PRESBYTERY OF SACRAMENTO
Stated Meeting, Tuesday, May 14, 2002
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Sacramento, California
Minutes
ROLL CALL (P=Present; Ex=Excused; A=Absent)
CLERGY, CHURCH, Votes, LAY COMMISSIONERS
P
Kenneth Winter, AUBURN P.C,. 2, Ron Markham
A Brent Benton, AUBURN P.C.
P Dan Wells SS, BURNEY P.C., 2
P Keith DeVries, CARMICHAEL P.C., 3, Jim Aaron; Joseph
St. Clair
Ex Stephen Schibsted, CHICO, BIDWELL, 3
Ex Jeff Gephart, CHICO, BIDWELL
P Robert Yule, CITRUS HEIGHTS, CELTIC CROSS, 2, Al Bare;
Norma Lee Runquist
Ex Thomas Tripp, COLUSA, FIRST, 2
CORNING, FIRST, 2, Beverly Talbott, CLP
P James Kitchens DAVIS, COMMUNITY, 3, Kay Cayler; Russell
L. Cayler
P Mary Lynn Tobin, DAVIS, COMMUNITY
P Richard Hutchison(HR)-Interim, ELK GROVE, PEACE, 2
P Pam McNally-Anderson/TS, ESPARTO, COUNTRYSIDE, 2
P Jong Choon Kim, CAPITAL KOREAN @ FAIR OAKS, 2, Yubang
Lee
P G. Henry Wells, FAIR OAKS, P.C., 6, Fred McNally; Janice
Stone (PWP Moderator);
P Margaret Suttle, FAIR OAKS, P.C., Chris Larsen; Carl
Hartbower; Luella Hartbower;
Ex Ed Longabaugh, FAIR OAKS, P.C., LeRoy E. Lyon
Ex Delbert Burnett, FOLSOM, P.C., 2 Roger Newquist; Evelyn
Weick
A Nick Sorani, GRIDLEY, FIRST, P.C. 2
P David Ratcliff, LOOMIS, SHEPHERD OF SIERRA, 2, Marcia
Walker
P Jennifer George, LOOMIS, SHEPHERD OF SIERRA,
P Robert Cordier, MARYSVILLE, FIRST, 2, Irene Martin;
David Martin
P Robert Masiola, MC CLOUD, COMMUNITY, 2
P Bruce Heiple, NEVADA CITY, SIERRA P.C., 3, Selma Wright;
Vaughan Wright
P Tom Patterson, NEVADA CITY, SIERRA P.C.
P Margaret 'Peggy' Cross, NO. HIGHLANDS, ST STEPHENS,
2, Cecilia (Kay) McGovern; Bob Justman
A Christine Banfill, ORLAND, FEDERATED, 2
A Stanley Henderson, OROVILLE, TRINITY, 2
P Sandy Peirce, PLACERVILLE, EL DORADO CO FED, 3
P Andrew Headden, PLACERVILLE, EL DORADO CO FED
P Erika Funk, PLACERVILLE, EL DORADO CO FED
P Gail Cullerton-Interim, RANCHO CORDOVA, CORDOVA, 2
P Brad VanSant-Interim, RED BLUFF, P.C,. 2 Leo G. Sackett
P Bob Meyer (HR)-Interim, REDDING, FIRST, 2, Larry Whitehead
Ex James Barstow, ROSEVILLE, FIRST, 4
P Ron Oldenkamp, ROSEVILLE, FIRST
P Lew Rooker, SACRAMENTO, BETHANY, 2, Robert Betts; Joyce
Hathaway
P Peter Buehle,r SACRAMENTO, FAITH, 3, Bill Frye
P Dan Fowler, SACRAMENTO, FAITH
P Joan Stock - SS, SACRAMENTO, FAITH
Ex Donald Baird, SACRAMENTO, FREMONT, 4, Jay Abbott; Tom
Aldrich; Lynn Burkholder;
P Geordie Ziegler, SACRAMENTO, FREMONT, Dorothy M. Knoell
A Jack McNary, SACRAMENTO, FREMONT
P Keith Posehn, Interim, SACRAMENTO, GRACE, 2, Linda Sweetman
P Bill Van Ness (HR)-Interim, SACRAMENTO, NORTHMINSTER,
2 Leola Davies (Recording Clerk)
P Larry Huggett(HR), Interim, SACRAMENTO, NORTHMINSTER
P Aart Van Beek, SACRAMENTO, PARKVIEW, 2
A David Thompson, SACRAMENTO, WESTMINSTER, 3, Jananne
Sharpless; Wendell Potter
A Richard Pearson(HR) TS, SACRAMENTO, WESTMINSTER
A Nancy Symons,TS, Associate SACRAMENTO, WESTMINSTER
Ex Philip Trinh, SACRAMENTO, VIETNAMESE BETHANY NCD
A Hong-Jei Lee, SACRAMENTO, ZION (KOREAN), 2
Ex Thomas Smith, VACAVILLE, COMMUNITY P.C,. 3, Jerry Hill
P John Moser, VACAVILLE, COVENANT COMMUNITY, 2, John Battenburg;
Stan Mitchell
Ex Larry Emery, WALNUT GROVE, COMMUNITY, 2
A Henry DeGraaff, WEED, GRACE, 2
WEST SACRAMENTO, TRINITY, 2, Rhonda Hensley; Terri L.
