Giddings-Lovejoy Transitional Presbytery Leader Rev. Dr. Craig Howard choward@glpby.org Sabbath I had the opportunity to go to Israel last November with a group called Interfaith Partners for Peace. It was a group of 30 people, 15 Rabbis and 15 Christian Pastors. Our goal was to visit with political leaders, business people, and educators in Israel and Palestine. We…
Giddings-Lovejoy Transitional Presbytery Leader Rev. Dr. Craig Howard choward@glpby.org Future Church On Sunday, I had the pleasure to visit our church in Ferguson, just north of St. Louis. In his sermon, pastor Michael Trautman challenged the congregation to take repentance seriously. “Repentance transcends the social/political structures we are faced with,” he said. Michael spoke of repentance as being…
Rev. Erin Counihan Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery Moderator Every two years, a whole lot of Presbyterians gather in one place to do the business of church, worship, and spend a little time together. We call it General Assembly (GA) and in June 2018, for GA223, they’ll be coming to St. Louis to do that, right here, in our hometown. But what if…