Grace Presbytery Stated Presbytery Meeting Vol. 37 No. 1 Saturday

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Grace Presbytery
Stated Presbytery Meeting
Vol. 37 No. 1
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Austin College
Sherman, Texas
Docket…………………..……Page 2
Table of Contents…..…….Page 3
Index…………………………Page 67
Led by the Holy Spirit, Grace Presbytery seeks
to embody the Gospel of Jesus Christ through:
• relating connectionally
• governing gracefully
• and living into God’s vision for the world
March 5, 2016 Meeting of Grace Presbytery
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Proposed Docket
7:30 am
8:00 am
9:00 am
9:05 am
10:15 am
11:45 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:15 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Registration Begins
Orientation of New Commissioners
Convening of Presbytery
Call to Order, Opening Prayer and Declaration of Quorum
Approval of Docket
Worship
Offering will go to disaster assistance for the recent tornados.
Business Session
Welcome from Host
Introduction of First Time Commissioners & Corresponding Members
Moderator’s Report
General Presbyter’s Report
Consent Agenda and Report of the Stated Clerk
Ministry/Mission Report from McKinney, Trinity
Presbyterian Communities and Services
Schreiner University
Mo Ranch
Orders of the Day (Part 1)
Committee on Preparation for Ministry
 New Inquirer: Jacob Wilson (Pittsburg, First)
 New Candidate: Clark Royle (Dallas, First)
Announcements, Joys, Concerns and Blessing for the Meal
Lunch
(Deadline for New Business)
Those interested in discussing the following, will be seated together:
 Syrian refugee situation
 Persons interested in becoming Commissioned Ruling Elders
Orders of the Day (Part 2)
Committee on Ministry
 Welcome to new Teaching Elders: Margaret Aymer Oget, Phillip
Million
 Recognition of Honorably Retired ministers: Mary Alice Lyman,
Terry McLellan
 Recognition of Teaching Elders concluding service: Thomas Allen,
Angie Mabry-Nauta, Carolyn Osoinach, Julie Riley
 Recognition of Ordination Anniversaries
Examinations and Admissions Committee
 Ordination Examination: Amy Moore (Dallas, Preston Hollow)
Ministry/Mission Report from Richardson, First
Congregational Support Committee
 Mission Initiative Grants
 Earth Care Congregations Recognitions
Business Session
Presbytery Council
 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Ministry/Mission Report from The Colony, Trinity
Concurrence with two Overtures to the 2016 General Assembly
Finance Reports
New Business
Adjournment and Closing Prayer
Lynn Garis
Mike Thompson
Princeton Abaraoha
Gerry Tyer
Princeton Abaraoha
Jan DeVries
Gerry Tyer
Patrick McCoy
Godwin Dixon
Rita Edington Odom
Dick Powell
Princeton Abaraoha
Thomas Lamb
Cheryl Taylor
Princeton Abaraoha
Russell Jonas & Kathy Jones
David Batchelder
David Schaefers
Kelly Yeager-Chadwick
Princeton Abaraoha
Ben Dorr
Jim Reinarz
Charles Schneider
Gerry Tyer
Ken Johnson
Princeton Abaraoha
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Table of Contents
Call to Order ................................................................................................................................. 12
Consent Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 16
Motions from the Stated Clerk ...................................................................................................... 16
Roll of Churches (as of December 31, 2015) .......................................................................... 17
Roll of Teaching Elders (as of December 31, 2015) ............................................................... 21
Standing Rule Changes ............................................................................................................ 27
Bylaws Suspended ................................................................................................................... 29
Motions from the Presbytery Council ........................................................................................... 29
Motions from the Committee on Ministry .................................................................................... 31
Motions from the Committee on Preparation for Ministry ........................................................... 45
Motions from the Administrative Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater ........ 45
Welcome to New Teaching Elders ............................................................................................... 48
Recognition of Honorable Retirement .......................................................................................... 50
Recognition of Teaching Elders Completing Service ................................................................... 50
Recognition of Ordination Anniversaries ..................................................................................... 51
Motions from the Examinations and Admissions Subcommittee ................................................. 51
Motions from the Congregational Support Committee ................................................................ 52
Motions from the Stated Clerk ...................................................................................................... 56
Overtures to the 2016 General Assembly ................................................................................ 56
Financial Reports .......................................................................................................................... 60
Index ............................................................................................................................................. 67
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Grace Presbytery Directory
Address: 6100 Colwell, Suite 100, Irving, Texas 75039-3112
Telephone: (214) 630-4502 or (800) 678-4502
Fax: (214) 637-6324
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.gracepresbytery.org
Moderator ................................................................................................. Rev. Princeton Abaraoha
Vice Moderator ...................................................................................................Rev. Cheryl Taylor
Presbytery Council Moderator ................................................................................... Rev. Ben Dorr
Stated Clerk.............................................................................................................. Rev. Gerry Tyer
Treasurer .................................................................................................................... Ruling Elder Ken Johnson
General Presbyter ....................................................................................................Rev. Jan DeVries
Speaking in Discussion on a Motion
If you are able, please come to a microphone. If you are not able, then please raise your hand and
a microphone will be brought to your place in the pew.
There are colored cards at the microphones. Please select the card which indicates your
intentions and hold it where the moderator can see it. The green card will be for those who wish
to speak in favor of the motion. The red card will be for those who wish to speak in opposition to
the motion. The yellow card is for those who have a question or a suggestion (neutral). The
purple card is for a person wishing to call the question and end debate.
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The moderator must recognize the speaker before the motion can be made
It is out of order to attempt to call the question by speaking without recognition
Policy for Meeting Cancellation and Communication
The Grace Presbytery website (www.gracepresbytery.org) will have on its home page in a
prominent placement on the page any notice of cancellation or delay to the start of presbytery
meetings due to inclement weather or other emergency situation. Also, the outgoing voice mail
message for the Grace Presbytery main phone number (214-630-4502 or 800-678-4502) will
provide up-to-date information about meeting cancellation or delayed start times.
The decision to cancel or delay the start of a presbytery meeting will be at the discretion of the
Moderator of the Presbytery, in consultation with the General Presbyter and Stated Clerk of the
Presbytery. The General Presbyter will communicate with the Presbytery’s Director of
Communication Services to update the website and the voice mail message.
Rescheduling a cancelled meeting of the Presbytery is the responsibility of the Moderator of the
Presbytery.
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Persons Entitled to Vote
1. All ministers on the Teaching Elder Roll of Grace Presbytery.
2. All ruling elders elected by sessions in accordance with the formula approved by Grace
Presbytery and the Standing Rules. (Questions concerning the number of elders permitted for
each congregation should be directed to the Stated Clerk.)
3. Christian Educators who are ruling elders but are not otherwise commissioned by their
sessions during the term of service in an educational ministry under the jurisdiction of the
presbytery.
4. Certified Associate Christian Educators who are ruling elders but are not otherwise
commissioned by their sessions during the term of service in an educational ministry under
the jurisdiction of the presbytery.
5. Ruling elders, not elected by their sessions, who are serving as elected members on these
Presbytery structures: Presbytery Council, Committee on Ministry, Committee on
Preparation for Ministry, Permanent Judicial Commission, Committee on Representation,
Nominating Committee, Administrative Commission on Property, Board of Trustees,
Personnel Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Youth Ministry Committee, Young
Adult Ministry Committee, New Church Development Committee, Congregational Support
Committee, and Administrative Commissions.
6. Ruling elder commissioners to the last General Assembly.
7. Commissioned Ruling Elders not otherwise elected from their sessions.
Persons Entitled to Speak but not Vote
1. Christian educators employed by churches of Grace Presbytery who are not certified and are
not ruling elders.
2. Ruling elders elected from a new church development Steering Committee of Grace
Presbytery.
3. Corresponding members (teaching elders and ruling elders from other presbyteries or
denominations) when received by the presbytery.
4. Representatives elected by the congregations of churches in covenant relationship with Grace
Presbytery when approved by the presbytery.
5. Others approved by the presbytery.
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Tips to Help Presbyters
Some Basics of Parliamentary Procedure, Decorum and Practice
Parliamentary procedure enables the presbytery to become a deliberative assembly, to seek the
will of God and to witness to our faith in Jesus Christ. It is never an end in itself. Parliamentary
gamesmanship is never appropriate.
The will of the majority shall prevail, but the rights of the minority shall always be protected.
Parliamentary principles balance individual conscience with the will of the majority. It takes
seriously the following rights of individual members: (1) the right to know (due notice); (2) the
right to speak (rules of debate); (3) the right to vote (membership); and (4) the right to hold
office (fair representation).
The Moderator represents the unity of the body. The Moderator preserves decorum and protects
the rights listed above.
Parliamentary procedure allows discussion of a subject only when a motion about that subject
has been made. To speak during the meeting, first go to a microphone. When recognized by the
Moderator, state your name, church, city and status – such as ruling elder or Honorably Retired.
You may speak to a pending motion or ask a question. The person making the motion will have
first opportunity to speak to the motion. Only motions coming from individuals need a second. A
motion made on behalf of a committee already has a second: the majority vote of the committee.
Only commissioners may speak and vote on motions. You should speak only once on a subject,
but you may seek to speak a second time only after everyone who wishes to speak has spoken.
All remarks during debate shall be addressed to the Moderator. Questions seeking information
from a person who has the floor shall be addressed to the Moderator. Speeches to an individual
or the whole presbytery are not permitted during debate. Reading reports or documents out loud
requires the permission of the body. In debate, remarks shall be confined to the pending motion.
Remarks shall not impugn another commissioner or that person’s motives. Commissioners’
names shall not be used.
To end debate, a commissioner must go to a microphone and, when recognized by the
Moderator, state: “I move the previous question.” It is not appropriate to call the question
without going to a microphone.
If you offer a substitute motion or a new item of business, you should give the Moderator and
Stated Clerk advance notice and written copy. An electronic copy is preferred – using Microsoft
Word on a memory stick or thumb drive. Not only will this help these officers facilitate the work
of presbytery, they may also be able to help you with suggestions as to how and when it would
be appropriate to make the motion. The Stated Clerk and the Moderator are available to advise
commissioners on the wording of any motion so that it can clearly express the concerns of the
commissioner. When in doubt, ask. The Moderator and the Stated Clerk are eager to help you
understand and use the process.
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Presby-Speak
A Glossary of Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations for Grace Presbytery
Prepared by Gerry Tyer, Stated Clerk
AC
Administrative Commissions are given specific responsibilities and authority to
act on behalf of the presbytery between meetings, typically to ordain and install
pastors, conduct the necessary tasks to close a congregation, or to deal with major
conflict in a church.
ACP
Administrative Commission on Property is given authority to handle most real
estate transactions and responsibilities on behalf of the presbytery. There is an
ACP Manual which gives details on these responsibilities
APCE
Association of Presbyterian Church Educators is the professional organization
for church educators which has annual national meetings. APCE is pronounced
“App-see”.
Associate
General
Presbyter
Associate General Presbyter is the presbytery staff person who assists the
General Presbyter (see GP below) and is assigned specific responsibilities such as
NCDC and COM tasks.
B&F
Budget and Finance Committee reports to the Presbytery Council.
Book of Confessions is Part 1 of the Constitution of the PCUSA. It contains the
Book of
creeds, confessions of faith, catechisms, and theological declarations which guide
Confessions
the church in its study and interpretation of the Bible.
Book of
Order
Book of Order is Part 2 of the Constitution of the PCUSA. In contains the Form
of Government, Directory of Worship and Rules of Discipline.
BOP
Board of Pensions is the GA entity which provides the following benefits to
teaching elders and other employees of Presbyterian councils and institutions:
retirement, major medical, disability and life insurance.
BOT
Board of Trustees of Grace Presbytery meets quarterly to do corporation
business.
Candidates are in the second (and final) stage of seeking ordination. During this
time all requirements for ordination are completed, including the national
Candidate examinations and a final oral examination at a presbytery meeting. They are
“under care” of CPM. The term Candidate also refers to teaching elders who are
finalists for consideration for being called as the next pastor at a church.
CLC
Church Leadership Connection is the GA entity which matches MIFs and PIFs
for pastors and candidates seeking a new call and for churches seeking a new
pastor or associate pastor.
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COM
Committee on Ministry provides oversight of congregations and teaching
elders. It receives teaching elders from other presbyteries, approves calls for
pastoral services, oversees congregations without pastors, dissolves pastoral
relationships, dismisses teaching elders to other presbyteries, determines of the
criteria for validating ministries of non-parish clergy, oversees Commissioned
Ruling Elders serving congregations, and provides care and oversight for those
preparing to become Commissioned Ruling Elders. There is a COM Manual
which gives details on these responsibilities.
COR
Committee on Representation is responsible for the implementation of the
Presbytery’s commitment to inclusiveness as outlined in the Book of Order.
Council
Council is one of four governing bodies within the PCUSA: session (local
church), presbytery (multi-county regional body), synod (multi-state regional
body), and General Assembly (national body). See Session, Presbytery, Synod
and GA below. The term Council sometimes refers to the Presbytery Council.
CPM
Committee on Preparation for Ministry is responsible for the enlistment and
care of inquirers and candidates preparing to be a teaching elder. It guides
inquirers and candidates in seminary selection, ministry discernment, internship
and professional ministry opportunities. There is a CPM Manual which gives
details on these responsibilities.
CRE
Commissioned Ruling Elder is a ruling elder who has been trained and certified
to provide pastoral services to smaller congregations. The COM oversees CREs.
CSC
Congregational Support Committee supports the work of congregations in
education, mission, stewardship, and social issues.
Director
Director is a presbytery staff person with responsibilities in a particular area:
ministry transitions, cross cultural ministries, youth, communications, and
resource center.
Examinations and Admissions Subcommittee of COM examines and makes
recommendations to the COM regarding the ordination of candidates for ministry
Examinations and the reception of teaching elders seeking transfer from other presbyteries or
other church bodies. It screens teaching elders and reports to the COM regarding
the suitability of particular teaching elders for particular positions.
Presbyterian Foundation is the GA entity which receives, invests and
Foundation distributes proceeds (as designated by donors) from the gifts, estates and
investments of Presbyterian benefactors.
GA
General Assembly is the PCUSA national governing body. It meets every evennumbered year with teaching and ruling elder commissioners elected by the 172
presbyteries in the United States. The GA is headquartered in Louisville, KY and
has various agencies and entities with elected boards and paid staff which
implement work assigned by the GA.
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GP
General Presbyter is the head of the presbytery staff and provides leadership for
the whole presbytery, including its missions, ministries, council, committees,
commissions and congregations.
HR
Honorably Retired ministers are teaching elders whose retirement has been
approved by the presbytery.
Inquirer
Inquirer is the first stage of seeking ordination as a teaching elder. During this
time inquirers are helped by the CPM to discern God’s will for their future.
KidQuake
KidQuake is a presbytery-led retreat for elementary school students sponsored
by the Youth Committee.
Member at
Large
Member at Large is a teaching elder on the rolls of the presbytery who is not
currently serving in a call or validated ministry.
MIF
Ministry Information Form is the form a congregation completes about itself
prior to a search for a new pastor or associate pastor. It gives statistics about the
church (membership, finances, etc.) It also describes the position and the
characteristics of the kind of person the church is seeking.
Moderator
Moderator is the officer who chairs meetings of the presbytery, committees and
commissions. These moderators are elected annually. The term Moderator also
refers to the officer who chairs meetings of the session (usually the pastor), synod
and General Assembly.
NCDC
New Church Development Committee recommends the establishment and
provides oversight to new church developments, fellowships, and new
worshiping communities. It guides presbytery’s racial ethnic ministry and
evangelism programs.
Non-Parish Chaplains, professors and other ministers who are not currently serving a
congregation, Sometimes they are referred to as Validated Ministries.
Clergy
OGA
Office of the General Assembly is the department of the GA Stated Clerk which
keeps the official records of the GA, maintains the archive, relates to ecumenical
organizations, plans meetings of the GA, and provides polity advice.
Overture
Overture is a formal resolution or motion proposed for a council to consider.
Overtures include recommendations to the GA which propose changes to the
Book of Order.
PCUS
Presbyterian Church in the United States is unofficially called the Southern
Presbyterian Church. See PCUSA below.
PCUSA
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is the official name of our denomination. It is the
result of a merger in 1983 between the United Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America (unofficially called the Northern Presbyterian Church) and the
Presbyterian Church in the United States (unofficially called the Southern
Presbyterian Church.)
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PDA
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is a PMA program which provides assistance
after natural and human-caused disasters. It also provides refugee assistance.
PIF
Professional Information Form is a résumé completed by a teaching elder or
candidate who is seeking a new call or validated ministry.
PILP
Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program is the GA entity which provides
low-interest loans to Presbyterian councils, institutions and new church
developments as well as investment opportunities to Presbyterian investors.
PJC
Permanent Judicial Commission implements the disciplinary procedures
required by the Book of Order. There is a Judicial Process Manual which gives
details on these duties.
PMA
Presbyterian Mission Agency is the GA entity which leads and coordinates the
national and worldwide mission program. It includes: mission personnel,
disaster assistance, research services, communications, funds development,
resources, and programs of compassion, justice, hunger, evangelism, church
growth, social witness, racial ethnic, new immigrant, and women’s ministries.
PMC
Presbyterian Mission Center is the building housing the offices of Grace
Presbytery, Synod of the Sun, Texas Presbyterian Foundation and Presbyterian
Communities and Services, Inc.
PMT
Presbytery Ministry Team is a task force appointed by the presbytery (or an
entity of the presbytery) assigned specific duties and authority in order to
accomplish a mission of the presbytery (or entity) within a certain time frame.
PNC
Pastor Nominating Committee is a search committee elected by a congregation to seek, interview, and recommend a new pastor.
Presbyterian Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is the GA entity which publishes print
Publishing and electronic material for Geneva Press, Westminster John Knox Press,
Corporation TheThoughtfulChristian.com, and ThePresbyterianLeader.com.
Presbytery
Presbytery is the regional governing body council of the PCUSA. Grace
Presbytery has more than 150 congregations, 400 ministers, and 35,000 congregants in 54 counties in North and East Texas. Presbytery meets quarterly with
teaching elders and ruling elder commissioners elected from each congregation.
There are 172 presbyteries in the United States.
Presbytery
Council
Presbytery Council is the “executive committee” of the presbytery which
provides coordination, planning and spiritual guidance for the presbytery,
addresses matters between meetings of the presbytery, and implements the
priorities and concerns of the presbytery. It plans the work of the presbytery,
evaluates and makes recommendations concerning overtures, and reviews the
minutes of presbytery meetings. The following committees report to the
Council: Budget and Finance, New Church Development, Congregational
Support, Personnel, Youth, and Young Adult Ministry.
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Ruling Elder is a lay member of a congregation who has been elected, ordained
Ruling Elder and installed to serve on the session of a church. Ruling elders are eligible for
election as commissioners to presbytery, synod and General Assembly.
Session
Session is the governing body council for the congregation.
SHYC
Senior High Youth Connection is a program run by the Youth Committee.
SHYC is pronounced “Shy-see.”
Stated Clerk is the officer elected by the presbytery to maintain the official
records, provide extracts when asked, prepare the docket for presbytery
meetings, and answer questions about the records, Presbyterian polity, policies,
Stated Clerk
procedures and history. The Stated Clerk is authorized to certify ministers and
congregations are in good standing and qualify under the tax exemption of the
PCUSA. The Stated Clerk is also Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
Synod
Synod of the Sun is the governing body council which includes all the
presbyteries in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. It coordinates the
work of the PCUSA in this region.
Synod Youth Workshop is an annual week-long retreat for high school
Synod Youth
students sponsored by the Synod of the Sun and led by Grace Presbytery’s
Workshop
Director of Youth Ministries.
Teaching
Elder
Teaching Elder is an ordained Presbyterian minister member of the clergy.
TPF
Texas Presbyterian Foundation is a financial service organization for
Presbyterian members, councils and institutions. It invests funds and provides
bookkeeping services for Grace Presbytery.
TRC
Temporary Relationships Committee is a subcommittee of COM which
provides oversight for congregations without installed pastors.
UPCUSA
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America is unofficially
called the Northern Presbyterian Church. See PCUSA above.
Validated
Ministries
Positions served by chaplains, professors and other teaching elders who are
not currently serving a congregation. Sometimes they are referred to as nonparish clergy.
YouthQuake
YouthQuake is a presbytery-led retreat for middle school students sponsored by
the Youth Committee.
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Convening of Presbytery
Princeton Abaraoha
9:00 a.m.
Call to Order
1. Opening Prayer
2. Declaration of Quorum
3. Approval of Docket (Page 2)
Order of Worship for Grace Presbytery
(If able, please stand when indicated with a + symbol.)
Shorelines and Gathering
+ Call to Worship: (Psalm 40: 1-3)
Leader: I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
People: The Lord drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet
upon a rock, making my steps secure.
Leader: The Lord put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
People: Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.
+ Prayer for the Day
+ Hymn #361
“How Firm a Foundation”
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession:
O steadfast God, you guide us like a rudder, but we cast about. We long to be faithful
through the tides and storms of life. We confess our focus on the fury rather than on your
peace. We confess that our own panic and fear intensify the storms that rise up around us.