Davis
A Frank Anderson, WINTERS, PIONEER, 2
P Gene Crumley-Interim., WOODLAND, P.C., 2
A Kathy McIntosh-Smith /SS, WOODLAND P.C.
P Christopher Kersting, YUBA CITY, ST. ANDREW, 3, Robert
Kunde; John Mayer
OTHER CLERGY PRESENT: Warren Barnes, James Clark, At-Large; E. Bruce Ellithorpe, HR / PA, Roseville; James Hardy, HR; Skip Herbert, PC(USA) Foundation N.Calif.; Dou Sub Lee, HR; Walter Link, HR Timothy Little, Chaplain, UC Davis Med. Center; Easton Long, HR; Hugh Nelson, HR/PA Celtic Cross; Wesley Nordman, UCC - Dixon; Carol Pagelsen, At-Large; David Williams, At-Large; William Stevens, At-Large; Ian Young, HR; James Zazzera, SMP Communications Specialist.
OTHER
CLERGY EXCUSED: Clifford Baker, HR; William Bowen, HR;
Robert H. Browne, HR; Robert A. Burns, HR; Barry
Cavaghan, HR; William Chalmers, HR; John Chendo, HR; Pong
Eun Chung, HR; Robert Clapham, HR; Dale Cooper, HR; Charles
Crawford, HR; Ernest Cubbon, HR; Clair Denman, HR; Harvey
Harper, HR; Wayne (Chris) Hartmire, HR; Joreen Jarrell,
HR;
Zai-Doo Kim, HR; Sue King, HR; William King, HR; James
Knox, HR; Arnold Leverenz, HR; Maurice Marcus, HR; Kazuo
Masuno,
HR; Joseph Matthews, HR; Augustus Noland, HR; Judy O'Neill,
Director, Interfaith Counseling/ PA Davis Community; Daniel
Prout,
At-Large/PA-Sierra; John Robinson, HR; Peter Sabey, HR;
Daniel Schwan, At-Large; Katherine Schwan, At-Large; Robert
B.
Scott, HR; Elizabeth Shaw, At-Large; Mary Shearly, HR;
Ronald Smith, HR; Ronald Soucy, HR; Sarah Stephens, Switzerland;
H.
Winnfield Stevens, HR; Robert Stevenson, HR; Noble Streeter,
HR; Jerry Taylor, HR; J. Ray Thompson, HR; Ernest Tufft,
HR;
Gregory Tyree, Chaplain - Ft. Meade; James Upshaw, HR;
Greg Vacca, At Large; Richard Wylie, HR/PA-Fremont; James
Zeek,
HR.
OTHER CLERGY ABSENT: David Baker, Patty Bourne, Garry Cox, Dina Gardner, Clifford Graves, David Huusko, Helen Jackson, Peter Maier, Stephen McDougall, Dexter McNamara, Lydia Richards, Renee Rico, Sharon Sauer, Thomas Sisterson, Calvin Stevens, Donna Waterman.
VOTING ELDERS PRESENT: Sally Hinchman, Associate Synod Executive & General Presbyter for Ministry Support Marie; Marie Segur, Treasurer,; Elizabeth Groelle, Stated Clerk; Kathy Trott, At-Large Council Member (Woodland P.C.); Joyce Hathaway, Synod Representative.
SIERRA MISSION PARTNERSHIP STAFF: Rev. Byron Nelson, General Presbyter for Mission Support (Stockton Presbytery); Lynn Shultz, Interim Resource Center Director.
OTHERS PRESENT: Hazel Angell, Carmichael; Carolyn Bush, Hunger Action/Peacemaking/Restoring Creation Enabler; Rev. David Carroll, HR - SE Illinois Presbytery; Steve Coons-Director, Westminster Woods - Redwoods Presbytery; Granger Davies, COM; Jean Hansen, CPM; Bob McCarthy-CLP, Roseville; Rev. Charles K. Moore, Kendall Presbytery; Dr. Peter Pizor, Henderson, Nevada; Rev. Roy & Lou Ross, HR-Redwoods Presbytery; Mary Simpson, Fremont P.C.; Jeff States, Presbytery Endowment Fund; Deacon Cathy Wagner, St. Stephens P.C.
