14225 Roscoe Boulevard
Panorama City CA 91402
Phone: 213.483-3840
FAX: 818-891-0212
About the Training • Information Flyer • Three Locations: Los Angeles • Irvine • Thousand Oaks
Contact Information
Synod Staff
Phone: 213.483-3840
FAX: 818-891-0212
Synod Executive & Stated Clerk
MARK HONG ext. 109
Email (markhong@synod.org)
Business Manager
FRIED WILSON ext. 110
Email (friedwilson@synod.org)
Full Charge Bookkeeper
JOANNE BORTFELD ext. 107
Email (jbortfeld@synod.org)
REPL Coordinator
NARCISSIS TUCKER BISHOP
Email (ntucker@synod.org)
Synod Officers 2019
Contact officers through Business Manager FRIED WILSON (ext. 110)
Email (friedwilson@synod.org)
Moderator—TE Joshua Yee
Vice-Mod.— RE Pat Niles
Stated Clerk: TE Mark Hong
Treas.—RE Bill Hughes
CoA Moderator— RE Susan Skoglund
Chaplaincy
LAC+USC Medical Center
Chaplain: Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder
Videos, engaging stories, and a list of involvement opportunities are HERE.
This ministry is made possible by your support through the Presbyteries of the Pacific, San Gabriel, San Fernando and Los Ranchos and the Synod of Southern California.
Synod Opportunities, Events, & News
Creating Healthy Boundaries
Learn to establish and maintain safe relationships and faith communities including prevention of child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, sexual harassment, professional misconduct and other abuses of power. The training will be offered in three locations on September 5, 6, or 7. Teaching Elders are required to attend both morning and afternoon sessions. All others are required to attend the morning session and strongly encouraged to attend the afternoon session.
Los Angeles (Sept. 5) Register
Irvine (Sept. 6) Register
Thousand Oaks (Sept. 7)
Register
INFORMATION FLYER
Give the Gift of Camp!
Sponsor::NBPC (SC)
(National Black Presbyterian Caucus, Southern California Chapter.)
Help make the summer camp experience possible for Synod youth, or to begin the registration process for the 2019 camp season.
Employment Opportunity
Youth Ministry Position
First Presbyterian Church Santa Barbara is inviting applications for a new youth ministry leader,.
Complete information, including an informative video and job description is online HERE.
Briefly Noted . . .Recent Presbyterian Mission Agency news items of interest to the Synod membership
Church Building Damaged
Three-ton truck severely damages Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in La Mesa, California
Read the article from Presbyterian Mission
New Worshipping Community in San Diego Presbytery
Ebeneezer Church, a new worshiping community, is helping disrupt cycle of generational poverty
Read the article from Presbyterian Mission
Presbyterian Women Plan Peace Trip to South Korea
UPDATED PC(USA) WEBSITES
KOREAN TRANSLATION OF PC(USA).ORG
ESPAÑOL (SPANISH) TRANSLATION OF PC(USA).ORG
UPDATED SPECIAL OFFERINGS SITE Redesign offers church leaders easier access to resources and stories of impact.
Pacific and San Gabriel Presbyteries to Share an Immigrant Accompaniment Organizer
With grant support from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Kristi Van Nostran joins with two Synod presbyteries to share in their immigrant ministries.
Read the Presbyterian Mission article
Remembering the Forgotten War
The PC(USA)’s Season of Prayer and Reflection in the Korean Peninsula continues through August 15
Read the Presbyterian Mission article
Grants & Funding for Congregations
Partnership Grants
The Synod, in partnership with PC (U.S.A.). may be able to assist your congregation with a Partnership Grant. Details are here: Partnering Grants Protocol
Peacemaking Funds
The Peacemaking Offering may be taken at any time, although most churches select World Communion Sunday as the date. A quarter of the offering goes to the Synod committee responsible for peacemaking awareness and events, a quarter to the local presbytery, and half of the offering goes to G.A.The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program is surely among the finest ventures of Christian discipleship our church has been involved with.
