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Last Saturday we held our first \u201chybrid\u201d Presbytery meeting. Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder, our chaplain at LAC+USC Medical Center, was extremely encouraging as she gave us props for the design of the meeting. Of course, she gave us a compelling glimpse into her ministry, which has been so painful and totally critical during these COVID-ravaged times. Since she kindly shortened her presentation (since we did go long), you might want to contact her if you are interested in helping with the chaplaincy, or ask her to preach or do adult education at your church. Click here <\/strong><\/a>for a written update, and opportunities <\/strong><\/a>to get involved for the fall and winter seasons.<\/p>\n As I mentioned, our meeting ran long before Elizabeth spoke, but we had the opportunity to hear from each other, and to reflect on a report on our intercultural awareness.<\/p>\n There were several milestones in ministry we celebrated:<\/p>\n We were inspired and challenged by elder Joshua Marmol<\/strong>\u2019s sharing about Shower of Hope, which is a ministry with people experiencing homelessness at Knox Presbyterian Church. Joshua reminded us that people who are currently homeless are just as deserving of love and respect as anyone else. We received the Presbytery offering for Shower of Hope; you can give by going to https:\/\/sangabpres.org\/donate\/ <\/a>and clicking the dropdown menu to \u201cPresbytery Offering,\u201d or by sending a check to Presbytery of San Gabriel, 9723 Garibaldi Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780 and write \u201cShower of Hope\u201d in the memo line.<\/p>\n Several important events in 2022 were announced:<\/p>\n As promised, we reviewed the initial group report for San Gabriel Presbytery from the Intercultural Development Inventory. I say \u201cinitial\u201d report because we are making it available for more people who may have missed taking the inventory during the summer. We can also create reports for churches if we get enough people (at least 10 or more) from a single church to take the inventory, which the Presbytery Executive Commission has committed to funding. You can review the slides from the presentation here<\/strong><\/a>, and contact Sam Bang (sbang@fuller.edu)<\/a>, Sophia Eurich-Rascoe (sophiaeurich@gmail.com)<\/a>, or Wendy Tajima (wendytajima@sangabpres.org)<\/a> if you have questions about the IDI or if you already took the inventory and want to go over your individual report.<\/p>\n We began and ended the meeting with prayer. Early in the meeting we remembered Rev. Bill Van Loan<\/strong>, who was a very active and diligent Presbytery leader, most recently as Corporate Secretary. Bill died on July 25, 2021.\u00a0 We pray for Bill\u2019s family, especially his wife Judy Post.<\/p>\n We tried out some recommendations from the \u201cReforming Presbytery Practices\u201d group, with the approval of the Executive Commission. One key item was an expanded consent agenda, which freed up time in the Presbytery meeting by combining all non-controversial motions while still giving any commissioner the ability to pull any item that they want to discuss. A second was holding facilitated breakout groups, with the same people in each group, so that we could get to know each other more.\u00a0 In breakout groups we were able to share our memories, thoughts on IDI, and prayers. One prayer is for Rev. Doug Edwards<\/strong>, who is recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor. The family is struggling to pay for the large caregiving expenses; if you would like to read an update and a way to help, you can read this letter<\/strong><\/a> from his family.<\/p>\n We continue to grow\u2014and grow together\u2014as a Presbytery. We are committed to building relationships of love and shared ministry that help us to appreciate and honor the divinely-created variety of gifts and perspectives that we all bring from our varied backgrounds and cultural identities. It is a great blessing to walk with San Gabriel Presbytery on this leg of our journey.<\/p>\n Together with you in Christ,<\/p>\n Wendy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav in_same_term=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” hide_prev=”off” hide_next=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_nav][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us . . . 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