Opening
Activities
Moderator Jim Kitchens called the meeting to order at
2:05 p.m. in the sanctuary of Northminster Presbyterian
Church, with prayer and the singing of the hymn Praise
the Lord, God's Glories Show. A quorum was present.
The
Rev. William Van Ness, Interim Pastor of the host church
WELCOMED the Presbytery to Northminster. He gave a thumb
nail sketch of the history of NPC, beginning in 1955 meeting
in a house on Marconi Avenue, in Town & Country Village,
and moving to the present facilities in 1957 under the
leadership of the Rev. Robert N. McLean.
SEATING
OF CORRESPONDING MEMBERS: Elder Steve Coons, Redwoods
Presbytery.
Presbytery VOTED to receive Steve Coons as a corresponding
member.
First time Commissioners were WELCOMED from several churches.
Prayer concerns: Memorial Services for Tom Kerr, HR, will
be in Vallejo; Jean Tyhurst from McCloud is experiencing
health problems.
Happy Birthday was sung to the Rev. Henry Wells.
Consent
Agenda
The Stated Clerk REQUESTS that Presbytery:
1. Approve the Docket for this meeting
2. Approve the minutes of the February 23, 2002 Presbytery
meeting
3. Continue to grant authority to the Committee on Ministry
to perform the actions listed in the Book of Order G-11.0502h
on its behalf, with the provision that all such actions
are reported to the next stated meeting of the Presbytery.
(G-9.0403)
4. Continue to grant authority to the Committee on Preparation
for the Ministry to perform the actions listed in the
Book of Order G11.0102v on its behalf, with the provision
that all such actions are reported to the next stated
meeting of the Presbytery. (G-9.0403)
The Committee on Preparation for the Ministry REPORTS
that Graham Baird was approved for ordination on January
9. 2002. Subsequently, he was examined by the Presbytery
of Detroit on February 14, 2002, and was ordained on our
behalf by that Presbytery on February 17, 2002 and installed
as Campus Minister, in the employ of the University of
Michigan Presbyterian Corporation.
The Committee RECOMMENDS to Presbytery that it approve
these actions.
The Budget and Finance Committee RECOMMENDS to Presbytery
that it approve the request of the Cordova Presbyterian
Church to renew their existing $200,000 loan with the
General Assembly Church Loan Program. Although it does
not mature until February, 2017, the conditions of this
loan require that it be reviewed, revised, and renewed
every five years. The present balance on this loan is
$171,191.58.
The
Committee on Ministry RECOMMENDS that Presbytery:
1. Approve the request of Dwight Beattie to move from
Inactive status to Retirement, effective March 1, 2002.
2. Removed
3. Grant Member-at-Large status to the Rev. Renee Rico.
4. Removed
5. Approve the continuing ministry of the following persons
through 2002 as Parish Associates -- Cliff Graves, Bruce
Ellithorpe, Hugh Nelson, Judy O'Neill, Gene Crumley,
Dick Wylie, Dan Prout.
6. Approve the continuing ministry of Bob McCarthy as
Commissioned Lay Pastor at First Presbyterian Church,
Roseville through 2004.
7. Approve the request of the Rev. Richard Wylie to labor
outside the bounds of the presbytery for the months of
April and May, 2002, to serve at the Wananalua Congregational
Church, Hana, Maui, Hawaii.
The Presbytery VOTED to approve the Consent Agenda with
the removal of Committee on Ministry items #2 and #4.
News from Related Organizations
1.
Westminster Woods -- Steve Coons, Executive Director presented
a promotional video in regard to their regular on-going
program and the fund raising drive, presently being conducted.
2. Sacramento Presbytery Endowment Fund, Jeff States and
Easton Long, told of the history and usage of the Endowment
Fund. They urged consideration of gifts to the Endowment
Fund.
3. Presbyterian Foundation -- Skip Herbert, Development
Officer; He compared the "rock solidness" of
Half Dome at Yosemite to the solidness of the 230 year
old Presbyterian Foundation. He explained the life income
plan and deferred annuities.
Judy Shideler, former Development Officer for this Presbytery
is very seriously ill with cancer.
4. Sierra Mission Partnership -- Sally Hinchman, General
Presbyter for Ministry, presented the proposed Design
for the Sierra Mission Partnership for a first reading,
together with a page of Questions and Answers Regarding
the SMP Proposed Changes (see p. A in the Packet for 5/14/02).
This item will be discussed and voted on at the September
meeting of Presbytery at Redding.
5. Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE)
-- Marcia Walker called attention to the upcoming workshop
From Human Soul to Holy Soul: The Task of the Family which
will be conducted on Saturday June 8th at the SMP office.
Stephany Rewick will be the principal leader. Also scheduled
for October is the APCE Regional Conference at Zephyr
Point.