We, like Peter, long to practice our courage but falter none-the-less. Strengthen us beyond
our self-doubt. Still our inner fury. Magnetize the heart as a trustworthy compass. Grant the
eye a perceptive depth of vision. Attune the labyrinth of the ear to your still small voice. We
are your imperfect but ready crew. (Silent confession)
Assurance in Christ
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Response Hymn
“Calm to the Waves”
Anchoring In the Word
Prayer of Illumination
Old Testament Reading
Psalm 40: 4-17
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks Be to God.
+ Gospel Reading:
Matthew 14:22-33
Leader: The Gospel of our Lord.
Congregation: Praise to You, O Christ.
Sermon
Sinking Into Grace
+ Hymn #562
Rev. Susan Sytsma Bratt
“Eternal Father Strong to Save”
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The Sacraments’ Sending
+Reaffirmation of Baptism
Leader: Long ago, or not so long ago, before our brains were fully formed or our personalities fully
disclosed, God drew us to a congregation of loving and adoring people.
Congregation: My parents or those who were as parents to me stood in the presence of God
and a congregation of people. There they renounced sin and evil. They stood into God’s
energy of grace, love and mercy.
Leader: That congregation promised to share the Christian story trusting in its relevance for our
fears, trials, joys and hopes.
Congregation: My parents or those who were as parents to me affirmed their own faith in
Jesus Christ. I believe their affirmation was broader and wider than it had been before as
they became responsible for a portion of my journey.
Leader: Together a congregation and a particular set of guardians, around the event of my baptism,
pledged to strengthen the worship and mission of the church as it would continue its becoming.
Congregation: Today, we are they. We are the member witnesses. We are the educating
saints. We are the sacramentally baptized. God’s love in Christ flows through us as we
imagine and renew our baptism of long ago … or of not so long ago.
Offering
(The offering today is for disaster assistance for the recent tornados in North and East Texas.)
Offertory
North Texas Chorale
THE EUCHARIST
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Great prayer of Thanksgiving and the Lord’s Prayer
Leader:
People:
Leader:
People:
Leader:
People:
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
When the Prayer of Thanksgiving concludes, the congregation will be called to pray the Lord’s
Prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;
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and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.
Amen.
Breaking of the Bread and Words of Institution
Communion of the People
North Texas Chorale
Prayer after Communion
THE SENDING
+Hymn
“Rise, O Church, like Christ Arisen”
+ Charge and Benediction
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Worship Team:
Kailey Gray, Junior ACtivator from Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church, Richardson
Leslie King, First Presbyterian Church, Waco
North Texas Chorale
Bailey Page, Sophomore ACtivator from Orangewood Presbyterian Church, Phoenix, Arizona
Susan Sytsma Bratt, Northridge Presbyterian Church, Dallas
Lisa Thomas, Austin College Organist
John Williams, Chaplain Austin College
Business Session
Princeton Abaraoha
10:15 a.m.
Welcome from Host
Rev. John Williams, Chaplain Austin College
Introduction of First-time Commissioners
Seating of Corresponding Members
Moderator’s Report
Princeton Abaraoha
If you have questions for Princeton Abaraoha, his email is [email protected].
General Presbyter’s Report
Janet DeVries
If you have questions for Janet DeVries, her email is [email protected].
Consent Agenda and Report of the Stated Clerk
Gerry Tyer
If you have questions concerning the following report, please contact Gerry Tyer
prior to the meeting at (214) 393-5611 or [email protected].
Consent Agenda
Motions from the Stated Clerk
1.
That Grace Presbytery adopt the following list as the Roll of Churches as of December 31, 2015; and the
number of ruling elder commissioners indicated in the following list be specified as commissioners to future
presbytery meetings in order to address the numerical parity of teaching elders and ruling elders entitled to
vote at presbytery meetings:
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Please check this list for accuracy. If there are errors, please email the Stated Clerk: [email protected].
Roll of Churches (as of December 31, 2015)
City, Church
(The number in parentheses is the Members
maximum number of ruling elder 12/31/14
commissioners from each church.)
Aledo, Faith PC of E Parker Co (2)
135
Allen, First (2)
92
Arlington, First (3)
554
Arlington, Grace (3)
268
Arlington, Westminster (2)
150
Athens, First (3)
339
Bedford, Emmanuel (2)
200
Belton, First (2)
Blue Ridge, Crossroads (2)
Bonham, First (2)
Bridgeport, First (2)
Buckholts, Sharp (1)
Cameron, First (2)
Canton, First (1)
78
130
203
65
13
64
19
Carrollton, The Nor’kirk (3)
268
Carthage, St. Paul (1)
Clarksville, First (2)
Clarksville, New Shamrock (1)
Clarksville, Pine Grove (1)
Cleburne, United (2)
Clifton, First (2)
Commerce, First (2)
Corsicana, Westminster (2)
Crowley, First (1)
Cumby, First (1)
22
72
10
14
237
127
75
115
29
20
Dallas, Bentwood Trail (2)
190
Dallas, Bethany (2)
78
Dallas, Eastminster (2)
Dallas, El Divino Salvador (2)
218
77
Dallas, First (5)
1,606
Dallas, Glendale (2)
87
Dallas, Iglesia Emmanuel (2)
83
Dallas, John Calvin (2)
108
Dallas, Lake Highlands (3)
299
Dallas, NorthPark (3)
559
Name
Witherow, James B.
Landes, Elizabeth B.
Yeager-Chadwick, Kelly Kay
McDermott, Richard S.
Babb, Fred H.
Sanders, Craig Alan
McGee, Emily Kathryn
Farquhar, D. Alan
Vacant
Valdez, Robin Lyn
Vacant
Fox-Nuelle, Rebecca Jane
Leslie, Scott A.
Dardaganian, Bradley S.
Ramsawh, James C.
Mitchell, Hollingsworth
Budd, Douglas Lee
Smith, David C.
Parr, William J.
Pratt, Nancy
Adamson, Robert
Webb, Shane
Hawthorne, James
Holt, Billy Jack (Cumberland)
Rigoulot, Kenneth G.
Schofield, Clinton A.
Rasco, Krista Pearilee Welch
Young, Robert M.
Schrader, Carl G.
Maples, Deidre
Callender, Elizabeth J.
Brooks, Frank A.
Alatorre, Daniel
Robertson, Jack C.
Holloman, Sherry K.
Brooks, Richard L.
Clifford, Joseph J.
Buchanan, Bruce A.
Fenn, Wendy H.
Wilson, Miatta
Edwards, Bonnie
Allard, Clayton
Perez, Leocadio S.
Guiterrez, Ben
Vacant
Rice, Perryn (Cumberland)
Riley, Julie Uhlhorn
Barry, Brent A.
Staples, Kelly
Position
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor
Temporary Supply
Moderator
Commissioned Ruling Elder
Moderator
Pastor
Certified Associate Educator
Moderator
Moderator
Stated Supply
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Stated Supply
Pastor
Parish Associate
Co-Temporary Supply
Co-Temporary Supply
Pastor
Moderator
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Certified Christian Educator
Moderator
Moderator
Pastor (Temporary Member)
Interim Associate Pastor
Pastor
Designated Associate Pastor
Date
Temporary
Positions
Expire
12/31/14
1/1/16
5/21/13
12/31/15
5/21/13
5/18/14
4/12/16
2/29/16
12/28/15
7/15/16
2 Years +
12/31/14
12/31/14
11/17/15
1/31/16
3/16/16
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City, Church
Dallas, Northridge (3)
570
Dallas, Oak Cliff (3)
421
Dallas, Preston Hollow (6)
3,015
Dallas, St. Andrew’s (2)
Dallas, St. Luke (2)
Dallas, St. Mark (2)
Dallas, United African (2)
Dallas, Westminster (2)
DeSoto, DeSoto (1)
Denison, First (2)
Denison, Hyde Park (1)
Denton, First (2)
59
51
175
138
175
50
82
48
109
Denton, St. Andrew (3)
664
Denton, Trinity (2)
Deport, First (1)
Duncanville, First (2)
Ennis, First (2)
186
39
81
92
Fairfield, Fairfield-Harmony (2)
134
Farmers Branch, Faith United (2)
Ferris, First (1)
Flower Mound, Flower Mound (1)
222
40
40
Flower Mound, Trinity (3)
565
Forney, First (2)
68
Fort Worth, First (5)
1,951
Fort Worth, Forest Hill (2)
89
Fort Worth, Gethsemane (2)
69
Fort Worth, John Knox (2)
233
Fort Worth, Ridglea (3)
426
Fort Worth, St. Peter (1)
42
Fort Worth, St. Stephen (3)
494
Fort Worth, Westminster (3)
320
Name
Dorr, Benjamin
Bratt, Susan A. Sytsma
Quillin, Roger T
Allard, Clayton F.
Tickner, Thomas A.
Ruffner, Matthew
McLean, Elizabeth B.
Fitzgibbon, Laura
Seelman, Paul S.
Johnson, Sarah Anne
Poteet, Robert M.
Leischner, Robert W.
Rounseville, Margaret Anne
Brooks, Richard L.
Edah, Julius
Bates, Nicole D.
Boyanton, Janet S.
Bethel, Lander
Cunningham, Ronald W.
Dunklau, Paul R.
Baroody, Alan
Patterson, Lisa B.
Cassell, Fred W (New Brunswick)
Hunter, Craig L.
Schreurs, Randy (Eastern OK)
Hertenstein, Virginia L.
Krueger, Craig C.
Prentiss, Thomas G.
Gooch, James
McLellan, Terry L.
Holloman, Ronnie
Kremzar, Lucia
Rehrig, Stephen W.
Vacant
Ehman, Frank C.
Reece, Lisa
Ivie, David A.
Travis, Karl B.
Waschevski, Michael A.
Michalove, Robilyn B.
Stewart, Joshua Jon
Varnon, Eric
Goldsmith, Dan E.
Kinser, Floyd G.
Thompson, Paul M.
Woods, Lindsay Anne
Wong, Andy
Pense, Elizabeth Johnson
Baer, Ryan
Dick, Elizabeth
Kincade, Emerson (AME labor in)
Ritsch, Frederick F.
Bailey, Warner M.
Hogg, Donald R.
Position
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Moderator
Pastor
Pastor
Designated Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor
Interim Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Moderator
Stated Supply
Interim Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Designated Pastor
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Pastor
Parish Associate
Interim Pastor
Pastor
Parish Associate
Temporary Supply
Moderator
Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Date
Temporary
Positions
Expire
1/1/10
10/1/16
11/1/16
8/23/18
3/8/16
12/31/14
11/1/16
5/1/16
2/29/16
10/31/16
12/20/16
2/9/17
3/2/16
1/31/16
11/30/15
5/31/16
1/1/16
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City, Church
Name
Fort Worth, Westside (2)
61
Presley, Chad E.
Carson, Christopher B.
Frisco, Faithbridge (2)
160
Paniagua, Pepa J.
Frisco, Legacy (2)
109
Hunihan, Glen J.
Gainesville, First (2)
118
Hare, John S.
Burns, Paul M.
Garland, First (3)
258
Suneson, Susan
Wheat, Dewey Dewitt
Gatesville, First (2)
77
Grogan, Donald E.
Gladewater, First (1)
6
Administrative Commission
Granbury, First (3)
336
Travis, Drew G.
Grand Prairie, First (2)
133
Reinarz, James P.
Grand Prairie, Immanuel (1)
22
Willis, Lewis Eugene
Grand Prairie, West Fork (1)
44
Reinarz, James P.
Crilley, Robert S.
Grapevine, First (3)
624
Hood, Ashley A.
Haun, Jodi
Greenville, United (2)
193
Campbell, Christopher L.
Haltom City, Browning Heights (2)
51
Lockhart, Elizabeth H.
Hamilton, First (1)
34
Allen, Thomas G.
Henderson, First (2)
66
Klein, Candice L.
Hillsboro, First (2)
98
Ramsey, JoAnne D.
Honey Grove, Main Street (2)
59
Baker Burnett, Cindy
Hooks, First (1)
44
Winters, Abram (Not PCUSA)
Garis, Greg
Hurst, St. Philip (3)
477
King, Alissa D.
Irving, Hackberry Creek (3)
335
Patterson, Dale W.
Irving, Woodhaven (3)
371
Baldwin, Diane M.
Italy, Park (1)
10
Brown, Jimmie Paul
Itasca, First (1)
46
Barnes, Joyce Diane
Jacksonville, First (2)
59
Griffin, Victoria B.
Joshua, Union Hill (1)
23
Adams, Louis W.
Kaufman, First (1)
22
Salfen, Ronald P.
Kerens, Kerens (1)
26
Blatnik, Darla J.
Kilgore, First (3)
286
Phillips, Robert L.
Lancaster, First (2)
75
Selby, Richard W.
Lewisville, First (2)
73
Zeigler, John D.
Lindale, Bethesda (1)
17
David Smith
Longview, Alpine (2)
94
Blackman, Gordon
Longview, Centre (2)
140
Woodard, John M.
Land, Kendal A.
Longview, First (2)
207
O’Neal, William D.
Setzer, Nicholas
Longview, St. Andrew (2)
201
Levetan, Mia
Lott, First (1)
29
Thomas, David
Mabank, First (2)
145
Salfen, Ronald P.
Mansfield, Trinity (2)
109
Somervill, Charles E.
McKinney, First (2)
143
Maze, Andrew T.
McCoy, Patrick E.
Baum, Mary Lydia
Andrews, Donald C.
McKinney, Trinity (3)
694
Voyles, Tami
Whitner, Joseph C.
Graham, M. Ralph
Mesquite, First (3)
512
Meissner, Harry C.
Position
Date
Temporary
Positions
Expire
Pastor
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Pastor
Moderator
Moderator
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Temporary Supply
Pastor
Pastor
Supply
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor
Stated Supply
Moderator
Stated Supply
Interim Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Moderator
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Co-Pastor
Co-Pastor
Moderator
Temporary Supply
Stated Supply
Moderator
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Parish Associate
Parish Associate
Interim Pastor
12/13/15
12/31/15
4/11/16
12/31/11
8/31/14
10/1/18
3/20/16
12/31/15
2/25/16
12/31/15
2/3/16
2/16/16
2/16/16
4/20/16
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City, Church
Name
Midlothian, First (1)
37
Abaraoha, Princeton
Milford, Milford (1)
13
Brown, Jimmie Paul
Mineral Wells, First (1)
50
Nunnelley, Eddie A.
Mt. Pleasant, First (2)
186
Webb, Shane K.
Westerlage, L. Walker
North Richland Hills, St. Paul (2)
147
Schmidt, Richard H.
Palestine, First (2)
150
Meredith, Marwood
Paris, Central (2)
99
Darrow, David
Paris, First (2)
67
Schreurs, Randy (Eastern OK)
Parker, Corinth (1)
30
Stolk, Douglas A.
Pittsburgh, First (1)
17
Webb, Shane
Plano, First (2)
205
Parker, Joseph H.
Stamper, Bryan C.
Plano, Grace (3)
1,000
Ellis, Cara L.
Batchelder, David B.
Plano, West Plano (2)
194
Calvert, Matthew
Weckerly, Elizabeth
Prosper, Prosper (1)
34
Fowler, John
Jung, Chan Soo (Charles)
Richardson, Binnerri (4)
1,421 Vacant
Lee, Yun Gil
Odom, Andrew S.
Jonas, Russell C.
Richardson, Canyon Creek (4)
1,083
Dittman, Ellen
Smith, Lillian
Schaefers, M. David
Richardson, First (3)
484
Hughes, Beverly
Gibbons, Thomas C.
Richardson, St. Barnabas (3)
428
Rigler, Katherine J.
Osoinach, Carolyn A.
Rockdale, First (2)
53
Pussman, David B.
Rockwall, First (3)
288
Taylor, Cheryl A.
Rusk, First (1)
31
O’Neal, David R.
Thompson, Carl V.
Salado, Salado Presbyterian (2)
73
Smith, Billy P.
Odom, M. Denise
Sherman, Covenant (3)
378
Chester, Janet
Sherman, Grand Avenue (2)
54
Bethel, Lander L.
Southlake, Trinity (2)
243
Galligan, Timothy J.
Stephenville, First (2)
74
McLemore, Douglas K.
Sulphur Springs, First (1)
48
Darrow, David
Ritchie, Kenneth A. (Murray)
Temple, First (2)
186
Person, Ralph
Lamb, Thomas A.
Temple, Grace (3)
344
Benish, Leigh
Tenaha, Tennessee (1)
22
Adamson, Robert
Terrell, First (2)
52
Gascoigne, Angus
Texarkana, Northwood (2)
77
Bourne, Cheryl A.
The Colony, Trinity (2)
119
Schneider, Charles G.
Troup, First (1)
22
Blanton, William S. “Doug” (Mission)
Baskin, Stuart G.
Tyler, First (3)
687
Leach, Pamela N.
Tyler, Highland (2)
51
Mackey, Scott R.
Waco, Central (2)
137
Packard, Charles R.
Waco, El Calvario (1)
28
Finck-Lockhart, Susan
Position
Stated Supply
Stated Supply
Interim Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Stated Supply
Pastor
Stated Supply
Stated Supply
Moderator
Stated Supply
Pastor
Stated Supply
Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Stated Supply (Associate)
Parish Associate
Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Parish Associate
Stated Supply
Pastor
Stated Supply
Stated Supply
Pastor Emeritus
Interim Pastor
Pastor
Pastor
Moderator
Pastor
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Designated Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Stated Supply
Pastor
Parish Associate
Pastor
Pastor
Stated Supply
Date
Temporary
Positions
Expire
7/21/16
8/31/14
6/30/15
1/4/15
5/1/16
3/29/16
2 Years +
8/31/16
11/31/15
2/28/13
5/3/16
6/7/16
8/24/16
12/31/15
2/28/16
12/31/15
7/1/16
12/31/16
8/31/15
3/1/16
5/18/16
11/30/16
12/31/15
12/31/15
2 Years +
12/31/14
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City, Church
Waco, First (3)
607
Waxahachie, Central (3)
253
Weatherford, Grace First (2)
234
Whitesboro, First (2)
Whitewright, First (2)
72
68
Winnsboro, First (2)
82
2.
Name
Position
King, Leslie Murphy
Carson, Deidre
Ellor, James W.
Davey, John Stephen
Thomas, Lawrence A.
Curry, Matthew A.
Maloney, Bridget
Bruner, Charles A.
Slyter, David Allen
Morgan, Neill S.
Rutledge, Michael L.
Adkins, Julie
Rounseville, Margaret Anne
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Parish Associate
Parish Associate
Parish Associate
Pastor
Pastor
Associate Pastor
Stated Supply
Stated Supply
Moderator
Pastor Emeritus
Date
Temporary
Positions
Expire
4/28/15
4/28/15
4/28/15
8/16/16
12/15/15
That Grace Presbytery adopt the following list as the Roll of Teaching Elders as of December 31, 2015.
Please check this list for accuracy. If there are errors, please email the Stated Clerk: [email protected].
Roll of Teaching Elders (as of December 31, 2015)
Effective
Date
Abaraoha, Princeton
2013-07-21
Adams, Louis W.
2014-03-16
Adams-Thompson, Larry P. 2014-11-03
Adkins, Julie
2008-07-01
Adzaku, L. Kofi
2014-01-01
Alatorre, Daniel
2014-01-01
Allard, Clayton F.
2003-03-15
Allen, Thomas G.
2015-01-01
Altfather, Kenneth D.
2010-03-08
Andresen, Paul A.
2013-01-27
Andrews, Donald C.
1985-12-31
Babb, Fred H.
2015-10-15
Baer, Ryan J.
2012-11-01
Bailey, Mona A.
2005-02-01
Bailey, Warner M.
2-15-01-01
Baldwin, Diane M.
2011-06-01
Barnett, Prentice H.
1991-12-13
Baroody, Alan N.
2015-11-01
Barry, Brent A.
2009-11-16
Baskin, Stuart G.
2006-07-01
Batchelder, David B.
2003-01-15
Bates, Nicole D.
2015-08-24
Baughman, Thomas J.
2015-07-21
Baum, Mary Lydia
2005-08-29
Beaugh, Michael B.
2011-12-01
Bell, Gerald L.
1997-02-28
Beltzer, Pat R.
2008-11-30
Benish, Leigh
2013-10-15
Benner, A. William
2007-02-01
2014-01-01
Bethel, Lander L.
1994-08-15
Beverley, James A.
1994-12-31
Bigler, Robert L.
1993-06-01
Billingsley, Marialice
2012-12-31
Bitter, Paul K.
2013-02-25
Blacklock, John W.
2015-12-31
Name
Expiratio
n Date
7-21-16
3-20-16
7-1-09
12-31-14
12-31-14
Position
Church or Validated Ministry
Stated Supply 108
Stated Supply 108
Midlothian, First
Joshua, Union Hill
Chaplain 701
Co-Stated Supply 108
Pastor 101
1-17-14
1-1-16
Pastor Emeritus 109
Parish Associate
Pastor 101
1-1-16
Parish Associate
Pastor 101
11-1-16
Interim Pastor 105
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Designated Pastor 191
8-23-18
Associate Pastor 103
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
12-31-13
Notes
Honorably Retired 299
Member at Large 797
Ft Worth, TX Health Harris Meth. Hosp Validated Ministry
Dallas, Bethany
Dallas, Oak Cliff
Member at Large 797
McKinney, Trinity
Arlington, First
Fort Worth, Ridglea
Fort Worth, St. Stephen
Irving, Woodhaven
Denton, St. Andrew
Dallas, NorthPark
Tyler, First
Plano, West Plano
Dallas, Westminster
Presbytery of Nevada
Honorably Retired
McKinney, Trinity
Temple, Grace
Denison, First
Sherman, Grand Avenue
Member at Large 797
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Name
Blackman, Gordon
Blatnik, Darla J.
