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Addendum Report

July 19, 2014

Covenant Presbyterian Church 220 Rock Prairie Rd.

College Station, TX 77845 979/694-7700

Growing congregations that passionately engage their community to make disciples.

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Table of Contents

Revised Docket 3-4

Necrology Report 5-6

Budget Information 7-8

Committee on Ministry 8

Committee on Preparation for Ministry 8-9

Nominating Committee 9

Vision Team Report 10

For the Good of the Presbytery 11-12

Errata Report for Packet

Pg. 8 From Committee on Ministry

The committee recommends and moves that the examination of Kathleen Davies, candidate for

ordination, be sustained. Kathleen is nominated to serve as Designated Pastor of Community of the

Servant Savior, Houston, Texas.

The committee recommends and moves that the examination of Brian Long, candidate for ordination, be sustained. Brian is nominated to serve as Designated Pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church,

Katy, Texas.

The committee recommends and moves that the examination of Kristi Click Christy Klick, candidate

for ordination, be sustained. Kristi Brian is nominated to serve as Designated Associate Pastor of

Spring Branch Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas.

Note to the Presbytery: The version of the Reconciliation and Dismissal Procedure found in the packet is correct. We discovered last week that the version on the presbytery’s website was not the amended version approved at the December, 2011, meeting. We regret the error, and have made the correction on the website. This did not affect any of the dismissals voted on by the presbytery in any way. Those dismissed prior to the July 19, 2014 meeting are: San Augustine, Memorial; Spring, Advent; Lake Jackson, First; Kingwood, First; Galveston, West Isle; and Freeport, First. It also did not affect the process at Houston, First.

The lines that were amended at the December, 2011 meeting are: Line 142 to add the words “one of more” instead of “a” Line 217 to add the words “Year 6 and beyond – 0%” Line 226 to add the word “a” before the word “petition” and adding “to organize a new church” between the words “petition” and “shall” so that it reads “a petition to organize a new church shall …” To add after Line 261 the words: “d) the presbytery agrees to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the transfer of all assets or property pursuant to this procedure.”

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The Presbytery of New Covenant “Growing congregations that passionately engage their community to make disciples.”

Stated Meeting – July 19, 2014 Covenant Presbyterian Church, 220 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX 77845

979/694-7700 This year’s theme – Making Disciples

8:30 Registration Opens Welcome Area 8:40 New Commissioner Orientation Room 100 There will be a place available all day for prayer and meditation. Signs will direct you to this location, which is in the church conference room.

For your information, TE means Teaching Elder, and RE means Ruling Elder.

THE REVISED DOCKET Please silence all devices!

8:55 am Gathering Song 9:00 am Opening Worship Moderator, RE John Jo and TE Barrett Ingram 9:30 am Opening Business Moderator and Stated Clerk

Declaration of Quorum and Adoption of the Docket Welcome by Host Church Welcome of Others (First time Commissioners, Corresponding Members, New

Minister Members, Visitors) Omnibus Motion (B.1) Moderator’s Remarks and Appointments

Tellers: Nominating to the Nominating Committee: Class of 2015 TE Paul Hoang

(Houston, Korean Young Nak) 9:40 am Reports of the GA Commissioners Emcee RE Julie Wells 11:10 am Report of the Stated Clerk (B) TE Lynn Hargrove

Administrative Commissions for Installations/Ordinations Dismissal – Houston, Grace

11:30 am The WORD – Kathleen Davies

NOON Celebration of Ministry – Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary New Covenant International Student Fellowship TE Mike Cole 12:10 pm Blessing before the meal/Instructions TE Mike Cole 12:15 pm FELLOWSHIP AT TABLE/OPEN SPACE CONVERSATIONS

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1:00 pm Reconvening Hymn “How Great Thou Art” 1:05 pm The WORD – Brian Long

1:35 pm Administrative Division (C) RE Jane Larkin

Ministries Division (D) RE Jody Harrington Grant Recipients

1:50 pm The WORD – Brandon Gaide 2:20 pm Nominating Committee (H) RE Gayle Smith

Report of General Council (F) TE Laurey Murphy

Proposed changes to the Reconciliation and Discernment Procedure (First Reading) Report on legal actions involving the presbytery

2:45 pm The WORD – Kristi Click 3:15 pm Committee on Ministry (D) TE John Hirling

1. Action Items 2. Board of Pensions – Kevin Keaton 3. Service of Retirement – Rev. Guinn Blackwell-Eagleson

Committee on Preparation for Ministry (E) TE Kevin Boyd New Business (Only if submitted four days prior to meeting date, so it can be posted online 3 days prior) Closing Prayer Adjournment (By rule of the presbytery, no later than 4:00 pm, unless the assembly votes by a 2/3 majority to extend beyond)

Following adjournment, clerks will meet for session records review

in the Library.

