Mission Yearbook: Texas Hill Country gets help after flooding from PDA

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Flooding of the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, Texas (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard)

As David Rauer eyed the Guadalupe River during a recent Presbyterian Disaster Assistance deployment to Texas, it was hard to fathom how the seemingly innocuous river could have grown so ferocious during the weekend of July 4.

“It's not a big river,” said Rauer, a member of PDA’s National Response Team (NRT).

Yet, in about two hours, the river rose from hip-height to three stories tall, leading to devastating flash flooding, according to The Associated Press.

“It's hard to imagine that difference when you look at this mild, small river, and you realize how much water was coming down it during the worst part of the flooding,” Rauer said.

Rauer was one of four PDA National Response Team members who traveled to the Texas Hill Country Aug. 7–12 to listen, learn and provide support, following catastrophic flooding that killed at least 138 people.

The deployment by Rauer, the Rev. Pat Ashley, Jan Spence and the Rev. Jim Reitz focused mostly on Kerr County, where at least 119 people were killed, many of them children in places like Camp Mystic.

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From left: The Rev. Bobby Musengwa, transitional general presbyter for Mission Presbytery; the Rev. Laurie Palmer, Mission Presbytery's stated clerk; and David Rauer, Pat Ashley, and Jan Spence, who visited Texas as part of a deployment of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team. (Photo courtesy of David Rauer/PDA)

Though Kerr County was the hardest hit, “there's widespread flooding and disaster from this same storm throughout that mid to western side of Texas,” said Rauer, team lead for PDA’s Long-Term Recovery ministry.  “A lot of homes have been impacted and people’s lives are upturned because of this flooding.”

The deployment enabled the National Response Team to see some of the damage for themselves, talk to people affected by the disaster and connect with representatives from Mission Presbytery, Synod of the Sun and others involved in the recovery.

“It was an initial deployment, so the primary purpose was assessing immediate needs” but also to discuss “possibilities around long-term recovery,” said Ashley, a retired Presbyterian minister who’s been with the NRT for about 15 years. “And, of course, emotional and spiritual care is always a part of it because so many of the people we meet are affected.”

The team — which was joined by the Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell, director of the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery — also was able to share information from previous disasters, Rauer said. “They were very appreciative that we came in to give them some knowledge of recovery from other disasters to help them as they navigate this,” he said.

During a visit to First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, the team was able to meet with a caseworker, Bailey Havis, who’s been hired by the church to assist people affected by the flooding. The team also attended a service at the church that included a blessing of backpacks for children going back to school, Ashley said.

Later, “there was a luncheon, and so we had the opportunity to go to that lunch and just talk with people and heard their stories,” she said. It was “human-to-human connection … very connective and heartwarming.”

In this way, deployments help to show that PDA isn’t just an “entity out there but rather people who are concerned and care for them and that we could talk with them about the possibilities that PDA has for working with them long-term,” Ashley said.

Among the local people the team met with during the deployment were the Rev. Jasiel Hernandez Garcia, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Kerrville, the Rev. Bobby Musengwa, transitional general presbyter for Mission Presbytery, and Mission Presbytery’s stated clerk, the Rev. Laurie Palmer, as well as the Rev. Dr. Dongwoo Lee, a minister at Schreiner University, and Fred Gamble, chief financial officer of Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly.

“I think it was a good starting point with PDA, and my hope is that we'll continue to have more enriching conversations and more direct kind of involvement from them,” Garcia said.

Garcia took the team out to see some of the flood damage and the progress that’s been made, such as the clearing of some of the many uprooted trees, Ashley said. The time with him also gave a clearer picture of the scope of the disaster, she said, since you could see “where the river is now and where the damaged places were that were very far removed from where the river is now.”

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is one of the Compassion, Peace & Justice ministries of the Interim Unified Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). For more information about the recovery and to see a series of useful videos, go here. To support PDA’s response through your generous giving, go here.

