I know that this sounds crazy, but to me the Church is the risk-taking entity in the universe.
We opens our doors and lets anybody, I mean anybody walk in.
We concocts a budget based on what people try to promise to give
We employ people based on that budget
We try to help people without knowing what the results are going to be…and sometimes we never know what the results are going to be and they STILL give help
We do things based off of squishy intangibles (See Miracle on 34th St for more): like love and faith and theology (which is a fancy way of saying Christ based mission statement)
We empower people, young people who aren’t fully educated, old people who are too fragile to do other things.
This is what the church is about people, the Church is ITSELF an act of Faith.
We are faith in action, and taking risks and trusting in God is an Act of GOOD NEWS
Who doesn’t want to work for that sort of entity?
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She is an writer and is published in Enfleshed, Sermonsuite, Presbyterian's today and Outlook. She writes prayers, liturgy, poems and public theology and is pursuing her doctorate in ministry in Creative Write and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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