  The priority of the life of the church requires that church members be engaged and involved both locally in congrega- tions, and in the larger church. Elders who serve as delegates to Presbytery and Synod, along with ministers, need to beat the drum in our local congregations regarding opportunities for service on committees. None should be content to  -  we need willing, eager representatives from all of our churches who will commit themselves to the service of the larger church. Our committees and agencies need the input that comes from churches that are at the heart of who we histori-  - ing too much. They act out of necessity because there are not enough laborers stepping up. That is healthy neither for   in deed and in truth. -   


Newly Ordained


Front Row: Myers McKinney, Erick Kruger, Austin Bollinger, Pat- rick Daugherty, Darin Stone. Back Row: Jeff Tell, Stephen Ew- ing, Ross Meyer, Mark Nelsen


Students & Licientiates Front Row: David Campbell, Nate Cesky, Joshua Monson, Avery Sirmans, Elijah Hoyer, Josh Starnes.


Back Row: Hamilton Patrick, Josh Fleming, Mark Capper, Trenton Cleveland, Frank Heinsohn, Scottie Crawford, Boone McAulay, Paul Lawing, Ryan Gladden, Alex Yonjof, Jordan Vanam, Mi- cah Bartsch, Sam Verdonk.


New Church Plants


& Congregations Mark Forbes, Mark Nelsen, Jeff Tell, David Stark


Retired Ministers Dean Turbeville and John Kim


July/August 2024


Pages


William Lewis, Rufus Terry, Scottie Crawford, Ryan Gladden, Josh Starnes, Elijah Hoyer


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