Darla Carter, Communications Strategist, Mission Communications Click here to read original PNS Story)

Let us join in prayer for:

Edward Thompson, Senior Church Consultant and Director of Inter Agency Relations, Board of Pensions
Julie Tonini, Director of Production, Publishing & Editorial, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation

Let us pray:

Gracious God, there is no pain you don’t understand, no heart you can’t examine. Hear the voices from the most obscure corners of the world. Just as you were lifted high, may our lives also be lifted. In your precious name we pray. Amen.

Mission Yearbook: Author speaks on looming retirement crisis and what churches can do to help

The author of a book on how churches and other organizations can help mitigate the effects of what he calls “the looming retirement crisis” was a recent guest on “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast.”

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Photo by Vlad Sargu via Unsplash

Jonathan Grimm, a licensed investment advisor and author of “The Future Poor: How Families and Communities Can Join Together to Survive the Looming Retirement Crisis,” was the guest of hosts Simon Doong and the Rev. Lee Catoe. Listen to their 57-minute conversation here.

Up to 9 out of 10 people won’t have sufficient assets to live well during their retirement, according to Grimm. “What happens if we have lots of poor seniors running around? What about all the people who don’t retire by choice?” Grimm wondered. Most people don’t retire when and how they want to, he said. They’re forced into it either through aging or employment issues, or for medical, disability or family reasons.

“My book is all about the trajectory of where we’re headed. Most of us are going to be poor in the future,” Grimm said. What do we do about that?

Those demographic pressures could also make things difficult for churches and other nonprofits, Grimm said in response to a question from Doong. “If you have lower church attendance and people’s ability to give decreases over time, that’s not a good model, especially as things become more expensive,” Grimm said. “It’s a problem that’s not isolated in people’s individual financial situations. There are these really deep community situations as well that we’ve got to think about and begin to plan for — and probably do some things very differently moving forward than the way we’ve done them in the past.”

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Despite the lessons learned from the Great Recession of 2007–09, which was brought on in large part by a housing crisis, “we keep returning to 1980s financial advice, saying what worked in the previous quarter-century is the thing that’s going to work for the next quarter-century,” Grimm said. But to make that paradigm work, American workers would each have to save $30,000 annually, which “eliminates most people from the equation,” he noted.

Churches can play “a big part” shaping what the financial future will look like for seniors, Grimm said. The first step is to help scrap the “retire at 65” mentality “and talk about what people need for their entire lifetime, taking a serious look at the statistical data on the likelihood of certain life events happening” and the products in the financial world that can help cover those expenses.

Grimm defines health broadly to include economic stability and access to quality education, medical care and the built environment. “There’s also a social connection piece, making sure people have a social environment they can operate in,” Grimm said.

Churches have historically been instrumental, filling portions of many of those needs. “We used to be deeply involved in those things that make us healthy, but we have backed away,” he said. “I think there’s a real opportunity to return to those, including creating economic stability for everyone attending our church, especially as people age and encounter the serious things of retirement, which is a precarious situation.”

While retirement may not be a “flashy” topic, “it’s relevant to churches now,” Catoe said. “It’s a new emerging mission field many of us don’t know much about.”

Grimm said the PC(USA) “has been on the front end of a lot of social issues, which is great. I think this might be one of the most equal opportunity crises that we’ve had. It cuts across gender, orientation and ethnic lines.

“I’ve asked some of my pastor friends: if 9 out of 10 people in your church are headed toward poverty, would you do anything different in your ministry? Everyone will come to something that’s socially or economically valuable to them. You don’t need to go very far in the Bible to see poverty is something we should be working on.”

“What if the poor is all of us?” Grimm wondered. “If the church becomes the place that creates economic stability for people, what kind of draw could that be? People would see that as revolutionary.”

