With several tables full of clergy and lay people gathered at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia, on Saturday as part of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance’s solidarity visit to hurricane-affected communities, the Rev. Jim Kirk set the tone by drawing on the wisdom of consolation and desolation posited by St. Ignatius and taught to Kirk by the Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus, the PC(USA)’s Director of Humanitarian and Global Ecumenical Engagement and the former director of PDA.
A special town calls for a special pastor.
And the Rev. Sunjae Jung — initially worlds away from the storied college town of Athens, Georgia, home to the Athens Korean Presbyterian Church — heard God’s call loud and clear.
Although maybe not so clearly at first.
Samuel Polanco is no stranger to the power of walls — especially their potential to exclude and keep people like him from being their best selves. But the 2022 graduate of the Menaul School — a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related college preparatory school in Albuquerque, New Mexico — credits his educational experience as being instrumental in breaking down many barriers.
Three new collections featuring historical resources related to the Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian educators, and their role in Georgia history are now available through the Digital Library of Georgia.