The next Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of New Covenant will be

Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Indian Presbyterian Church, Livingston 1072 Colabe Road, 77351 936/563-5166

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Necrology Report

The Presbytery of New Covenant celebrates the lives and ministry of these

church officers who died in 2013.

Teaching Elder/Minister of Word and Sacrament

Ken Jack – August 1

John William “Jack” Lancaster – November 24

H. Richard “Dick” Siciliano – September 1

Mark Vernon – July 21

Trustees

Miriam E. Young (Houston, St. Andrew’s) – February 10 (also served as Ruling Elder and

Deacon)

Ruling Elders

J. Michael Anderson (Houston, St. Andrew’s) – August 31

Dick Arnold (Bryan, First) – October 8

Mary Helen Bowers (Bryan, First) – June 6

James Bray, Jr. (Nacogdoches, Westminster) – May 8

Evelyn B. “Evie” Bushnell (The Woodlands, Woodlands Community) - July 29 (also served as

deacon)

Jim Cashion (Bryan, First) – March 10

John Choate (Atascocita, Atascocita) – January 27

James H. “Jim” Clipson, Jr. (Eagle Lake, First) – July 3

Don Cloud (Bryan, First) – November 17

John Denham Corwin (Texas City, First) – July 1

Lillian D. Elam (The Woodlands, Woodlands Community) – December 21

Nicholas William “Nick” Fleischmann (The Woodlands, Woodlands Community) – September

2 (also served as deacon)

Jack Forest (Brazoria, First) – May 9

Glen Fry (Katy, New Hope) – November 30

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Howard Gutschow (Cleveland, St. Luke’s) – February 25

Patsy Hazelwood (Katy, New Hope) – November 27

Lillian Holbert (Katy, New Hope) – September 8

James L. “Jim” Hudson – (The Woodlands, Woodlands Community) – May 16 (also served as

deacon)

Pauline Klosterman (The Woodlands, Woodlands Community) – January 8

Ray Loan (Bryan, First) – June 28

Jetta Love (College Station, Covenant) – March 28 (also served as deacon)

Mary Ann Marion (Cleveland, St. Luke’s) – December 15

Ron McClendon (Alvin, First) – May 8

Jack Dennis McCullough (Nacogdoches, Westminster) – June 16

Ida Moulton (Houston, Pinecrest) – July 8 (also served as deacon)

Leona Nickerson (Houston, University) – March 4

Judy Rice (Bellaire, ChristChurch) – August 13 (also served as deacon)

Robert Shannon (College Station, Covenant) – November 24 (also served as deacon)

Verlie Sherrill (Wharton, First) – October 24 (also served as deacon)

Norman Smith (Houston, Pinecrest) – December 18 (also served as deacon)

Darrell Sutherland (LaPorte, St. James) – September 19

Haulman Touchton (Texas City, First) – January 21

Tom Watson (Texas City, First) – April 24

Virginia Wehrung (Brenham, Brenham) – March 31

Donald Witenhafer (College Station, Covenant) – September 20

Deacons

Ray M. Fitzgerald, Jr. (Houston, St. Andrew’s) – October 20

Clyde Hall (College Station, Covenant) – September 30

Leatice M. “Lea” Whitney (The Woodlands, Woodlands Community) – September 29

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Finance Committee July 19, 2014 C.1

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Committee on Ministry July 19, 2014

The following action was approved July 14, 2014 on behalf of the Presbytery:

Granted TE Sam Knight permission to labor outside the bounds of New Covenant Presbytery

in order to continue serving Grace Presbyterian Church as Interim Senior Pastor for a period

of 90 days beginning July 19, 2014, or until their next senior pastor is installed, whichever

event occurs first. In the event the installation does not occur during the 90 day period, a

new request to labor outside the bounds much be made and approved.

