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Jim has been with me through many trials and tribulations. My daughter is biracial and a lesbian. As a mother, I want the best for my children. I felt that I had somehow failed my daughter. I was at a loss. Jim stepped in and was my guide. He helped us both through her identity crisis. He gave her support and skills to make the right decisions for her. He helped me understand what she was going through and how best to support her. He was supportive as she dealt with an abusive partner. Jim helped me as a parent, cope with the fact that she was an adult and making her own decisions. He embraced her personality, loud and happy, and gave her the support that she needed while also giving me the support that I needed. He continues to be a part of her life guiding her through life’s ups and downs. – Harriet Fontenot
…displays walking humbly with God through Jesus Christ – Carolyn Modeen
Since Jim Alexander leads by example and has inspired me and others to live out the UCC’s purpose “To love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength and our neighbor as ourselves,” I support him wholeheartedly. – Joyce Stoffers
Coming from a very different background, “UCC-world” represented a challenge to him organizationally and theologically. Undaunted, he embraces a Spirit-led faith that continues to deepen; he has a clear, well-articulated commitment to peace, justice, and full inclusion for all in the church’s life. He has open eyes to the new forms of faith community emerging in these times. He has my full support. – Rev. Leonard W. Silvester
He believes in Jesus the Christ, but supports others who understand or experience God differently. – Church of the Palms, Members In Discernment committee for Jim Alexander
…it revealed to me the ability he had for demonstrating the love of Christ – without hesitation and without question. – Jane Zukowski
Jim holds active membership in The Palms UCC & is committed to the church being a united & uniting church as in John 17:2 -that all may be one through the power of the Holy Spirit. – Malinda Case
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