From Synod of the Sun, PC(USA) ... June 2023 Newsletter"

The Synod of the Sun is is a network of Presbyterians from 11 Presbyteries, approximately 700+ Congregations, in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Over 150,000 members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The Synod of the Sun of the serves Christ by connecting, equipping, and empowering Presbyterians for Christ's mission within and beyond the Synod's bounds.

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Celebrating Pride Month

In the photo above, a Community of the Servant-Savior Presbyterian Church in Houston celebrates Pride this month through their liturgy and worship. ...

• Read more about "Disaster Recovery and the LGBTQIA+ Community" in Kathy Lee-Cornell's blog post ...

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Welcoming the Sojourners

Siblings in Christ:

Immigration is a global reality/crisis. Though the United States is impacted less than some of our international neighbors, the Synod of the Sun is located strategically for the ministry of Christ to welcome the sojourners, the widows, and the orphans ...

• Read more about "Welcoming Sojourners" in this blog post ...

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Living in Liminal Space: A Conversation Seeking Wisdom on the Way

A Conversation Seeking Wisdom on the Way
On the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 10:00 am (CT) via Zoom


Susan Beaumont, consultant for churches and author of “How to Lead when You don’t Know Where You are Going” says, “Liminal space is the space between things. Between periods of industry, productivity and growth lay fallow spaces; spaces where untapped potential is lying in wait. In liminal seasons there is a body of work to be done”

Richard Rohr, Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Contemplation and Actions says, “Liminality is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where people can begin to think and act in genuinely new ways. It is when we are betwixt and between, have left one room but not yet entered the next room, any hiatus between stages of life, stages of faith, jobs, loves, or relationships. It is that graced time when we are not certain or in control, when something genuinely new can happen. We are empty, receptive, an erased tablet waiting for new words. Nothing fresh or creative will normally happen when we are inside our self-constructed comfort zones, only more of the same. Nothing original emerges from business as usual.”

Liminal spaces are times of transformation – which usually are not short periods of time. They are like cocoons in which a caterpillar emerges as a butterfly. The transition does not happen overnight. These times are evolving days, maybe years between what was and what will be. They are thresholds where we leave one place or way of being and cross over into a new place or way of being....

• The Zoom link for each event can be found on the appropriate day on the Synod Calendar at: https://www.synodsun.org/calendar ...