Heading out to Minneapolis for the big Pres Church USA 219th General Assembly as an Elder Commissioner for the Presbytery of Utica. What does that mean? Voting member. Read lots of stuff on line and in the mail before I go. Get my computer gear ready. Get my head clear and my ears open. Fill a small vessel with water from Otsego Lake- the Glimmerglass- the source of the Susquehanna River- to take to fill the font of the spiritual waters from all over the country. Listen, pray, discern, voice, vote.
Rivers of Living Water is the GA theme and the life source for all of that discernment, active listening and embracing the many people of God.
Why "Leaning Downsteams?" In whitewater canoeing and kayaking, the way to shoot the rapids is to lean downstream. Counter intuitive? Sometimes it is. My mantra for the week will be to lean downstream into God's streams of many living waters of light, love, justice and peace.
My fellow travelers from the Presbytery of Utica are Youth Advisory Delegate, Liz Williams; Clergy Commissioner, Rev. Janet Hoover; and Stated Clerk, Harry Young.
Will I/we be successful? Stay tuned.
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