JUNE 2021
POST LEADERSHIP SUMMIT RESOURCES
“The default behavior of most congregations is to transform the organization for the benefit of their members instead of transforming their members for the mission of God in the world.”
Tod Bolsinger.
Tod Bolsinger let a SUPERB conversation on moving into unchartered territory...church 3.0. If church 1.0 was pre-COVID, and 2.0 during COVID, who will we become in church 3.0? Find more of Tod's work at depree.org/church or by texting CHANGE to 66866.
Dr. Lisa Allgood.
Dr. Lisa Allgood, the lovingly nicknamed "pandemic presbyter," EP of Cincinnati Presbytery, addressed new developments as we emerge from COVID-19.
Worship.
A wonderful service of worship was led by Rev. Ashley Birk (Kennewick First PC) and Rev. Faith McClellan (Northern Light United Church, Juneau AK). Music by Tlingit Gospel Singers (NLUC) and Jazz Vespers.
Worship Guide
Tlingit Hymns Book
DRAFT OVERTURE TO 225TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY (2022)
Northern Light United Church and its Native Ministries Committee is requesting that the presbytery overture the 225th General Assembly (2022) of the PC(USA) to work to eliminate all forms of white supremacy and racism in its institutions and, specifically, to meaningfully address the wounds inflicted on Alaska Natives, who were directly impacted by the sin of the unwarranted 1963 closure of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, a thriving multiethnic, intercultural church in Juneau, Alaska...
Read the entire Overture Draft and more information in the article,
Segregation of Faith, by Joaqlin Estus (Tlingit)