begin making those phone calls and sending those emails to everyone I know, “Will you PLEASE chaperone/ drive/ cook/ teach?”…
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…What if we post about our excitement to invest in an organization as much as we post about our displeasure in current events? More than numbers, I believe people are interested in stories. More than ‘yes’ and `no`, our children need explanations. We avoid money talk and favor time and talents; we avoid money talk in search for easy answers….
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…us sat around a table big enough for thirty at a local brewery. I left feeling like I had lost and cried over the phone to my husband, wondering what the effort had been for? I knew of at least fifteen who said they wanted to come. A few weeks later, we had a different mix of five at a…
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…final list – platypi (which I had to use despite it being grammatically incorrect), naan, cheeseburgers, colloquial, cataract, toxicology, and Jesús. As I stood up to preach yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of youth faces beaming up at me, each with their checklist in hand (as well as a few adults who knew what was going on!)…
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BY WILLIAM R. FREEMAN (M.Div.‘01) On the morning of May 21, 2018, I took out my smartphone and swiped across the face to wake it up; what I saw on the screen was a church sign, on a church lawn, that read, “Black Folks Need To Stay Out Of White Churches.” I was shocked! I did not know what to…
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…still, we sang. We stayed safe and gathered people into the church several times for a lockdown, but always re-emerged to tend to more wounded folks, give more water, hold more hands, and sing again together. It was meaningful for pastors to be there in numbers because a lot of these racists and Nazis invoke scripture and the name of…
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…a baptismal robe, came silently down the steps we had just taken. We acknowledged one another with smiles and nods. No words were exchanged. The group quickly formed a circle where the stream emerged from the entrance of the stone tunnel. One of its number then produced and read from a hand-sized book with an Ethiopian Cross embossed on its…
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…other human beings in this fashion and maintain their sanity? I do not know. Afterward, we walked to Central Park where the funeral ceremony of the mayor of Guatemala City and the country’s former president was held. A great number of military members and police officers were in attendance to guide the procession in an efficient manner. However, the citizens…
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…During this month of July alone, we have experienced a record number of earthquakes ranging from various magnitudes. In Afghanistan more than 1,000 people were killed after an earthquake magnitude of 5.9, causing throes of hunger and economic crises. We hear the continued voices of organizations requesting help to feed hungry children and their families and we continue to do…
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…and Other Generational Haberdashery,” led by Jason Santos, PMA’s Coordinator for Christian Formation, explicitly examined the proposed cycles of generational theorists, William Strauss and Neil Howe, while paying particular attention to Dr. Jean Twenge’s book, “iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood.” The implicit theme that surfaced in both…
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…the space for our displaced neighbors.” Lewis graduated from Union Presbyterian Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 2005, the same year as his wife, Susan. They are both ordained ministers. He has been pastor at First Presbyterian Church for barely a year, and the 38-year-old says that recent days “have aged me a lot. Several people have pointed…
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…his friends, or time under a tree, against the need to be actively present with someone. The “fully divine” part is what set Christ apart though, and what we should strive to emulate in our own lives. To be fully and actively present with an individual means that we put our phones away and don’t worry about what notifications might…
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…the privilege of worshiping with the congregation at The Iglesia Reformada Calvinista in San Salvador. We were warmly welcomed and encountered God among wonderful hermanas y hermanos. They broke bread and watermelon with us after the service and we left drenched with the hospitality of the Salvadoran people. After church, we spent some downtime catching up with old friends and…
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By Rev. Sandra Caldwell Williams, (Union Presbyterian Seminary, M.Div., M.A.C.E. ’07) “Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the…
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…friends. There are so many places and regions to visit in Spain with its diverse geography and culture, art, museums, monuments, beaches, cities, and cuisine. Many people speak more than one language and travel to other countries is expected and is the norm. For example, Spanish, Catalan, and English are spoken where my daughter lives in Santa Maria de Palautodera…
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BY SANDY ASARO One of the workshops that I attended at the APCE (Association of Presbyterian Church Educators) Conference was a tour of the Presbyterian Center. Being a Clerk of Session and having been raised in the same Presbyterian church in my hometown of Port Charlotte, Florida, touring the Presbyterian Center was a must-do for me! Our tour was led…
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by Sandy Irby Spring break was not the stereotypical beach trip for a group of 11 students and three staff members who, instead, headed off to downtown Baltimore, Maryland, for a weekend “alternative ministries” immersion experience. The three-day road-trip was sponsored by Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Communities of Learning program. In this action-packed, eye-opening, and soul-stirring weekend, students gained invaluable insights…
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Blessings, peace and wellness! I received a wonderful gift from one of my sisters in ministry while attending a Women’s Conference in Richmond, VA, and the reading spoke of the sufferings that are ahead. The bulk of this writing is pre-COVID19 pandemic, but the eternal Word always finds a place to “say it again!” and bear witnesses to the heart,…
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By Rev. Sandra Caldwell-Williams (Union Presbyterian Seminary, M.Div., M.A.C.E. ’06) Often during trying circumstances, I pick up pen and paper or go to my computer and begin to release my anxieties using words. In March of 2014 amid some trying personal circumstances, the Romans 12:2 passage spoke to me loud and clear, and because I am often a very hardheaded…
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Brentwood Presbyterian Church, a warm and vibrant, inclusive and welcoming, Christ-centered and mission-minded, 500-member, church in the heart of Los Angeles’ Westside (strategically tucked beneath the Santa Monica Mountains, between UCLA and the Santa Monica Pier in the shadow of the Getty Museum) is in search of an exceptional individual with a mature faith to lead our very active ministry…
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…There is no one to make coffee and look after it Monday through Saturday and it can’t be left on with no one around. There is an elder checking the church every day, many times a day. Sometimes she stays several hours. If not, she checks it several times.” My heart sank as I read this note and wondered if…
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…of travel from both Richmond and Charlotte, our group of eight students and two faculty — Drs Paul Galbreath and Christine Luckritz Marquis — have safely arrived in San Salvador, El Salvador (Richmond crew pictured above)! Our CEDEPCA (Protestant Center of Pastoral Studies of Central America) guides were patiently waiting for us to make it through customs and after a…
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