Bourne, Cheryl A.
Boyanton, Janet S
Brantley, Harold Clayton
Branum, F. Dale
Braskamp, Caroline G.
Bratt, Susan A. Sytsma
Brooks, Frank A.
Brooks, Richard L.
Brown, Jimmie P.
Brown, Raymond C.
Brown, Sally H.
Brown, Thomas F.
Brumbelow, Janne S.
Bruner, Charles A.
Brunn, Alvin J.
Bryant, Sharon L.
Buchanan, Bruce A.
Bucher, Henry H.
Buehrle, Walter A.
Bullock, Robert H.
Burns, Paul M.
Bush, Claire Alain M.
Callender, Elizabeth J.
Calvert, Matthew G.
Cameron, Anne M.
Campbell, Christopher L.
Carson, Christopher B.
Carson, Deidre
Cherryholmes, Eleanor C.
Choi, Esther K.
Christy, Nancy S.
Clifford, Joseph J.
Cole, Allan H.
Collier, Kathy S.
Collier, Todd A.
Coney, C. Randolph
Conley, John T.
Cook, Jamye Jeanette
Crilley, Judith A.
Crilley, Robert S.
Crownover, Richard M.
Cunningham, Ronald W.
Curry, Matthew A.
Dardaganian, Bradley S.
Darrow, David
Davey, John S.
DeVries, Janet M.
Diaz, Frank
Dick, Elizabeth G.
Dittman, Ellen P.
Dobbie, Bette June
Dodson, Edward A.
Dorr, Benjamin H.
Drake, Nancy S.
Duff, Nancy
Dunklau, Paul R.
Edah, Julius
Edwards, William L.
Ehman, Frank C.
Ellis, Cara L.
Effective
Date
2014-10-27
2015-01-01
2013-02-11
2015-03-08
2015-06-07
1981-11-16
2006-08-18
2010-08-15
1993-06-01
2008-08-10
2013-09-01
1985-07-16
2010-06-01
2004-09-01
2011-04-01
2000-10-16
1991-06-30
2011-01-01
1987-01-01
2004-07-31
1981-06-09
2003-12-31
2015-01-05
2012-12-01
2010-05-17
2014-01-01
2013-11-16
2014-07-13
2011-03-01
2010-07-01
2012-12-01
2000-03-15
2011-03-04
1998-06-07
2006-12-01
2014-01-01
2015-01-31
2014-01-01
1993-08-01
2012-09-01
2014-01-01
2014-01-01
1993-06-14
2014-01-01
2014-01-01
2012-08-19
2010-03-01
2010-10-01
2014-04-29
2015-01-01
1999-01-01
2014-11-30
2013-03-24
2015-06-07
1995-07-15
1998-01-31
2009-08-24
2011-02-01
2014-01-01
2014-01-19
2004-10-01
2014-01-01
2015-11-30
2015-08-31
Expiratio
n Date
12-31-15
3-8-16
7-17-16
Position
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Longview, Alpine
Kerens, Kerens
Texarkana, Northwood
DeSoto, DeSoto
8-31-14
1-1-12
Member at Large
Member at Large 797
8-18-07
3 Years +
Notes
Parish Associate?
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Dallas, Northridge
Dallas, Bentwood Trail
Dallas, St. Mark
Italy, Park and Milford, Milford
Pastor 101
Weatherford, Grace First
Fraternal Worker? 405
General Assembly (Thailand)
Dallas, First
Validated Ministry
Pastor 101
Garland, First
Pastor 101
Chaplain 701
Parish Associate
Dallas, Bentwood Trail
Dallas, TX Health Presby. Hospital
Plano, West Plano
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Greenville, United
Frisco, Faithbridge
Waco, First
12-1-13
12-31-14
11-31-15
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
6-30-14
Pastor 101
Prof. of Pastoral Care 644
Dallas, First
Austin Pres. Theological Seminary
Chaplain 701
Chaplain 701
Pastor 101
Plano, The Heart Hospital Baylor
Dallas, Parkland Hospital
Grapevine, First
4-28-15
12-31-16
Stated Supply 108
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Parish Associate
General Presbyter 302
Denison, Hyde Park
Waxahachie, Central
Bonham, First
Paris, Central
Waco, First
Grace Presbytery
11-30-15
3-23-14
6-7-16
Parish Associate
Chaplain 701
Stated Supply 108
Fort Worth, Ridglea
Dallas, Parkland Hospital
Richardson, Canyon Creek
12-31-14
12-31-14
12-31-14
12-31-14
12-31-14
12-31-14
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
12-31-14
Pastor 101
Dallas, Northridge
Professor 644
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Princeton Theological Seminary
Denton, First
Dallas, United African
Pastor Emeritus 109
Stated Supply 108
Flower Mound, Trinity
Plano, Grace
12-31-14
8-31-16
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
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Name
Ellor, James W.
Engelhard, John C.
Erb, David E.
Evans, John R.
Farquhar, D. Alan
Farrell, B. Hunter
Felter, Patricia E.
Fenn, Wendy H.
Ferrell, Randell E.
Finck-Lockhart, Susan
Fitzgibbon, Laura R.
Fletcher, J. David
Floyd, Ronald L.
Fox-Nuelle, Rebecca J.
Galligan, Timothy J.
Garis, Greg A.
Gascoigne, Angus A.
Gearing, Sharon R.
George, Bruce R.
Gibbons, Thomas C.
Gilmer, Richard T.
Goldsmith, Dan E.
Gooch, James B.
Gould, William M.
Gouwens, David J.
Gowan, Daniel R.
Graham, Ralph M.
Green, Roger O.
Green, Todd H.
Griffin, Victoria B.
Grogan, Donald E.
Groote, Marvin L.
Gutierrez, Benjamin F.
Hackler, Ellis A.
Hall, Mary Stewart
Hamilton, Frank M.
Hanson, Robert S.
Hare, John S.
Haswell, Henry M.
Hawthorne, James R.
Heisler, Jeanne M.
Hendrix, Caitlin
Hertenstein, Virginia L.
Heslip, Douglas T.
Hessel, Martin P.
Hessel, Beth S.
Hitchens, Lawrence R.
Hogg, Donald R.
Hollingsworth, Richard L.
Holloman, Ronnie G.
Holloman, Sherry K.
Holmes, Lewis E.
Hom, Richard
Hood, Ashley A.
Horne, Paul A.
Horton, Clifford E.
Hosey, H. P.
Hughes, Beverly J.
Hunihan, Glen J.
Hunt, George (Hank) W.
Hunter, Angus N.
Hunter, Craig L.
Ihne, Janet L.
Effective
Date
2005-07-19
2014-04-29
2014-01-01
1992-11-01
2008-06-30
2000-06-30
2014-01-01
2013-01-01
2012-01-01
2015-01-01
2014-01-01
2014-12-31
2012-05-01
2013-12-01
2013-02-16
2012-02-19
2011-03-07
2012-11-25
2013-06-23
1998-01-01
1992-01-01
2010-09-01
1988-01-01
2012-08-01
1995-04-01
2015-05-31
2014-01-01
2010-08-31
1998-04-15
2010-02-27
2010-11-01
1998-07-01
2014-04-01
1996-09-13
2004-03-08
2014-01-01
2014-01-01
1998-01-01
2000-02-13
2006-08-31
2013-12-31
2000-04-16
2014-01-01
2010-01-01
2007-11-30
2005-05-14
2015-06-01
2011-07-01
1997-08-01
2001-02-01
2015-01-01
2009-07-01
2011-03-04
2008-07-14
2012-01-03
1989-12-31
2006-01-01
1997-08-03
2015-01-01
2015-03-22
2007-09-01
2001-09-29
2007-03-12
2014-01-01
Expiratio
n Date
7-18-06
4-28-15
12-31-14
Position
Notes
Faculty 644
Parish Associate
Senior Chaplain 701
Waco, Baylor University
Waco, First
Arlington, TX Health Resources
Validated Ministry
Pastor Emeritus 109
12-31-14 Dir. of World Ministry 403
1-1-14
12-31-15
12-31-14
Stated Supply 108
10-1-16 Interim Assoc. Pastor 105
Arlington, Westminster
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Validated Ministry
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Dallas, First
Member at Large 797
Waco, El Calvario
Dallas, Preston Hollow
11-30-16
6-23-14
12-31-14
2-16-16
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Belton, First
Southlake, Trinity
Hurst, St Philip
Terrell, First
Member at Large 797
Pastor 101
Richardson, St Barnabas
Pastor Emeritus 109
Pastor Emeritus 109
Fort Worth, First
Fairfield, Fairfield-Harmony
Pastoral Counselor 783
Parish Associate
Plano, Benchmark Counseling
McKinney, Trinity
Pastor 101
Pastor Emeritus 109
Jacksonville, First
Gatesville, First
Dir. of Pastoral Care 701
Chaplain 701
Dallas, Meth. Hosp. Med. Cen.
Dallas, TX Health Presby. Hosp.
Pastor 101
Gainesville, First
2-27-11
12-31-14
12-31-14
4-16-01
12-31-14
6-1-16
Chaplain 701
Pastor 101
Executive Director 403
Pastor 101
12-31-16
Senior Director 305
Pastor 101
3-4-12
7-14-09
12-31-15
Parish Associate
Pastor 101
9-29-02
12-31-14
Pastor 101
Chaplain 701
Dallas, TX Health Presby. Hosp.
Duncanville, First
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Philadelphia, Presby. Historical Society Validated Ministry
Fort Worth, Westminster
Grace Presbytery
Validated Ministry
Dallas, Eastminster
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Grapevine, First
Richardson, First
Frisco, Legacy
Member at Large 797
Denton, Trinity
Lewisville, Heart to Heart Hospice
Validated Ministry
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Effective
Date
Ikard, Stacy L.
2015-06-30
Ivie, David A.
2015-02-09
Jamshaid, Oliver
2010-01-01
Jenkins, David R.
2009-12-15
Johnson, Jimmie D.
2012-05-31
Johnson, Sarah A.
2013-07-29
Jonas, Russell C.
2015-03-27
Jones, Dana Steven
2015-12-21
Jones, Marjorie E.
2012-02-06
Juica, Lisa D.
2014-01-01
Jung, Chan Soo
2015-07-01
Kasonga, Kasonga wa
2014-02-09
Keffer, Mark D.
2014-01-01
Kelemen, Zoltan S.
2014-12-31
Kim, Dai Kyum
2014-10-01
Kim, Guibo (Gui Bo) Joseph 2008-05-02
Kim, John Chongwahn
2005-04-01
Kim, Sandra Sonhyang
2014-04-29
Kimbrough, William R.
1991-06-30
Kinard, Anne K.
2012-11-18
King, Alissa D.
2014-06-09
King, Leslie M.
2012-03-01
Kinser, Floyd G.
1996-08-31
Klein, Candice L.
2011-06-15
Kremzar, Lucia M.
2015-11-01
Krueger, Craig C.
2002-09-09
Lam, Robert G.
2010-02-01
Lamb, Thomas A.
2012-02-01
Land, Kendal A.
2014-07-20
Landes, Elizabeth B.
2015-07-11
Lann, Linda S.
2011-11-01
2011-02-28
Leach, Pamela N.
?
Lee, Seong Soo
2008-05-02
Lee, Yun Gil
2008-01-01
Leischner, Robert W.
2008-06-30
Leslie, Scott A.
2012-05-13
Levetan, Mia
2015-08-10
Lewis, Donald G.
2010-06-01
Lockhart, Elizabeth H.
2015-09-01
Lockhart, William H.
1995-07-01
Loden, Thomas B.
1998-06-12
Logan, Cynthia W.
2015-11-30
Lyman, Mary Alice
2012-08-21
Mabry-Nauta, Angie
2015-11-01
Mack, David
2000-07-31
Mackey, Scott R.
2005-01-01
Matthews, Terri A.
2007-03-25
Matthews, Thomas F.
2002-07-31
Maze, Andrew T.
2014-07-15
McCall, James L.
2004-12-31
McCormick, Linda A.
2015-06-30
McCoy, Patrick E.
1993-10-28
McDermott, Richard S.
2015-03-27
McGee, Emily Kathryn
2014-12-30
McLachlan, Alexander Sandy 2014-09-01
McLean, Elizabeth B.
1996-06-16
McLellan, Terry L.
2011-04-01
Meissner, Harry C.
2015-05-01
Meredith, Marwood B.
2014-01-05
Michalove, Robilyn B.
2004-9-22
Middents, Gerald J.
2000-08-25
Mikow, John W.
2009-04-01
Miller, Shelby S.
2003-02-06
Name
Expiratio
n Date
6-29-16
2-9-17
1-1-11
12-15-10
5-3-16
12-12-16
2-5-13
12-31-14
Position
Forney, First
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Interim Assoc. Pastor 103
Min. of Spiritual Life 791
Admissions Associate 643
Pastor 101
Presbyterian Communities & Services
Austin Presby. Theological Seminary
Richardson, Binnerri
2-8-15
12-31-14
12-31-15
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Organizing Pastor 301
Lewisville, Keunnamu NCD
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
5-31-15
11-17-13
10-31-16
Notes
Member at Large
Pastor 101
Pastor Emeritus 109
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Pastor 101
Hurst, St. Philip
Waco, First
Fort Worth, First
Henderson, First
Flower Mound, Flower Mound
Ennis, First
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Temple, Grace
Longview, First
Aledo, Faith
2-27-12
3 Years+
5-12-13
6-1-11
12-31-15
7-1-96
8-21-13
11-1-16
Member at Large 797
Parish Associate?
Pastor Emeritus 109
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Co-Pastor 101
Tyler, First
Frisco, Holy Seed NCD
Richardson, Binnerri
Dallas, St. Andrew's
Blue Ridge, Crossroads
Longview, St. Andrew
Stated Supply 108
Haltom City, Browning Heights
Member at Large 797
Development Officer
Pastor 101
3-25-08
7-14-15
Chaplain 701
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
4-20-16
1-4-15
Pastor 101
Interim Pastor 105
Stated Supply 108
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Kingsville, TX Presb Pan Amer. School Validated Ministry
Tyler, Highland
Member at Large 797
McKinney, Girling Hospice
Validated Ministry
McKinney, Trinity
Arlington, First
Arlington, Westminster
Farmers Branch, Faith United
Mesquite, First
Palestine, First
Fort Worth, First
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Effective
Date
Mitchell, Carolyn H.
2014-08-31
Mitchell, F. Hollingsworth 1999-12-31
Mockros, Nancy E.
2008-11-14
Moessner, David P.
2013-11-16
Monie, Blair R.
2014-07-01
Moody, Warren L.
1997-11-11
Moore, Charles R.
2004-08-31
Morgan, Neill S.
2015-05-01
Morphew, Trudy R.
2012-09-30
Nation, Corinna E.
2007-04-01
Nilmeier, Steven C.
2010-01-08
Nourse, Richard C.
2009-09-30
Nunnelley, Eddie A.
2015-01-01
O’Neal, David R.
2006-07-09
O’Neal, William D.
1995-05-01
Odom, Andrew S.
2011-12-06
Odom, Mary Denise
2014-09-01
Oget, Margaret Aymer
2014-11-10
2015-03-01
Osoinach, Carolyn A.
2015-12-31
Otters, Rosalie V.
2013-09-01
Packard, Charles R.
2008-10-01
Paniagua, Pepa J.
2014-01-26
Parker, Joseph H.
2002-04-01
Parr, William J.
2002-02-31
Patterson, Dale W.
1989-01-01
Patterson, Lisa B.
2011-12-05
Payne, Betty Lou
2000-07-01
2015-02-01
Person, Ralph
1996-12-31
Phillips, Carol S.
2013-03-01
Phillips, Robert L.
2015-12-01
Pickell, Stuart C.
1997-04-24
Porter, Thomas C.
1998-12-31
Poteet, Robert M.
2015-11-01
Powers, Richard C.
1987-07-09
Prentiss, Thomas G.
2014-03-01
Presley, Chad E.
2014-11-01
Purcell, John M.
2005-07-01
Pussman, David B.
2015-01-01
Quillin, Roger T.
2009-11-15
Quiroz, Horacio Gutierrez 2013-07-13
2013-07-13
Ramsawh, James C.
2015-01-01
Ramsay, Nancy J.
2014-01-01
Ramsey, JoAnne D.
2015-04-01
Rasco, Krista Pearilee Welch 2014-04-06
Reed, Catherine L.
2001-06-01
Reeves, Robert D.
2007-09-01
Rehrig, Stephen W.
2015-12-01
Reinarz, James P.
2007-03-03
Richey, Murray E.
2014-05-03
Rigler, Katherine J.
2015-01-01
Rigoulot, Kenneth
2012-04-09
Riley, Julie U.
2015-04-15
Ritchie, Kenneth A.
2012-11-07
Ritsch, Frederick F.
2004-07-12
Robertson, Jack C.
2014-01-01
Rosenfeld, Richard H.
2013-09-13
Rounseville, Margaret A.
2008-04-01
Ruffin, Joe D.
1993-10-31
Ruffner, Matthew
2015-07-01
Rutledge, Michael L.
2015-01-01
Rutledge, Warren H.
1996-01-20
Name
Expiratio
n Date
8-31-15
11-14-09
11-15-14
8-16-16
6-30-15
7-1-16
8-31-15
11-10-16
2-28-16
12-13-16
4-1-03
1-31-16
5-1-16
4-24-98
12-31-99
11-1-16
2-29-16
12-31-15
7-13-14
7-12-14
12-31-15
12-31-14
6-1-02
12-20-16
1-31-16
12-31-14
12-15-15
Position
Notes
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Professor 644
Fort Worth, TCU Brite Divinity School Validated Ministry
Stated Supply 108
Whitesboro, First
Member at Large 797
Interim Pastor 105
Mineral Wells, First
Stated Supply 108
Rusk, First
Pastor Emeritus 109
Longview, First
Pastor 101
Interim Pastor 105
Sherman, Covenant
Associate Professor 644 Austin, Austin Presby. Theol. Seminary Validated Ministry
Parish Associate
Richardson, St. Barnabas
Member at Large 797
Pastor 101
Waco, Central
Frisco, Faithbridge
Stated Supply 108
Plano, First
Pastor 101
Carrollton, The Nor'kirk
Pastor 101
Irving, Hackberry Creek
Denton, St Andrew
Interim Pastor 105
Fort Worth, John Knox
Pastor Emeritus 109
Temple, First
Interim Pastor 105
Kilgore, First
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Parish Associate
Stated Supply 108
Fairfield, Fairfield Harmony
Pastor 101
Fort Worth, Westside
Stated Supply 108
Rockdale, First
Pastor Emeritus 109
Dallas, Northridge
Sheppards & Lapsley
Member at Large 797
Chaplain 299
Pres. Night Shelter, Ft. Worth
Temporary Supply 108
Bridgeport, First
Prof. of Pastoral Theo. 644 Fort Worth, TCU Brite Divinity School Validated Ministry
Pastor 101
Hillsboro, First
Pastor 101
Commerce, First
Member at Large 797
Interim Pastor 105
Flower Mound, Trinity
Pastor 101
Grand Prairie, First
Richardson, St. Barnabas
Pastor 101
Cleburne, United
Interim Assoc. Pastor 105
Dallas, Lake Highlands
Pastor 101
Temple, First
Pastor 101
Fort Worth, St. Stephen
Co-Stated Supply 108
Dallas, Bethany
Pastor Emerita 109
Winnsboro, First
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Whitewright, First
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Effective
Date
Salfen, Ronald P.
2015-05-01
Sanders, Craig A.
2010-03-15
Sanders, James D.
1994-01-02
Schaefers, M. David
2012-05-21
Schmidt, Richard H.
2001-01-01
2013-09-08
Schneider, Charles G.
2015-01-01
Schneider, David A.
2010-06-01
Schofield, Clinton A.
2004-06-07
Schrader, Carl G.
2014-01-01
Schwarz, Karl E.
2014-04-20
Scroggs, Marilee M.
2015-06-06
Seager, Gary L.
2013-07-01
Seamans, Sandra L.
2015-01-01
Seelman, Paul S.
2011-08-01
Selby, Richard W.
2002-12-08
Selters, Rex R.
1999-09-09
Setzer, Nicholas
2015-08-01
Sharp, David A.
1996-10-06
Shelton, Frances T.
2012-02-15
Shelton, Robert E.
2005-09-30
Sheppard, James R.
1994-03-31
Sheppard-Mahaffey, Kenneth 2015-01-01
Sherwood, R. Paul
2015-12-31
Slyter, David A.
2009-11-16
Smith, Billy P.
1990-07-01
Smith, David C.
2003-10-31
Smith, Lillian B.
2015-08-24
Smith, Mark A.
2008-01-12
Sodoy, Calixto C.
2001-12-31
Soga, Satoe
2014-01-01
Solomon, Lynette D.
2014-01-01
Somervill, Charles E.