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Mike Ferguson, Editor, Presbyterian News Service (Click here to read original PNS Story)

Let us join in prayer for:

Tom Taylor. President and CEO, Executive Office, The Presbyterian Foundation
Nicki Thomas, Gift Processing Associate, Funds Development Operations, Administrative Services Group  

Let us pray:

God, remind us to love and serve one another always. Open our hearts in a positive way so we too will know that we have enough loaves to share. Amen.

Minute for Mission: Building Beloved Communities; Dismantling Structural Racism

Too often, I am reminded that few people associate the ministry of reparative justice with deep spiritual joy. While 2025 has been a year marked by discouraging economic and political developments, the Holy Spirit continues to work, steadily weaving unexpected, hope-filled threads into the fabric of our shared life.

This year, I am a witness to the Holy Spirit guiding us from despair and apathy toward new and joyful working possibilities.

In 2025, our work with mid council leaders in Puerto Rico, Alaska, South Carolina and Kansas has been especially life-giving. Through our seven mid council pilot programs, congregations of color with substantial economic challenges across the PC(USA) will soon receive support for up to three years of full-time transformative pastoral ministry.

Also, this year’s collaboration with the National Hispanic Latino Presbyterian Caucus, focused on uncovering and addressing historic inequities affecting Puerto Rican clergy, is strengthening relationships, fostering clearer collective understanding and opening new avenues for interdependent longevity. Even in these early stages, other caucuses are noticing the emerging possibilities and inquiring about collaborative opportunities for moving forward together.

The 2023 work of apology and reparation for the racist closure of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Juneau, Alaska, in 1963 has created a blessed opportunity for faithful follow-up with Native Alaskans. This year, with support from the Stated Clerk, we advanced toward the transgenerational goal of repatriating Raven Helmet. The Center for Repair and the Sitka tribes collaborated with the Kiks.ádi. clan to reclaim this sacred object, unethically possessed by Presbyterians and others for over a century, and thanks in part to a letter from the Stated Clerk, Raven Helmet is now on its way home.

This year, we began partnering with the Youth Desk at the Liberia Council of Churches to examine how the Presbyterian cofounded American Colonization Society impacted Indigenous Liberians and contributed to civil war. Currently, we are translating documents like the Confession of 1967 into Bassa and Kpelle, transforming two centuries of missed opportunities for theological dialogue into living opportunities for a blessed re-encounter. In Peru, through relationships nurtured by the Presbyterian Hunger Program, we supported the publication and English translation of the world’s first scholarly book advocating for Afro-Peruvian reparations.

God’s Spirit continues to move through faithful actions that have blessed us as witnesses. In 2025, the Presbytery of San Gabriel returned land to the Tongva tribe in a joyous public worship celebration, while the Presbytery of Baltimore established a reparative justice fund to respond to calls for justice from African American communities.

Looking ahead, the 2024 General Assembly’s decision to allocate proceeds from the sale of property derived from enslaved Afro-descendants will allow those funds to be returned to living descendants beginning in 2026 — a moment not only for celebration but also to marvel at our habitual shortsightedness concerning the power of God to move his people ever onward!

Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, Ministry Director, Center for the Repair of Historic Harms

Let us join in prayer for:

PC(USA) Agencies’ Staff:

Carla Sutton, Operations Admin, Operations, The Presbyterian Foundation
Jonathon Talbott, Administrative Support I/Receptionist, Operations, The Presbyterian Foundation

Let us pray:

Creator, we love you and rejoice in your justice and restoration; grant us eyes to see the unseen and courage to stay the course through the power of your Spirit. Amen. 

Minute for Mission: Racial & Intercultural Justice — Presbyterians Affirm Black Lives Matter

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Samantha Davis

“The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love, we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.” — bell hooks (“Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations,” 1994)

Freedom: the quality or state of being free: such as 1. the ability to fully participate socially, economically, and civically in society; 2. the ability to navigate society with agency and authenticity without fear of persecution.

