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The start of the 224th General Assembly<\/a> of the PC(USA)<\/a> is a few hours away and in these days of reconfigured meetings, it will be interesting to see how a virtual GA operates. The opening night has been moved from Saturday to Friday and like every year the headline event will be the Election of the Co-Moderators. I posted my intro to the GA<\/a> last night and I will have more thoughts on the GA coming soon, but first a look at the Moderator Teams, in order of their announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra Hedrick and Moon Lee (Photo from their Moderatorial Facebook Page)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The first team to announce<\/a> was Moon Lee and Sandra Hedrick in mid-January. Moon Lee is a ruling elder at Community Church of Seattle<\/a> in the Presbytery of the Northwest Coast<\/a>. Alexandra “Sandra” Hedrick is a teaching elder and the pastor of Kirkwood Presbyterian Church<\/a> of Jacksonville, Florida, and also serves as the stated clerk of the Presbytery of Saint Augustine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For detailed information about them and their call to serve as Co-Moderators there is the regular General Assembly Moderator Candidates Information Booklet<\/a> and they also have a team Facebook page<\/a> and website<\/a>. In addition, the Outlook included the Presbyterian News Service story<\/a> as well as a Q&A piece<\/a> covering all the Moderator candidates, and a similar piece<\/a> following their online “Meet the Candidates” event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moon Lee describes a bit of his faith journey in his bio on the website<\/a>, talking about being a preacher’s kid, part of a family with deep ties to the church, and headed to a career in pastoral ministry himself. Instead, God called him into a different form of ministry in his career in psychology involving neuroscience research and teaching. That did not distract from his church works as he has been active in three different PC(USA) presbyteries in many roles including as moderator, stated clerk, and COM chair. He has served in synod roles as well and also was a member of the Advisory Committee on the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Hedrick’s path<\/a> was a bit of the reverse as she is a second-career pastor having spent many years as an attorney involved in employment law and dispute resolution. About 15 years ago she sensed a strong call to transition to the ministry and has served as a pastor along with presbytery stated clerk and service on multiple presbytery committees and other bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their theme is “God’s Call, Our Passion,” and they describe this in an opening paragraph in the Moderator Candidates booklet<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As co-moderator candidates from opposite coasts, we feel called to serve as ambassadors of our church with all that we are and all that we have! Our vision is a ministry of prayer, presence, listening, encouragement and reconciliation, always seeking to reflect and proclaim the active love, grace and justice of our living God. We see this time in the life of our church as our opportunity and responsibility to reframe our practices and reimagine our role.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Our prayers are with them and all the commissioners for clarity and discernment in the Moderator elections this evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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