2015-06-07
Son, Sungho Daniel
2006-07-01
Sparks, David L.
2011-03-04
2007-05-01
Speck, Phyllis D.
2011-11-01
Stafford, Harold J.
2009-01-01
Stamper, Bryan C.
2009-01-15
Staples, Kelly
2014-03-16
Steinbrook, William M.
2009-09-16
Stevenson-Moessner, Jeanne S. 2014-01-01
Stewart, Joshua Jon
2005-10-03
Stolk, Douglas A.
2015-03-29
Stoll, Peggy L.
2014-01-01
Strodel, Sherwood
2004-06-30
Swalve, Robert E.
2009-01-01
Sydnor, Michael D.
2015-01-25
Taylor, Charles A.
2003-01-15
Taylor, Cheryl A.
2009-09-28
Tays, Herbert C.
1995-02-08
Theunissen, Bruce C.
1990-08-05
Thomas, David A.
1999-09-01
Thomas, Lawrence A.
2010-02-28
Thompson, Carl V.
2016-01-01
Thompson, Michael L.
2015-01-01
Thompson, Paul M.
2001-11-01
Thomson, John W.
2014-01-01
Tickner, Thomas A.
Name
Tiegreen, Nancy F.
Tolson, John F.
Travis, Drew G.
Travis, Karl B.
Expiratio
n Date
12-31-15
Position
Notes
Temporary Supply 108
Pastor 101
Mabank, First
Arlington, Grace
Pastor 101
Pastor Emeritus 109
Chaplain 701?
Stated Supply 108
Richardson, First
North Richland Hills, St. Paul
Harris Meth. Hosp., Ft. Worth
The Colony, Trinity
Pastor 101
Stated Supply 108
Clifton, First
Crowley, First
7-12-14
12-31-15
Validated Ministry
12-28-15
4-20-15
Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery
12-31-15
Pastor 101
Lancaster, First
Co-Pastor 101
Longview, St. Andrew
Member at Large 797
Honorably Retired
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
2-15-13
12-31-16
8-24-16
1-12-09
12-31-14
12-31-14
2-3-16
3-4-12
5-1-08
10-31-12
3-16-16
9-16-10
12-31-14
3-29-16
12-31-14
Pastor Emeritus 109
Moderator
Parish Associate
Weatherford, Grace First
Salado, Salado Presbyterian
Canton, First
Chaplain 701
Chaplain 701
Stated Supply 108
Dallas, Baylor Health Care Systems
Athens, Genesis Hospice
Mansfield, Trinity
Farmers Branch, Good Shepherd NCD
Parish Associate
Pastor 101
Designated Associate 193
Executive Director
Prof. of Pastoral Care 644
Stated Supply 108
Chaplain 701
Pastor Emeritus 109
Pastor 101
Pastor Emeritus 109
12-31-16
Stated Supply 108
12-31-16 Assoc. Gen. Presbyter 305
Pastor 101
12-31-14
1-1-10
2002-05-31
2004-12-31 12-31-05
2013-07-15
2007-07-16
Min. of Spiritual Life 701
Parish Associate
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Dallas, Lake Highlands
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Plano, Grace
Dallas, NorthPark
Dallas, The Challenge Foundation
Validated Ministry
Dallas, Southern Methodist University Validated Ministry
Fort Worth, First
Corinth, Parker
Austin, Hospice of Austin
Validated Ministry
Dallas, Highland Park
Member at Large 797
Rockwall, First
Marlin, First
Salado, Salado Presbyterian
Grace Presbytery
Validated Ministry
Fort Worth, Forest Hill
Grace Presbyterian Village
Validated Ministry
Dallas, Oak Cliff
Member at Large 797
Granbury, First
Fort Worth, First
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Effective
Date
Tulley, Thomas E.
2008-02-05
Tulloch, E. Fred
1992-08-19
Tunnell, Dawson W.
1990-07-01
Tyer, Gerald L.
2016-01-01
Tyler, Larry S.
2006-08-01
Valdez, Robin Lyn
2004-09-26
Veatch, Melinda A.
2014-01-01
Wall, Paton M.
2015-03-31
Wardlaw, Theodore J.
2014-01-01
Warren, Joe W.
2011-09-01
Waschevski, Michael A.
1999-07-21
Watkins, Margaret M.
2011-12-02
Watson, William A.
1999-09-01
Weaver, Rebecca H.
2012-06-30
Webb, Shane K.
2012-08-20
Wedell, Marilyn B.
2015-02-26
Wells, Eddie L.
1998-04-01
Weng, Shih-Huei
2010-07-15
Westerlage, L. Walker
2009-01-01
Whatley, Floyd R.
2001-05-21
Wheat, Dewey Dewitt
2010-12-01
Whisler, Shane E.
2014-02-28
Whitner, Joseph C.
2010-12-31
Wilbanks, Thomas G.
2014-03-31
Wilkins, Ronald A.
1995-02-28
Williams, D. Marvin
2000-06-01
Williams, F. Clark
2001-02-28
Williams, John D.
2014-01-01
Williams, Polly W.
2012-04-30
Willis, Lewis Eugene
2001-03-01
Wilson, Andrew D.
2009-06-04
Witherow, James B.
2006-11-11
Wong, Andrew Yung-An
2015-03-02
Wood, Carol S.
2010-01-01
Wood, Ronald F.
2011-06-01
Woodard, John M.
2007-07-16
Woods, Lindsay A.
2005-10-03
Wraith, Lisa M.
2014-01-01
Wyatt, Lee A.
2009-05-15
Yancey, Richard S.
1998-10-15
Yeager-Chadwick, Kelly K. 2009-04-15
Young, Richard E.
2014-01-01
Young, Robert M.
2015-12-01
Zaki, Raafat L.
2014-01-01
Zeigler, John D.
2015-02-25
Name
Expiratio
n Date
12-31-14
12-31-14
9-1-12
Position
Stated Clerk 299
Grace Presbytery
Pastor 101
Executive Director 791
President 652
Bedford, Emmanuel
Tarrant Area Community of Churches
Cascades Presbytery
Austin Presby. Theological Seminary
Fort Worth, First
12-2-12
Notes
Validated Ministry
(Not Transferred)
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Pastor 101
Mt. Pleasant, First
Moderator
Grand Prairie, West Fork
Pastor 101
North Richland Hills, St. Paul
Pastor 101
Evangelist 301
Parish Associate
Gatesville, First
Mansfield, East Broad NCD
McKinney, Trinity
Gen Presbyter Emeritus 309
Chaplain 701
Grace Presbytery
Sherman, Austin College
Pastor 101
Parish Associate
Aledo, Faith P.C. of E. Parker Co.
Fort Worth, Gethsemane
Pastor 101
Pastor 101
Chaplain 701
Longview, Centre
Fort Worth, Gethsemane
Plano, TX Health Presbyterian Hospital
2-26-16
7-15-11
Member at Large
Member at Large 797
9-30-16
2-16-16
12-31-14
4-30-13
6-4-10
3-2-16
6-1-12
12-31-14
5-15-10
10-15-99
12-31-14
2-29-16
12-31-14
2-25-15
Mission Worker 791?
Pastor 101
President 791
Stated Supply 108
Interim Synod Exec. 302
Stated Supply 108
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Member at Large 797
Validated Ministry
Pioneers in Senegal, West Africa
Allen, First
Irving, Texas Presbyterian Foundation Validated Ministry
Corsicana, Westminster
Synod of the Covenant
Lewisville, First
Standing Rules Amendments
3.
That Grace Presbytery receive the following change in the Standing Rules and Manual of Administrative
Operations as a first reading with a second reading, debate, amendments, and vote at the next stated meeting
of Grace Presbytery on May 26, 2016. (This amendment is recommended by the Examinations and Admissions
Subcommittee of the Committee on Ministry.)
If you have questions about the following motion, the email address for Examinations and
Admissions Subcommittee Moderator David Batchelder is [email protected].
That the following changes be adopted in Article 5.3 with deletions in strikeout text and additions in bold italic
underlined text:
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“Examinations and Admissions Sub-Committee of Committee on Ministry
5.3.1
The Examinations and Admissions Sub-Committee is responsible for the implementation of the
Presbytery’s oversight of teaching elders relative to their reception into the Presbytery from candidacy,
from another presbytery (upon COM’s request), or from another church body not in correspondence
with the PCUSA; and ruling elders seeking to become Commissioned Ruling Elders. In particular,
this committee:
5.3.1.1
Assists the COM in its screening of potential teaching elder members, and reports to the COM
regarding the suitability of particular teaching elders for particular positions;
5.3.1.1
Recommends to the Presbytery the ordination of candidates who fill all constitutional requirements in
accordance with the standards established by the Presbytery and
5.3.1.2
Examines and recommends to the COM regarding the reception of teaching elders seeking transfer
from other presbyteries or other church bodies not in correspondence with the PCUSA.
5.3.2
5.3.32
This committee shall consist of twelve nine members, at least 3 of whom will be members of the
Committee on Ministry. Staff shall be the General Presbyter or designee.”
The amended section would read: “Examinations Sub-Committee of Committee on Ministry
5.3.1
The Examinations Sub-Committee is responsible for the implementation of the Presbytery’s oversight
of teaching elders relative to their reception into the Presbytery from candidacy, from another
presbytery (upon COM’s request), from another church body not in correspondence with the PCUSA,
and ruling elders seeking to become Commissioned Ruling Elders. In particular, this committee:
5.3.1.1 Recommends to the Presbytery the ordination of candidates who fill all constitutional requirements in
accordance with the standards established by the Presbytery, and
5.3.1.2 Examines and recommends to the COM regarding the reception of teaching elders seeking transfer
from other church bodies not in correspondence with the PCUSA.
5.3.2
This committee shall consist of eight members, at least 3 of whom will be members of the Committee
on Ministry. Staff shall be the General Presbyter or designee.”
Rationale: The Committee on Ministry’s Sub-Committee for Examinations and Admissions has changed due to
necessary and functional practice. The revisions reflect the current practice of the subcommittee.
4.
That Grace Presbytery receive the following change in the Standing Rules and Manual of Administrative
Operations as a first reading with a second reading, debate, amendments, and vote at the next stated meeting
of Grace Presbytery on May 26, 2016. (This amendment is recommended by the Stated Clerk.)
If you have questions about the following motion, the email address for
Stated Clerk Gerry Tyer is [email protected].
That the following changes be adopted in Article 13.2 with deletions in strikeout text and additions in bold
italic underlined text:
“A proposed amendment to these Standing Rules must be communicated to the teaching elders and the sessions
of the Presbytery, at least forty-five (45) ten (10) days in advance of a Presbytery meeting. Such
communication may be by letter, email or through the Grace eNews, and the proposed change must be or
posted on the Grace Presbytery website at least thirty (30) days in advance of with the normal notice for the
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meeting. If the amendment receives a favorable vote by a majority of those present and voting at the
subsequent meeting, the amendment is adopted.”
The amended section would read: “A proposed amendment to these Standing Rules must be communicated to
the teaching elders and the sessions of the Presbytery at ten (10) days in advance of a Presbytery meeting. Such
communication may be by letter, email, Grace eNews, or posted on the Grace Presbytery website with the
normal notice for the meeting. If the amendment receives a favorable vote by a majority of those present and
voting at the meeting, the amendment is adopted.”
Rationale: There are only 4 stated meetings of the presbytery each year. The current Standing Rules do not
require a “first reading” at one presbytery meeting and a “second reading” at the subsequent meeting – the
current Standing Rules require simply a 45-day notice. Since it is customary to give only a 10-day notice for all
other important business coming to a presbytery meeting, it would unify the process and make notice for
amendments to the Standing Rules in alinement with all other important business coming to a presbytery
meeting. The current practice requires at least three to six months to make a change. If adopted, this change
does not prevent any future proposed amendment being tabled to the next presbytery meeting – if desired.
Bylaws Suspended
If you have questions about the following motion, the email address for
Stated Clerk Gerry Tyer is [email protected].
5.
That Section 3.02 of the Bylaws be suspended in order that the Annual Meeting of the Corporation may take
place at the second stated meeting (May 26, 2016) of the presbytery instead of the first stated meeting in
2016.
Rationale: Due to health issues with the President and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, the Board of
Trustees did not meet prior to the deadline for business submitted to the first stated meeting of the presbytery in
the new year of 2016.
Motions from the Presbytery Council
If you have questions about the following report, the email address for
Presbytery Council Moderator Ben Dorr is [email protected].
1.
That Grace Presbytery receive the report of the Presbytery Council. [1/20/16]
Actions of the Presbytery Council
A. Approved the minutes of the November 11, 2015 Presbytery Council meeting and the minutes of the
December 10, 2015 Stated Meeting of Grace Presbytery. [1/20/16]
B. Approved the Small Church Mission Specialist Position Description (a copy is available at the presbytery
office). It will be advertised by March 1, 2016 and filled by June 1, 2016.
C. Received a report from Rev. Janet DeVries concerning the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Grace
Presbytery’s response to the recent tornados. PDF sent a team between Christmas and New Year’s to the
area. Grace Presbytery has received $7,500.00 from PDA as an initial grant. Congregations of Grace
Presbytery have contributed over $5,000.00. Several congregations have offered to send work teams.
D. Approved the offering collected at the March 5, 2016 stated meeting be contributed to disaster assistance
from the recent tornados. [1/20/16]
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E. Received a report from Rev. Janet DeVries concerning “State of the Presbytery” issues; the General
Assembly Presbyterian Mission Agency review, and the visit of Grace Presbytery leadership to the PMA
Board meeting on February 3-5, 2016.
F.
Discussed the recent changes in Texas gun laws. A resource concerning how these changes impact
congregations is available from the presbytery office. [1/20/16]
G. Received a report from Rev. Ronnie Holloman concerning an update on the New Beginnings program.
[1/20/16]
H. Approved the expenditure of $5,000.00 (funded from the contingencies line item of the operating budget)
as a block grant to support the National Encuentro (Gathering) VIII of the Hispanic Latina Presbyterian
Women on July 22-24, 2016 in Fort Worth and approved the sponsorship of a reception also funded from
the operating budget. [1/20/16]
I.
Appointed Rev. David Schaefers (Richardson, First) as Moderator, Rev. Sandy McLachlan (H.R.), Ruling
Elder Ruth Román-Meza (Dallas, Iglesia Emmanuel), and Ruling Elder Mike Jones (Dallas, NorthPark) as
a Ministry Team to work with Bethany Presbyterian Church, Dallas under the authority and with the duties
assigned by Grace Presbytery’s Policy on Churches Desiring to Sell Property to Relocate to Another Site.
[1/20/16]
J.
Appointed Rev. Paul Burns (Garland, First) as Moderator, Ruling Elder Beverly Carson (Allen, First),
Ruling Elder Mike Jones (Dallas, NorthPark), and Ruling Elder Melinda Hunt (Richardson, Canyon Creek)
as a Ministry Team for Legacy Presbyterian Church, Frisco with the following authority and duties: to
work with the session to develop a work plan that includes a mission and ministry plan, a facilities
development plan, and a stewardship plan. There is up to $2,000,000 available from the sale of the original
property to assist the congregation with the first unit. The final plan will be presented to the Presbytery
Council for approval. [1/20/16]
K. Elected Rev. Richard Young (President of Texas Presbyterian Foundation) as Moderator, Ruling Elder
Carol Adcock (Fort Worth, First), Ruling Elder Dian McCall (Fort Worth, St. Stephen), Rev. Kenneth
Altfather (H.R.) and Ruling Elder Douglas Abernathy (Fort Worth, Gethsemane) as an Administrative
Commission for John Knox Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth in accordance with Grace Presbytery’s Policy
on Dissolving Congregations with the following authority and duties: to meet with the session and
members of the congregation including calling a meeting of the session and/or of the congregation, as
necessary, to arrange for the pastoral care of the members, publicize the dissolution of the congregation,
ascertain the financial status and outstanding financial obligations of the congregation, secure the session
records, secure the legal rights to all property (real or personal) held by or for the benefit of the
congregation, dispose of the moveable personal property of the congregation, secure the building and
property, attend to matters of insurance, dispose of the building and grounds (subject to the guidelines
established by Presbytery Council) or convey the building and grounds to Grace Presbytery, Inc., recommend to the Presbytery the use of the assets of the congregation, plan and conduct a Service of Witness,
secure the assistance of other individuals, as appropriate, to assist with its work, to assume original
jurisdiction of the session in accord with G-3.0303 (if needed), and generally to do such things and take
such actions, for, in the name of, and on behalf of Grace Presbytery as shall be reasonably necessary to
accomplish the general purpose of this Administrative Commission. An opportunity was given for
nominations from the floor prior to the election. Information: the session has voted (9 to 1) to recommend
to the congregation to dissolve the congregation. [1/20/16]
L. Approved the expenditure of $1,800.00 to support the 4 th Annual Interfaith Seder on April 6, 2016
sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas. It will
be led by Rabbi David Stern (Temple Emanu-El of Dallas) and Rev. Janet DeVries (Grace Presbytery).
[1/20/16]
M. Received the following reports: New Church Development Committee Report was presented by Rev.
David Schaefers; Administrative Commission on Property Report was presented by Ruling Elder Mike
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Jones; Budget and Finance Committee Report was presented by Rev. David Ivie and Treasurer Ken
Johnson; and Committee on Ministry Report was presented by Ruling Elder Kathy Jones. [1/20/16]
N. Adopted a docket for the March 5, 2016 Stated Meeting of Grace Presbytery. [1/20/16]
O. Received the following financial reports: Shared Mission Support (as of December 31, 2015), Statement of
Operations (as of December 31, 2015), and Property Activity (as of December 31, 2015). [1/20/16]
P. Denied the request of El Calvario Presbyterian Church, Waco to purchase their property for $50,000.00.
Background: El Calvario Presbyterian Church has begun the process of leaving the denomination under
Grace Presbytery’s Policy for a Just and Gracious Dismissal of a Congregation to another Reformed
Denomination. [1/20/16]
Q. Voted to plan a celebration in the fall of 2017 in recognition of the 50 th anniversary of the Confession of
1967, the 370th anniversary of the Westminster Standards, and 500 th anniversary of the Protestant
Reformation.[1/20/16]
R. Discussed the Syrian refugee crisis and the idea of a gathering of Presbyterians to learn about the issues and
possible methods of response. The first step will be an opportunity for interested persons to share lunch
together at the March 5, 2016 presbytery meeting. [1/20/16]
S.
Nominated Perryn Rice to the Synod of the Sun as Grace Presbytery’s representative on the Board of the
Historical Society of the Southwest. [2/23/16 Email Meeting]
Information
A. Attendance at the January 20, 2016 Presbytery Council Meeting: Members: Rev. Princeton Abaraoha
(Moderator of Presbytery), Rev. Stuart Baskin (Class of 2016 and Personnel Committee Moderator),
Ruling Elder Patricia Dean (Class of 2016), Rev. Ben Dorr (Moderator of Presbytery Council and Class of
2017), Rev. David Ivie, (Budget and Finance Committee), Ruling Elder Kathy Jones (Committee on
Ministry), Ruling Elder Mike Jones (Administrative Commission on Property), Rev. Craig Krueger, (Class
of 2016), Rev. Patrick McCoy, (Class of 2018),Rev. Andrew Odom (Class of 2018), Rev. David Schaefers
(New Church Development), Rev. Cheryl Taylor (Vice Moderator of Presbytery), Ruling Elder Linda
Willis (Class of 2018), Rev. Kelly Yeager-Chadwick (Congregational Support Committee), Ex-Officio:
Rev. Janet DeVries (General Presbyter), Ruling Elder Ken Johnson (Presbytery Treasurer); Rev. Gerry
Tyer (Stated Clerk); Guests: Rev. Michael Thompson (Associate General Presbyter), Ronnie Holloman
(Senior Director of Ministry and Church Transitions), Joanna Kim (Director of Cross Cultural Mission and
Ministry); Vicki Roberts (Financial Coordinator); Excused: Ruling Elder Charles Weaver (Nominating
Committee), Rev. Karl Travis (Class of 2017). [1/20/16]
B. The meeting was opened and closed with prayer by Rev. Ben Dorr. [1/20/16]
Motions from the Committee on Ministry
If you have questions about this report, the email address for Committee on Ministry Co-Moderator Russell Jonas is
[email protected], and Co-Moderator Kathy Jones is [email protected].
Honorable Retirement
1.
That Grace Presbytery approve the honorable retirement of Rev. Terry L. McLellan effective January 31,
2016. [COM action 1/19/2016]
2.
That Grace Presbytery approve honorable retirement of Rev. Mary Alice Lyman effective February 28, 2016.
[COM action 2/9/2016]
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3.
That Grace Presbytery approve honorable retirement of Rev. Sandra Seamans effective March 31, 2016.
4.
That Grace Presbytery receive the report of the Committee on Ministry.
