I went out to California on Wednesday to be a part of the PGF Conference it was a great time connecting with friends from many like-minded PCUSA churches from California, Washington, Texas, Atlanta and a bunch of other states. What I love about this part of ;my denomination is that we all see eye to eye on theological issues and we don’t have a lot of waffling about core doctrinal stuff. I could walk into most of their churches and feel right at home with what they teach, how they teach it and the directions they are going.
For me this trip was especially powerful as my old church Bel Air Presbyterian co-hosted the event. Mark Brewer the senior pastor was around a lot and the worship band led two different meetings.
Another thing I loved about this conference is how it shrinks my world a bit. I know quite a few people from many churches all over the US and many of them were at the conference. So I was able to connect with them all at the same time. Just nice to have everyone in the same place.
Even better Danielle came with me. Several times during the conference I was refered to as "Danielle’s husband" as she is very involved in Womens ministry in the PCUSA and met with a number of other women to network and dream. I am really proud of the way she does her job humbly but with great skill and passion. She is someone that they need to grab a hold of because she brings a fresh perspective to all of this.
Now that I’m home I’m looking forward to just being here for a while and working on my dissertation and some other projects.
Road Notes: Presbtyerian Global Fellowship and Immanual PC
[Photos: Erin Dunigan] Last week I hung out in Southern California attending the Presbyterian Global Fellowship Inside Out conference in Long Beach – pics above – and then preaching at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. The PGF event was