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Joel Esala

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PCUSA Pastor in Columbus, Ohio

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PC(USA) announces major cuts to mission co-workers amid restructuring - The Presbyterian Outlook The PC(USA)'s plans to cut mission co-workers by 50%, spark concerns about global outreach, transparency, and the future of the church’s mission efforts.

PC(USA) announces major cuts to mission co-workers amid restructuring

The PC(USA)'s plans to cut mission co-workers by 50%, spark concerns about global outreach, transparency, and the future of the church’s mission efforts.

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23.01.2025 23:23 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
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PC(USA) announces major cuts to mission co-workers amid restructuring - The Presbyterian Outlook The PC(USA)'s plans to cut mission co-workers by 50%, spark concerns about global outreach, transparency, and the future of the church’s mission efforts.

I was honored and saddened to be interviewed for this story. Join me in praying for our mission co-workers, the Unification Commission, and the PC(USA) as a whole. May the Spirit lead us forward. #PCUSA

23.01.2025 14:44 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! It’s fun to win…especially without cheating!

21.01.2025 12:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Would love to have beaten M of course, but it’s nice to win without cheating!

21.01.2025 04:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It sounds like victory! And we didn’t even have to cheat to win ours!!

21.01.2025 04:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Learning about the fight for clean water in Costa Rica with #PCUSA coworkers and peacemakers. Praying PCUSA keeps funding this important work.

10.01.2025 16:58 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

“Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act." Rebecca Solnit

18.12.2024 16:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My 2024 Spotify wrap is here with my top artists and songs of the year. New and old music alike. Looking forward to more music in 2025.

04.12.2024 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12/1/24, Words From the Beginning: You Are a Blessing, Isaiah 43:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Pastor Joel Esala Covenant Presbyterian Church · Episode

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Tip of the cap. Day is done

30.11.2024 20:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m scared

30.11.2024 19:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Total dpi

30.11.2024 19:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We would have 2 td’s now if your corner doesn’t mug JJ. Good strategy. Annoying

30.11.2024 18:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Only the Buckeyes cheat…right? Oh wait…😆

30.11.2024 18:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m getting nervous. Look’s like the team is too. Gotta score here

30.11.2024 18:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Your coach hit him

30.11.2024 18:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Targeting

30.11.2024 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No. Your coach hit him

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I’m a huge Bears fan. Flus is the worst coach in the NFL. Caleb was fantastic

28.11.2024 21:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Last week, I was elected and installed as Moderator of the Presbytery. We voted to amend the BOO to include sexual orientation and gender identity as part of our rich diversity in Christ. I am pleased that our Presbytery voted to affirm this change and honored to have presided over the vote.

26.11.2024 12:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love, love that book

16.11.2024 20:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a karate uniform is fighting another man in front of a crowd with a netflix logo on the bottom ALT: a man in a karate uniform is fighting another man in front of a crowd with a netflix logo on the bottom
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In Louisville for Moderator’s Training #pcusa

16.11.2024 01:05 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

“My God—help me accept how you see me—no matter how beautiful it is.”
A Trappist Nun, prior to death

16.11.2024 01:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“We don’t have enemies; we have injuries. We don’t have hate; we have wounds. We don’t have fear; we have the shared ruin of our common human brokenness. Everyone belongs and everyone’s good.” Fr. Greg Boyle in Cherished Belonging

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