In November, the Grace Session voted to become a Matthew 25 Congregation within the PCUSA. Taking the words of Matthew 25:31-46, the PCUSA 222nd and 223rd General Assemblies (2016 and 2018) created and endorsed this initiative. There are three focus areas of this initiative: building congregational vitality, dismantling structural racism, and eradicating systemic poverty.
The Grace Session began an in-depth study of congregational vitality in 2018. This study carried into 2019, and fruit of this work began to develop in late 2019 and 2020. The pandemic has impacted some of this, but the framework for our goals are still there, and we look forward to engaging more with them. The work we did in the area of vitality aligns well with the Matthew 25 initiative, and our connection with this program may open up other opportunities for us.
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