Blog Post by Harriet Hall, Moderator of the Nicaragua Community Partnership and member Webster Groves Presbyterian Church In her presentation for the last Presbytery gathering, Rev. Dr. Damayanthi Niles highlighted the use of language and how it…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Julia Allen Berger Aberdeen Heights Senior Living Two years ago, I departed hospital chaplaincy after 30+ years to work at a senior residential community in Kirkwood. I can only speak anecdotally now…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Dave Burgess DRAP (Dismantling Racism and Privilege) Moderator St. Mark Presbyterian Church February is a curious month in the life of the church. We replace the lights of Christmas and Epiphany with…
Blog Post by Rev. Thirza Sayers Hillside Presbyterian Church & Light for the Darkness I write this as a celebration of my tenth ordination anniversary (1/2/11). I thought about telling the pretty story of folks coming from…
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Too few of us have completed a deep dive into what we could/should do about Dismantling Racism and Privilege in ourselves, our community, our…
Blog Post by Rev. Robert Jensen Bridge Presbytery Leader Last Wednesday, as the mob siege of the US Capitol was unfolding, I sat transfixed in the presbytery office in shocked grief like so many people. And as I traveled home…
Blog Post by Janice McMillen Presbytery Communications Associate When the COVID19 Pandemic hit, our presbytery was ready. In the summer of 2019, the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy began utilizing Zoom Web Conferencing to host meetings. They decided it…
Introducing Rev. Robert (Bob) Jensen Bridge Presbytery Leader Please join me in welcoming Rev. Robert (Bob) Jensen as our Bridge Presbytery Leader beginning on January 4, 2021. An Honorably Retired (HR) member of Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery, Bob spent…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org I am so glad that 2020 is coming to an end! This has been one tough year. The year has been marked by a pandemic crisis,…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org One of my first memories of coming to serve as your interim presbytery leader was the magnificent church buildings in the St. Louis metro area. It…
