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to help our members recover from the fires
by using the following link:
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Synod Executive and Stated Clerk:
Rev. Mark Hong
EXECUTIVE/SC Email: markhong@synod.org
STAFF DIRECTORY (Staff and Officers)
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
Opportunities and Resources
Grants • History Podcast • Property Workshop • CA: AB506 Class • Land Transfer * Ski Lodging at Zephyr Point
SYNOD GRANTS PROGRAM
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.
Partnering Grants Protocol
Application Updated!
If you are working on a Partnering Grant, please download please make sure you are using THIS VERSION.
The 170th Anniversary Podcast
This series of six podcasts shares the history of the Presbyterian presence in Southern California. Listen Here!
January 24 2026
Christ Presbyterian Church
La Costa
Mark Elsdon (Author of We Aren’t Broke) and Mark Sampson from ROOTED GOOD will lead a workshop on Property Innovation: how churches can approach property not as a burden, but as a vital resource for living out the mission of Jesus Christ in our communities. We invite you to spread the word as this was ministry-changing to our team that attended earlier this year.
The cost is $15 to cover the cost of lunch.
Pastors, congregational leaders, and committees are welcome to attend. This is a very practical workshop, so we invite teams to attend.
Registration: www.presbyterysd.org.
California AB-506 Training
Please share the flyer below for distribution to others. The registration link is embedded in the flyer and printed below this poster.
RSVP link
Historic Land Transfer
San Gabriel Presbyery
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.
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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