A part of the Presbytery’s mission is to provide you with the resources necessary to help grow your ministries. Below is a collection of materials you may find useful. Please feel free to peruse our entire library or click on a specific category to narrow down the listed resources.
VIDEO:
Sexual Misconduct Training held Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022
Our Presbytery is committed to creating safe spaces for everyone who participates in the life of our churches. Click the “play” arrow to the left in the video graphic to watch the recent training about appropriate sexual boundaries for pastors and commissioned ruling elders and candidates to the ministry under care of the Committe on Preparation for Ministry.
VIDEO:
Five Things Ruling Elders Should Know about Reformed Worship by Rev Darren
VIDEO:
PSF Reformed Misunderstandings Correção Rev Darren
VIDEO:
Pre-Presbytery Meeting (September 2021) A Joint Path Forward
VIDEO:
2021 Clerk of Session Training
SESSION REF – A training film
A training film for church leaders and anyone else who wants their meetings to be shorter and more productive.
For a handout with more tips and a guide on how to use this film for leadership training, email: presbyteryofsanfernando@gmail.com
Directed and Produced by Kyle Joachim
A Production of the Presbytery of San Fernando, Los Angeles, CA
Essential Tenets of the Reformed Faith
Jack Rogers timeless video on the elder and deacon question regarding accepting the essential tenets of the reformed faith.
Primer Encuentro
Rev. Dr. David Cortes-Fuentes presents an overview of the roles and responsibilities of elders within the Session.
El Rvdo. Dr. David Cortes-Fuentes presenta una descripción general de los roles y responsabilidades de los ancianos dentro del consistorio.
Reformation Day 2020
Rev. Darren Pollock
Tenebrae Service
The Tenebrae Service and the Reformation Day Video are available for download and use in services but you will need a password. Please contact the Presbytery of San Fernando if you need the password for the downloads.
Yoga Chapel Videos by Rev. Jennifer Witten
Additional Videos:
| Type | Resource | Link | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Anti-Racist Leadership Part 2 | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Video | Anti-Racist Leadership Part 1 | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Book | Starting Missional Churches | Learn More | Mission and Outreach |
| Podcast | Jennifer de Combe | Listen | Discipleship |
| Podcast | Interview with Terrell McTyer | Listen | Discipleship |
| Book | Building a Family Ministry | Learn More | Discipleship |
| Podcast | Cyclical Podcast by Nikki Collins | Listen | Congregational Leadership |
| Book | 9 Typologies Of Church Starters | Learn More | Congregational Leadership |
| Webinar | Developing a COVID-19 Ecclesiology Thursday, April 16, 2020 | Watch | COVID-19 |
| Conference | Faithful Innovation, August 12, 2020 | Register | COVID-19 |
| Book | Developing a COVID-19 Ecclesiology | Learn More | COVID-19 |
| Book | White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism, Robin Diangelo | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Book | Waking Up White, Daniel Hill | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Book | White Awake, Debby Irving | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Book | Re-Discipling the White Church, David Swanson | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Book | The Forgotten Creed, Stephen J. Patterson | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Book | Unclean, Richard Beck | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Book | Be The Bridge, Latasha Morrison | Racial Reconciliation | |
| Film | Just Mercy: A powerful film about attorney Bryan Stevenson and his work with inmates on death row in Alabama. | Trailer | Racial Reconciliation |
| Film | Emanuel: An inside look of the tragic event that took place in Charleston, South Carolina at the Emanuel AME Church, where 9 innocent churchgoers were gunned down. | HULU | Racial Reconciliation |
| Documentary | Reconstruction-America After the Civil War | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Conference | Tim Keller and Bryan Stevenson conversation at the Grace, Justice and Mercy Conference in 2016 | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| TED Talk | Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Webinar | ECO Webinar with David Bailey | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Video | A Discussion on Racism | Carl Lentz & Bishop T.D. Jakes | Hillsong East Coast | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Article | 11 movies that confront American racism | Learn More | Racial Reconciliation |
| Video | Homeboy Industries: Thought for the Day: June 9, 2020 - You are the Light of the World | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |
| Book | 10 Pitfalls In Starting New Churches: Avoiding Hazards On The Way To Health By Dan Steigerwald | Learn More | Innovation |
| Book | Going from Nothing to Something: Guiding Questions to Help you Start a New Church Cyclical Resources | Learn More | Innovation |
| Podcast | Josh James: Struggling with the Sending Church efveus | Listen | Innovation |
| Video | Race, Trauma, and the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles | Watch | Racial Reconciliation |