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ATTENDED a pre-meeting Social Justice and Peacemaking
Fair.
SHARED
joys & concerns.
REMOVED
John Baer (Mt. Auburn) and Jean Holmes (College Hill)
from the rolls of inquirers.
DESIGNATED Kandy Stone (Director of Children’s Ministry,
Mt. Washington) a “Recognized Christian Educator”. This
grants her voice at presbytery meetings.
HEARD
about Council appointments to the Presbytery Name
Mission Team: Matt Fischer (Wyoming), Bill Madison
(Carmel), Alexa Naramore (Knox), Jerry Pruitt (Sardinia
First) and Jim Steiner (associate pastor,
Madeira-Silverwood). In May the presbytery authorized
Council to assemble a group to develop a process for
considering a presbytery name change.
LEARNED
that about 135 individuals attended six cluster
gatherings held throughout the presbytery on October 30.
ELECTED
William Westmoreland (stated supply, Wilson Memorial) as
chair of the Nominating Committee.
ADOPTED
Examination Guidelines.
HEARD
reports about the presbytery’s Hurricane Recovery Team’s
trip to the Gulfport, MS area in October.
RECEIVED greetings from Patricia Habasila, an ecumenical
partner from the Presbytery of Zambia, who has been
visiting Greenhills Community Church, Presbyterian.
AUTHORIZED Reading-Lockland Church to lease the use of
property to Iglesia de Dios (Church of God) and
increased the amount of money Knox Church may borrow in
order to pay for its building expansion.
ELECTED
individuals to serve on committees, boards, and
ecumenical agencies.
ELECTED
to next year’s General Assembly -- Elder
Commissioners: George Betz (Union), Barbara Harrison
(Sycamore) and Susan Ingmire (Mt. Auburn). Minister
Commissioners: Cinda Gorman (co-pastor, Westwood
First), Tom James (co-pastor, Glendale First) and
Maurice Mitchell (pastor, Hillsboro First). Youth
Advisory Delegate Jack Murphy (Lakeside). Alternate
Commissioners: Elder Sharlyn “Sam” Stare (College Hill)
and the Rev. Jim Steiner (associate pastor,
Madeira-Silverwood).
APPROVED changes in pastoral relationships:
Michael Brewer from pastor, Crescent Springs to pastor,
Blue Ash
Markus Watson former associate pastor, Union to
Presbytery of San Diego
Deb Uchtman to temporary supply, Bethel Murdoch Church
VALIDATED the ministry of Gary Hartoin, a minister who
teaches at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy.
UPDATED
the presbytery’s compensation guidelines for ministers,
commissioned lay pastor, and certified Christian
educators.
DISMISSED administrative commissions who had installed
Lance Jones (pastor, Venice), Denise Pass (associate
pastor, Crestview), and Dana Stout (Aurora First).
AUTHORIZED the celebration of the Lord’s Supper by
groups in 2008: Presbytery Youth Council, Presbyterian
Women of the Presbytery, presbytery mission trip teams,
and SIFT (Searching in Faith Together).
APPROVED changes in synod by-laws concerning the number
of commissioners and other participants.
WORSHIPED by giving thanks for the lives of elders who
died in the past year and hearing Dr. Alfred
Gottschalk’s (chancellor emeritus, Hebrew Union College)
insights into world peace. |
