Presbytery Packets

The Stated Clerk’s Report to Presbytery for the January 9, 2010 Presbytery Meeting has been added to Presbytery Packet and is now available.

The Presbytery Council Report to Presbytery for the January 9, 2010 Presbytery Meeting has been added to Presbytery Packet and is now available.

The Committee on Ministry Report to Presbytery for the January 9, 2010 Presbytery Meeting has been added to Presbytery Packet and is now available.

The following materials are for the January 9, 2010 Presbytery meeting at Presbyterian Church of the Way in Shoreview, MN. Unless noted, all documents are in PDF Format.

Please note that we post items for the Presbytery Packet as we recieve them, so it is important that you check back ocasionally to for new documents.

• Call to Stated Meeting (includes directions)
• Docket for January 2010 Meeting
• November 2009 Stated Meeting Minutes
• Moderator’s Report to Presbytery
• Stated Clerk’s Report to Presbytery
• Presbytery Council Report to Presbytery
• Board of Trustees Report to Presbytery
• Bills and Overtures Report to Presbytery
• Nominating Committee Report to Presbytery
• Committee on the Preparation for Ministry Report to Presbytery
• Committee on Ministry Report to Presbytery
• Announcement from Commissioned Lay Pastor Committee

The September and November 2009 Reports from Moderator Jin S. Kim are now available for download.

• Moderator’s Report 11-10-09
• Moderator’s Report 9-12-09

The minutes for the recently concluded November Presbytery meeting are now online.  Please note: these minutes are not official until they are voted on by the Presbytery at its January 2010 meeting.

11-10-09 Stated Meeting Minutes

The following materials are for the November 10, 2009 Presbytery meeting at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, MN. Unless noted, all documents are in PDF Format.

• Call to Presbytery
• Docket
• Committee on Nominations Report to Presbytery
• Advocates for Integrity in Ministry Report to Presbytery
• Suicide and the Church’s Ministry Event Flyer (Optional)
• Minutes of September 2009 Presbytery Meeting
• Committee on Ministry Report to Presbytery
• Board of Trustees Report to Presbytery
• Presbytery Council Report to Presbytery
• Stated Clerk Report to Presbytery (Updated)
• Committee on Preparation for Ministry Report to Presbytery

  Dear Presbyters,
   
This is a reminder that there will be a special Pre-Presbytery meeting tomorrow on the 2010 Budget of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area.  The meeting will take place at 8:30am on Saturday, September 12 at First Presbyterian Church, 909 South Marschall, Shakopee, Minnesota, 55379.  PTCA Treasurer Jim Payne and David Colby, Chair of the PTCA Budget Task Force and Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, will be on hand to present the budget and answer any questions you might have.   A copy of the proposed budget can be found at the Presbytery Packets page or it can be downloaded directly by clicking on this link.

  Dear Presbyters,
   

In accordance with Book of Order Form of Government Chapter XI, Section 2, (G-11.0200) and the Bylaws of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area (Article I), the Presbytery will meet in Regular Stated Session on Saturday, September 12, 2009, 9:30. a.m., at First Presbyterian Church, 909 South Marschall, Shakopee, Minnesota, 55379.  Directions to the church follow this notice.
 
An orientation for new pastors, and elder commissioners attending for the first time, will begin at 8:30 a.m..  A time of hospitality and fellowship, hosted by the Church, will begin at 9:00 a.m., as will registration.
 
The response to the changed format for the Presbytery meeting was generally positive.  Therefore, Council is continuing  the practice of framing the  meeting within a Reformed service of worship.  Moderator Jin S. Kim will preach the sermon at the September meeting, followed by the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper.
 
Please be reminded that the Minutes of the July Presbytery meeting will be posted online, but not printed for the packets.  Please download to print any portions that may be of interest to you.
 
Presbytery Council will present the selected theme for the year, “Affirm Local Congregations:  Build Spiritual Energy Through Nurture”.  The Six Great Ends of The Church will provide our guide, as one of the “Great Ends” will be the emphasis of each Presbytery meeting.  At this September, 2009, meeting, the second Great End, “The shelter, nurture and spiritual fellowship of the children of God” is the theme for the day.  Each meeting agenda will include a time for small-group discussion, with proposed questions and resources
 
Lunch for 175, at $7.00, will be available.  Tickets will be sold in the registration area.
 
The Presbytery office staff is trying very hard to be certain that anyone who may be interested in knowing of the meeting receives this Call.  An expanded address list is being followed, and some may receive two notices, especially if your name appears twice in the Gray Directory.  If we are notified, we will continue to update our list as we proceed.  All church members within the Presbytery are welcome to attend the meeting.  Each session should be very sure to be represented by the assigned number of elder commissioners who have voice and vote.  This is the way to have the voice of your congregation heard on the floor of Presbytery.
 
Directions to the church follow.  There is ample parking.
 
Grace and Peace,
 
 
Nancy E. Grittman
Stated Clerk Continue reading →

The docket for the September 12, 2009 Presbytery Meeting is now online. Please click here to download.

To download the rest of the September 2009 Packet, please go here.