Rev. Ron Roberts

Rev. Ron Roberts

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Camdenton, MO

From a letter to Shower of Stoles Project founder, Martha Juillerat:

Martha,

I am sending my favorite stole, a Pentecost stole hand-fashioned by Roger, the long-time organist at Grace Church. It is sent as my personal celebration for the new era in the PCUSA marked by the enactment of Amendment 10-A on July 10, 2011. I was both a commissioner to the General Assembly where this amendment passed and Moderator of Missouri Union Presbytery when we voted to join the majority of Presbyteries with the first positive vote on this issue in the Presbytery’s history.

I am delighted with the church-wide vote and want to express my gratitude to you and others who so diligently and at times so painfully advocated for this openness. I have always appreciated your role and that of the divinely inspired Shower of Stoles for helping all of us to visualize so dramatically this blind spot in the church’s vision. I hope there is room for one more stole and that you are well and joining in this celebration.

Your OLD friend,
Ron Roberts