The Presbytery, the Strategic Plan and You Summer Series From the General Presbyter In our previous episodes, we recognized the importance of justice for all, and aiming toward loving inclusive community. Now we get to talk about where the “rubber meets the road.” Today I want to focus on the first word in this value: […]
General Presbyter Jacqueline Taylor offers her perspective on faith, worship and living as a Christian in the 21st century.
2nd Core Value: Practicing Inclusivity
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The Presbytery, the Strategic Plan and You Summer Series From the General Presbyter The 226th PC(USA) General Assembly was steeped in inclusivity, and it was wonderful to see and experience. Though most members of the PC(USA) are of European descent and over 50 years of age, other races and cultures were represented, as commissioners and […]
1st Core Value: Promoting Justice
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The Presbytery, the Strategic Plan and You Summer Series From the General Presbyter The Cabinet started devising this plan in 2022 which starts with identifying our core values. The first value is “Promoting Justice.” Merriam Webster defines “just” as acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good. Justice rarely exists outside […]
April 23, 2024
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From the General Presbyter “Come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now.” – Get Together by the Youngbloods, 1967 Really? If you are like me, you are wondering if this might actually be the apocalypse. War in the Middle East, thousands of Palestinians starving and […]
February 6, 2024
December 19, 2023
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From the General Presbyter One day during Advent in New Castle Presbytery, the Administrative Assistant and I were talking with our volunteer Treasurer about our holiday plans. This gentleman who, upon discovering that his whole family would descend at his house on Christmas Eve, said “I need to go to the store so I can […]
December 6, 2023
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From the General Presbyter How do we keep Advent from feeling like Groundhog Day? You know, doing the same thing over and over. Answer, we don’t. Yes, we can freshen up traditions, update language, use contemporary illustrations. But we are waiting, and waiting and waiting for God’s love to be revealed in the flesh. We […]
What’s Happening with Enduring Witness?
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From the General Presbyter The Enduring Witness fund was initiated in 2019 to resource pastors and congregations by funding the following grants: The grants, funded from proceeds from sold church buildings, have provided desired and needed support to half of our congregations. However it is time to re-evaluate. While the grants are suspended (with the […]
October 4, 2023
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From the General Presbyter “As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine…” – Ephesians 4: 14a NASV Lisa Lai, an Executive Coach wrote a piece for the Harvard Business Review on the topic of Strategic Ambiguity. Symptoms include the […]
August 29, 2023
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From the General Presbyter The other day I was driving by the community center near my home and noticed some children playing under two basketball hoops. They could not have been more than four or five years old, and they looked tiny compared to the tall basketball hoops designed for adults. One or two of […]
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