Laura Terasaki

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Laura Terasaki PIF

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Education

Master of Divinity, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA

Work Experience

Associate Pastor, Newport Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA

Solo Pastor, Wilbur Community Church (Community Presbyterian Church of Wilbur and Wilbur Lutheran Church), Wilbur, WA

Director of Youth and Worship, Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Placentia, CA

Project Manager, Low & Joe Creative, Brea, CA

Pastoral Intern, New Hope Presbyterian Church, Orange, CA

Pastoral Intern, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA

Youth Services Manager, Jubilee REACH Center, Bellevue, WA

Para-educator/ Educational Assistant, Bellevue School District, Bellevue WA

Recreation Assistant, City of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Activities

2014-2019 Company of New Pastors

2014 General Assembly (Detroit), Social Justice Committee, TSAD Fuller Theological Seminary

2014 “Our story–and the struggle for cultural diversity” in Presbyterian’s Today, May 2014

Additional Training/ Continuing Education

2019 Sacrament & Story Worship Arts Conference, Brehm Center, Seattle, WA

2019 Next Church Conference, Seattle, WA

2019 Storytelling Conference, Pivot Northwest, Seattle, WA

2017 Whitworth Institute of Ministry – “Reformation and Re-Formation: The Church as Witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ”

2017 Whitworth Institute of Ministry, Preaching and Teaching “Minds and Hearts” Cohort, Spokane, WA

2016 Missional Pastors Cohort (Presbytery of Inland Northwest), Spokane, WA

2015 Transitional Ministry/Interim Ministry Training Certification, Menucha Retreat Center, OR

2015 Presbytery Pastors and Candidates Retreat, Los Ranchos Presbytery Retreat, Malibu, CA

2014 Fresh Expressions Vision Day, San Clemente, CA

2013 Care at Life’s End, Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA

2013 Prepare Enrich Premarital Counseling Facilitator Training

2013 Clinical Pastoral Education, Level 1, Arcadia Methodist Hospital, Arcadia, CA

2012 Presbyterian Multicultural Conference, Montreat, NC

2012 New Beginnings Training, Los Angeles, CA

2012 1001 Worshiping Communities Conference, Newport Beach, CA

Awards/Honors

2013-2014 Fraser Grant, California Community Foundation

2011-2014 Charles E. Fuller Scholarship

Welcome

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my site. I am a Pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and am always open to where God’s Spirit may lead. I have experience working in the PCUSA, ELCA, and UMC and am certified for Interim/Transitional Ministry. My primary ministry interests include: community transformation, social justice, creative and vibrant worship, evangelism, discipleship, missional ministry, church-planting, and multicultural ministry.

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"He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8

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