Upcoming Events

This Sunday, Feb. 5:
Rev. Wendy Taylor, Founder of Puente de la Costa Sur,
To Preach and Share Stories About
Farm Workers in Pescadero

If you went on our FLOW Sunday expedition to Pescadero in 2010, you’ll remember Puente de la Costa Sur, the nonprofit that serves migrant workers in that area.

Meet the founder, Reverend Wendy Taylor, at FirstPres where she will offer the prompting on Feb. 5. After worship, she will speak about her new book No Longer Strangers: The Practice of Radical Hospitality, which includes personal stories of the workers themselves and the many challenges they face in coming to work in California.

The book has its own roots at FirstPres. An early draft of the manuscript was given to Holly Brady by Lorraine Hancock during a JustFaith meeting. Holly contacted Reverend Taylor and worked with her and her co-author Margaret Cross for six months to prepare the manuscript for publication through Amazon. The book was self-published in November 2011, and recently was adopted for a class in religious/urban studies at Stanford.

Books will be available on Sunday. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to Puente de la Costa Sur.