EDIT: NAP has since rescinded their funding pledge. Although they are currently looking for alternate ways to support me, your donations are still very much needed.
North Alabama Presbytery voted to donate $1500 to my YAV year which, with the matching funds from FPC, makes up a full third of my fundraising requirement. I was at the presbytery meeting to give my report on the GA so I got to see it happen -- all things told, it was a small item of business, but I still got choked up to see the immense support of my PCUSA family. Plus, parliamentary procedure!
Witnessing NAP in action makes me think of a verse we used a lot at the GA -- Galatians 3: 28
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
In Christ there is no race, no economic status, no gender, only love.
Looking around the presbytery meeting, I witnessed the incredible diversity of the body of Christ; in fact, the group was more ethnically diverse than the PCUSA as a whole, particularly in its leadership. How we have been so blessed I can't say, but I am sure we owe much of it to our executive Presbyter Warner Durnell, one of the people I admire most in the PCUSA and the world.
Piper,
ReplyDeleteI've got to admit I'm blown away by all you've been doing. I'm glad to see so many things working out for you. To be honest, I'm not sure what all of the acronyms mean, but the work you're putting in seems incredible. I hope Texas has been treating you well. I'll be cheering you on from Birmingham, so keep doing your best. Miss you and good luck!