10/21/2026
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Ivan Herman
by Rev. Ivan Herman
The gift of God’s Spirit is made known through the prophets of every age.
We often struggle and strive to figure out God’s will, but what God needs from us has already been made abundantly clear:
simply do justice
love kindness,
and humbly walk with God.
Filled with God’s grace for each other and speaking truth in love, may you go into this day to be transformed by the love God has for this world. May God’s dream for you and for your community of faith, be revealed as truth as you grow into Christ.
Rev. Ivan Herman
Rev. Ivan Herman has served as the associate pastor at Carmichael Presbyterian Church since 2009 and is active in the Presbytery of North Central California. He grew up in Ecuador and Colombia, and has previously served as pastor or ruling elder in Presbyterian congregations in Memphis, TN, Washington, DC, and San Antonio, TX. He holds an annual pass to U.S. National Parks as well as degrees from American University, Wesley Theological Seminary, and Wake Forest University. Ivan lives in Sacramento with his spouse, Susan. They keep a well-stocked fridge for their two itinerant young adult sons., but the ice cream never even makes it to the freezer.
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