General Synod.It is the every-other-year National Gathering of the United Church of Christ and it is going on RIGHT NOW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The festivities kicked off on Friday afternoon with an Opening Celebration and will formally conclude on Tuesday night with Closing Worship.
We are fortunate to have seven wonderful representatives from throughout the Southwest Conference serving as our General Synod Delegates. It is their job to faithfully consider the opportunities, initiatives, and business items being presented at General Synod.
And it is our job to support them!
Below you will find the names of our seven Synod Delegates as well as their home churches. We prayed for them each individually at our Tuesday Prayer Group, and I would like for you to lift them up in your prayers this week. Pray that they might feel God’s presence at the Synod. Pray that they might faithfully discern God’s good work for the church. And pray that they might return home safely, bringing the energy and enthusiasm of Synod back to us in the SW Conference.
Please pray for:
Caryn Bird, First Congregational Church, Tempe,
Michael-Ann Veziroglu, Desert Palm UCC, Tempe
Susan Stevens Whitney, Casas Adobes UCC, Tucson
Pat Dunn, St. Paul's UCC, Rio Rancho, NM
Barbara Decker, Southwest Conference Staff
Alissa Marquis, United Church of Santa Fe
Davin Franklin-Hicks, First Cong. Church, Tucson
Yours in the journey, Rev. Brian
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