Parkview Presbyterian Church

Change and communication As I write this we have all just woken up to a different country or at least a country we didn’t think quite existed.  The decision made by the electorate also colors our mission as… Read More

From multicultural to cross-cultural to intercultural We start October with a new resident as Chakrita Saulina’s summer term has drawn to a close. She has brought new energy and thinking into our worship and she has “broken in”… Read More

Teaching is learning Dear friends, Parkview features prominently these days within the bounds of the Presbytery of Sacramento, our local church district.  One reason is our multicultural residency program. The second is our involvement in the planning of… Read More

Are we a happy church? Dear friends, Last month I wrote about “pressure balancing,” highlighting the challenges a small church like ours faces when it is required to face big projects. This month I want to emphasize the… Read More

Pressure balancing When we were working on the Kansha house to get ready for our first resident, one of the plumbers said that we should “pressure balance” the water lines to the bath. After inquiring what pressure balancing… Read More

Creating a space, Dear friends, Many people at Parkview are helping to make the renovation of the Kansha a success.  I am deeply grateful to them.  They include Jeannie Shaw and James Harris of the Presbytery Disaster Assistance… Read More

When things get real,The most famous line from the movie “Field of Dreams” is: “If you build it, they will come.”  Of course that movie was about a farm field in Iowa which was being turned into a… Read More