Montreat Conference Center is pleased to welcome the Rev. Christine Chakoian as the guest preacher this Sunday, June 21, in the conference center’s Anderson Auditorium. Rev. Chakoian is pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Lake Forest, IL, and her sermon, “Only Human,” will be take from Psalm 9:9-20 and Mark 4:35-41. Rev. Chakoian received her M.Div. from Yale Divinity School (New Haven, CT) and her BA, magna cum laude in Religion and Culture from the University of Illinois. She has served at the Lake Forest Church for four years; she has also served in Clarendon Hills, IL; Portland, OR; Columbus, OH; and the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL. She is one of the regular contributors to the “Benedictory” column in The Presbyterian Outlook, and is frequently featured on the Sunday evening program “30 Good Minutes.” Next month she will lead two workshops at the national Presbyterian Women Churchwide Gathering in Louisville, KY. Married to psychologist John Shustitzky, they have one child, Anna, who studies at the University of Chicago.Over the years at Montreat Conference Center, Rev. Chakoian has led workshops on the Liturgical Year, helped organize the first Young Adult Conference and, most recently served as the featured preacher for last year’s Associate Pastors’ Conference. Rev. Chakoian “savors her visits” and has called Montreat “a place of accumulated grace.”
Prior to Sunday’s worship, a study of Psalm 121 will be offered by Montreat Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) from 9:30-10:30 AM, in the Presbyterian Heritage Center. Bill Scheu will lead the discussion. Worship begins at 11:00 AM in Anderson Auditorium, with child care available for children six months through completed kindergarten at the Updike Child Care Center on Texas Road. Following worship, a lunch buffet will be served at the Galax Dining Room in Assembly Inn, 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM.
This Sunday’s worship is a part of the on-going Sunday Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center, a national conference center serving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and visited annually by over 35,000 people for rest, renewal, and inspiration.
For more information, please visit www.montreat.org or call 828.669.2911.
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