WYOMING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Dear Friends:

I shared my personal experience of observing our General Assembly work online, and some key actions that relate have to do with our organization and theology here at home. Here are a few highlights about our global concerns. Again, the lines between “here and there” are not that clean. What we proclaim for “there” is about us “here.” 

 PC(USA) World Mission   You may know that significant restructuring occurred this past year in which all of our global partners (aka-missionaries) were called home and the World Mission division was closed. This action caught nearly everyone by absolute surprise and thus created tremendous conflict, loss of trust, and affected significant work with global partners. None of that was helped by the apparent connection between NDAs and severance packages.                                                                                               (over)

Action: requiring a thorough review of the actions and processes in a restorative process rather than a disciplinary action. “Thorough” is well-defined in the overture.

Action: create a team to study, write and develop a new missiological statement by which to undertake global engagement and report back to the next GA.

 The war in Israel   After lengthy debates and testimonies regarding the reports, both in committee and in the plenary, we approved two statements about the war. One declares that Israel’s action and conduct of the war violate the international law prohibiting genocide. The other calls for select embargoes of Israeli products or purchases from the USA to encourage an end to the war and to genocide. The statements make a clear distinction between condemning the political and governmental actions that is genocide and support for the people of Israel and Jews globally, thus condemning, again, antisemitism. We also approved a document titled “Kairos Palestine II: A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide.”

Nations Statements of repentance, support or advocacy were adopted on behalf of the people of Cuba (support the economic needs of the people, oppose the embargoes and military actions by the USA), Syria (religious freedom), Korea (Jeju April 3^rd Tragedy anniversary)

If you want to read any or all of the actions of the 227^th General Assembly you can create a free account on myGA.pc-biz.org. Or you can go to https://pcusa.org/about-pcusa/church-structure/general-assembly/general-assembly-gathering

Peace, RevBev

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Read Your Own Darn Book Club
Come join us on Tuesday at 7pm in the Cottage! Join us for discussion and fellowship! Please See Calendar page for Book Club dates.

June 2026 – Read Your Own Darned Book Recommendations

• It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover—Judy R.
• My Friends by Fredrik Backman—Ann S.
• Nemesis by Philip Roth—Becky
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt–Becky
• The Last Ranger by Peter Heller—Monica
• Stuffed and Starved; the Hidden Battle for the World Food System by Raj Patel–Janet
• Picky; How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History by Helen Zoe Zeit–Janet
• The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett—Debbie W.

April 2026 – Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendations

• The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne-Monica M
• How the Other Half Eats by Priya Fielding-Singh-Janet S
• The National Park Mystery Series by Aaron Johnson-Beverly F
• The Bookclub for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick-Debbie W
• What We Can Know by Ian McEwan-Ann S
• My Friends by Fredrik Backman-Debbie J
• Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon-Ellie L

March 2026 – Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendations

• The Shadow Lily by Johanna Mo-Judy R
• The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline—Judy R
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans—Becky
• The Forbidden Garden by Simon Parkin—Becky
• The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick—Marie
• Any of David Rosenfelt’s books—Marie
• Tell me Everything by Elizabeth Strout—Janet
• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy—Emelie
• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood—Emelie
• The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho—Monica
• Theo of Golden by Allen Levi—Debbie J.
• The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett—Debbie J.
• Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce—Debbie J.

February 2026- Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendations

• Missing You by Harlan Coben—Becky
• Bread of Angels by Patti Smith—Becky
• West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge—Ellie
• Live like a Guide Dog, True Stories from a Blind Man and his Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith by Michael Hingson—Ellie
• The Widow by John Grisham—Judy R
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans—Debbie W.
• Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum—Janet
• The Ages of Globalization by Jeffrey Sachs–Janet

January 2026- Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendations

• Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum—Marie
• Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams–Marie
• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult—Heather
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore—Becky
• West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge—Becky
• Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister—Janet
• The Choice by Gillian McAllister—Janet
• Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister—Janet
• The Academy by Ellin Hilderbrand—Debbie W.
• The Christmas Stranger by Richard Paul Evans—Debbie W.
• Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid—Debbie W.
• Poems by Robert Frost–Monica