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RECEIVED greetings from Marie Cross
(Executive, Synod of the Covenant), who exhorted us to
be mindful of connections with others throughout the
synod.
MET Tu’akulau Tu’ipulotu, a Roman
Catholic priest from Fiji. Westwood First Church hosted
him as a synod-sponsored Ecumenical Mission Partner for
six weeks.
LEARNED more about presbytery
networks:
Heifer Azerbaijan Project
Congregational Health Ministries Network
SIFT (Seeking in Faithfulness
Together)
ENCOURAGED churches to receive the
Christmas Joy
Offering and One
Great Hour of Sharing.
INVITED those who are interested to
form a stewardship of creation network.
WORSHIPED. We thanked God for the
lives and service of elders and a minister whose earthly
lives ended during the past year.
SHARED an extended time of
fellowship.
APPROVED an overture from Mt.
Auburn’s Session asking the legislatures of Ohio and
Kentucky to establish commissions to study the death
penalty and asking the governor of each state to
systematically grant reprieves to all persons sentenced
to death, pending the report of the commission.
EXAMINED and approved Richard Jones
(Northminster) as a candidate for ministry of the Word
and Sacrament.
APPROVED new calls:
Shirley Hutchins, associate pastor, Sycamore
Ion Jong Koh, pastor, Korean
Thom Shuman, temporary supply, Glendale First
Howard Smith, interim pastor, Northwest Community
Dan Watson, interim pastor, Montgomery
CONCURRED with the decision of
Heritage Church to designate former pastor Ron Trapp as
pastor emeritus and former associate pastor Florence
Beaujon as pastor emerita.
VOTED “no” on the proposed Book
of Order amendment that would require new members to
publically profess their faith, even if they had
previously done so at another church.
VOTED “yes” on ecumenical statements
between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Roman
Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, the Korean
Presbyterian Church in America and the Moravian Church
(Northern and Southern Provinces).
ELECTED committee members.
APPROVED the 2009 Presbytery Budget.
HELD the first reading of a motion
that proposes amending the Presbytery Bylaws to
eliminate the Associate Presbyter staff position. The
presbytery will consider the motion at its February
meeting.
DISSOLVED the Associate Presbyter
relationship between the Rev. Yvette Dalton and the
presbytery.
LEARNED that the property of the
former Delhi First Church was auctioned for $60,000.
HEARD Treasurer Ev Landen’s annual
report.
AUTHORIZED the celebration of the
Lord’s Supper in 2009 by several presbytery groups.
DISMISSED commissions that ordained
Michelle McSwain Bacon (interim associate pastor,
Heritage) and Thomas Emery (interim pastor, Mowrystown)
and installed Nicholas Yoda (pastor, Pleasant Ridge).
RECEIVED a written report from
commissioners to this fall’s Synod Assembly. |
