Pics from Presbytery

I'm still pumped about the two New Church Developments in our presbytery that are going to receive their charters in the next couple of months. The editor of the presbytery newsletter kindly sent me these photos and permission to post them here.

Here are the Peace Presbyterian NCD congregation members who came to the meeting attired in matching t-shirts that said on the back: "I've found Peace". This NCD is in Pearland--now a suburb of Houston. You can't see their organizing pastor, who is on the far left end of the picture and didn't get included--but he struggled up the chancel area on his crutches, recovering from recent knee surgery. He wasn't going to miss this day!

This photo below shows members of the congregation of the Biyaya NCD who also came to see their petition for a charter approved by presbytery. Biyaya is primarily a Filipino congregation, but does include folks of other ethnicities in a suburban area southwest of Houston. Their pastor is the gentleman on the far right of the picture in the front row with the jacket. He has an amazing story about following God's call to Houston to begin a church, arriving with only a few dollars in his pocket and knowing no one, and ultimately fulfilling his mission after many years of work.

That's me, with the stole on, with a big grin on my face, happy to be posting some good PresbyNews!