We live in a world shaped by colonization and white supremacy. A world that allotted few “freedom” while systemically oppressing the majority. As a Black woman, my ability to be free is hindered by being coerced into conformity, through the shaming and criminalizing of my culture, the defunding of my communities, and the silencing and invalidating of my voice and experiences.

This past year, that lack of freedom has intensified with the federal occupation of Washington, D.C. (my home, a historically Black city and still a majority people of color city) and the interference of the Trump administration and Congress into the lives of D.C. residents.

The impact of these authoritarian and oppressive acts is at least life-altering and at worst fatal for those of us at the margins. In the D.C. area over the past year, hundreds of Black and Brown people, including children, have been stopped, harassed and arrested by police officers or federal agents in recent months.

And thousands of immigrant neighbors have been arrested or disappeared in D.C.

In one week, three Black men were killed by D.C. police officers: David Warren Childs, Demetrius Alston and Kevin Booker.

In one month, two men were shot at by federal agents during traffic stops: Justin Brian Nelson and Phillip Brown.

Congress is undoing pillars to our justice system that have protected Black people in D.C. for decades. The most glaring attempts have been putting in place cash bail and attempting to prosecute 14-year-olds as adults.

We are witnessing the rise of an authoritative, fascist regime that is rooted in anti-Blackness and relying on tactics of fear and divisiveness to keep us separate and silent.

The liberation of God’s people requires us to ACT, to act justly and to love mercy and walk humbly (Micah 6:8). Christians especially must ACT. We especially must declare that Black Lives Matter; both because God calls us to and because Christianity plays a dominant role in the violence Black and other marginalized people face. The truth is the Bible was and is used as a tool of oppression in our homes, churches and laws of this nation. We have been conditioned by the man-made interpretations of the Bible that justified the acts of the enslavement of African people, the theft of Indigenous land, the suppression of women, and the violence of queer and trans people. We must acknowledge that truth. We must differentiate the teachings of God from our own biases. When we do not, the conflation of the two perpetuates systemic oppression and serves as a conductor of hate and violence that marginalized people experience daily.

The freedom God intended for us is possible. The ways in which to move toward it, though trying, are not unknown or futile. Isaiah 61 gives specific instructions on what the work of liberation looks like.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

God is clear in God’s directive. Our obligation to love one another and to seek justice means we are also obligated to take on the work of the liberation of God’s people. I charge each of us to take these steps:

• Intentionally learn and acknowledge the ways in which our own actions cause harm, uphold white supremacy culture and perpetuate systemic oppression;
• Identify, evaluate and overcome our implicit bias;
• Center and affirm marginalized people in all our authenticity and humanity; and
• Speak out against injustices. Being silent is being complicit with violence. Staying neutral is being complicit with violence.

I charge you to reflect on what moving toward freedom looks like for you. In your own microcosm of the world, where can you choose to love?

Samantha Paige Davis, Associate for Gender and Racial Justice

Let us join in prayer for:

Shawnda Styles, Senior Accounting Clerk, Controllers, The Presbyterian Foundation
Sarah Sullivan, Assistant General Counsel, Legal & Risk Management, Administrative Service Group

Let us pray:

God of justice, hope, love and mercy, help us to continually live into the church that you have called us to be. Compel us to stand against injustice wherever it may be found. Provoke us to hold firm to the gospel message of inclusion and equity. And empower us to continually be salt and light in a world that so desperately needs more representation of your Spirit. We love you and strive to love others in the same way. Through God’s grace, in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen and Ase.

Mission Yearbook: Camp Grier in North Carolina responds to crisis and helps community

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All photos contributed by Jason McDougald

When Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina in September 2024, leaving communities without power, water and access to basic services, Camp Grier in Old Fort, North Carolina stood out — not just for its resilience, but for its rapid, community-centered response. Within days, the camp transformed into a disaster relief hub, offering hot meals, showers, laundry services and shelter to hundreds of residents.

