Humble Beginnings, written by

Wendy Tajima, Executive Presbyter

PRESBYTERY OFFICE HOLIDAY HOURS & MMU

In observance of the holiday season, Presbytery office will be closed

December 23 - January 6.

Our last MMU for 2024 will be published on December 23.

See you in the New Year!

ADVENT BIBLE STUDY SERIES IS UNDERWAY

Hosted on Zoom, on a variety of dates, these events are sure to get

you in the Christmas spirit.

Thanks to the National Black Presbyterian Caucus Southern California chapter for

inviting all of us.

Click here to view the flyer.

Here is the Knox Zoom link for the Advent Study:

Launch Meeting - Zoom

Password: knoxfamily

If you are accessing by phone, here is the information:

(669) 900-9128 ID: 89756957525#

Click # again. Password: 9264237637# 

JUST A FEW DAYS TO COMPLETE THE

ANNUAL REVIEW

Each year, the Commission on Ministry asks for the Teaching Elders, Commissioned Ruling Elders, Commissioned Pastors, Honorably Retired Pastors, and Teaching Elders at-large to fill out a survey to let the Commission know more about your ministry and ways that they can support your work. Please complete your appropriate form as soon as you can and submit no later than December 18, 2024.

Your completed form will be read by Stated Clerk for Administration, Carrie Kohler, and a member of the Commission on Ministry. COM will pray for the prayer requests at our January meeting and will address concerns and suggestions during the first meetings of 2025.

For those servings SGP Congregations in 2024: 

https://sangabpres.breezechms.com/form/ARTE823878

For Honorable Retired

Ministers of Word and Sacrament: https://sangabpres.breezechms.com/form/ARHRTE808334

For those serving in Validated and At-Large Ministries in 2024: https://sangabpres.breezechms.com/form/ARVALTE23889

MIDEAST EVANGELICAL'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Mideast Evangelical Church invites all to the 30th anniversary of the church's founding in Southern California. The Lord began the work and His hand continues with the church to this day. Our celebration is a testimony to the work of the

Lord during these years,

"30 Years from Glory to Glory."

Please find the invitation below, and reply if you can attend, especially the event on

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 6 pm

Pasadena Nazarene Church

3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd,

Pasadena, 91107

We would love for all of you to join us.

To RSVP, please click here

THE 2025

PASTORS' RETREAT

All San Gabriel pastors, commissioned pastors, and candidates for ministry are invited to Los Ranchos Presbytery's Pastors’ Retreat, Wednesday, February 12, 2025, Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. Space is limited, so please have your pastors sign up soon. Here’s the link to the electronic flyer and registration page: https://losranchos.org/2024/11/2025-annual-pastors-retreat/

We’d love to have a great turn out from our sibling presbyteries this year. Please contact Tom Cramer at TCramer@losranchos.org

with any questions.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

ASSOCIATE EP POSITION

FOR SAN GABRIEL PRESBYTERY



See attached description for a half-time associate focusing on finance and property management for the Presbytery and our churches. Position to be filled in January 2025. Questions or interested? Contact wendytajima@sangabpres.org. Resumes may be sent to Wendy by December 31.

Click here to view the job description.

LA CRESCENTA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JOB POSTING

La Crescenta Presbyterian Church’s Center for Children, a preschool and afterschool daycare ministry, is seeking a

new Executive Director.

You can find the job description

and related information at https://www.lcpc.net/employment.

WINTERFEST RESOURCES

Resources from the Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribe

Legal Training for Churches

Neighborhood Center Resource List. Send updates or changes to perryting@sbcglobal.net

Treasurer's Manual PCUSA