Presbytery of the Pacific

Formosan Presbyterian Church, Orange County Cordially invites you to worship and celebrate the Ordination and Installation service of Pastor Elizabeth Chu Sunday, April 25, 3:30pm ... (will be streaming at the link below) See more

Many churches are discerning how to safely facilitate in-person worship inside their sanctuaries. The Presbytery of the Pacific is hosting a dialogue on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 10 a.m. (PDT) for congregations thinking about or planning to reopen their campus as COVID-19 restrictions are reduced. Representatives from 7 of our churches will share their plans and processes for next steps in gathering in-person as communities of faith. There will be ample time for discussion... with the panelists. We hope that pastors and representatives of sessions or planning committees can join the discussion! Please register to attend! https://pacificpresbytery.churchcenter.com/registr//827628

Check out this free event to continue to improve our Zoom expertise in leading worship! Click the link below to register. This will be a time to continue our community of support and expertise as we all navigate our zoom futures. PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT We will have three practitioners present their set-ups and take some questions.... For this first session we will hear from Luke Hyder, MB McCandless, and Carter Anderson II. The video will be recorded and shared. The chat will be saved and shared as well, so please be ready to share your questions and experiences. This time does not intend to be exhaustive not the sole purveyor of all things Zoom Tech, just an ongoing space for faithful folks to gather and share wisdom and practices. See you then! See more

Immanuel Music Team to Lift Voters' Spirits 2-8PM!! As many already know Immanuel Presbyterian is a voting location. The LA county elections team and their volunteers are set up in our basement Geneva Hall (see below). Tomorrow from 2-8pm the Immanuel Music team and special guests, led by Interim Music Lead September Penn and Spanish Music Lead Mariela Arredondo, will be leading a combination of live and recorded music in the Immanuel staff parking lot next to the Berendo entrance to the building. We are grateful to community partners LA Voice (and the McKinnor Group) for the funding to make this happen. If you are in the neighborhood, please come say hello. Our music leaders will be masked and practicing social distancing.

Day of Fasting and Prayer for election day tomorrow. Visit this link to sign up and get the zoom link for the times of communal prayer at 9am and 12pm: http://bit.ly/nov3fast

Check out this event coming up on Friday sponsored by Bel Air Church! Civil Conversations: Choosing Kingdom (Kin-dom) Connection over Political Partisanship. Dr. Mouw is the former President of Fuller Seminary, Biblical scholar and author of Uncommon Decency: Christian civility in an uncivilized world. He will offer the theological basis for civility and how we can communicate with people who disagree with us on the issues that matter most. To join the conversation, regis...ter at: www.belair.org/fridaynightforum [Image Description: Zoom Friday Night Forum @belairchurch, civil conversation: kingdom connection over political partisanship, Friday Oct 30th, 7pm, register at belair.org/fridaynightforum, headshot of Dr. Richard Mouw (special guest) and headshot of Rev. Mike Morgan (host)]

Presbytery of the Pacific Anti-Racism Task Force is looking for members. See application (pacificpresbytery.org) for more details and how to apply.

Register now for Saturday's Presbytery Drive-In Meeting at Bel Air Presbyterian Church! There is important business to conduct that needs to be done in person, and there will be snacks and a drawing for a gift card if you are parked by 8:45am. See you there! Registration link: https://pacificpresbytery.churchcenter.com/registr//544073 ----- In order to make necessary amendments to the Presbytery's bylaws, electing corporate officers, and voting on a ground lease request... from Redeemer PC, this meeting MUST take place IN PERSON as California law and our bylaws currently dictates. THIS MEETING WILL BE DRIVE-IN STYLE. That means, the meeting will be held in the parking lot of Bel Air PC. Commissioners are asked to park and remain in your cars in the designated area and turn on the radio station to tune in to hear the moderator and speakers for the meeting. Directions for how to vote and how to participate in discussion will be given at the meeting. There is very limited business. This meeting should last no more than 75 minutes at maximum.]

An invitation to take the next step--phone banking--from Rev. Carlton Rhoden, Senior Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church and organizer for Pacific Presbytery through LA Voice. I participated last week and IT WAS GREAT! Please join Carlton tomorrow night at 6:30pm at the zoom link below! Grace and Peace, Heidi To Pacific Presbytery:... I know that I do not need to express or explain the importance of the upcoming election. I want to invite all of you and your congregations to join me in some spiritual grounding and prayer before the LA Voice phone banking Tuesday nights at 6:30pm. The phone banks are ways to reach out to our own congregations or local communities to encourage everyone to vote in the upcoming election. This is just one possible tool to be used to move people to vote and participate. It doesn't need a massive amount of people, just 2-3 people from your church, to spend two hours on a few Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. You would be surprised how much this helps to get people voting and engaged. I am holding a 20 minute zoom call to help people get in the correct spirit and mind set for this very important work. Moreover, I would love the opportunity to speak with you about how I can be of more assistance to you or your congregation as we prepare to get every member to vote in the upcoming election. Please just email me and we can set up a time to speak. Here is the zoom link for my meeting: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86571638571 Meeting ID: 865 7163 8571 Passcode: 496787 Here is the link for the phone banks: HTTPS://ZOOM.US/J/94565385358 Thank you in advance for your consideration and I hope to be talking to you soon. Carlton

Presbytery Women of St. Mark's cordially invite you to: A Virtual Tea & Vineyard Products Event. Saturday, October 24, 2020. 3-4pm. Fundraising for Mission we can't shirk But with COVID-19, "in-person" just doesn't work So we thought of a plan that we think is grand... One that we feel quite sure you'll understand We'll mail you a bag for a hot cup of tea And a form to order jelly for a scone and to RSVP You can enjoy any time of day and in any room or choose to attend our Virtual Tea Via Zoom The gathering, by the way, is completely FREE But you need to register to get the Meeting ID Either way, you can pray and do your part And, if able, send a freewill offering from the heart! RSVP in the Sunday worship chat room or to the church office with your name, email, and mailing address to receive your teabag and vineyard products order form. [email protected]