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September 28, 2020 PSF Strategy Virtual Meet Up Trail Blazing: Horizon Community Church, Palmdale FINDING OUR WAY THROUGH THE CRISIS Randy Lovejoy TOGETHER. Associate for Strategic Ministry Presbytery of San Fernando PSF Virtual Meet Up
Randy Lovejoy Associate for Strategic Ministry Presbytery of San Fernando
Horizon Community Church, Palmdale
Horizon Community Church, Palmdale
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Horizon Community Church, Palmdale
Horizon Community Church, Palmdale
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Trailblazing
Fred Hamilton (son of Ezra Hamilton) in mining clothes and surrounded by the tools
[Courtesy of the City of Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery and its many donors]
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
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James Mitchell currently serves as pastor at Horizon Community Church and serves as an engineer at a small motor manufacturer in the Santa Clarita Valley. As a bi-vocational minister, James teaches and leads from a perspective that much of our communities approach the idea of God's calling on their life. James' has studied engineering and religious studies at the University of California at Berkeley and then came down to Southern California to do his seminary studies while working as an engineer at Fuller Theological Seminary. James is married to his wonderful and kind-hearted wife, Jennifer, and together they have a beautifully blended family with four children. James is also a lover of the
with his wife, love to compete in ultramarathons throughout the western United States. God invites us into Kingdom building, and this building requires a balance of talents; James seeks to demonstrate and teach this balance and diversity through his life and ministry.
“Since graduating from Fuller Seminary in 1985, I’ve served as a PCUSA pastor in Connecticut,, Texas and California. Over the past few 4 years I’ve served as an Interim Pastor at Silverlake Community Church and Moorpark Presbyterian Church. I began my new role as PSF’s Designated Discernment Director in January of 2020 as part
My focus is helping churches discern God’s very best for their future.”
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TrailBlazing: Horizon Community Church
The Stirring The Decision The Future
Pre-2020
Palmdale was chartered on May 4, 1919.
early 2000.
into the new thing for their congregation.
The Stirring
Date Founded Locations:
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Jenna Doe Richard Roe
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attendance
The Decision
Apex and Decline Presbytery Commitment The Discernment Process
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Reflect Back Listen
The Discernment Process (Part 1)
Clarify the overall hope of discerning God’s best for their
Mt.6:33)
involved-their hurts & hopes-without judgement to build trust (James 1:19)
feeling and hoping for (again to build trust)
The Purpose Possible Paths Forward Identify Threads
The Discernment Process (Part 2)
judgement to build trust (Jer. 29:11-13; Mt. 6:33)
engaged discernment.
(to deepen mutually engaged discernment)
Hear One Another
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Enact the Vision Session to Presbytery
The Discernment Process (Part 3)
Session to Presbytery for review & response. By the church with the Presbytery
Come to Agreement
The Future
Next Steps 3-5 Years: a Prayer Advice for Others
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