Along the Road: A Podcast for PC(USA) Leaders

Encounter: Engaging, Embracing, and Embodying Joy!

As we bring Season 3 of Along the Road to a close, your hosts Martha Miller (Nourish) and valerie izumi and Manuel Silva-Esterrich (Encounter) give thanks for a season full of conversation, laughter, and learning in our engagement with each other but especially with our guests and with you, our audience! We hope that you have found engaging with Presbyterian identity meaningful and fruitful. We encourage you to continue to reflect on how and what that means to you and share your thoughts and reflections with us at alongtheroad@pcusa.org. Until the next time, take good care and we will see you along the road, peace!

Nourish: Called to Serve

Faith came alive when Andrew Shen became involved in the feeding ministries of Friendship Presbyterian Church. Feeling called to serve has transformed his life and reinforced his faith and values.  For more information about this congregation and its work in the community, read this article [https://pcusa.org/news-storytelling/news/2025/3/4/chicago-church-finds-home-homes-it-supported] and view the accompanying videos.

Encounter: Presbyterians do Mission in Partnership

Hello Church People! In this episode, Rev. Mienda Uriarte, Deputy Executive Director, and Rev. Jihyun Oh, Stated Clerk and Executive Director of the Interim Unified agency, reflect on the importance of doing mission in partnerships and what it has meant for our denomination and churches since the adoption of the document "Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership" by the 215th General Assembly (2003), the transforming essence of Mission and the partnerships that are to continue to form in the future. You can access the document by clicking on this link [https://pcusa.org/resource/presbyterians-do-mission-partnership-english]. Stop, listen, and be inspired by this reflection on our recent history on Mission.

Nourish: Church Leaders as Difference Makers

Sometimes we all need a reminder of the impact that we make in the lives of others. Krista Langley, deacon and ruling elder, shares her journey and how family, church leaders, and her faith have made a real difference in her life and how she continues to live out what she has learned from and through them.

Encounter: From Reformation to Re-formation: Co-Creating Something New

Join Shawna Bowman as they share how embracing change from a Reformed theological perspective created a new thing that brought life and light to the covenant community of faith and the mission and ministries they support.  For more information:  Chicago church finds a home in the homes it supported | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpcusa.org%2Fnews-storytelling%2Fnews%2F2025%2F3%2F4%2Fchicago-church-finds-home-homes-it-supported&data=05%7C02%7Cvalerie.izumi%40pcusa.org%7C625537266767438a201108dd7123d0b6%7C99082a1a70af459fa6ac8ad01476a157%7C0%7C0%7C638791120826114587%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Fa9yTkuVlKvePSJvpocgooDe7LZYK7w0sI2FuF2OFRA%3D&reserved=0]  and Friendship Presbyterian Church at info@fpcchicago.org We'd love to hear from you! Please share your thoughts with us by writing to alongtheroad@pcusa.org. Thank you!