Neal D. Presa is Associate Pastor for Family and Connecting Ministries at the one thousand-member Village Community Presbyterian Church in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. He holds a concurrent appointment as Extraordinary Associate Professor of Practical Theology with the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. He most recently served as Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), while serving as a solo pastor in New Jersey and on the faculty of New Brunswick Theological Seminary, where he taught worship and preaching. He is a member of the Studia Liturgica editorial board, and holds memberships with the Societas Liturgica, the North American Academy of Liturgy, and the Academy of Homiletics.