I just want to be 100% sure so I'm gonna ask:

1: South Church allows you to spend trophies to have any investigator to be Blessed. Does this include yourself?

2: Do I have to make an Evade check before I can cast Implant Suggestion spell ( Movement: You may cast and exhaust to choose one monster in your location and have it move either in the direction of the white or black arrow in that location) or should it state "Before making an Evade check or Horror check you may cast and exhaust...

1. Yes (EDIT: if the effect's not meant to have the active investigator being the eligible target, wording would be "any other")

2. No, you can cast that spell (actually, any spell) before entering combat / attempting the evade check

Thank you Julia! Blessings upon you!

Cheers! Have fun with the game!