PSF Office of Innovation

      Leaders in churches are our heroes. The level of grit and grace, adaptability and humility, empathy and endurance that each leader in our presbytery has accomplished through covid, and previous to the pandemic, is literally the heartbeat of neighborhoods and communities within the San Fernando Presbytery. Thank you for your ongoing work of joining God in promoting God’s reign. You are all too often taken for granted and we just want to take a moment to say that we see you, that we appreciate you, and that your calling as a leader in the church transforms lives every day.

     We also want to note that we also see the struggles that you have endured and the hurdles that are ahead of us. As Christendom moves further into our rearview mirror, a decreasing ratio of Los Angelenos naturally identify with Presbyterians and this breaks our heart. The disappointment that we regularly take on in our churches, often rooted in lamenting what used to be, is heartbreaking. The pews aren’t as full, the resources have dipped, the various ministries that used to “work” are no longer producing the fruit with which we had grown accustomed, and our presbytery membership has dipped seventy five percent since our inception.

     Like all of you, we want to turn the corner into a better future and we have an acute sense that faithful innovation will be at the center of that horizon.