This extraordinary pivot wasn’t a matter of luck — it was the result of a decade-long transformation in Camp Grier’s governance and mission.

Camp Grier’s ability to respond so nimbly to Hurricane Helene traces back to a pivotal decision in 2013 predicated on the financial necessity of its governing bodies. Originally owned and operated by three presbyteries — Charlotte, Salem and Western North Carolina — the camp was spun off into an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This move, led by a tri-presbytery task force co-chaired by the Rev. Paul Sink, gave Camp Grier the autonomy to act quickly without waiting for multiple mid council approvals.

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Tracks across from camp derailed by Hurricane Helene

According to Sink, a Camp Grier board member and outgoing stated clerk of Salem Presbytery, the presbyteries faced shrinking budgets and found it increasingly difficult to maintain responsibility for multiple camp properties. Jason McDougald, who became executive director of Camp Grier in 2013, noted that while the support of three presbyteries had benefits, there were governance challenges — bylaws required all three to vote on capital expenditures over $50,000 or on changes to vision or strategy.

The camp’s location makes it most accessible to churches in the Presbytery of Western North Carolina, with travel times ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 hours for Salem Presbytery churches and two hours for the Presbytery of Charlotte. As a Presbyterian-founded camp, Grier maintains ties with churches in all three presbyteries that host retreats, send campers and offer scholarships. While Salem and Charlotte presbyteries withdrew budget support within two years of incorporation, the Presbytery of Western North Carolina has continued funding through a designated fund for cabin renovation and scholarships.

Sink said the shift to independent governance proved invaluable during the hurricane. “We would not have been able to make a $50,000 capital purchase in three days if we were still owned by three presbyteries,” he said, referring to the generator that restored water and power to the site.

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Water pours into the home of Camp Grier’s director of maintenance during Hurricane Helene. The house is being rebuilt with help from the Old Ford Strong Fund and contributions from several Presbyterian churches in Virginia. 

Independence meant that Camp Grier needed to diversify revenue streams well beyond summer camp and retreats. McDougald envisioned positioning Old Fort as a hub for outdoor recreation by making the camp, which borders Pisgah National Forest, a year-round destination.

Under his leadership, the camp forged key partnerships. The G5 Trail Collective, launched with the U.S. Forest Service, began work on a 42-mile trail expansion in 2021, with support from Dogwood Health Trust. Partnering with People on the Move for Old Fort, a Black-led advocacy group, the project also sought to reconnect the local Black community to the forest through job creation.

To foster equitable economic growth, Grier joined with Eagle Market Street Development Corp., whose first project was a 2,500-square-foot business incubation hub in downtown Old Fort.

The G5 Trail Collective has since attracted millions in grants, especially after Hurricane Helene, as the Forest Service, which lost 10% of its workforce in 2025, now depends heavily on contractors for trail restoration and maintenance in areas damaged by flooding and erosion.

Camp Grier also acquired Tanawha Adventures and Pisgah Productions, race and event production companies that host trail running and mountain biking events that draw hundreds of participants and generate significant income.

A new partnership with McDowell Tech Community College will create student housing and offer training in culinary arts and outdoor maintenance.

McDougald has announced the upcoming Grier Village project — a $15 million development with a new dining hall, student housing and high-end rental cabins. Profits will be reinvested into scholarships, trail upkeep and community programs. The camp also acquired a 250-acre property in Fairview, North Carolina, for youth career exploration programs and day camps.

These ventures will not only sustain the camp financially but also allow it to keep summer camp fees affordable. In 2022, Camp Grier awarded 100 scholarships.

Beth Waltemath, Communications Strategist

Let us join in prayer for:

Tim Stepp, Associate Director, Internal Audit, Administrative Services Group
Andrea Stevens, Gift Planning Specialist, Development Office, The Presbyterian Foundation

Let us pray:

Lord Jesus, you showed us that in God’s manna world there is enough bread for all. With gratitude, we are mindful of God’s abundant gifts. So, wherever there is scarcity, let us serve with strong limbs and joyful hearts. Amen.

