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St. Andrew’s Midweek Update July 31 2024 Proverbs 15:22: “Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.” Although I began my journey into ministry in 2000, the year I became a student at San Francisco Theological Seminary/Southern California (SFTS/SC), I had only viewed the…
St. Andrew’s Midweek Update July 3, 2024 The 226th General Assembly concludes today! Click here to tune in! Greetings, St. Andrew’s Family! I am pleased to present to you an update on my recent reports from 2024 from my final months as Youth Elder on Session. In January—continuing a series on “C” words—I wrote and…
St. Andrew’s Midweek Update July 24 2024 There Is Beauty in Being Kind A few sermons ago I mentioned an experience I had in a grocery store. I had been listening to a podcast that was funny but cynical. After an hour or so of listening I left to pick up some food for dinner.…
St. Andrew’s Midweek Update July 17 2024 General Assembly I was on the Finance Committee for the PCUSA General Assembly. My committee was 45 people and we met on zoom for the 3 days prior to going to Salt Lake City. The committees discuss each motion brought before them and vote on bringing each motion before the full…
St. Andrew’s Midweek Update July 10 2024 A Report on (Some of the) Business of GA! Hi, friends! Lila here. Today I’m going to let you in on some of the awesome business I played a (small) part in in the recent 226th General Assembly of the PresbyterianChurch (USA). I served on the Race, Sexuality, and…