Valerie Young

Here's where I'll be in the month or so:   12 th - Presbytery of Tampa Bay meeting, St. Petersburg, FL 14 th - Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery meeting, Summerville, SC 18 th - 3 rd Wednesday SACK Lunch via Zoom 20 th - Savannah Presbytery meeting, St. Simons Island, GA 20 th –21 st - Georgia Presbyteries Gathering, St. Simons Island, GA 24 th - Presbytery of Florida meeting, Wewahitchka, FL 25 th - Stated Clerks Gathering via zoom Executive Presbyters/General Presbyters...

My 12 th wedding anniversary was at the beginning of the year and, it’s got me thinking about how we celebrate our relationships and ministries together as a Church. Ordinations and Installations of a Minister of the Word and Sacrament are required to take place outside of Sunday morning, at a time that enables substantial participation of the presbytery. The reason for that is community. We celebrate in community. We can’t be present for our community outside of our own congregation if the...

I have LOTS of words to describe what the world is going through right now. The ones I can list here include grief, dystopia, mourning, disbelief, etc. During the Advent season, a season of preparation for the arrival of Christ having come and coming again, the world continues to see grievous loss of human beings, culture, history and especially decency. When wars and senseless murders are happening in such rapid succession, how and where can we find hope? This isn’t about sides. This is...