Actions by the Committee on Ministry
Dissolutions of Relationships
A. Dissolved the temporary pastoral relationship for Rev. Angie Mabry-Nauta and John Calvin Presbyterian
Church, Dallas, effective December 31, 2015 in order to become Development Officer at the Presbyterian
Pan American School, effective November 1, 2015. [COM action 12/15/2015]
B. Dissolved the temporary pastoral relationship for Rev. Thomas Allen, HR and First Presbyterian Church,
Hamilton, effective December 31, 2015. [COM action 12/15/2015]
C. Dissolved the relationship for Rev. Carolyn Osoinach and Faith Presbyterian Hospice, effective December
31, 2015 in order to become a Member at Large. [COM action 12/15/2015]
D. Dissolved the pastoral relationship for Rev. Terry L. McLellan and Faith United Presbyterian Church,
Farmers Branch, effective January 31, 2016 in order to become honorably retired. [COM action 1/19/2016]
E. Dissolved the pastoral relationship for Rev. Julie Riley and Lake Highland Presbyterian Church, Dallas,
effective January 31, 2016 in order to become a Member at Large. [COM action 1/19/2016]
F.
Dissolved the pastoral relationship for Rev. Elizabeth McLean and Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church,
Dallas effective April 3, 2016 in order to become a Member at Large. [COM action 1/19/2016]
G. Dissolved the temporary pastoral relationship for Rev. Dana Jones and Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,
Bedford, effective December 21, 2014 in order to become a Member at Large. [COM action 2/9/2016]
Validated Ministries
A. Approved the validated ministry of Rev. Angie Mabry-Nauta as Development Officer of Presbyterian Pan
American School, effective November 1, 2015. [COM action 12/15/2015]
Permission to Labor Outside the Bounds of Grace Presbytery
A. Approved the request of Rev. David Smith to labor outside the bounds in Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery in
order to lead worship and administer communion, December 24, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church, Durant,
OK. [COM action 12/15/2015]
B. Approved the request of Rev. David Smith to labor outside the bounds in Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery in
order to become the part time Interim pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Durant, OK effective February 1,
2016. [COM action 2/09/2016]
C. Approved the request of Rev. Ronnie G. Holloman to labor outside the bounds in Mission Presbytery in
order to officiate the wedding of Rev. Lisa Juica and Austin Perkins at Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Austin on May 6, 2016. [COM action 2/9/2016]
D. Approved the request of Rev. Lucia Kremzar to labor outside the bounds in Pines Presbytery in order to
participate in a memorial service at First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport on February 11, 2016. [COM
action 2/16/2016]
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Reception of Teaching Elders
A. Received Rev. Phillip Million from Sierra Blanca Presbytery in order to become Designated Pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, Mabank effective January 17, 2016. [COM action 12/15/2015]
B. Received Rev. Margaret Aymer Oget from Presbytery of Greater Atlanta in order to receive a call as
Associate Professor of New Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary effective November
10, 2015. [COM action 11/10/2015]
Dismissal of Teaching Elders
A. Rescinded the previous action of Committee on Ministry concerning the transfer of Rev. Paton Wall due to
the Presbytery of the Cascades not agreeing to receive him because of the lack of a call. Rev. Wall returns
to the Member at Large status. [COM action 2/9/2016]
B. Dismissed Rev. Paul Andresen to Pines Presbytery effective January 1, 2016. [COM action 2/16/2016]
New Installed Positions
A. Approved the terms of call for Rev. Phillip Million as Designated Pastor of First Presbyterian Church,
Mabank, moderator, full-time beginning January 17, 2016 (for a three-year term) through January 16, 2019.
This call was approved by the congregation at a meeting on December 6, 2015 with a unanimous vote of 47
in favor. The church will pay moving expenses up to $4,000.00 (negotiable). [COM action 12/15/15]
Compensation:
Cash Salary........................................................................................................................................... $15,000
Housing and Utilities Allowance.......................................................................................................... $29,500
Total Effective Salary ........................................................................................................................... $44,500
Reimbursements:
Social Security Offset ............................................................................................................................. $3,404
Automobile Allowance........................................................................................................................... $2,000
Automobile expenses will be reimbursed based on $0.575 per mile.
Continuing Education and Professional Expenses ................................................................................. $1,000
Benefits:
Pension Dues (or other employer-paid benefits plan) .......................................................................... $15,575
Study Leave .................................................................................................. 2 weeks (cumulative to 6 weeks)
Vacation Leave ................................................................................................... 4 weeks (including Sundays)
Total Compensation Package .......................................................................................................... $66,479.00
Total Cost to the Church or Employer ............................................................................................ $66,479.00
Total Compensation paid directly to the person .............................................................................. $50,904.00
B. Approved the change from Designated Associate Pastor to Associate Pastor for Rev. Kelly Staples and
NorthPark Presbyterian Church, Dallas and approved the following terms of call, full-time, beginning
January 1, 2016. The date of the congregational meeting recommending this call was February 7, 2016. The
recorded vote was unanimous. [COM Action 2/16/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $27,395.00
Housing and Utilities Allowance....................................................................................................... 20,000.00
Total Effective Salary ........................................................................................................................ 47,395.00
Reimbursements:
Social Security Offset (at or below 7.65%) ....................................................................................... $3,626.00
Business Travel/Automobile ............................................................................................................. $2,300.00
Continuing Education and Professional Expenses ............................................................................ $1,500.00
Benefits:
Pension Dues (or other employer-paid benefits plan) ..................................................................... $17,299.00
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Study Leave .................................................................................................... 2weeks (cumulative to 3 years)
Vacation Leave ..................................................................................... 4 weeks per year (including Sundays)
Installed Positions
A. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Cheryl Bourne as Pastor (101) of Northwood
Presbyterian Church, Texarkana, moderator, full-time, beginning February 1, 2016. The date of the
congregational meeting recommending this call was January 17, 2016. The recorded vote was unanimous.
[COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $22,000.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Study Leave ................................................................................................... 2 weeks (cumulative to 3 years)
B. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Dr. Dewey D. Wheat, Jr. as Pastor (101) of First
Presbyterian Church, Gatesville, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $32,700.00
Reimbursements:
Business Travel/Automobile ................................................................................................................ $300.00
Benefits:
C. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Lander L. Bethel as Pastor (101) of First Presbyterian
Church, Denison, moderator, part-time, 25 hours per week, beginning January 1, 2016. The date of the
congregational meeting recommending this call was December 13, 2015. The recorded vote was
unanimous. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $11,031.00
Deferred Income ................................................................................................................................ $3,152.00
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Social Security Offset (above 7.65%) ............................................................................................... $1,647.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Pension Dues (or other employer-paid benefits plan) ....................................................................... $9,613.00
Sabbatical Leave ...................................... 6 weeks after 6 years (as applicable) $600.00 per year cumulative
Total Compensation Package .......................................................................................................... $44.396.00
D. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Lander L. Bethel as Pastor (101) of Grand Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Sherman, moderator, full-time, 25 hours per week, beginning January 1, 2016. The
date of the congregational meeting recommending this call was December 13, 2015. The recorded vote was
unanimous. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $11,031.00
Deferred Income ................................................................................................................................ $3,152.00
Social Security Offset (above 7.65%) ............................................................................................... $1,647.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Pension Dues (or other employer-paid benefits plan) ....................................................................... $9,613.00
Sabbatical Leave ...................................... 6 weeks after 6 years (as applicable) $600.00 per year cumulative
Total Compensation Package .......................................................................................................... $44.396.00
E. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Sherry Kay Holloman as Pastor (101) of Eastminster
Presbyterian Church, Dallas, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016. The date of congregational
meeting recommending this call was November 1, 2015. The recorded vote was unanimous. [COM action
2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $18,876.00
Deferred Income ................................................................................................................................ $1,000.00
Other Income (Dental) ...................................................................................................................... $1,080.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
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Sabbatical Leave ..................................................................................... 60 days after 7 years (as applicable)
F.
Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Cheryl A. Taylor as Pastor (101) of First Presbyterian
Church, Rockwall, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016. The date of congregational meeting
recommending this call was January 24, 2016. The recorded vote was unanimous. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $16,600.00
Other Income .................................................................................................................................... $1,250.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
G. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Emily Kathryn McGee as Pastor (101) of Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Arlington, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016. The date of the
congregational meeting recommending this call was January 24, 2016. The recorded vote was unanimous.
[COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $28,663.00
Other Income (Dental)............................................................................................................................ 900.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Sabbatical Leave .................................................................................... 4 weeks after 5 years (as applicable)
Total Cost to the Church or Employer ............................................................................................ $83,532,57
H. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Matthew Ruffner as Pastor (101) of Preston Hollow
Presbyterian Church, Dallas, moderator, full-time, beginning July 1, 2015. The dates of congregational
meetings recommending this call were April 19, 2015 and September 20, 2015. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary.................................................................................................................................... $115,000.00
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Social Security Offset (above 7.65%) .................................................................................................. $699.00
Total Effective Salary ...................................................................................................................... 155,699.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Total Compensation Package ........................................................................................................ $217,558.00
Total Cost to the Church or Employer .......................................................................................... $217,558.00
Total Compensation paid directly to the person ............................................................................ $165,294.00
I.
Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Dr. Paul Seelman as Associate Pastor (103) (Executive
Pastor) of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, full-time, beginning July 1, 2015. The date of
congregational meeting recommending this call was September 20, 2015. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $58,666.00
Total Effective Salary ...................................................................................................................... 107,295.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Total Compensation paid directly to the person ............................................................................ $115,455.00
J.
Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Sarah Johnson as Associate Pastor of Preston Hollow
Presbyterian Church, Dallas, full-time, beginning July 1, 2015. The date of congregational meeting
recommending this call was September 20, 2015. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $42,330.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
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K. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Elizabeth McLean as Associate Pastor of Preston
Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, moderator, full-time, beginning July 1, 2015. The date of
congregational meeting recommending this call was September 20, 2015. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $48,660.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Total Compensation paid directly to the person .............................................................................. $85,798,00
L. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Victoria Griffin as Pastor (101) of First Presbyterian
Church, Jacksonville, moderator, part-time, 20 hours per week, beginning January 1, 2016. The date of the
congregational meeting recommending this call was January 3, 2016. [COM Action date: 2/16/16]
Compensation:
Housing and Utilities Allowance..................................................................................................... $12,000.00
Deferred Income ................................................................................................................................ 10,250.00
Other Income (Dental)............................................................................................................................ 443.00
Reimbursements:
Continuing Education and Professional Expenses ............................................................................... $500.00
Benefits:
M. Approved the changes in the terms of call for Rev. Brent A. Barry as Pastor (101) of North Park
Presbyterian Church, Dallas, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016. The date of the
congregational meeting recommending this call was February 7, 2016. The recorded vote was unanimous.
[COM Action 2/16/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $30,683.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
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New Temporary Positions
A. Approved the contract for Candidate Amy Moore, pending examination and ordination, as Stated Supply
106) Pastor of John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Dallas, part-time, beginning March 1, 2016 through
December 31, 2016, approved at a Council meeting on December 13, 2015. She is authorized to administer
the sacraments and moderate the session only after her ordination. [COM action 1/19/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary – 10 months (43 weeks) ..................................................................................... $400.00 weekly
Benefits:
Vacation Leave .................................................................................................................................... 2 weeks
Study Leave ...........................................................................................................................................1 week
B. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. Ronald P. Salfen, H.R., as Temporary Supply (108) Pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, Athens, moderator, part-time, 19 hours per week, beginning January 20, 2016
and ending July 13, 2016. The date of the session meeting recommending this contract was January 13,
2016. The recorded vote was unanimous. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary.......................................................................................................................... $3,000.00 monthly
Total Effective Salary ........................................................................................................................ $3,229.50
Reimbursements:
Social Security Offset (at or below 7.65%) .......................................................................................... $229.50
Total Compensation Package ............................................................................................................ $3,459.00
Total Cost to the Church or Employer .............................................................................................. $3,459.00
Total Compensation paid directly to the person ................................................................................ $3,459.00
Both parties agree that this contract may be extended beyond end date of July 13, 2016 on a weekly basis,
but not beyond December 31, 2016. Termination before the end date of July 13, 2016 is permitted if the
church has completed all steps to secure a designated Pastor including Grace Presbytery approval.
Terminated can be initiated by either party without cause with 30 days written notice. After each nine
weeks of employment, Rev. Salfen will be eligible for one week of paid vacation at the base salary of $750
per week.
Temporary Positions
A. Approved the contract for Rev. Mary Denise Odom as Interim Pastor (105) of Covenant Presbyterian
Church, Sherman, moderator, full-time beginning September 1, 2015 until August 31, 2016. The terms of
this call were reviewed by the session as required by G-2.0804 on September 24, 2015. [COM action
12/15/15]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $35,728.00
Housing and Utility Allowance ......................................................................................................... 20,000.00
Reimbursements:
Social Security Offset (at or below 7.65%) ......................................................................................... 3,875.00
Automobile Allowance........................................................................................................................ 2,400.00
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Continuing Education and Professional Expenses .............................................................................. 3,900.00
Benefits:
Pension Dues (or other employer-paid benefits plan) ....................................................................... 19,504.80
Study Leave ..................................................................................................... weeks (cumulative to 6 weeks)
Vacation Leave ...................................................................................................... weeks (including Sundays)
B. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. Carl V. Thompson Jr. as Stated Supply (108) at Salado
Presbyterian Church, Salado, moderator, part-time, 19 hours per week, beginning January 1, 2016 until
December 31, 2016. This contract was approved by the session at a meeting on November 8, 2015, with a
vote of 6 in favor, 0 against, and 0 abstentions. [COM action 12/15/15]
Compensation:
Cash Salary........................................................................................................................................... $13,404
Housing and Utilities Allowance............................................................................................................ 29,664
Total Effective Salary for Rusk .............................................................................................................. 43,068
Reimbursements:
Automobile Allowance............................................................................................................................. 1,980
Benefits:
Total Compensation Package ............................................................................................................... $45,048
Total Cost to the Church or Employer ................................................................................................. $45,048
Total Compensation paid directly to the person ................................................................................... $43,068
C. Approved the renewal of contract for Rev. David Ivie as Designated Pastor (191) of First Presbyterian
Church, Forney, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016. This call was approved by the
congregation on October 11, 2015 with a vote of 34 in favor, 0 against and 0 abstentions. [COM action
12/15/15]
Compensation:
Cash Salary........................................................................................................................................... $40,000
Housing and Utilities Allowance.......................................................................................................... $25,000
Supplemental Dental Insurance .............................................................................................................. $1,632
Other income --- Additional Cash Salary, per email with David ........................................................... $3,000
Total Effective Salary ........................................................................................................................... $69,632
Reimbursements:
Social Security Offset (at or below 7.65%) .............................................................................................. 5,327
Automobile Allowance............................................................................................................................. 2,000
Automobile expenses will be reimbursed based on $0.575
Continuing Education and Professional Expenses ................................................................................... 2,500
Benefits:
Pension Dues (or other employer-paid benefits plan) ............................................................................ 25,416
Total Compensation Package ............................................................................................................. $104,875
Total Cost to the Church or Employer ............................................................................................... $104,875
Total Compensation paid directly to the person ................................................................................... $70,327
D. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. Charles G. Schneider as Stated Supply (108) Pastor of
Trinity Presbyterian Church, The Colony, moderator, full-time beginning January 1, 2016 ending
December 31, 2016. [COM action 1/19/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $19,500.00
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Reimbursements:
Automobile Allowance........................................................................................................................... $1,500
Automobile expenses will be reimbursed based on vouchered expenses
Benefits:
E. Approved the changes in contract for Rev. Eddie A. Nunnelley, H.R., as Stated Supply (108) of First
Presbyterian Church, Mineral Wells, moderator, part-time (19 hours per week) beginning January 1, 2016
and ending December 31, 2016. This contract was approved by the session at a meeting on October 27,
2015. [COM action 1/19/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $13,800.00
Medical Supplement ............................................................................................................................... $8,800
Total Effective Salary ...................................................................................................................... $34,600.00
Benefits:
Continuing Education/Professional Expenses ..................................................................................... $800.00
Study Leave ........................................................................................................................... 2 weeks per year
F.
Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. Elizabeth Johnson Pense, H.R., as Interim Pastor (105) of
John Knox Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, moderator, part-time, beginning February 1, 2016 and ending
May 31, 2016, approved at a session meeting on November 19, 2015. [COM action 1/19/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $23,000.00
Housing and Utilities Allowance...................................................................................................... $7, 000.00
Total Effective Salary ..................................................................................................................... $30, 000.00
Benefits:
Pension Dues ....................................................................................................................................... 3,600.00
Vacation Leave ............................................................................................................... 10 days for 4 months
G. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. John D. Zeigler, H.R. as Stated Supply (108) Pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, Lewisville, moderator, part-time, beginning January 1, 2016 and ending December
31, 2016, approved at a session meeting on November 17, 2015. [COM action 1/19/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $24,576.00
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Total Effective Salary ..................................................................................................................... $36, 000.00
Reimbursements
Social Security Offset (at or below 7.65%) ......................................................................................... 2,754.00
Continuing Education and Professional Expenses .............................................................................. 1,000.00
Benefits:
Board of Pension Dues ...................................................................................................................... $4,320.00
Study Leave ........................................................................................................................... 2 weeks per year
Vacation Leave ...................................................................................................................... 4 weeks per year
H. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. C. James Ramsawh, H.R., as Stated Supply (108) Pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport, moderator, part-time, 19 hours per week, beginning January 1, 2016
and ending December 31, 2016. The date of the session meeting recommending this contract was
December 15, 2015. The recorded vote was 5 yes and 1 abstain. [COM action 2/9/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $20,000.00
Total Effective Salary ...................................................................................................................... $20,000.00
Benefits
A. Approved the changes in the contract for Joyce Diane Barnes, as Commissioned Ruling Elder (107) of
First Presbyterian Church, Itasca, moderator, full-time, beginning January 1, 2016 ending December 31,
2016. [COM action 1/19/16]
Compensation:
Cash Salary...................................................................................................................................... $28,868.00
Housing and Utilities Allowance......................................................................................................... 7,488.00
Reimbursements:
Benefits:
Board of Pension Dues .................................................................................................................... $15,142.72
Parish Associates
A. Approved the Parish Associate position, compensation and relationship for Rev. Dr. Robert M. Poteet and
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, effective November 1, 2015. [COM action 1/19/2016]
B. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. Fred Babb, H.R. as Parish Associate of First Presbyterian
Church, Arlington, part-time, 19 hours per week, beginning July 15, 2015, and ending October 15,
2015.[COM Action date: 2/16/16]
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Compensation:
Housing Allowance ................................................................................................................ $600.00 monthly
Auto & Mileage Allowance (paid as taxable income) ............................................................ $300.00 monthly
Total Effective Salary .......................................................................................................... $2,400.00 monthly
Reimbursements
Social Security Offset 7.65% (taxable) .................................................................................... 184.00 monthly
Professional Expenses ............................................................................................................ $100.00 monthly
Benefits:
Vacation Leave ....................................................................................1 week for every three months worked
Total Cost to the Church ................................................................................................................... $2,684.00
C. Approved the changes in the contract for Rev. Fred Babb, H.R. as Parish Associate of First Presbyterian
Church, Arlington, part-time, 19 hours per week, beginning October 15, 2015, and ending January 1, 2016.
[COM action date: 2/16/16]
Compensation:
Housing Allowance ................................................................................................................ $600.00 monthly
Auto & Mileage Allowance (paid as taxable income) ............................................................ $300.00 monthly
Total Effective Salary .......................................................................................................... $2,400.00 monthly
Reimbursements
Social Security Offset 7.65% (taxable) .................................................................................... 184.00 monthly
Professional Expenses ............................................................................................................ $100.00 monthly
Benefits:
Vacation Leave ....................................................................................1 week for every three months worked
Total Cost to the Church ................................................................................................................... $2,684.00
Ordination and Installation Commissions
A. Approved the following Administrative Commission to ordain and install Wendy Kolakowski as Associate
Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church, Plano on January 31, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Grace Presbytery Teaching
Elders: Princeton Abaraoha, moderator; Elizabeth Callender, Bentwood Trail Presbyterian Church, Dallas,
charge to pastor; Laura Fitzgibbon, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas; Bryan Stamper, Grace
Presbyterian Church, Plano, preacher. Grace Presbytery Ruling Elders: Kathy Jones, NorthPark
Presbyterian Church, Dallas; Mike Strange, III, Ridglea Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth; Milton Key,
Grace Presbyterian Church, Plano, charge the congregation. An opportunity for nominations from the floor
was afforded prior to the election. [COM action 1/19/2016]
B. Approved the following Administrative Commission to install Rev. Kelly Staples as Associate Pastor of
NorthPark Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas on March 13, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.: Grace Presbytery Teaching
Elders: Rev. Susan Systma Bratt, Northridge Presbyterian Church, Dallas to Charge the Pastor; Rev. Kate
McGee, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Arlington to Preach; Rev. Krista Rasco, First Presbyterian
Church, Commerce; Rev. Brent Barry, NorthPark Presbyterian Church, Dallas, to Charge the
Congregation; Rev. Princeton Abaraoha, First Presbyterian Church, Midlothian to Moderate; Grace
Presbytery Ruling Elders: Kyle Smith, NorthPark Presbyterian Church, Dallas; Mary Updegraff, Bentwood
Trail Presbyterian Church, Dallas; Steve Staples, Ridglea Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth. An opportunity
for nominations from the floor was afforded prior to the election. [COM action 2/16/2016]
Moderators of Churches without Installed Pastors
A. Appointed Rev. Ronnie Holloman as temporary moderator of a congregational meeting for First
Presbyterian Church, Athens on November 29, 2015. [COM action, 11/4/2015]
B. Appointed Rev. Ronnie Holloman as temporary moderator of a congregational meeting for First
Presbyterian Church, Athens on December 13, 2015. [COM action, 11/4/2015]
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C. Appointed Rev. Andrew Terry Maze as temporary session moderator for First Presbyterian Church,
McKinney effective January 12, 2016. [COM action 1/12/2016]
D. Appointed Rev. Ronnie Holloman as temporary session moderator for First Presbyterian Church, Athens
effective January 13, 2016. [COM action 1/12/2016]
E. Appointed Rev. Ron Salfen as temporary session moderator for First Presbyterian Church, Athens effective
January 20, 2016. [COM action 1/12/2016]
F.