Application guidelines for Synod Peacemaking funds are available HERE. The contact person is the Rev. Darrel Meyers. (e-mail)
FUNDING
FOR CONGREGATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
The Synod Committee for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation is offering small grants to churches to reach out and initiate an event or exchange with a church of different ethnic background. Please download the flyer below for details and to learn how to participate.
DIALOG FLYER/APPLICATION
Racial Ethnic Pastoral Leadership (REPL) Scholarship Program
INTRODUCTION
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY: Racial Ethnic individuals persuing M.Div degree or Equivalent
INFORMATION SHEET (PDF)
ONLINE FORMS or
OFFLINE FORMS
HOW: See information sheet
DEADLINE: "Open"
QUESTIONS? E-mail The Rev. Narcissis Tucker Bishop, Coordinator (E-mail)
FORMS FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS
These forms can be completed online, using the forms that you will download from the links below. Submission can be by e-mail attachment.
Electronic (MS Word)
Parts I, II, III for applicant)
Part IV: (for recommendation)
Please note that applications are now accepted at any time.
PDF FORMS FOR OFFLINE PRINT-FILL-SUBMIT APPLICATIONS
These forms can be downloaded, printed, and then filled in. Submission could be e-mail attachment or mail.
(PDF)
Parts I, II, III (for applicant)
Part IV (for recommendation)
Please note that applications are now accepted at any time.
Synod Activity
2018 PJC Decisions
Two 2018 Synod PJC decisions are available; all PDF documents:
Pacific Palisades church vs. Pacific Presbytery
(7/5/2018)
Spitzer vs. Riverside Presbytery
(7/5/2018)
Synod Documents
Policy: "For the Personal Safety and Protection of All" (2017)
Synod Organization
Bylaws, revised Nov.2016
Standing Rules, Rev. Nov. 2016
Mission Design, rev. Nov. 2016
Synod Assembly Documents
April, 2018
October, 2018
Synod Business & Organization
COA-Related Groups
The general contact at the Synod office is Fried Wilson (Email)
COA-Related Groups
• Equity and Justice Ministries
REPL
JPIC (Contact Darrel Meyers)
NBPC-SC
Presbyterian Women (PW)
Website
Synod Assembly Report (11/18)
Presbyterian Men (PM)
Commissions/Committees
• Commission of Assembly (CoA)
• Synod Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC)
• Committee on Representation and Nominations (CR&N)
• Polity & Records
The Commission/Committee Contact is Business Manager Fried Wilson
Mission Partner(s)
Related Entities
The general contact at the Synod office is Fried Wilson (Email)
Mission Partner
• Southern California Ecumenical Council
• Synod of the Nile
Related Entities
• Monte Vista Grove Homes, Inc.
• Presbyterian Camp and Conference Centers, Inc.(PCCCI)
• Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conf. Inc.
Churchwide Resources
(Sources: pcusa.org, ga-pcusa.org, and pma.pcusa.org)
Presbyterian Mission Website
The Presbyterian Mission website displays many new stories of mission and opportunities. Find it HERE.
PC (USA) Churchwide Anti-racism Policy
Facing Racism–Vision of the Intercultural Communigy: Website and Resources
PC (USA) Blogs: Other Voices
Presbyterian News Service
Mission Agency
Blogs Listing
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
PDA assistance is assisting in areas throughout California which have been devastated by the recent wildfires and mudslides.
PC (USA) Stated Clerk's Statements
PCUSA.org now files many of its news reports under "tags" that are familiar to users of social media, and the statements from Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, II are included in this group. These two links may be most helpful for quick retrieval:
Recent Statements
List of Subjects (Tags)
More PC (USA) Resources
More resources, including items in the Spanish and Korean languages, are linked
Categories include:
Recent
Popular
Korean
Spanish
GA 223
PC-Biz (official GA documentation)
Links to Key GA Activities, including video links
(On this site)
GA 223 Site
GA Resources
General Assembly 223 ended on June 23, 2018 but resources are still on the GA 223 site.