HEARD reports from the presbytery's commissioners
and youth advisory delegate to the 217th General
Assembly, which was held in June.
WELCOMED Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church to the
presbytery.
SHARED joys and concerns.
EXAMINED and enrolled Rhoda Brumfield (College Hill)
and Michelle Bacon (Glendale First) as candidates
for the ministry of the Word and sacrament.
HEARD about actions taken by the Committee on
Ministry on behalf of the presbytery. They included
changes in calls:
Gary Brose to stated supply, Christ
Lloyd Dunavant to pastor, Salem
Allan Lane to pastor, Batavia First
Robert Agnew from pastor, Wyoming to
Presbytery of Chicago
and designation of Members at-large upon completion
of service:
Susan Duker, former designated
pastor, Oak Hills
Gary Hartoin, former associate pastor,
Crestview
Jean Holmes, former stated supply,
Christ
Charles Myser, former pastor, Union
Peter Reed, former interim pastor, Salem
APPROVED changes in terms of call for ministers
serving in installed positions.
ENROLLED Michael Brewer (pastor, Crescent Springs)
as a member of the presbytery.
VALIDATED Stephen Eyre's ministry as Executive
Director and Church Consultant with Church
Discipleship Services.
COMMISSIONED Lay Pastor Robert Obermeyer (elder,
Batavia) to serve at Sardinia First.
HELD a "Speak Out" for people to express their views
about actions General Assembly took in June.
HEARD about mission opportunities and
accomplishments:
PresbyMADE Day on October 28
Summer 2006 Kanhab'al Partnership Visit
APPROVED an Exploration & Feasibility Grant for
Christ Church.
ENCOURAGED congregations to participate in the
Peacemaking Offering.
GRANTED permission for Knox Church to secure loans
for building additions.
RE-ELECTED Janis Alling Adams (elder, Mt. Auburn) to
serve a 3-year term as Stated Clerk, Presbytery of
Cincinnati.
ELECTED or re-elected members to presbytery Council,
committees, and boards including chairs:
Board of Trustees (President): Susan
Ingmire (elder, Mt. Auburn) Ecclesiastical Affairs - Jim Steiner (associate
pastor, Madeira-Silverwood)
Equipping & Pastoral Care - Chris White
(stated supply, Norwood) Evangelism &
Church Development - Lowell Bowie (elder,Sycamore)
Mission & Mission Interpretation - Mark
Wright (pastor, Kennedy Hgts)
Nominating - Faye Burdick (elder, Mt.
Auburn)
Smaller Membership Church - Marsha Webster (temp supply,
Dayton First)
Stewardship - Lowell Bernardino (elder,
Mt. Auburn).
DISMISSED administrative commissions that installed
James DiEgidio as General Presbyter, Presbytery of
Cincinnati and Kimberly Warwick as Pastor,
Williamsburg First.