Appointed Rev. Murray Richey as temporary session moderator as needed for Grace First Presbyterian
Church, Weatherford effective January 19, 2016. [COM action 1/12/2016]
G. Approved Rev. Paul Seelman as moderator of John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Dallas effective January 1,
2016. [COM action 2/09/2016]
H. Appointed Rev. Bill Benner as temporary session moderator for First Presbyterian Church, Lott effective
April 1, 2016. [COM action 2/9/2016]
I.
Appointed Rev. Don Grogan as temporary session moderator for First Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
effective February 9, 2016. [COM action 2/9/2016]
J.
Appointed Rev. Clifford Horton as temporary session moderator for First Presbyterian Church, Troup
effective February 9, 2016. [COM action 2/9/2016]
Other Actions by the Committee on Ministry
A. Approved the revisions to Continued Compensation. [COM action 12/15/2015]
B. Approved the Ministry Information Form for the Associate Pastor Nominating Committee of First
Presbyterian Church, Arlington. [COM action 12/15/2015]
C. Approved the Ministry Information Form for the Associate Pastor Nominating Committee for Lake
Highlands Presbyterian Church, Dallas. [COM action 12/15/2015]
D. Approved the request of the congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Athens to create a Designated
Pastor Position on November 29, 2015 and elected a DPNC December 13, 2015. [COM action 12/15/2015]
E. Approved the recommendations of the Temporary Relations Subcommittee to add to Occasional Supply
List: Rev. Murray Richey, Rev. Lisa Wraith. [COM action 1/12/2016]
F.
Approved the motion to validate a Stated Supply position at John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Dallas for
Candidate Amy Moore pending successful completion of examination by Presbytery and Ordination. She is
authorized to administer the sacraments and moderate the session only after her ordination. [COM action
1/19/16]
G. Authorized the Committee on Ministry Leadership Team to act on behalf of the COM at their meeting
February 9 for those items that are time sensitive in relation to the March 5, 2016 Presbytery meeting.
H. Recommended that Grace Presbytery sustain the Examination of Candidate Amy Moore and that she be
received and enrolled as a teaching elder, pending her examination and ordination at John Calvin
Presbyterian Church, Dallas. [COM action 2/9/2016]
I.
Noted that the contract of Rev. Ron Salfen and First Presbyterian Church, Mabank ended on January 17,
2016. [COM action 2/9/2016]
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J.
Approved the opening of the Associate Pastor for Mission and Outreach position at Preston Hollow
Presbyterian Church, Dallas. [COM action 2/16/2016]
K. Approved the following minutes of the Committee on Ministry: December 15, 2015 and January 19, 2016.
Motions from the Committee on Preparation for Ministry
If you have questions about the following report, the email address for the Committee on Preparation Moderator
Thomas Lamb is [email protected].
1.
That Grace Presbytery receive the report of the Committee on Preparation for Ministry.
Actions by the Committee on Preparation for Ministry
A. Final Assessment/Cleared to receive a Call was granted to Candidate Hailey Malcolm (Canyon Creek,
Dallas) who has completed the requirements for Ordination. [2/11/2016]
B. The following Candidates were removed from the rolls:
a)
Kate McAllister, (Oak Cliff, Dallas) was removed from care under Grace Presbytery after due
diligence because of non-response to communication attempts. [1/14/2016]
b) Alfredo Obeso (Iglesia Emmanuel, Dallas) was removed from care under Grace Presbytery after due
diligence because of non-response to communication attempts. [1/14/2016]
Information
A. There are 24 persons under the care of Grace Presbytery.
B. All requests for resources from this committee should be emailed to the moderator, Rev. Thom Lamb
(Temple, Grace) at [email protected].
Motions from the Administrative Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater
If you have questions about the following report, the email address for Administrative Commission Moderator
Jimmy Chapman is [email protected].
1.
That Grace Presbytery receive this Final Report of the actions and items of information from the
Administrative Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater and dismiss the Administrative
Commission with gratitude.
Actions by the Administrative Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater
A. On April 6, 2015, Jimmy Chapman, Moderator of the Administrative Commission, met with the remaining
four members of First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater for the purpose of making plans for closure of the
church. The four in attendance were: Page Gay, Debra McBride, Jerrel McBride, and Christie Gay-Farrar.
The church began in 1931 during the East Texas oil boom. We talked about moveable property at the
church which the members might want for themselves or which other people might want. Most of it had
already been dispersed, but the group agreed to see if anything else might be wanted by someone connected
to the church.
The meeting also went over the bills that the church owed. Insurance was paid through January 2016. We
discussed the water, gas, electric bills, and the yard man, Missidime Davis (so he could care for the yard
through the time until the property was sold). Jimmy Chapman also got a key for himself, one for Jerry
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Camp, and one for the presbytery office. The Administrative Commission also went to the post office and
got the address changed so that bills would go to the presbytery office.
B. There are some structural issues with the buildings. There are probable termite problems resulting in some
weak places in the floor.
C. The church had excellent session records. They were collected and carried to the presbytery office. A copy
of the deed was also secured and sent to presbytery.
D. On May 4, 2015, Jerry Camp and Jimmy Chapman met again with the four remaining members of the
church. We went over all of the April bills. The four members were asked if they had found another church
to attend. They have not, and subsequent questions about this have received the same answer. They are not,
at the present time, attending another church.
E. The Administrative Commission voted to dissolve the congregation of First Presbyterian Church,
Gladewater effective April 5, 2015.
F.
There was a closing worship service for the church on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015. Jimmy Chapman was
present and did a closing liturgy for the congregation. There was a good attendance and people were glad
that presbytery had a presence there.
Ministry/Mission Report
Trinity Presbyterian Church, McKinney
Patrick McCoy
If you have questions for Patrick McCoy, his email is [email protected].
Presbyterian Communities and Services
Godwin Dixon
If you have questions for Godwin Dixon, his email address is [email protected].
Schreiner University
Rita Edington Odom
If you have questions for Rita Edington Odom, her email is [email protected].
Mo Ranch
Dick Powell
If you have questions for Dick Powell, his email is [email protected].
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Committee on Preparation for Ministry
Thom Lamb
If you have questions for Thom Lamb, his email is [email protected].
Motions from the Committee on Preparation for Ministry
Inquirer
1.
That Grace Presbytery enroll Jacob Wilson (Pittsburg, First) as an Inquirer for Teaching Elder in the
Ministry of Word and Sacrament. [11/26/2015]
Jacob is a Ruling Elder at First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg. He earned an Associate of Arts degree in
History from Northeast Texas Community College and a Bachelor of General Studies degree in Leadership and
Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M, Texarkana. Jacob is currently enrolled in his first year of Master of
Divinity coursework at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is pursuing ordained ministry in the
PCUSA to provide Christian service, faith education, and stewardship in the East Texas region.
Candidate
2.
That Grace Presbytery enroll Clark Royle (Dallas, First) as a Candidate for Teaching Elder in the Ministry
of Word and Sacrament. [1/14/2016]
Clark earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence at
University of Houston. He is currently enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he is completing his
Master of Divinity degree.
Joys, Concerns, Blessing for the Meal
Cheryl Taylor
Lunch
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
During lunch, those interested in discussing the following will be seated together:
 Syrian refugee situation
 Persons interested in becoming Commissioned Ruling Elders
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Committee on Ministry
Russell Jonas and Kathy Jones
1:00 p.m.
If you have questions about the following report, please email
COM Co-Moderator Russell Jonas at [email protected], or
COM Co-Moderator Kathy Jones at [email protected].
Welcome to New Teaching Elders
Rev. Margaret Aymer Oget
Biography: Margaret Aymer Oget is Associate Professor of New Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary. An immigrant and naturalized citizen, Margaret called the northeastern United States, primarily New
Jersey, home until 2001. She answered God’s call to seminary in 1993, receiving both her M.Div. and eventually her
Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in NYC. While serving as a director of Christian Education at White Plains
Presbyterian Church, she answered a call to the ministry of Word and Sacrament. In 2001, she moved to Atlanta to
teach at the Interdenominational Theological Center, where she served as Assistant and then Associate Professor of
New Testament. In Atlanta, Dr. Aymer met her husband, Dr. Laurent M. R. G. Oget, a native and citizen of France,
who had immigrated to the US as a software engineer. They were married in 2005, and in 2013 were blessed with a
son, Gabriel, born to wonderful birthparents and placed with them for adoption. Margaret continues to serve the
Presbyterian Church in whatever ways she is asked, and has been blessed to know wonderful colleagues in Grace
Presbytery over her twelve years of ordained ministry.
Statement of Faith: God, before time; God, within time; God, beyond time: this I believe. That which we name God
far exceeds our naming or comprehension. God is limitless; humanity can neither control nor grasp God’s scope.
Before the beginning, God’s Spirit herself hovered over pre-created. (Genesis 1 Ruach in Hebrew is feminine.) Yet
God has always been present within mortal creation. Humanity, of every variety, is made in God’s image and
likeness. God gives us birth and breath. (Deut. 32:18; Isaiah 42:14) God protects us a like a bear with her cubs, like
a hen with her chicks. (Hosea 13:8; Matthew 23:37) In our distresses, God soothes us as a mother soothes her
children. (Isaiah 49: 15; 66:13; Psalm 131:2) God bears us up on wings as a mother eagle bears up her eaglets.
(Deut. 32:11-12)
All creation bears witness to God’s presence and power among us. (Romans 1) The scriptures of the church offer yet
another witness. Their witness is human and imperfect. (Cf. Ephesians 5) Nevertheless, they testify authoritatively
about Jesus Christ, God incarnate, im-anu-el. God speaks in a unique way through these ancient testimonies.
The scriptures tell the story of the family of one Iraqi man, Abram of Ur. (Ur of the Chaldeans is in what is now
commonly known as Iraq.) With this one, imperfect man God entered into a covenant. God would be with him and
his descendants uniquely that they might be a testimony to all. Like his enslaved concubine Hagar, Abraham called
God the “seeing one.” (Gen 16:13; 22:14. The verb in each declaration is identical, although some translations
differentiate between them, translating Hagar’s declaration as “sees” and Abrahams as “provides.”) This same God
kept covenant with Abraham and his descendants, through famine, enslavement, and flight from political terror. As
refugees wandering in desert places, God provided for this people sustenance and protection. God provided these
wanderers with the Torah, a guide for lives as covenant people.
Despite God’s faithfulness, Abraham’s descendants often rebelled. To them God sent judges and prophets: Miriam,
Deborah, Huldah and many men. Through monarchy, exile, and return, God never broke covenant, nor abandoned
Abraham’s children. And, God promised that one day Holy Spirit would pour out on all of the people – daughters
and sons would prophesy, and God’s gracious ways would be written on every heart.
At God’s own appointed time, in a mystery that surpasses telling, the infinite God took on finitude in the body of a
human man. Jesus of Nazareth, born to an unmarried woman, adopted by a human father was raised in the covenant
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of the God of Abraham in an obscure Galilean town. (Luke 1-2; Matthew 1-2) When God’s time was fulfilled,
Jesus’ ministry began, enlivened by the Holy Spirit, full of grace and truth. (Mark 1:10-11; John 1:14) His ministry
tore apart the heavens and every barrier between humanity and God. (Mark 1:10-11; Mark 15:38) He who called
God, “Abba,” stood against Roman imperialism and every kind of injustice, calling his people back into God’s
loving covenant. (Mark 14:36; Luke 8:30; Mark 12:17) Jesus was hailed as a prophet by the people. (Luke 7) To
those he called his friends, he was revealed to be God’s beloved son. (Mark 9:7) But his calls for justice were
resisted by those in collaboration with the empire. Even as he was anointed the Christ, by an unnamed prophetic
woman, he was betrayed to collaborators by one of his own male disciples. (Mark 14:1-11) Handed over, Jesus was
tried for blasphemy and treason, and crucified by the emperor as a sign to all who might follow his way. (Mark 14;
Galatians 1:3)
Before Jesus died, he instituted a new covenant with all of humanity, a covenant that his death and burial would seal.
(Luke 22:20) God raised Jesus from the dead as the first fruits of the new creation, and as a witness that Jesus
supersedes all human authority. (Ephesians 1:20; 1 Cor. 15:23; Phil. 2:10-12) Through Jesus’ death and resurrection,
we have been reconciled to God, adopted into God’s family. (Romans 5:10; Romans 8:15) This is entirely God’s
work, and not that of our own choosing. Through God working in us, we are given the gift of faithfulness. (Romans
12:3) Through Christ’s death, we who are always sinners nevertheless live in God’s grace and are called to manifest
that grace through our love of God and neighbor. (Ephesians 2:8)
God continues to call people into relationship, filling us with Holy Spirit that we might make manifest the gifts of
the Holy Spirit in response to such an unearned and undeserved grace. (Acts 10; Gal 5:22-24) Through that
manifestation, we are known to one another as siblings of the same Father, children born of the same Birthmother,
regardless of differences of ethnicity, gender, or interpretations of scripture. (James 1:18 represents God as Father of
lights and birthmother of the people of God; Acts 15.) Like Jesus, we who have been filled with the Spirit are called
to declare good news, release of the captives and perception to those who do not yet understand. (Luke 4: 16-19)
Even as we live out our faithfulness in this world we groan in birthpains with all of creation as we yearn for the time
divinely promised when God will restore all things, and when we know more than any of us can imagine, even as we
are truly known. (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 13) Even so, Lord Jesus, come. (Revelation 22:20)
Rev. Phillip Million
Biography: Phillip Million has received a call to serve as Designated Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Mabank.
He is transferring from Sierra Blanca Presbytery, New Mexico. Born in Kentucky, but he grew up in various places
around the country and abroad. His undergraduate degree is from Phillips University, and his master's degree and
Ph.D. were earned at the University of Oklahoma. Much of his first career was spent teaching at the college level. In
preparation for his second career in the ministry, he completed his Master of Divinity degree at the University of
Dubuque Theological Seminary, and was ordained by Sierra Blanca Presbytery. Before coming to Mabank, Phillip
served as pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Portales, New Mexico.
Phillip's wife, Geralyn, is originally from Oklahoma, and recently retired. Their adult children recently completed
their college education and are working in Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. Both Phillip and Geralyn are avid
readers and enjoy the outdoors and traveling.
Statement of Faith: I believe in the Triune God, creator, sustainer, and sovereign Lord of the universe. God has
created the heavens and earth for our sustenance, and to be enjoyed in a perfect covenantal relationship with him and
the rest of his creation. While originally created in God’s perfect image, I believe in the original sin and fall of
humankind, after which our vertical relationship with God and our horizontal relationship with the rest of our fellow
humans was broken. Because of our resulting bondage to sin, our human story thereafter has been a cyclic repetition
of sin and repentance whereupon our frailty has made us utterly dependent on God’s grace.
I believe in Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, who was made incarnate and put on this earth for the
redemption of our sins. Christ was both fully human and fully divine. Jesus, in accordance with God’s providential
will, was crucified on the cross and then resurrected on the third day. Through this sacrificial act of God’s love for
us, Christ has atoned for the sins of the world. And we in turn have been resurrected in new lives of faith in the body
of Jesus Christ. Through God’s grace, the gift of faith has been given to us through our election, through which we
have been saved and will enjoy the eternal blessings of communion with our Lord. In this, we can take great
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comfort.
I believe that God sustains us through the power of the Holy Spirit, which guides us personally, and the Church, as
we travel in our journey of faith. In the Sacraments of the Church, the spirit empowers us, both in the baptismal
waters, which spiritually cleanses us of our sins, and in Holy Communion as we partake of the bread of life and the
cup of our salvation.
In the body of Christ, I believe we must continually listen to God’s word, in both scripture and prayer, to discern his
message for our lives and the work that we are called upon to do in the world for his Church. As people in his new
covenant, God commands us to love him with all our hearts, our souls, and our minds. And as people bound together
in faith, we are to welcome and love our neighbors as ourselves.
In gratitude for God’s unconditional grace, we must increasingly strive to order our lives to reflect God’s will, the
love of Jesus Christ, and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Through this power, we continually grow in faith to carry
out the Great Ends of the Church.
Recognition of Honorable Retirement
Rev. Mary Alice Lyman
Mary Alice Lyman was ordained on September 18, 1988 at First Presbyterian Church in Waco by Grace Presbytery.
She retired on January 28, 2016. She received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Baylor University, Waco in
1980 and a Master of Divinity from McCormick Seminary, Chicago in 1985.
Her ministry included service at First Presbyterian Church in Waco as Associate Pastor 1988-1991; Trinity
Presbyterian Church in Midland as Associate Pastor 1991-1994; Swarthmore Presbyterian Church in Swarthmore,
Pennsylvania as Associate Pastor 1994-2004; First Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg, Florida as Associate
Pastor 2004-2007; Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville, New Jersey as Associate Pastor 2007-2009;
and First Presbyterian Church in Commerce, Texas as Pastor 2009-2012.
Her family includes Alice Lyman, daughter; Anna Ousley, daughter; and Rob Ousley, son-in-law. She writes this
about her retirement plans: “My plans for retirement are that I don’t have any real plans, will see what adventure is
next.”
Rev. Terry L. McLellan
Terry L. McLellan was ordained March 7, 2004 at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Carrollton, Texas by Grace
Presbytery. He retired on January 31, 2016. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from
Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1969, a Master of Business Administration from the University
of Dallas, Graduate School of Management in 1976, and a Master of Divinity from Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary in 2004.
His ministry included service at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Carrollton as Pastor 2004-2011, and Faith United
Presbyterian Church in Farmers Branch as Pastor 2011-2016. His family includes Kay McLellan – wife of 45 years,
Chris McLellan – son of 43 years, Jen McLellan – daughter-in-law, Emma McLellan – granddaughter 16 years old,
and Gus McLellan – granddaughter 11 years old.
He writes this about his retirement plans: “Play a little golf; travel some; preach and teach once in a while; read
some of that in my library I haven’t had time to get to; see what other trouble Kay and I can get into; keep up with
friends and family. Not much.”
Recognition of Teaching Elders Completing Service
Rev. Thomas Allen, Rev. Angie Mabry-Nauta, Rev. Carolyn Osoinach, Rev. Julie Riley
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Recognition of Ordination Anniversaries
20 Year Anniversaries: Rev. Elizabeth G. Dick (March 10, 1996), Rev. Shane Whisler (March 24, 1996)
30 Year Anniversaries: Rev. Dr. Julie Adkins (February 28, 1986), Rev. Dr. David J. Gouwens, HR (February 13,
1986), Rev. Jack C. Robertson, HR (January 19, 1986)
50 Year Anniversaries: Rev. David A. Sharp, HR (February 13, 1966), Rev. David A. Thomas, HR (March 27,
1966)
55 Year Anniversaries: Rev. F. Dale Branum, HR (January 11, 1961), Rev. Richard L. Hollingsworth, HR (March
17, 1961)
Examinations and Admissions Subcommittee
David Batchelder
David Batchelder at [email protected].
Motions from the Examinations and Admissions Subcommittee
Ordination Examination
1.
That Grace Presbytery sustain the Ordination Examination of Amy Moore, a candidate under care of Grace
Presbytery, to be ordained and enrolled as a Teaching Elder as Stated Supply Pastor at John Calvin
Presbyterian Church of Dallas. [1/26/2016]
Biography: Amy Moore enjoys adventure and her greatest adventure is experiencing a relationship with Jesus
Christ. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska. From her
home in Pennsylvania, through Minnesota to Dallas, Amy experienced a fulfilling call in 30 years of nursing,
specializing in wound healing and professional education. Through intentional spiritual formation, and while
pursuing a certificate in spiritual direction, Amy recognized God’s call to attend Perkins School of Theology at
Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She graduated in 2014.
Amy has served her home church, Preston Hollow Presbyterian, as a Stephen Minister, deacon, and women’s
evening Bible study facilitator. Amy has also led several Sunday school series in discovering prayer, spiritual
formation retreats, and serves on the faculty of HeartPaths DFW, training in spiritual formation and direction.
Her family encouragement includes the legacy of her parents through the lives of her siblings and her
immediate family shared with husband, David, two sons, three daughters, a son-in-law, and a granddaughter.
She looks forward to more adventure in experiencing Christ through the church, accompanying a medical
mission trip to Kiritimati Island, and hiking Machu Picchu in May.
