Ariyah Sadler speakers while joined by fellow panelists at the Young Adult Advocacy Conference at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Also pictured from left: Leon Bee Wang, the Rev. Erin Tolar, Olivia Phelps and Adonis Johnson.
To Ariyah Sadler, a recent summer fellow for the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, thereās a strong connection between advocacy and loving thy neighbor.
āLoving your neighbor doesn't just mean to love the people who are immediately around you or people who are like you or in your community,ā said Sadler, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. āIt isn't just an emotion, a feeling. It is a commitment. It is wanting the best for the other people in this world, regardless of background, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ability, any of these things.ā
Omar Chan, Program Assistant, Application & Committee Support, Office of the General Assembly Jill Chancellor, Reference Archivist, Presbyterian Historical Society, Office of the General Assembly
Let us pray:
Loving God, thank you for leading your children in new directions. Unstop our ears that we hear your call to ministry wherever it is. In the name of the Good Shepherd. Amen.