Laboring outside the bounds of the presbytery is necessary as the congregation served is

being dismissed to the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians who will be approving

the call of the new pastor.

Committee on Preparation for Ministry Addendum Report

July 19, 2014 I. RECOMMENDATION FOR PRESBYTERY ACTION: 1. The Committee recommends and moves that following be Elected as Ordination Exam Readers for 2014 - 2015

Teaching Elders: Jolene Currie, Kristy Vits, Kevin Boyd and Christa Brewer

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Teaching Elder Alternate: Barrett Ingram Ruling Elders: Bill Hargrove, Julie Wells, Bob Patterson, and Jody Harrington

Ruling Elder Alternate: Kate Burkart II. ACTIONS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE PRESBYTERY:

1. Approved Kay Atchison (Houston, Memorial Drive) job description for internship at Houston, Heritage

2. Approved Becky Provence Prichard (Houston, Memorial Drive) job description for job at San Antonio, First

3. Approved removing the following candidates the CPM process: a. Shelley Homeyer (Houston, First) – ordained May 4, 2014 by ECO b. Anthony Ceder (Houston, First) – to be ordained by ECO in the near August,

2014 4. Granted Josh Young (Houston, Clear Lake) permission to take ordination exams in

July 5. Granted Josh Young (Houston, Clear Lake) permission to do his CPE/Memorial

Hermann Community CPE Program for the fall October 2014-April 2015 6. Approved Sabrina Hergert (Houston, Grace) transferring membership to Pearland, First 7. Approved Annual Consultations: and that they are granted permission to continue in the

process: Laureen Suba (Houston, St. Philip) and Christyn Knoop (Houston, MDPC) 8. FYI: Ray Henderson (Houston, Northwoods) will be moving to Boston. 9. Approved assessing Laureen Suba (Houston, St. Philip) as ready to receive a call. 10. Approved enrolling Christopher Virginis (Katy, New Hope) as an Inquirer.

III. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

1. The committee met July 12, 2014.

Nominating Committee July 19, 2014

The following people are nominated to serve on these committees of presbytery:

COM/Congregational Life

Class of 2016: RE James Hooper (Houston, Pinecrest)

Outreach Class of 2016: RE Laurie Kluth (Houston, St. Stephen)

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Report from the Vision Team

July 19, 2014 Change is inevitable, and that is truer today than ever before. Change is coming from

everywhere, from Society, from General Assembly, from within our Presbytery, change is coming from within our own congregations. If we do not recognize and face

change head on, we are likely to dig our heads in the sand hoping that change will pass us by and we can stay in our comfort zones.

So with these inevitable changes, this is an opportune time for Presbytery to do some peering into the crystal ball for defining and refining. This defining and refining is not about restructuring or developing a new Presbytery mission statement. Rather, it is

about discovering -- together! -- who God wants us to be by listening very carefully to what the Spirit is saying through our smallest congregations all the way to our

largest ones. The result of such careful listening will carry our Presbytery into the next decade.

To facilitate this listening process, Presbytery’s General Council has established a Visioning Team, who will facilitate a multi-month series of conversations with as

many churches in our presbytery as possible: large and small, established and new, stable and in transition, thriving and otherwise. These conversations will explore what has enhanced people’s engagement with their faith and the relationships we

have made as we collectively live into the Great Commission to “Go into the world and make disciples….” (Mt 28:19a)

The Visioning Team has already done this process with some 13 groups around the presbytery. The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. And some participants

even said it reminded them how much their church means to them... something that sometimes gets lost in the hustle and bustle of “church work.” That’s another reason

why we’d welcome the opportunity for you to open this “story telling” event to as many as possible in your congregation.

The Visioning Team will be reaching out to our Congregations, but don’t wait for us to contact you! If you’d like to schedule a Visioning Team visit, please contact Lynn Hargrove and she will pass along the info to the Visioning Team.

For information: Members of the Vision Team have met with representatives from these congregations: Bellaire, ChristChurch; Houston, Pines; Houston, Pathways; Beaumont, St. Andrew’s. They have also met with these committees of the presbytery: COM, Finance, General Council, Outreach, PYCC, and the presbytery staff.

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