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Preaching Sci-Fi
I have been reading a lot of science fiction novels lately. Novels like Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” or Ursula Lequins “The Left hand of Darkness”. Novels that explore deep philosophical principles of war, the human condition, and even religion in settings of apocalyptic futures or alien planets. This week I started a new…
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Feeling in the Right Place
Lately I’ve felt tired out by the YAV year. Missing home, family, and friends. I’ve just reached what I’m thinking is the hump day of the year. I have reached the top of a great hill of work and busyness and am at the precipice of the downhill glide through summer. Yet something happened today…
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A Journal to a Friend
12-15-22 How do I explain to others the nature of my work? How does it affect the way others think of me and who I work with? Today I was pleased to receive a call from my friend Stella. Stella and I have been trying to call each other for the past month. Each time…
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Preaching Community
As part of my YAV year, churches in the DMV have asked to have me and my housemate preach for a Sunday. The following is the sermon I gave at Rockville Presbyterian Church. Good morning, my name is Drew Hill, and I am so excited to be here in DC for the year serving with…
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Living and Learning 10/1/2022
Since arriving in DC, I’ve found myself being asked “what questions I want answered this year and how I want this experience as a YAV to change me?” I really haven’t known how to answer these questions quite yet. What I do know is that I hope to be a person that can start conversations…
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Finding Holy Ground and Orientations
9/1/2022 Oh, it has been a busy couple of weeks. Starting first with figuring out how to pack for a year of simple living and saying goodbye for now to the city and people I’ve lived my whole life with. I ended up fitting everything into one suitcase and one massive backpack in time for…
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Thoughts Before Departing
6/15/22 Thin Places, Closeness To God In Nature, Nervousness About The Big City This week I helped to lead daily worships for youth week at Ghost Ranch. In preparing the plan for the week, I proposed that we do a deep dive into the parable of the sheep and goats, Mathew 25 31-46. I proposed…
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Join & Support My Year of Service
The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) Program seeks to serve and address issues facing our communities nationally and internationally. I, Drew Hill, am excited to be serving in Washington, DC with the YAV program. I can’t wait to share my journey with First Presbyterian Church and the greater community, in the hope of showing the work…
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Preparing For Service
After a few essays, references, and 5 interviews to be offered a spot in the YAV program in DC, I guess I thought I had done the hard part of the prep to leave. Boy was I wrong. After a slurry of emails and preparation today, I am realizing that there is a lot more…
My Year of Service 