MMU: THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS 10/21!!

SAN GABRIEL PRESBYTERY

MONDAY MORNING UPDATE

MMU submissions: ericka@sangabpres.org

September 30, 2024

PRESBYTERY NEWS

Partners in God’s Will for Creation,

written by Rev. Wendy Tajima, Executive Presbyter.

Update from LA County General Medical

Center Chaplain

Read the most recent update from Rev. Dr. Charity Ngaruiya, Protestant Chaplain at LA County General. The update, which is dated August 2024, includes several moving stories of patient visits, photos from the USC Street Medicine Conference, and a prayer list. Find out more about this

exciting ministry!

To read the update click here.

CALLING ALL VOTERS

It's election season! All eligible voters are encouraged to register to vote.

You can register online at https://registertovote.ca.gov/ by Monday, October 21. You can also register at polling stations and by mail. And everyone can come--including neighbors, friends, and family--to a Ballot Education Event on Zoom, co-sponsored by San Gabriel Presbytery and LA Voice. The event will be on Wednesday, October 16,

7:00-8:30 pm.

Click here to view the flyer.

UPDATED RESOURCES

There are several new resources for our churches:

~Presbytery approved the 2025 pastor compensation minimums. Find the overview of the numbers, along with a summary of the benefits policy changes, HERE.

~Remember to decide with your pastors on the new plan for 2025 by October 4. Go to https://www.pensions.org/decision-guide/ to calculate the costs for BoP coverage plans for 2025. Contact Kristin Leucht at kleucht@pensions.org for BoP questions, Cyndie Crowell at cwcrowell1001@gmail.com, or Wendy Tajima at wendytajima@sangabpres.org on San Gabriel's policy.

~If you want to consider alternative sources of coverage for pastor's families, contact Martha Gonzales for options and non-BoP quotes at martha@chminsurance.com

~The Justice Peacemaking and Mission Committee has compiled a list of resources for unhoused neighbors seeking help, but we'd like to update it, especially for services outside of Pasadena--like our churches' food pantries in El Monte, Highland Park, and elsewhere. You can find the list HERE Please take a look and if you want to make additions or changes, contact Patrick Perry at perryting@sbcglobal.ne t

Interwoven Eagle Rock Launch Events

To view the flyer, click here.

WINTERFEST RESOURCES

Resources from the Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribe

Legal Training for Churches

Neighborhood Center Resource List

Treasurer's Manual PCUSA

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monte Vista Grove Clearance Sale

Stop by on Saturday, October 5, at 9 am - 12 pm.

Click here to view flyer.

HOLDING FAITH IN DIVIDED TIMES

ZOOM SERIES

Join us now through October 28 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

Creation Care: Nurturing the Nature that

Nurtures Us

On Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 am - 12:30 pm

Glendale Presbyterian Church, 125 S Louise St., Glendale, CA 91205

To view flyer, click here.

DR. BRENDA SALTER McNEIL AT PASADENA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OCTOBER 13

Dr. McNeil will be guest preacher at the October 13, 10:00 am worship service in the Sanctuary and guest teaching during our 11:15 am Adult Education Hour in Gamble Lounge. All are welcome to attend.

To learn more about these events and to participate, visit ppc.net/adult-education or contact either

Rev. Kate Wiebe, Associate Pastor (kate.wiebe@ppc.net) or

Anita Protich, Communications (anita.protich@ppc.net),

for more information.

For more details, click here.