MMU: NEXT PRESBYTERY MEETING 11/16!!

SAN GABRIEL PRESBYTERY

MONDAY MORNING UPDATE

MMU submissions: ericka@sangabpres.org

October 28, 2024

PRESBYTERY NEWS

New Beginnings, written by

Wendy Tajima, Executive Presbyter

PRESBYTERY MEETING

Our next stated Presbytery meeting will be Saturday, November 16, at 9 am. It will be held at Live Oak Community Church, 9642 Live Oak Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780.

The Presbytery offering is designated for Baldwin Park United Methodist Church, a beacon of justice and compassion for many years. Baldwin Park UMC has created a true sanctuary throughout the week by welcoming immigrants and asylum seekers to use their sanctuary as a safe haven.

Besides financial donations which are of great help, at this meeting we are accepting the following donations for the Baldwin Park UMC ministry.

· New toys for boys and girls ages 1 to 12

· New bath towels

· New and gently used blankets

NECROLOGY REQUEST

As is our tradition, we hope to honor the leaders of our Churches who have died in 2023 and 2024 at our November Presbytery Meeting. Please share these names with

Carrie Kohler by November 8 at statedclerk@sangabpres.org

IT'S ANNUAL

SURVEY TIME!!

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

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

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER

We remember Trinity Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, in our Prayers of the People this week, along with prayers for peace in the Middle East.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PC(USA) Gathers for Prayer on

Election Night, 11/5

Join the Office of Public Witness as polls begin to close for a time of prayer centered on peace, hope, and unity for our nation on election day. This service of prayer will offer an opportunity to come together as a denomination regardless of hoped for outcomes, to reflect upon our shared values of faith, democracy, and social justice.

Click here to view the flyer.

INTERWOVEN

EAGLE ROCK LAUNCH

FINALE CELEBRATION

Join us Thursday, October 31, at

4848 Eagle Rock Blvd,

Los Angeles, CA 90041

To view flyer, click here.

Monte Vista Grove Store

2889 San Pasqual Street,

Pasadena, CA 91107

Saturday, November 2, 9 am to 12 pm

Click here to view the flyer

LAST DAY TO ATTEND THE

ZOOM SERIES "HOLDING FAITH IN DIVIDED TIMES"

Today is the last day for this free online workshop, sponsored by Claremont Presbyterian Church, as we dig deep in understanding the theological roots behind the concerning threat of Christian nationalism with a book study of Jim Wallis' "The False White Gospel"

and other resources.

To register or for more information, go to holdingfaith.org.

Click here for more information