Statement of Faith: I believe in God and I believe God is intimately involved in creation and continually acts to
invite all creation into relationship. Therefore…
I BELIEVE in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, mysteriously three in one, living in relationship founded in
love. God is love and God chose to create this stunning world as an outward expression of goodness rooted in
love, which exists eternally within the relationship of the Trinity. Made in God’s image, humanity has the
capacity to love, to live in relationship and to make decisions with real consequences. Unfortunately humanity
chooses to follow a self-serving path that blinds us to the mercy and justice of God. Therefore, in compassion
God became fully human in Jesus and entered into our brokenness. The unconditional love, sacrifice and
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resurrection of Jesus Christ demonstrate God’s power and desire to redeem humanity and restore the
relationship with God and one another for which we were created. Through Jesus Christ we discover God’s
saving grace that even death cannot overcome, as we too will be resurrected into eternal life in a new heaven
and a new earth. The Spirit is the abiding love of God in us, by which we discover we are beloved children of
God, heirs to life in the Body of Christ both now and forever.
Redemption begins with the grace of God in individuals and moves into the world through the fellowship of the
Church. As the Body of Christ, the Church is present to the struggle of this world, and is to proclaim the good
news of saving grace, living as a witness to God’s inclusive love, forgiveness and relationship. Baptism and
Eucharist are visible means of the grace of Jesus Christ that is available to all. Baptism serves as a witness that
we are beloved children of God. The Eucharist celebrates the reality of Christ’s presence and binds together
past, present and future believers in the joy of the common feast. The sacraments nurture our faith and draw us
into union with God in God’s kingdom by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Scripture is inspired by God and is the decisive Word through which God is revealed. Therefore, by grace we
respond with faith to the testimony of scripture and the traditions articulated in the creeds to discern the mission
of the church relative to the Living Word and the continuing salvation narrative.
First Presbyterian Church, Richardson
David Schaefers
If you have questions for David Schaefers, his email is [email protected].
Congregational Support Committee
Kelly Yeager-Chadwick at [email protected].
Motions from the Congregational Support Committee
1.
That Grace Presbytery recognize the following recipients of the Congregation Mission Initiative Grants:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church, Dallas “My Faith Family Program;”
St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Dallas “St. Mark Community Dog Park;”
Ridglea Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth “Blessings in a Bag;”
Main Street Presbyterian Church, Honey Grove “Ashes-to-Ashes Ministry;”
First Presbyterian Church of Palestine, Palestine “Mother’s Day Out Program;”
First Presbyterian Church of Rockwall, Rockwall “Sanctuary Mid-Week Program;”
Central Presbyterian Church, Waco “Kids Hope USA;”
Brazilian Presbyterian Church, The Colony “Fusion Youth.”
Background: Grace Presbytery’s Statement of Mission is “Grace Presbytery claims God’s mission as our
calling, to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ who saves, redeems, and reconciles the world to God through
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ministries of witness, justice, and mercy. Grace Presbytery prepares and supports leaders to build vital
congregations that reach seekers and those in need, nurture disciples, and send apostles of our Lord into the
world.”
The purpose of Congregational Mission Initiative Grants is to provide support to congregations of Grace
Presbytery in the creation of new and innovative ministries within congregations and the communities they
serve. These funds are intended to be “seed money” that will enable congregations to create new ministries, and
as such, they are limited to one year of funding. Each grant of up to $3,000.00 must be used to fund up to 75%
of the total projected first year’s cost of the proposed project. Funds granted in these initiatives may not be used
for major capital improvement expenses, debt retirement, the securing of general on-going staff needs, mission
trips, international partnerships, or the continuation of existing ministries.
Please see the following link for more information about Grace Presbytery Mission Initiative Grants:
http://www.gracepresbytery.org/congregation-resources/documents-and-forms/congregational-supportcommittee/
Dates for 2017 MIG application are:
September 1, 2016 – MIG applications open
November 1, 2016 – MIG application deadline
December 10, 2016 – 2107 MIG awards announced at Presbytery
Congratulations to our 2015 Mission Initiative Grant Recipients!
A. Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church, Dallas “My Faith Family Program”
The purpose of this mission is to join with Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services to comfort and
support foster parents so they in turn can be better able to comfort and support the children they are
fostering. This is also a way to reach out into the community by being the hands and feet of Christ to those
in need.
B. St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Dallas “St. Mark Community Dog Park”
The purpose of this mission is to reach out to the neighborhood surrounding the church in order to open up
channels of conversation through a welcoming atmosphere of friendship and Christian attitudes of listening
and working together, thereby expressing our desire for communication with and outreach to our neighbors.
This outreach is a response to the biblical question, “Who is your neighbor?”
C. Ridglea Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth “Blessings in a Bag”
The number of children in the Fort Worth community who do not have enough food is staggering. Children
and youth at Ridglea Presbyterian Church are helping change that – one bag at a time. Currently, on a
weekly basis, students at two of the Ready Set Go Centers leave with a bag full of food: three breakfasts,
two lunches, three suppers and snacks. We will be using these funds to expand to reach all four of the
centers in the spring (70 students each week).
D. Main Street Presbyterian Church, Honey Grove “Ashes-to-Ashes Ministry”
In the early morning hours of February 10, 2013, our 100-year-old church building was hit by lighting and
burned to the ground. Generations of memories slumped into smoldering rubble, twisted metal, and shards
of stained glass. The stoic and surviving congregation vowed to turn their negative experience into a
positive ministry by extending caring hands to families who suffer the loss of their homes to fire. This grant
will enable the congregation to assemble burn bundles for the fire department to issue to each family
member at the time of a fire. Each bundle will contain a small blanket, toothpaste and toothbrush,
deodorant, comb, brush, towel, washcloth, soap, lotion, Bible, a tin of mints, pen, writing pad, slippers,
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socks, razor and shaving cream, moist toilettes, small mirror, list of important phone numbers and a small
package of tissues.
E. First Presbyterian Church of Palestine, Palestine “Mother’s Day Out Program”
The purpose of the Mother’s Day Out mission is to provide a safe, loving, Christ-centered environment to
build relationships with young families by caring for their children ages 9 months through 4 years
beginning one day a week and promoting Godly living and church attendance which enriches the lives of
these young families spiritually, physically, intellectually and emotionally.
F.
First Presbyterian Church of Rockwall, Rockwall “Sanctuary Mid-Week Program”
First Presbyterian Church, Rockwall is seeking to invite the community to join them in a new mid-week
program called “Sanctuary” to create a time and place to simply “be”. They are hoping to give visitors a
place and time to reconnect with God and others over a meal and prayer. Following a meal and table
fellowship, a worship service that will focus on quiet, experiential prayer practices will be offered as well
as child care for pre-school age children.
G. Central Presbyterian Church, Waco “Kids Hope USA”
Kids Hope USA is a nation-wide school-based mentoring program that focuses on elementary age children.
KHUSA trains and provides mentors to use a weekly one-hour “event” to build relationships focused on a
child’s emotional, social, and academic needs which results in changes in attitudes, behavior and academic
performance. This Mission Initiative Grant will cover the cost of training church members and providing
supplies as well as a computer for this mission.
H. Brazilian Presbyterian Church, The Colony “Fusion Youth”
The Fusion Youth initiative is designed to reach out to youth in the community through multi-lingual small
group meetings and programs. Phase I begins with evangelism and relationship-building through sports,
movies and informal meetings. Phase II will include the development of small group ministries in
member’s homes. Phase III will add a monthly worship service designed specifically for youth.
Recognition of Earth Care Congregations
Kelly Yeager-Chadwick at [email protected].
Today we recognize the churches who are 2016 Earth Care Congregations: Emmanuel Presbyterian Church of
Bedford, First Presbyterian Church of Henderson, Trinity Presbyterian Church of McKinney, and Central
Presbyterian Church of Waxahachie.
The Earth Care Program is sponsored by the Social Justice and Peacemaking Unit of the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.). It assists congregations to respond to the General Assembly’s “call to restore the creation.” Churches
applying to be an Earth Care Congregation must have the Earth Care Pledge affirmed by their session.
The Earth Care Pledge: Peace and justice is God’s plan for all creation. The earth and all creation are God’s. God
calls us to be careful, humble stewards of this earth, and to protect and restore it for its own sake, and for the future
use and enjoyment of the human family. As God offers all people the special gift of peace through Jesus Christ, and
through Christ reconciles all to God, we are called to deal justly with one another and the earth:
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1.
Our worship and discipleship will celebrate God’s grace and glory in creation and declare that God calls us to
cherish, protect and restore this earth.
2.
In education, we will seek learning and teaching opportunities to know and understand the threats to God’s
creation and the damage already inflicted. We will encourage and support each other in finding ways of keeping
and healing the creation in response to God’s call to earth-keeping, justice and community.
3.
Our facilities will be managed, maintained and upgraded in a manner that respects and cherishes all creation,
human and non-human, while meeting equitably the needs of all people. In our buildings and on our grounds we
will use energy efficiently, conserve resources, and share what we have in abundance so that God’s holy
creation will be sustainable for all life and future generations.
4.
Our outreach will encourage public policy and community involvement that protects and restores the
vulnerable and degraded earth as well as oppressed and neglected people. We will be mindful that our personal
and collective actions can positively or negatively affect our neighborhood, region, nation and world. We will
seek to achieve environmental justice through coalitions and ecumenical partnerships.
Presbytery Council
Ben Dorr
Ben Dorr at [email protected].
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Jim Reinarz
If you have questions for Jim Reinarz, his email is [email protected].
Trinity Presbyterian Church, The Colony
Charles Schneider
If you have questions, Charles Schneider’s email is [email protected].
Overtures to the 2016 General Assembly
Gerry Tyer
If you have questions about the following motions,
please email Gerry Tyer at [email protected].
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Motions from the Stated Clerk
Overtures to the 2016 General Assembly
1.
That Grace Presbytery concur with the following overture to the 2016 General Assembly from the Presbytery
of New York City: “On Responding to Our Sisters and Brothers Who Are Refugees or Internally Displaced.”
Grace Presbytery concurs with Overture 048 from the Presbytery of New York City and overtures the 222nd
General Assembly to:
1) Respond to the ancient biblical directive to provide for the stranger and the sojourner by directing
appropriate PCUSA agencies, offices and staff (e.g., the Stated Clerk, the Office of Immigration Issues, the
Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Office of Public Witness, and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance) to
provide leadership for the whole PCUSA in diligently advocating for and seeking to improve matters
related to United States Government refugee resettlement policies and related issues. This would include,
but not be limited to advocacy for:
a.
A shortened overseas processing period – one measured in months not years – for refugees approved
for admission to the United States. Beyond security checks, the process should include an expanded
plan for reuniting families in this country;
b.
Increased federal funding to support necessary services for an expanded number of refugees –
especially the most vulnerable;
c.
For admitting refugees as lawful permanent residents to increase their personal security and to insure
that they not slip through administrative gaps in the immigration system.
2) Appropriate PCUSA entities and staff are directed to urge the United States Government and other member
nations of the United Nations to honor and increase their funding to support humanitarian agencies,
international refugee camps, and direct financial support which is often indispensable for internally
displaced families in countries such as Iraq and Syria, and the multitude of other people, forced by fear and
violence, to flee their national boundaries. This would include, but not be limited to:
a.
Integration by the United States Refugee Resettlement Office of all services provided for refugees such
as medical assistance, job training, job placements, micro enterprise loans, and mental health services
in addition to living expenses. Such integration would promote charting the actual cost of refugee
resettlement and give guidance for realistic funding based on the number of refugees admitted per
year;
b.
Establishment of trauma services for refugee children. Trauma is epidemic in refugee camps, and
funding is inadequate to address needs. Also, since only about half of refugee children live in refugee
camps, similar assistance should be made available through appropriate service agencies and
responsible governmental entities where refugees live outside of camps;
c.
Dramatically increased support by governments, religious entities, private organizations, and
individuals for direct refugee services.
3) Joining denominational entities and staff named above, PCUSA presbyteries, sessions, and pastors should
encourage congregations to host, co-sponsor, and/or support refugee families.
a.
Churches can provide basic support such as clothing, housing, furniture and food.
b.
Churches can provide a social connection for refugees to assist their acclimation to the community –
including a welcoming voice for Muslims.
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4) Direct PC(USA) entities and staff to work with PC(USA) mission partners in affected countries and regions
to advocate for political resolutions to situations that displace people internally or force them to become
refugees.
Rationale: The present world refugee crisis is the greatest in over a quarter century. World-wide, 59.5 million
people are displaced from their homes. Among the displaced are half the Syrian population including 4.1
million who have fled to surrounding countries – living in camps, with families, or on their own. (USAID, Fact
Sheet #8 for 2015 and report of the Washington Post, Aug. 30, 2015, p. A13)
While the number of refugees grows, funding for their needs continues to fall short and even diminish. The
UNHCR (the UN agency for refugees) reports that as of August, 2015, only 37% of necessary funds have been
forthcoming from governments. The privately funded World Food Program was forced to reduce the per person
monthly food allowance from $40 to $13.50 and faced cutting off all aid to 200,000 of the neediest 1.6 million
refugees it seeks to serve. (Washington Post, Aug. 30, 2015, p. A13)
The United States government is the largest donor to United Nations refugee work and has contributed $4.1
billion for Middle East efforts since 2012. That amounted to $3.1 million per day in 2014 while $10.5 million
per day was being spent by the U.S. on the air war against the Islamic State. (ibid) Spending priorities, even in a
time of military conflict, are a moral issue not merely a financial consideration.
Our biblical faith has deep roots in and strong commitments to the refugee reality. “A wandering Aramean was
my father; and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there…” (Deut. 26:5) Fleeing centuries of persecution,
the Hebrew people lived the refugee reality of establishing a new life in a new place. Centuries later, Mary and
Joseph fled the terrors of Herod to save the infant Jesus. When he began his ministry, the stranger and the
outcast and the downtrodden had a special place in his teaching. It is not surprising then that his early followers
were instructed, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels
unawares.” (Heb. 13:2) And so the church remains conscious of its refugee roots, of the calling to seek justice
for the oppressed and the unexpected joys in doing so.
PCUSA General Assemblies have sought in many statements and calls to the churches to be faithful to the
mission of compassion and justice to refugees.
In approving the resolution on “Transformation of Churches and Society through Encounter with New
Neighbors,” the 211th GA (1999) noted that: “The Christian confession of Jesus Christ as Lord transforms
‘strangers’ into neighbors who are welcome into our communities. Churches are called to ministry with
refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants, and to public witness on their behalf. Christians have the
responsibility to challenge and to shape government policy regarding refugees, asylum seekers, and
immigrants…. (They) should be treated humanely and justly in government policies and in our communities….
Sovereign nations should exercise their authority to regulate immigration with a presumption toward generosity
rather than restrictiveness.
The action of the 1999 GA also reaffirmed the action of the 209th GA (1997) that "urges presbyteries and
congregations to respond to the plight of refugees and immigrants...and to advocate" on their behalf so that their
basic needs will be met.
Refugees are distinguished from migrants in that refugees are seeking to escape violence and other threats to
their well-being. Like migrants they seek a better life in a new land, but refugees typically come with few or no
financial resources of their own.
Most refugees are almost completely dependent on international funding and support. Without help, many will
not survive; with help millions can make a new beginning. The United Nations, supported by the United States
and other governments, remains the primary channel of funding for the present wave of international refugees.
Since 1947 the PCUSA has advocated on behalf of refugee resettlement in the United States and supported
strengthening laws toward that end. The PCUSA has often called for the US Government to increase the
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number of refugees received. (1947: UPCNA Minutes p. 1110; PCUS, Minutes pp. 162-164; PCUSA Minutes
p. 204 -- 1948: PCUSA Minutes p. 89 -- 1950 PCUSA Minutes, p.247) These early calls for generous admission
policies have been bolstered by General Assemblies dealing with compassionate immigration and refugee
policies for arrivals from various countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America (See Presbyterian Social Witness
Policy Compilation, p. 52) – and now the Middle East, particularly Syria and Iraq.
The General Assembly Office of Immigration Issues exists to advocate for and support Presbyterian efforts to
treat refugees with compassion and respect while helping to meet their resettlement needs. The Office is
responsive to congregations, networks, and individuals who seek to become involved around issues of refugee
justice and well-being. Teresa Waggener, Presbyterian Church (USA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY
40202. 502-569-5372 [email protected]
Every congregation's mission could include assisting a refugee individual or family.
2.
That Grace Presbytery concur with the following overture to the 2016 General Assembly from the Presbytery
of New York City: “On Upholding Peoples And Partners In The Middle East and In The United States.”
Grace Presbytery concurs with Overture 049 from the Presbytery of New York City and overtures the 222nd
General Assembly to adopt these actions:
The 222nd General Assembly:
1) Recognizes the importance of the continued presence of Christians and churches in the Middle East;
2) Affirms and encourages the Christian presence in the area through strengthened ties between the PCUSA
and the historic and reformed churches of the region;
3) Calls for expanded partnership relationships between PCUSA congregations and those of our partner
churches in the Middle East;
4) Directs the Stated Clerk and other appropriate staff to foster consultation and joint action with partner
churches of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops to address ways of increasing the respect and protection of Christians and other minorities
in the Middle East;
5) Directs the Stated Clerk and all appropriate staff to consult with our Christian partners in the Middle East to
determine how religiously-based radical thought and action in the region can best be thwarted. This should
include seeking insights from our partners about appropriate and inappropriate policies and actions in the
region of the United States and other governments.
6) Calls upon the United States Government, the United Nations and other international organizations to
support and fund activities of: peace-building; institutions nurturing civil society; and promoting strategies
for broadly inclusive economic development –all essential for long-term stability in the Middle East.
7) Calls on agencies of the General Assembly, Mid-Councils, church sessions and pastors of the PCUSA to
seek ways for Muslims, Christians, Jews and persons beyond the Abrahamic family to work collaboratively
in resisting bigotry and extremist thought and actions in communities across the United States – and
especially those groups and individuals cloaking themselves in religious language and ideology.
Rationale: The Christian church has been part of the Middle East fabric since Pentecost. Christians, however,
have been leaving the Middle East in growing numbers for decades. Some observers fear that soon there will be
few Christians left in the area of Jesus’ historical presence among us. The witness of the gospel calls Christians
to be engaged in the countries and cultures where they live. Creating incentives that encourage them to leave
should be avoided. Likewise, even well-intentioned suggestions that Christians, for their own protection, be
taken to safe zones within the region are unacceptable.
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Two factors are preeminent in the diminished Christian presence in the Middle East: religious radicalism and
economic pressures.
Religious Radicalism
The departure of Christians from the Middle East is a deep concern not only for the church but for the region as
a whole. The “Report of the Middle East Study Committee” to the 219th General Assembly (comprised of
former Assembly moderators) noted: “This dwindling presence of Christians in the Middle East is a deep
concern due to the role that Christians have played in being a mediating, reconciling presence. Without that
presence, we fear a more religiously polarized Middle East, more prone to extremism.” (GA 2010)
While the Christian presence must be maintained in the Middle East, other religious minorities are also
threatened by extremist groups that seek to dominate the area. Thus, side by side with Muslims and others,
Middle East Christians desire to build civil societies that value human rights, respect international law, and
model the vision that people of different historical, cultural, ethnic and religious traditions can live together
peacefully.
The United States has not been spared the trauma of radical extremism – sometimes in the guise of religion,
often as naked racism, and increasingly as bigotry against Arabs and Muslims. A 2014 survey showed that only
36 percent of Americans viewed Arab-Americans favorably and just 27 percent viewed Muslim-Americans
favorably, while more than half of Americans held a negative view of Islam. Indeed, a Pew Research Center
study reported that Americans regard Muslims more negatively than atheists. (Reported in Huffington Post, July
29, 2014, and April 10, 2015)
Since Muslims constitute less than one-percent of the U.S. population, it seems likely that such views are
fostered less by personal contact than by bias and misinformation. The way media and ordinary people use
language has an effect on how people – and especially minorities – are perceived. Wrong and biased
information about Syrians, Arabs, Muslims, refugees, migrants, people of color and other vulnerable groups
shapes public attitudes. This is especially true when it comes from politicians and lawmakers. In the United
States, whether persons are characterized as illegal versus undocumented; as an “anchor baby” versus a citizen;
or as a migrant versus refugee affects how they are perceived and even their legal rights.
But there is also power in the Christian language of the faith community - brother, sister, child of God and
neighbor – that nurtures a different relationship to people near at hand and far away we are beginning to know
and understand and appreciate.
Economic Development
War has brought economic desperation to the people of Syria and Iraq, including Christians. Relief efforts of
governments through the United Nations are supplemented by those of religious organizations like Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance. However, long-term economic development strategies will be required to restore
functioning societies in these countries.
The dramatically changing petroleum economy creates new opportunities to access and reorient western
economic and political relationships with the Middle East. That could bode well or ill for ordinary people in the
region. The biblical tradition of calling for economic equity should have a place in the debate that almost surely
lies ahead in the face of clashing economic interests and crumbling political structures in the region. The
General Assembly of 1978 declared: “…every society has the obligation to provide for all people the
opportunity for meaningful work, adequate food, clothing, shelter and health care … (and) a share in
formulating and responsibly implementing economic policies.” (PCUS Minutes, p.204) Two years later the GA
spoke specifically about its perspective on economic development: “On the basis of the concerns which
Christians bring to political and economic life…we support the call for both a reordering of the international
economic system and a major change in national development strategies…” (PCUS 1980 Minutes, pp. 196-197)
Those are still sound principles for the church’s participation in both international and domestic arenas - for
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crafting just policies of trade, aid and investment linking countries globally and for seeking a fair sharing of
economic benefits within each country.
