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The Presbytery of Los Ranchos has supported the chaplaincy consortium at LAC + USC Medical Center for many years. Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder is the current staff chaplain at LAC + USC. LAC + USCV is a safety-net hospital, serving many without other options. Housing...

By Martín Garcia Social Media has become the bread and butter of our daily lives.  Most of us have accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, or LinkedIn.  All of us enjoy posting pictures of ourselves, our families, our pets, and even our food.  Some others...

Chris Mears (Ruling Elder Commissioner, New Hope Presbyterian Church) GA was an affirmation of the progressive heart and soul of our church, and our commitment to the oppressed and to the marginalized. It puts us among those at the forefront of the social justice...

Many of you know of my involvement with the Syria Lebanon Partnership Network over the past seven years, working with churches and pastors in the two areas. Today it is with a heavy heart that I ask for your prayers for our partners in the middle east as they attempt...

By Rev. Martin GarciaDirector of Cyclical Los Ranchos     The world will not return to what used to be, therefore church culture will be something new in the future. Perhaps what Henry Grabar wrote in an article for Slate is instructive, "People might stick with the...

Photo by Vince Fleming courtesy of Unsplash. On July 23, 2020, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary released two online resources for public use which raise awareness about the importance of anti-racism and help develop individual anti-racist identities....

Over the past few weeks over thirty people participated in the first round of the Christian Formation and Discipleship Network Team’s Summer Book Study. A second round of the study is in progress. If you are among those who feel now is the time to expand your...

Deborah Mayhew (Ruling Elder, St. Mark Presbyterian Church) I attended the 223rd GA in 2018 as an observer and witnessed the huge scope and energy of being "in the room where it happens."1 So, I had some concerns about what the 224th GA would be able to accomplish,...

Over the past few weeks over thirty people participated in the first round of the Christian Formation and Discipleship Network Team’s Summer Book Study. If you are among those who feel now is the time to expand your understanding of racial injustice in our society—and...