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Synod Executive and Stated Clerk:
Rev. Mark Hong
EXECUTIVE/SC Email: markhong@synod.org)
STAFF DIRECTORY (Staff and Officers)
MINISTRY PARTNERS and ENTITIES
The Synod Office
Virtual Office Address:
Synod of Southern California and Hawaii
8939 S Sepulveda Blvd. Ste 110 #250
Westchester, CA 90045
(It is necessary to include the Synod's name in the address )
Synod Phone: 818-810-6137
Synod News & Resources
Presbytery News
Historic Land Transfer
In a groundbreaking act of reparative justice, the Presbytery of San Gabriel has officially returned Ancestral Land to the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, led by the Gabrieleno Tongva Tribal Council under Chief Anthony Morales. This marks the first-ever land-back transfer by a church in California to an established tribal government, and the first of its kind in California and Los Angeles. Please refer to this PRESS RELEASE to learn more.
Executive Presbyter Searches
Los Ranchos Presbytery is searching for its next Executive Presbyter. To learn more, please download the Ministry Discernment Profile (MDP). FYI: The application deadline was August 15, 2025; please check with Los Ranchos Presbytery about possible extensions.
San Gabriel Presbytery is searching for its next Executive Presbyter. To learn more, please download the Ministry Discernment Profile (MDP). The application deadline is September 5, 2025.
Opportunities
Synod Grants; APA Conference
Synod Grants
The Synod has established several programs to financially assist members of its presbyteries in meeting the needs of several types of projects and ministries. Please visit the GRANTS page to learn more.
Updated
Partnering Grants Application
The Partnering Grants Protocol and Application documents were updated at the end of June, 2025. If you are working on a Partnering Grant application, using the earlier information, please download and use THIS VERSION, dated June 2025.
APA Pacific Region Conference Information
The Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center will host the 2025 Administrative Personnel Association of PCUSA Pacific Region's conference from September 11 to September 14, 2025.
Information about Zephyr Point, the 2025 APA Pacific Region Conference, including registration and scholarship opportunities, as well as an explanation of the APA's Certification Program may be found on this downloadable Conference Flyer and on the APA-Pacific Region's Website.
Directory
Synod Staff
Phone: 818-810-6137
Synod Executive & Stated Clerk
MARK HONG
Email markhong@synod.org
Business Manager
KATY LAZARO
Email businessmanager@synod.org
Full Charge Bookkeeper
JOANNE BORTFELD
Email jbortfeld@synod.org
REPL Coordinator
NARCISSIS TUCKER BISHOP
Email nbsp; ntucker@synod.org
Synod Officers 2025
CoA Chair—RE Yvonne Harmon
Moderator: RE Sam Roberts (Riverside Presbytery
Vice-Moderator: RE Tracie Lyons (Pacific Presbytery)
Stated Clerk: TE Mark Hong (Los Ranchos Presbytery)
Treasurer: RE Paul Nibarger (Pacific Presbytery)
Contact officers through Business Manager's email:
businessmanager@synod.org
Synod Calendar
CoA meeting dates for 2025:
March 1
June 7
October 4,
December 13 (if necessary)
2025 Synod Assembly:
December 6
Commissions/Committees
The Commission/Committee Contact is the business manager, Katy Lazaro (Email)
• Commission of Assembly (CoA)
• Synod Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC)
• Committee on Representation and Nominations (CR&N)
CoA Related Partners
• Equity and Justice Ministries
REPL and JPIC
• NBPC-SC
Local Contact (via Pacific Presbytery)
National Website/Contact
• Presbyterian Women
Website
• Presbyterian Men
Synod Presbyteries
Los RanchosPacific
Riverside
San Diego
San Fernando
San Gabriel
Santa Barbara
Related Entities
• Monte Vista Grove Homes, Inc.
• Presbyterian Camp and Conference Centers, Inc.
(PCCCI)
• Zephyr Point Conference Center
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