Rev. Claudia Aguilar Rubalcava

A queer eye for worship

First, the people attending More Light Presbyterians’ recent workshop on constructing inclusive worship, “A Queer Eye for Worship,” talked about what meaningfully designed inclusive worship can look like. Then they got to work writing and experiencing a moving afternoon worship service — with only themselves in attendance — at Springdale Presbyterian Church in Louisville.

A queer eye for worship

First, the people attending Saturday’s More Light Presbyterians’ workshop on constructing inclusive worship, “A Queer Eye for Worship,” talked about what meaningfully designed inclusive worship can look like. Then they got to work writing and experiencing a moving afternoon worship service — with only themselves in attendance — at Springdale Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville’s Beechmont Presbyterian Church constructs a Peace Garden and then celebrates its many healing effects

On Thursday, Lionel Derenoncourt and the Rev. Marissa Galván Valle of Beechmont Presbyterian Church (Iglesia Presbiteriana) in Louisville, Kentucky, used a monthly online town hall forum offered by the Presbyterian Association of Musicians to discuss a feature near and dear to the hearts of Beechmont and its neighbors: the Peace Garden the church constructed during the pandemic and dedicated last year.