Rev.Bruce Reyes-Chow has been elected and installed as Moderator of General Assembly. He represents a new generation of leadership and reminds me greatly of the several new ministers that I have had the opportunity to meet as they have been received as candidates and ordained in our own Presbytery - there is clearly a new wind of fire in the church evidenced by young pastors whose lives have been turned to Christ in dramatic fashion folllowed by their sensing a call to full time ministry. We are witnessing new church development advancing with these Christ driven new ministers. Bruce who has visited Pittsburgh and is, I sense, one of the "club' of new ministers reaching out to those who might never be willing to enter the open doors of churches that look like traditional churches and he is currently reaching the otherwise unchurched in Mission Bay,CA. Like many of these young outgoing and aggressively hopeful ministers of our church's future ,Bruce is a sports nut, rides a motorcycle is a techie comfortable with being on Facebook and can be found online at http://www.mod.reyeschow.com/.
I loved two things in particular that I observed in the election process and the installation service that followed the election.
First, each of the four candidates told me how greatly their own faith grew as they travelled with and talked with the other three over the past few months.
Second, I enjoyed watching the second of Bruce's three daughters sing the hymn before his constitutional questioning as she proudly stood in front of her Dad (I wish he could have seen her enthusiasm and pride).
Blessings, Kears
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