Personnel News

Welcome Kass Kassouni

On Thursday, July 17, the Presbytery of Los Ranchos approved a pastoral relationship between Tustin Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Dr. Vartkes "Kass" Kassouni.  Kass is well known to our congregation, having served as Interim Pastor upon the retirement of Howard Jamieson in October 1984.  Since that time, Kass has served on the staff of Los Ranchos and San Fernando Presbyteries.  After his "official" retirement, Kass has continued to serve churches in our Presbytery as Interim Pastor.  He will serve our congregation as Parish Associate for Visitation on a part-time basis.  In this role, Kass will assist our pastors in visiting the sick and the homebound, he will lead worship regularly and he will share his gifts with our deacons and our adult education program.  The session and staff are delighted to welcome Kass and his wife, Samira, back into our TPC family.

Pastors' Summer Plans

Both of our pastors are encouraged to take time away for rest and study.  Their terms of call give both Lynn Stone and Rebecca Prichard four weeks of vacation and two weeks of study leave.  In addition, they are encouraged to attend church-wide events like General Assembly (GA) or the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE).  Lynn also accompanies our youth when they are at camp.  While this involves some fun, it is work.  Here are their plans for the summer months:

Rebecca was at GA in San Jose from June 20 until June 28 and on study leave at Ghost Ranch from June 30 until July 6.

Lynn will took a week’s vacation from June 30 until July 5.  Later in the summer, Lynn will be at camp with our youth the week of August 3.  Rebecca will be in town the rest of the summer.  During the time the pastors are away, other pastors in our church family and our deacons will be on call for pastoral care.   If you have a pastoral need, call the church office at (714)544‑7070.

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