Mission Yearbook: Video shows how Minnesota church is answering the question ‘Is Racial Justice Possible?’

In a time when conversations about racial justice can feel polarized or paralyzed, Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Minnesota, is offering a bold and faithful witness to what is possible when a congregation commits to repair. Its journey is documented in the video “Is Racial Justice Possible?,” the second installment in the five-part series “Zero to One: A Congregation’s Journey to Repair,” produced by the Center for the Repair of Historic Harms of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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The Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, director of the Center for the Repair of Historic Harms, speaks with members of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church after worship. (All photos by Rich Copley)

This video, available on the PC(USA) Vimeo channel and the Center’s resource page, features candid reflections from Oak Grove members and leaders as they wrestle with the theological, historical and personal dimensions of racial justice. Through interviews and Scripture, the video explores how faith communities can move beyond lip service to tangible action — especially reparations.

The voices in this episode are diverse and deeply rooted in experience. Becky Dop, a ruling elder, said, “I do think racial justice is possible,” but cautioned that achieving it requires intentional learning and listening, especially about white privilege and its pervasive influence. Ruling Elder Bob Heise added, “Until you actually get in and start doing something about it, you're effectively paying lip service.” Their words reflect a congregation that has moved from reflection to action.

The video also features the Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, director of the Center for the Repair of Historic Harms. Ross-Allam speaks to the spiritual urgency of reparations, noting that preaching the gospel without addressing systemic racism felt hollow. His work with Oak Grove began during a time of national and local reckoning in the wake of the deaths of Philando Castile and Jamar Clarke and helped catalyze the church’s commitment to reparative giving.

Other voices, like Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart and the Rev. Gregory Bentley, Co-Moderators of the 224th General Assembly (2020), bring historical and denominational context to the conversation. Street-Stewart reminds viewers that Oak Grove’s story is part of a larger narrative of settler colonialism and Indigenous displacement, while Bentley challenges the church to develop the “moral imagination” to envision a different world.

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The choir at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, whose mission is to be “a joyful, inclusive, compassionate community of faith seeking to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.”

Scriptural grounding for the episode includes Galatians 3:23–28, emphasizing communal responsibility and spiritual unity. These texts frame reparations not as political gestures, but as expressions of the gospel.

The “Zero to One” series chronicles Oak Grove’s journey from initial conversations to concrete commitments, including significant financial contributions to Indigenous and Afro-American communities made possible through the nonprofit organization Restorative Actions. Each episode was released weekly through August and early September, offering a step-by-step look at how one congregation is living out its call to justice.

“Is Racial Justice Possible?” doesn’t offer easy answers — but it does offer hope. In order for this hope to be realized, bold political and economic action is required, but so is a collective “metanoia,” — a transformation of our social imagination that repents of past and present systems of thought and socio-political-economic structures.

In response to this particular video and reflecting on the question, “Is racial justice possible?” Ross-Allam said that though the phrase “racial justice” is very familiar, it is in fact an oxymoron. “Reformed theology recognizes there can be no true justice built on the concept of race — especially so-called ‘racial justice,’” he said.

This video and its companions offer a spiritual invitation for individuals and congregations to consider their role in repair and to recognize that even small steps taken in faith can lead to transformation.

Beth Waltemath, Communications Strategist (Click here to read original PNS Story)

Let us join in prayer for:

Marsha Stearley, Desktop Support Analyst, Information Technology Infrastructure, Administrative Services Group
Elaine Stepp, Operations Reconciliation Specialist, Operations, The Presbyterian Foundation

Let us pray:

Loving God, too often we see people who are suffering, and we cross to the other side of the street. Help us to be compassionate, to love our neighbors to feed your lambs. Amen.

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