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…
DetailsSt. 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…
DetailsSt. 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…
DetailsSt. Andrew’s Midweek Update June 26, 2024 The 226th General Assembly has begun! Click here to tune in! St. Andrew’s Five Year Strategic Plan I want to start by thanking all of you who attended the Annual Church Dinner on Sunday evening. It was a rare opportunity to share all the work that has been…
DetailsSt. Andrew’s Midweek Update June 19, 2024 Happy Juneteenth Today, June 19th, is Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a celebration that marks the date in 1865 when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to announce that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free by executive decree. This event, which liberated…
DetailsSt. Andrew’s Midweek Update June 12, 2024 Joys and Sorrows Kiss Dear Friends, This week my family is traveling to my mother’s hometown for her burial. It is a bittersweet trip with a family reunion, the celebration of new life, and a final goodbye. Yesterday, my oldest cousin took me aside and shared this short…
DetailsSt. Andrew’s Midweek Update June 5, 2024 If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there? The first time I was involved in developing a mission and goals, was many years ago. I was young, passionate about my work, and thought I knew it all. Although the meeting was scheduled to…
DetailsSt. Andrew’s Midweek Update May 29, 2024 The Summer Preaching Schedule As the school year starts to wind down and the graduation ceremonies are celebrated, spring turns to summer and the mood shifts. We have more than a few weeks of quiet simplicity. The liturgical year reflects this as we move from Easter season to…
DetailsPlease join us for our last Adult Education offering before the summer, “The Acts of the Apostles” with Prof Bart Ehrman at 11:00am after coffee hour. We will be glad to see you! Zoom Meeting ID: 856 8137 7977 Passcode: 341158
DetailsSt. Andrew’s Midweek Update May 22, 2024 The Lifecycle of the Church In my sermon this past Sunday about the Spirit’s animating presence in the church, I described some of the challenges we face as a congregation. In short, I said that there is a lot of work involved in the running of a community…
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