Updates and Reflections from General Presbyter
Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Taylor
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Practicing Inclusivity
Summer Series: The Presbytery, the Strategic Plan and You 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 ...
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Promoting Justice
Summer Series: The Presbytery, the Strategic Plan and You 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 ...
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April 23, 2024
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, ...
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February 6, 2024
From the General Presbyter Author Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr defines the Toltec word “mitote” as “the chaos of 1,000 voices all trying to talk at once in the mind.” Many of these voices are famous for their negative back chat. “You’ll never grow the church,” or “You’re a poor excuse ...
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December 19, 2023
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 ...
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December 6, 2023
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 ...
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What’s Happening with Enduring Witness?
From the General Presbyter The Enduring Witness fund was initiated in 2019 to resource pastors and congregations by funding the following grants: Board of Pension supplements Emergency clergy assistance Pulpit supply when pastors are on Administrative Leave Congregations’ redevelopment/ transformation Community Engagement Capital expenses related to programs Emergency property assistance ...
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October 4, 2023
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 ...