SeaPres Podcast

Featuring: Rev. Eliana Maxim (Co-Executive Presbyter, Seattle Presbytery), Rev. Dexter Kearny (Parish Mobilizer, One Parish One Prisoner, Underground Ministries), Rev. Deanna Gemmer (Pastor, Hagar's Community Church).

January 2024 SeaPres update with Co-EPs Eliana Maxim & Scott Lumsden.

Seattle Presbytery website

August 2023 SeaPres update with Co-EPs Eliana Maxim & Scott Lumsden.

Seattle Presbytery website

February 2023 update from Co-EPs Revs. Eliana Maxim and Scott Lumsden.

Featuring: Rev. Dr. Tali Hairston, Rev. Paul Kim & Rev. Eliana Maxim.  You're invited to the Thriving Congregations Leadership Forum Sep. 31-Oct. 1.

The Leadership Forum is not the usual conference with speaker and listener.  The Forum is a space for robust dialogue among pastors, staff, and senior leaders about the church’s place in a most critical time in the history of the church.  The church has experienced decline exacerbated during pandemic and social unrest.  Some are not returning after two years of online church, others are tired of a church that appears at a loss on social issues, and still others wonder about the relevancy, both now and in the future, of our churches in our communities.

This week’s podcast continues the conversation about themes that are emerging as we work with Thriving Congregation Initiative cohorts, dialogue with leaders and practitioners nationwide, and present opportunity in spaces like the Leadership Forum.

We invite you to the Leadership Forum as we engage in dialogue about where we are as a church and what resurrection might mean for the church.  Consider the spiritual practice of learning as a way of engaging community-based knowledge and assets.  Interact with leaders who are concerned for the welfare and future of our churches and communities.

Featuring: Rev. Dr. Tali Hairston, Rev. Maggie Breen & Rev. Paul Kim.  You're invited to the Thriving Congregations Leadership Forum Sep. 30-Oct. 1.

The Leadership Forum is for pastors and senior leaders (e.g. staff, elders) to develop capacity to lead learning congregations.  We will be interacting with fellow colleagues and community leader-practitioners including leaders from the Presbytery of the Coast in Barranquilla, Colombia.  We anticipate a rich time for robust dialogue, reflection, and learning for everyone.

Learn more & register.  Registering by Sept 15 or earlier would be a great help!  (Note: for Friday there is an online option!)

June 2022 update from Co-EPs Revs. Eliana Maxim and Scott Lumsden.

Online: June 21st stated meeting information.

Eight years after embarking on a unique partnership with the Presbytery of the North Coast (Presbyterian Church of Colombia), Seattle Presbytery staff discuss this pivotal time of deeper engagement and mutual learning invitations. Join Revs. Scott Lumsden, Tali Hairston, Maggie Breen, Paul Kim, and Eliana Maxim as they talk about what this means for our local congregations and communities.

More: see pictures from the 2022 Colombia partnership trip.

New episode: SeaPres Podcast. Co-Executive Presbyters Eliana Maxim & Scott Lumsden recap the October presbytery meeting, look ahead to the next few months, and share an important message for our pastoral leaders. 

Scott and Eliana shared this written report at the October SeaPres meeting. 

Revs. Tali Hairston (Director of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development), Maggie Breen (Community Education & Assessment Specialist), and Eliana Maxim (Co-Executive Presbyter) reflect on Christians’ response to the insurrection in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6.

More conversations: 

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