by Tammy Warren | Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Katheryn McGinnis leads the online Christmas Eve service at Trinity Presbyterian ChurchâSanta Cruz. (Screenshot)
LOUISVILLE â Accepting a first call to ministry and moving during a pandemic may not be ideal, but one thing is certain: the Rev. Katheryn McGinnis is following in the footsteps of a long line of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastors, including her grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great grandfather and great-great-great grandfather.
McGinnis, who was born and raised in western North Carolina, is the new full-time pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church-Santa Cruz, in Californiaâs Presbytery of San Jose. She joined the staff October 11, succeeding the Rev. Larry Vilardo, who served as interim pastor for two years and described McGinnisâ arrival is âa partnership forged in heaven.â Vilardo said heâs asked himself why the church is both dynamic and kind, loving and hard working. He at
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âAnd Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.â -Luke 2:4-5
Dear friends,
The Advent Season of 2020 will draw the curtain on an inconvenient year for the worldwide community. This has been a year like no other, when a global pandemic has turned our routine lives upside down.