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2 Bills and Overtures
3 GA Procedures
4 Church Polity
5 Church Orders and Ministry
6 Form of Government
7 Ecumenical Relations
8 Mission Coord. & Budget
9 Social Justice
10 Health Issues
11 Peacemaking
12 Church Growth and CE
13 Theological Issues
14 Review of  Committees
15 Board of Pensions ...
16 Worship
17 Youth

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Social Justice
Peacemaking
Ordination
Marriage
Environment
Form of Government
World Mission
Social Creed
Ecumenical & interfaith relations

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More Light Presbyterians
Presby. Peace Fellowship
That All May Freely Serve
Voices of Sophia
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Elections of Moderator & Stated Clerk

 

Committee 4   Church Orders

Agenda >>                   Committee members/leaders >>

Commentary on the issue of ordination
bulletFor a page of various statements and comments on item 04-01, on deleting G-6.0106b
bulletRelated comments on the Peace, Unity and Purity report
bulletWitherspoon Issues Analyst Gene TeSelle offers an in-depth analysis of the Peace, Unity and Purity report
bulletThis includes a comment on item 04-04, on amending the 1978 Policy Statement of the UPCUSA and the 1979 Postion Paper from the PCUS by deleting certain statements condemnatory of homosexuality.

Do you have comments or information or question on any of the business coming to the Church Orders committee? 
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That All May Freely Serve urges support for Heartland Overture, and calls for resistance to "[a]busive power, which we strongly lament is not addressed by the Report of the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity and Purity ..."

The statement adds:

Since TAMFS affirms elements of the authoritative interpretation proposed by the Task Force to be appropriate constitutional provisions (See longer response in "On Not Growing Weary in Well-Doing".) of which governing bodies should be aware, we believe it would be positive to raise the provisions of G-6.0108 up to presbyteries and sessions for their consideration in dealing with candidates for ordination and/or installation.

The full text of the TAMFS statement >>

[from That All May Freely Serve, 6-9-06]

Committee leadership and members

The committee leaders include: moderator: M; vice-moderator: V; committee assistant: A; parliamentarian/recorder: P.

Leadership:  the Rev. Karen Akin, Arkansas, M; the Rev. Julian Walthall, South Alabama, V; the Rev. Carol McDonald, Whitewater Valley, A; Elder Therese Howell, Middle Tennessee, P

Rev. Karen Akin, Arkansas (Moderator)
Rev. Marilyn Allen, The Cascades
YAD Alexander Bannon, National Capital
Rev. Susan Barnes, Eastern Oregon
Elder Douglas Barney, Salem
Rev. Duane R. Bidwell, Grace
Rev. Gloria Bolden, Charlotte
Rev. Michael Capron, Genesee Valley
Rev. Elizabeth Carlson, Detroit
Elder Nancy Caudel, Foothills Elder Bob Crabtree, Florida
YAD Eric Crammond, The John Knox
Elder Tom Ensley, Boise
YAD Jordan Feagley, Huntingdon
Rev. Janice Fitzgerald, Geneva
Elder Robert Gagnon, Pittsburgh
YAD Sarah Girard, Lake Erie
YAD Gillian Goodrich, Yellowstone
Elder Jack Guiso, Los Ranchos
Elder Teresa Hagenbuch, Blackhawk
Elder Malcolm Hall, Indian Nations
Elder Marvin Hammond, Carlisle
Elder Cheryce Harris, Tampa Bay
TSAD Doodle Harris, Flint River
YAD Michael Heller, Missouri River Valley
TSAD Mark Hughes, Missouri Union
Rev. Paul Kabo, Giddings Lovejoy
Elder Mike Kaufold, Greater Atlanta
Rev. Dong Yung Kim, Atlantic Korean-American
YAD Olivia Lenz, Central Washington
Rev. Ronald Lewis, East Iowa
Elder Guillermo Lopez, Palisades
Rev. Nicholas Mager Jr., Eastminster
Rev. Marilyn Manning, Grand Canyon
Elder Sally Marcus, The James
Elder Barbara McLaughlan, Elizabeth
Rev. James McTyre, East Tennessee
Elder Trenholm Meyer, Cincinnati
YAD Elaine Murray, Mission
YAD Susan Newman, Cayuga-Syracuse
Elder Manley Olson, Twin Cities Area
YAD Ami Owens, Mid-Kentucky
Rev. Patricia Ramsden, Heartland
Rev. Danny R. Redman, Coastal Carolina
Elder JoAnn Reynolds, Chicago
Rev. Henry Rivers, Charleston-Atlantic
Elder Sue Rush, Kendall
YAD Myra Shanks, Holston
Rev. James B. Shuler, Donegal
Elder Toni Spieth, John Calvin
YAD Anna Stevenson, Eastern Oklahoma
Rev. Bill Stonebraker, Glacier
Elder Betty Thorson, Minnesota Valleys
Rev. C. Carter Via, Hudson River
Rev. Julian Walthall, South Alabama (Vice-Moderator)
YAD Rachel Anne Warren, Lake Huron
Elder Charles Westbrook, Eastern Virginia
YAD Andrew Whiteman, New Hope
 

 

DRAFT - AGENDA -  DRAFT
Church Orders (04)
Meeting Room: East Ballroom A (1st floor)
Open Hearings listed in red
 
Friday, June 16  
9:00 AM   Executive Session - Community Building / Worship
10:00 AM   Building a Group / Covenant of Behavior
    Adoption of Agenda
    Adoption of Process for Open Hearing and Open Hearing Lottery
    How We Will Work Together
    Overview of Business  / Definitive Guidance, Authoritative Interpretation, Etc.
    Available Resources
11:30 AM   Lottery for Open Hearing
11:45 AM   Closing Prayer / Recess for Lunch
Noon   Lunch
1:30 PM   Reconvene with prayer
1:40 PM   Open Hearing - 04-11; 04-12; 04-13
2:00 PM   Open Hearing04-01; 04-02; 04-03; 04-04; 04-05; 04-06; 04-07; 04-08; 04-09; 04-10
3:30 PM   Break
4:00 PM   Reconvene with prayer
    Debate / Action on 04-11
5:30 PM   Closing Prayer / Recess for Dinner
6:45 PM   Assembly Worship
8:00PM   Reconvene with Prayer
    Debate / Action on 04-12
    Debate / Action on 04-13
    Closing Prayer
   
Saturday, June 17  
9:00 AM   Reconvene with Worship
    Small Group Reflection
9:30 AM   Overture Advocates:  04-01
10:45 AM   Break
11:00 AM   Reconvene with Prayer
    Overture Advocates: 04-02, 04-03; 04-04; 04-05; 04-06; 04-07; 04-08; 04-09; 04-10
11:45 AM   Closing Prayer
Noon   Lunch
   
1:30 PM   Reconvene with Prayer
    ACC, ACSWP
1:45 PM   04-01 - Quasi  Committee of the Whole
    Debate / Action
3:15 PM   Silent Prayer - Break
3:45 PM   Debate / Action on 04-02
    Debate / Action on 04-03
    Closing Prayer
   
5:30 PM   Dinner
6:45 PM   Assembly Worship
8:00 PM   Reconvene with Prayer
    Debate / Action on 04-04
    Debate / Action on 04-05
    Debate / Action on 04-06
    Debate / Action on 04-07
    Debate / Action on 04-08
    Debate / Action on 04-09
    Debate / Action on 04-10
    Late Business [commissioner resolutions]
    Closing Prayer

 

 

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