Financial Reports
Ken Johnson
If you have questions about the following reports,
please mail Ken Johnson at [email protected].
Financial Reports
Balance Sheet (Unaudited) as of December 31, 2015
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Accounts Receivable
Prepaid Expenses
Total Notes and Loans Receivable
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
INVESTMENTS HELD FOR LONG TERM USE
Bonds and Fixed Income Investments
Equity-Oriented Investments
Investments In Real Estate - PMC Building
PROPERTY AND FIXED ASSETS
Real Estate Property
Mineral Lease Property
Land Held For Sale
Property Plant and Equipment
Other Assets - Due from Funds
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable - Presbytery
Accounts Payable - General Assembly
Accounts Payable - Synod
Accounts Payable - Directed Receipts
Designated Funds
Other Liabilities - Due to Funds
TOTAL LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted Net Assets
Net Income
Temporarily Restricted Funds/Permanently Restricted Funds
TOTAL NET ASSETS
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
1,427,121
62,434
25,297
226,956
1,741,808
875,334
11,259,234
1,333,332
5,967,081
114,220
1,291,623
12,673
4,900,000
27,495,305
33,372
92,601
19,740
20,096
262,879
4,900,000
5,328,688
2,251,975
825,419
24,417,911
22,166,617
27,495,305
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Statement of Operations (Unaudited) as of December 31, 2015
Year to Date Year to Date
Actual
Budget
DESCRIPTION
Current
YTD
Variance
INCOME
1 Shared Mission Support
1,600,727
1,550,000
50,727
2 Designated Support
184,642
0
184,642
3 Gifts, Grants, Fees
89,543
56,552
32,991
4 Youth Event Income
142,677
92,200
50,477
5 Release of Earnings from Funds
291,000
291,000
0
40,931
71,800
-30,869
2,349,520
2,061,552
287,968
9 Shared Mission Support
-287,384
-272,900
-14,484
10 Designated Support Expense
-166,162
0
-166,162
-17,705
-36,900
19,195
12 Youth & Young Adult Ministries
-162,013
-180,700
18,687
13 Ministry Preparation and Support
-90,703
-111,163
20,460
14 New Church Development
-23,977
-34,500
10,523
-318,102
-305,225
-12,877
16 Property & Liability Insurance
-13,337
-15,000
1,663
17 Legal Expenses
-16,697
-3,750
-12,947
18 Personnel
-948,642
-933,077
-15,565
19 Operations
-319,354
-344,173
24,819
0
0
0
-2,364,076
-2,237,388
-126,688
-14,556
-175,836
161,280
1,026,477
0
1,026,477
22 Dismissals, Settlements & Other
317,066
0
317,066
23 Interest, Unrealized Gain/Loss
-19,332
0
-19,332
24 Property Expenses
-234,236
0
-234,236
25 HPPC Distribution
-250,000
0
-250,000
NET TOTAL NON-OPERATING ACTIVITY
839,975
0
1,074,211
NET INCOME OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES
825,419
-175,836
1,235,491
6 Royalty & Lease Income
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENSES
11 Congregational Support
15 Presbytery Meetings and Committees
20 Depreciation
TOTAL EXPENSES
INCOME OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES
21 Discontinued Ministries
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Shared Mission Support Report (Unaudited) as of December 31, 2015
Shared Mission Support Report
2014
Total
Contribution
2015
Pledge
2015
Total Receipts
Aledo
Faith Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Allen
First Presbyterian Church
12,000.00
2,730.00
2,730.00
Arlington
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Arlington
Grace Presbyterian Church
15,545.80
12,000.00
12,000.00
Arlington
Westminster Church
8,217.92
7,700.00
7,890.68
Athens
9,000.00
9,000.00
8,100.00
Bedford
Emmanuel Church
19,949.04
19,949.00
19,949.04
Belton
1,419.95
1,000.00
1,000.00
Blue Ridge
Crossroads Church
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Bonham
9,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Bridgeport
3,600.00
3,600.00
900.00
Buckholtz
Sharp Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Cameron
600.00
0.00
600.00
Canton
1,356.00
1,425.00
0.00
Carrollton
Nor'kirk Presbyterian Church
6,000.00
0.00
3,000.00
Carthage
St. Paul Presbyterian Church
300.00
300.00
300.00
Clarksville
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Clarksville
New Shamrock Church
300.00
0.00
300.00
Clarksville
Pine Grove Church
250.00
250.00
250.00
Cleburne
United Presbyterian Church
3,999.96
4,000.00
3,999.96
Clifton
1,000.20
0.00
916.85
Commerce
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
Corsicana
Westminster Church
10,715.00
10,500.00
11,400.00
Crowley
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Cumby
600.00
600.00
600.00
Dallas
Bentwood Trail Church
15,360.00
0.00
15,918.00
Dallas
Bethany Presbyterian Church
2,410.00
2,520.00
2,520.00
Dallas
Eastminster Church
35,000.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
Dallas
El Divino Salvador Church
1,300.00
0.00
1,200.00
Dallas
120,000.00
120,000.00
120,000.00
Dallas
Glendale Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Dallas
Hamggehanun
300.00
0.00
0.00
Dallas
John Calvin Church
5,000.00
5,000.00
2,799.50
Dallas
Lake Highlands Church
6,000.00
0.00
6,000.00
Dallas
NorthPark Church
34,250.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
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2014
Total
Contribution
2015
Pledge
2015
Total Receipts
Dallas
Northridge Church
46,500.00
47,000.00
47,500.00
Dallas
Oak Cliff Church
9,000.00
9,000.00
8,250.00
Dallas
Preston Hollow Church
131,500.00
133,000.00
132,999.96
Dallas
St. Andrew's Church
3,018.00
0.00
3,018.00
Dallas
St. Luke Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Dallas
St. Mark Presbyterian Church
16,250.00
0.00
7,380.00
Dallas
United African Church
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
Dallas
Westminster Church
10,250.00
10,330.00
12,992.50
Denison
8,750.00
0.00
7,000.00
Denison
Hyde Park Church
450.00
500.00
500.00
Denton
899.35
1,000.00
884.17
Denton
St. Andrew Church
28,999.80
0.00
24,999.96
Denton
Trinity Presbyterian Church
35,766.00
35,431.00
35,431.00
Deport
0.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
DeSoto
DeSoto Presbyterian Church
1,100.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Duncanville
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Ennis
0.00
0.00
0.00
Fairfield
Fairfield-Harmony Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Ferris
0.00
0.00
0.00
Farmers Branch
Faith United Church
20,121.00
21,000.00
21,000.00
Farmers Branch
Good Shepherd Korean NCD
1,200.00
0.00
1,200.00
Flower Mound
Flower Mound Church
500.00
0.00
500.00
Flower Mound
42,000.00
42,000.00
35,250.00
Forney
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Fort Worth
170,000.00
170,000.00
169,999.99
Fort Worth
Forest Hill Church
600.00
0.00
0.00
Fort Worth
Gethsemane Church
13,200.00
0.00
1,900.00
Fort Worth
John Knox Church
4,800.00
4,800.00
4,800.00
Fort Worth
Ridglea Presbyterian Church
8,500.00
0.00
10,000.00
Fort Worth
St. Peter Presbyterian Church
0.00
300.00
300.00
Fort Worth
St. Stephen Church
25,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
Fort Worth
Westminster Church
25,599.96
32,370.00
25,599.86
Fort Worth
Westside Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Frisco
Faithbridge Church
4,000.00
0.00
4,000.00
Frisco
Holy Seed Korean NCD
0.00
0.00
0.00
Frisco
Legacy Presbyterian Church
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Gainesville
8,000.00
8,000.00
9,333.40
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Garland
Garland
2014
Total
Contribution
2015
Pledge
2015
Total Receipts
25,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
South Asian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gatesville
0.00
0.00
0.00
Granbury
28,800.00
28,800.00
28,800.00
Grand Prairie
4,000.00
0.00
4,000.00
Grand Prairie
Immanuel Church
600.00
300.00
300.00
Grand Prairie
West Fork Church
2,400.00
0.00
2,400.00
Grapevine
31,500.00
31,500.00
31,500.00
Greenville
United Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Haltom City
Browning Heights Church
3,720.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Hamilton
350.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Henderson
6,000.00
6,500.00
6,500.00
Hillsboro
600.00
0.00
600.00
Honey Grove
Main Street Church
0.00
500.00
500.00
Hooks
1,200.00
0.00
600.00
Hurst
St Philip Presbyterian Church
24,999.96
0.00
12,500.00
Irving
Hackberry Creek
20,000.04
20,000.00
20,000.04
Irving
Woodhaven Church
28,479.00
36,684.00
36,459.96
Italy
Park Presbyterian Church
1,000.00
500.00
0.00
Itasca
0.00
0.00
0.00
Jacksonville
2,400.00
2,400.00
3,200.00
Joshua
Union Hill Church
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
Kaufman
1,200.00
0.00
1,200.00
Kerens
Kerens Presbyterian Church
500.00
500.00
500.00
Kilgore
23,000.00
23,000.00
23,000.00
Lancaster
5,450.00
5,450.00
5,006.00
Lewisville
0.00
0.00
0.00
Lewisville
Keunnamu NCD
0.00
0.00
0.00
Lindale
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Longview
Alpine Presbyterian Church
3,850.00
3,995.00
3,995.00
Longview
Centre Presbyterian Church
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Longview
6,850.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Longview
St Andrew Church
12,238.11
11,000.00
11,000.00
Lott
0.00
0.00
0.00
Mabank
4,583.26
1,200.00
1,200.00
Mansfield
East Broad NCD
1,000.00
0.00
1,000.00
Mansfield
600.00
600.00
600.00
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McKinney
McKinney
Mesquite
2014
Total
Contribution
2015
Pledge
2015
Total Receipts
3,499.92
3,500.00
3,499.92
12,750.00
0.00
12,458.00
7,200.00
7,200.00
4,000.00
Midlothian
2,750.00
2,500.00
1,000.00
Milford
Milford Presbyterian Church
2,500.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Mineral Wells
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Mount Pleasant
4,500.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
North Richland Hills
St Paul Presbyterian Church
12,000.00
12,000.00
8,000.00
Palestine
2,400.00
2,400.00
1,800.00
Paris
Central Presbyterian Church
515.00
530.00
530.00
Paris
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
Parker
Corinth Presbyterian Church
500.00
600.00
700.00
Pittsburg
500.00
0.00
500.00
Plano
2,500.00
0.00
2,500.00
Plano
12,720.00
38,580.00
39,226.50
Plano
Taiwanese NCD
400.00
400.00
400.00
Plano
West Plano Church
6,000.00
8,000.00
8,000.00
Prosper
Prosper Presbyterian Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Richardson
Binnerri Presbyterian Church
14,000.00
8,000.00
11,442.00
Richardson
Canyon Creek Church
43,999.74
44,000.00
44,004.00
Richardson
33,000.00
33,600.00
33,660.00
Richardson
St. Barnabas Church
34,191.83
36,000.00
36,000.00
Rockdale
2,060.00
1,640.00
0.00
Rockwall
16,000.00
16,000.00
15,999.96
Rusk
0.00
0.00
500.00
Salado
Salado Presbyterian Church
3,000.00
0.00
3,000.00
Sherman
Covenant Church
7,000.04
7,000.00
6,667.12
Sherman
Grand Avenue Church
5,000.04
5,000.00
5,333.36
Southlake
31,062.83
34,364.00
35,154.79
Stephenville
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Sulphur Springs
800.00
0.00
800.00
Temple
4,000.01
0.00
0.00
Temple
34,120.00
34,000.00
34,060.08
Terrell
4,500.00
2,000.00
1,660.00
Texarkana
Northwood Church
500.00
0.00
0.00
The Colony
Brazilian Presbyterian NCD
0.00
0.00
0.00
The Colony
0.00
0.00
0.00
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Timpson
Tennessee Church
Troup
2014
Total
Contribution
2015
Pledge
2015
Total Receipts
2,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tyler
40,002.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
Tyler
Highland Church
0.00
0.00
0.00
Waco
13,501.66
10,000.00
4,999.98
Waco
El Calvario Church
250.00
0.00
0.00
Waco
32,000.00
32,000.00
32,000.00
Waxahachie
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Weatherford
Grace First Church
13,260.58
15,000.00
14,853.48
Whitesboro
3,333.36
4,000.00
3,000.00
Whitewright
504.00
504.00
504.00
Winnsboro
1,000.00
560.00
1,000.00
Pastors & Elder Support
2,450.00
2,000.00
5,950.00
750.00
6,500.00
2,250.00
PW Shared Mission Support
Garland
Southminster Church
4,583.26
5,000.00
0.00
Irving
St Stephen's Church
4,200.00
0.00
0.00
Killeen
690.00
0.00
0.00
Marlin
667.00
0.00
0.00
1,658,259.62
1,505,312.00
1,600,727.06
Total
New Business
Adjournment and Closing Prayer
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Index
Administrative Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater ..................................... 45
Balance Sheet ................................................................................................................................ 60
Bethany Presbyterian Church, Dallas ........................................................................................... 30
Biography.......................................................................................................................... 48, 49, 51
Bylaws Suspended ........................................................................................................................ 29
Cancellation Policy ......................................................................................................................... 4
Candidate ...................................................................................................................................... 47
Candidates Removed the Rolls ..................................................................................................... 45
Commissioned Ruling Elder ......................................................................................................... 42
Committee on Ministry ........................................................................................................... 31, 32
Committee on Preparation for Ministry .................................................................................. 45, 47
Consent Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 16
Directory ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Dismissal of Teaching Elders ....................................................................................................... 33
Dissolution of First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater ................................................................. 46
Dissolutions of Pastoral Relationships.......................................................................................... 32
Docket ....................................................................................................................................... 2, 31
Examinations and Admissions Subcommittee .............................................................................. 51
Final Assessment .......................................................................................................................... 45
Financial Reports .......................................................................................................................... 60
First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater ......................................................................................... 45
Glossary of Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations .......................................................................... 7
Hispanic Latina Presbyterian Women .......................................................................................... 30
Honorable Retirement ............................................................................................................. 31, 50
Inquirer .......................................................................................................................................... 47
Installed Positions ......................................................................................................................... 34
Installed Positions, New................................................................................................................ 33
Labor Outside the Bounds of Grace Presbytery ........................................................................... 32
Legacy Presbyterian Church, Frisco ............................................................................................. 30
Ministry Team ............................................................................................................................... 30
Minutes, COM .............................................................................................................................. 45
Minutes, Presbytery ...................................................................................................................... 29
Minutes, Presbytery Council ......................................................................................................... 29
Mission Initiative Grants............................................................................................................... 52
Moderators of Churches without Installed Pastors ....................................................................... 43
Motions from the Administrative Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Gladewater ........ 45
Motions from the Committee on Ministry .................................................................................... 31
Motions from the Congregational Support Committee ................................................................ 52
Motions from the Presbytery Council ........................................................................................... 29
Motions from the Stated Clerk ................................................................................................ 16, 56
New Teaching Elders .................................................................................................................... 48
Nominations from the Floor.................................................................................................... 30, 43
Numerical Parity of Teaching and Ruling Elders ......................................................................... 16
Ordination and Installation Commissions..................................................................................... 43
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Ordination Anniversaries .............................................................................................................. 51
Ordination Examination ................................................................................................................ 51
Overtures to the 2016 General Assembly ..................................................................................... 56
Parish Associates .......................................................................................................................... 42
Parliamentary Procedure, Decorum and Practice............................................................................ 6
Presby-Speak................................................................................................................................... 7
Presbytery Council ........................................................................................................................ 29
Reception of Teaching Elders ....................................................................................................... 33
Roll of Churches ........................................................................................................................... 17
Roll of Teaching Elders ................................................................................................................ 21
Shared Mission Support Report .................................................................................................... 62
Standing Rules Amendment ................................................................................................... 27, 28
Stated Clerk................................................................................................................................... 16
Statement of Faith ............................................................................................................. 48, 49, 51
Statement of Operations ................................................................................................................ 61
Teaching Elders Completing Service............................................................................................ 50
Temporary Positions ..................................................................................................................... 39
Temporary Positions, New............................................................................................................ 39
Validated Ministries ...................................................................................................................... 32
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Monthly Theological /Practical Conversations: An Opportunity for
Professional Development, Presented by Grace Presbytery
April – November, 2016
All meetings will be held at the Presbyterian Mission Center, 6100 Colwell Blvd., Irving, unless
otherwise indicated. Register for these events on the Grace Presbytery website,
www.gracepresbytery.org
April 18 - “Theology and Clergy Self Care” 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., with Susan
Lange Ph.D. As a Licensed Systems-Centered Practitioner, Dr. Lange works
collaboratively to help others focus on the present and to be excited about the
future. She discusses the importance of slowing down to deal with
frustrations using problem-solving energy to reach goals. Dr. Lange is a
psychologist, Licensed Systems-Centered Practitioner, yoga teacher, and
ordained Presbyterian Elder.
May 23 - “Navigating through the Changes in Board of Pensions” 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., with Kevin
Keaton. The Reverend Kevin Keaton joined the Board in January 2012 after serving more than
30 years as a pastor and presbytery executive. Most recently, he was
Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Missouri River Valley, in Omaha,
Nebraska. Kevin has served churches in Austin, Texas; Basking Ridge, New
Jersey; Altoona, Pennsylvania; and Sugar Land, Texas. He has served
extensively on the Committee on Ministry for the Presbytery of New
Covenant, Houston. A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Kevin graduated
from McNeese State University as well as Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary. His presbyteries are in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
September 19 - “Leadership in the Life Cycle of a Congregation”
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., with Dr. George Bullard. Dr. Bullard is a
Strategic Leadership Coach and writer of articles and books with
The Columbia Partnership. He also serves as President and
Strategic Coordinator. His vision is to use his spiritual and
strategic giftedness to empower congregations and congregational
champions to fulfill their vision for Kingdom growth. Dr. Bullard
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is the author of three books on congregational leadership. “Pursuing the Full Kingdom Potential
of Your Congregation” is about the congregational transformation process and what it takes to
achieve transformation. It is his primary sourcebook for congregations. “Every Congregation
Needs a Little Conflict” is about the conflict process in congregations, and it urges congregations
to engage in learning activities to develop the capacity and a process for addressing conflict that
is healthy so it is ready for the occasional unhealthy conflict. “FaithSoaring Churches” seeks to
describe those congregations who are soaring with faith, what characterizes them, what they
must focus on to achieve the synergy they need, and some of the issues they must address to be
faith soaring churches with various denominational families throughout North America.
October 6 - “Training for Session Moderators of Churches of less than 75
Members” with Gerry Tyer and Presbytery staff. This is a break-out group
at the Presbytery meeting. Gerry Tyer is the Stated Clerk for Grace
Presbytery. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the
University of Georgia, a Master of Theology and Master of Divinity at
Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry at Boston
University, with a major in Organizational Development and
Administration. He has served as Transitional Interim Synod Executive
for Synod of the Sun, and Executive Presbyter/Stated Clerk for the
Presbytery of Tampa Bay. Gerry pastored Overbrook Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio;
Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota; and West Collingswood Presbyterian
Church in New Jersey, and is the author of the widely-circulated book, Seven Keys to an
Effective Presbytery.
October 24 - “Resourcing New Testament Studies for Teaching Elders Facing important Issues
of Our Day” 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. with Dr. Margaret Aymer. Austin
Presbyterian Theological Seminary named Rev. Dr. Margaret Aymer
Associate Professor of New Testament in February 2015. Dr. Aymer earned
her Ph. D. in New Testament and Early Christianity at Union Theological
Seminary in 2004. She also holds a Master of Divinity in New Testament
and Early Christianity from Union Theological Seminary (1996) and a BA in
U.S. History from Harvard University (1989). She was honored in 2013 with
the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from Hood Theological
Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina.
November – To be announced at a later date.
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GRACE PRESBYTERY ANNOUNCES
“SMALL CHURCH MISSION SPECIALIST” POSITION
AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATION NOW

Grace Presbytery, through the settlement with Highland Park Presbyterian Church in
Dallas, established a 3-year position for a Small Church Mission Specialist. The position
has been advertised effective March 1 with the intention that the position will be
filled and the person starting in early June. It is a non-renewable position.

Grace Presbytery is in a time of significant transition. This position requires working
directly and effectively with sessions and pastoral leaders in congregations
appropriately identified for potential in congregational transformation with 100
members or less. Together with the General Presbyter, Associate General Presbyter
and the Senior Director for Ministry and Church Transitions, the Small Church
Specialist will serve as the professional staff charged with addressing issues such as
changing demographics, life cycles of congregations, pastoral/lay support, mission and
ministry planning. The purpose of the position is to work with and to support small
churches which may mean conversations about everything from program to worship
leadership to interventions. A complete copy of the position description is available by
following this link: http://www.gracepresbytery.org/small-church-mission-specialist/

Questions and Application should be referred to Jan DeVries, General Presbyter (who
will be supervisor) at [email protected] and should be received electronically
not later than March 21, 2016. All applicants should complete the standard Personal
Information Form (available online through PCUSA) whether they are teaching or
ruling elders. Supplemental questions may be asked within a short time-line
turnaround prior to any interviews.

Strong consideration will be given to potential candidates from Grace Presbytery. The
position is not being advertised nationally at this time.
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