The technology worked just fine. The issues were just too-close-to-call to do it all on a three-hour internet-enabled call and a second meeting had to be scheduled for Saturday night to elect the co-moderators. With an impressive array of support some 700 commissioners, advisory delegates, and corresponding members gathered on
Eight months ago, Riverside Presbytery invited me to become Coordinator of the Vital Congregations Initiative. I have loved doing this work. And I am still learning about VCI as well as the ways that God is working through YOU. I am excited that we have nine churches working their way
We had a wildly successful Zoom meeting of the Presbytery Assembly on June 13th. Special thanks go to Jeff Mague who observed another Assembly and taught the team of Shaunda, Carrie, and Tom, and in turn the presbytery how to conduct a meeting online. By far the discernment that the
Each year about 85% of our clerks of sessions fill out the statistical report for the Office of General Assembly. It’s a two-part form that tells basic membership numbers (including additions and subtractions) and then goes on to break down the membership by age, Christian education participation, racial-ethnic composition, and
A Forward-Thinking Outlook On
The church isn't a building or an institution. It is the people of the congregations that are the church, and the church must spread The Gospel as far as possible.
The children of God need to be cared for, no matter their lot in life. As servants of Christ, we are called to shelter them, nurture them, and provide spiritual fellowship to them.
We bring all members of the church into the sacred space of worship, allowing the Holy Spirit to move fully through the body of Christ.
The Divine Truth is available for all, but it is through interaction with it, discussion about it, and practical application of it that our lives are made whole through God.
Followers of Christ are called to serve their neighbors. Through "radical neighboring" we find the ways that the body of Christ around us is being underserved and offer what we can.
Christ called us to prepare the Kingdom of Heaven. God calls us to demonstrate what that looks like to the world through our actions.
Serving Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and a portion of Kern County in Southern California.
