The Parkview Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) is pleased to announce that after an extensive and prayerful search and vetting process with several interested and qualified candidates, we recommend the Rev. Dr. Sarah Nave for Parkview’s full-time permanent pastor position. Pastor Sarah has over thirty years of experience serving as a pastor in East Los Angeles and Monterey CA and Prince George VA. She is presently serving in in Petersburg, VA. During her tenure, her current church has grown and also become more racially and economically diverse. We believe Pastor Sarah’s experience as a minister of a church in transition will serve Parkview well.

You can meet Pastor Sarah on Saturday, October 16 at a reception at Parkview between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., and on Sunday, October 17, when she will give the sermon for worship service. Immediately following this service, a congregational meeting will be held, and church members will vote on the PNC’s recommendation. The Session will be providing details on the congregational meeting.

In this exciting time of discernment as we seek God’s guidance in calling a new pastor for Parkview, we have the opportunity to look back at where we have been, and also to take a leap of faith forward. This faith was what our Japanese American Parkview elders relied on when they returned from the incarceration camps at the end of World War II and reopened Parkview. Faith was also at the heart of Parkview’s motto as we celebrated our 100^th anniversary in 2012 – – “One Hundred Years and Beyond – Moving Forward in Faith and Service.” Change can prompt trepidation. However, that disquieting energy can remind us to rely on our faith in God and then let faith propel us forward, giving us a Spirit of peace as we anticipate the adventure ahead. Pastor Sarah has consistently demonstrated a deep and abiding faith in God’s guidance, working for reconciliation and healing, as she has cared for people through changes and challenges in life in the churches and communities where she has served.

The PNC is grateful for your prayers, for the support of our Session and the new North Central California Presbytery, and for Pastor Toby Nelson who is our liaison to the Presbytery. We are thankful for Rev. Dr. Pamela Anderson, our interim minister, who has provided stability and guidance during the COVID pandemic. Pastor Pamela has Parkview in her heart, and we believe her path of service to God will take her to a place of fulfillment and joy.

Continuing to the next step and relying on faith, we the members of the PNC unanimously recommend Rev. Dr. Sarah Nave for Parkview’s new minister.

Donna Komure-Toyama and William Yee, Co-Chairs
Herning Grissom
Maurine Huang
Haruko Sakakibara
Wade Tambara
Gary Younglove