Rev. Dr. Nancy Meehan Yao has written a Bible Study entitled, "Scripture and Adaptive Change: How God's Word Show us Faithful Transformation." She shares with us about how she came to write the book, scripture passages that reveal examples of adaptive change, and how the book can be used in our church and personal lives as a means of transformation.

During COVID, Rev. Christina Greenawalt became interested in gaming. It has led her to begin her own gaming ministry called Cross Progression. Find out what inspired her to begin it and how it works. She also shares stories of how she has been able to through this ministry to touch lives of high school youth and young adults.

Retired Pastor Rev. Tony Aja; Candidate for Ministry and Ruling Elder Janira Colon; and Pastor and Chair of the CFP Anti-Racism Committee Rev. Erika Rembert-Smith share about the issues the Hispanic/Latino communities face in our presbytery and the many gifts their faith communities offer to the presbytery and to the people they serve.

Author Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary, shares about her new book coming out around October, entitled "A is for Alabaster: 52 Reflections on the Stories of Scripture.

After the CFP update, Cheryl and Jody chat with Bruce Reyes-Chow, who currently pastors at First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, CA. Bruce was our guest at the March 2022 stated meeting of CFP to help us with one of the seven marks of vital congregations: "intentional authentic evangelism." In this Lucky 13th episode, we talk with Bruce about what it really means to be kind. Then we go behind the scenes at General Assembly meetings in the Before Times, where former moderators had their own dinners together (whaaaat?)

Linkapalooza:

• BRC's plenary on Reimagined Spaces...
• ...and his workshop on kindness...
• ...related to his latest book: In Defense of Kindness, which you can find here
• Of course, Bruce has his own podcast called BRC & Friends...
• ...and did we mention he is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach?

Our offering at the March meeting supports The Bail Project of Orange and Osceola Counties. Donate here.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has a fund to support emergency humanitarian aid for Ukraine (such as food items, shelter, medicines, diapers, hygiene items, etc.) Go to DR000156 or text PDAUKR to 41444

MaryAnn McKibben Dana shares her thoughts on how ministry is changing in light of the pandemic. She also discusses her upcoming book "Hope: A User's Manual"--what led her to write about the topic of hope and what unexpected insights she gained. She also talks about how her three books on Sabbath, Improv and Hope have shaped her “Grand Unified Theory of MaryAnn” (as Jody dubbed it).

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Book Links, via Bookshop.org:

• Sabbath in the Suburbs: A Family's Experiment with Holy Time
• God, Improv, and the Art of Living

Rev. Eugenia Gamble shares about her upcoming book "Words of Love: A Healing Journey with the Ten Commandments" due to be released in February 2022. She approaches the Ten Commandments as a love letter from God to us, and interprets each of the "words" (commandments) through that lens. Makes you wish the book was already out!

We start every episode of the CFPresbycast with CFP news and upcoming events.

Next: Faith Arts Village Orlando (FAVO), a ministry of Park Lake Presbyterian Church, is doing its part to bridge the divide between the church and the arts community. In this TENTH episode (woo-hoo!) of the podcast, Cheryl and Jody hear the story of FAVO from Executive Director Will Benton and Pastor Helen DeBevoise.

CFP News Links:

1. Presbyterian Women Horizons Bible Study Event for 2011-22
2. FISH (Fresh Ideas Start Here), the CFP Fall Educational Event
   Information
   Registration Packet in PDF or Word
   Register Online for the Zoom Meeting
3. Women in Professional Ministry Retreat

Guest Links:

1. Faith Arts Village Orlando
2. Park Lake Presbyterian Church
3. Artistic Spot Episode 97: Denisse Berlingeri

Faith Arts Village Orlando