Opening
Worship
Dr. Peter Pizor was welcomed to the Presbytery . Dr. Pizor
is the Worship Leader and guest speaker for today's meeting.
Music was led by Dan Fowler. Dr. Pizor's message "The
Wind is on Our Side" was based on Scriptures from
Genesis 1 and Matthew 8:18-27.
Business of the Presbytery
Congregational
Support Ministry Team
John Moser; The Support Team adopted the following
mission statement on 4/24/02 :
The Congregational Support Committee will encourage the
development of healthy, vital congregations within the
Presbytery of Sacramento through leadership development,
congregational renewal, and establishing new congregations.
This will be done through the work of single focus task
groups, networking of congregations, church support resources,
and consultants. All people involved are given freedom
to do their ministry and will be held accountable to support
the basic mission statement.
Networks, Task Forces, Consultants Contact these leaders
for help in their ministry area
Please Contact a member of the Congregational Support
Committee if:
Mission Support Ministry Team -- Warren Barnes
Terry
Davis from Trinity PC, West Sacramento, was introduced
by Mr. Barnes. She spoke in regard to the proposed establishment
of a casino in West Sacramento and Trinity's opposition
to gambling and its negative effects on the community.
Consulting services are available from the Mission Support
Ministry Team -- call Warren Barnes.
A Resolution regarding the pervasive negative effects
of gambling was presented for a first reading. This Resolution,
stating several actions, will be voted on at the September
meeting of the Presbytery of Sacramento.
Pastoral Support Team -- Mary Lynn Tobin
General Assembly has made funds available for the Presbytery
of Sacramento to set up a program designed to help nurture,
support and provide on-going skills development for pastors
in their first call. The program will have components
that address the areas of special concern to "first
call" pastors. A task force is being formed to get
this program up and running. Contact Jennifer George assoc@shepherdpres.org
(916) 652-4851 for more information or to volunteer your
help.
Committee on Ministry -- Gail Cullerton
The Committee on Ministry RECOMMENDS THAT PRESBYTERY APPROVE:
| Less than 5 years Experience | More than 5 years Experience | |
| With Manse | $27,466 | $35,384 |
| Without Manse | 33,822 |
41,843 |
Committee
on Preparation for the Ministry -- Jean Hansen
Guest Speaker: Peter Pizor, PhD
Heavenly Particles: Micro Changes for Macro Results
Dr. Pizor 's talk centered on better ways to become a
vital, growing church: instituting change by using tools
which will help provide success in the future, creating
a safe space in which people can feel accepted and comfortable,
and providing activities that will motivate through mission
and service.
Commissioning the GA Commissioners
Those elected, at a previous meeting, to attend the General Assembly, meeting in June 2002 are:
These Commissioners were called forward and Commissioned
by Moderator Jim Kitchens to represent the Presbytery
of Sacramento at the General Assembly, meeting in Columbus,
Ohio, June 15 - 22, 2002.
Business (con't)
Budget and Finance -- Marie Segur
The Budget and Finance Committee RECOMMENDS that Presbytery
grant St. Andrew PC of Yuba City permission to sell promissory
notes to their congregants up to the amount of $200,000
to cover cost overruns on their building program due to
additional city fees and requirements and increased costs.
The Presbytery VOTED to approve the recommendation that
St. Andrew PC, Yuba City be granted permission to sell
promissory notes to the congregants up to the amount of
$200,000.
Dinner
-- Blessing was given by Elder Kathy Trott. A delicious evening meal was served to all attending today by the Northminster Women.
Small Group Discussions
Following dinner approximately one hour was spent partially
in small group discussions and also in question and answer
format with the speaker, Dr. Pizor. These conversations
were based on the information presented earlier in the
day.
Presbytery Council
--
Peggy Cross
The Council APPROVED the following policy at its meeting,
April 29, 2002.
Procedure for Getting Items on the Presbytery Agenda
and Introducing New Business
The Presbytery Meeting Planning Committee shall have the
responsibility of preparing the docket (agenda, worship
and other special items) for each meeting. The Presbytery
Council, in consultation with the meeting planning team,
will develop themes or emphases for at least two meetings.
The Stated Clerk shall send a "pre call" (ordinarily
six weeks) prior to the next presbytery meeting. The Stated
Clerk shall include the dates when business items need
to be received to be included in the docket and the presbytery
packet.
The Stated Clerk shall send "the call" with
a proposed docket and accompanying business materials
to all commissioners one month prior to the stated meeting.
All standing committees of presbytery that have time on
the docket may add appropriate items to their report not
included in their written materials.
Ordinarily new business introduced at a presbytery meeting
shall be referred to Presbytery Council or a standing
committee for a recommendation at the next stated meeting.
A motion to consider the new business at the same meeting
will require a two-thirds vote. Following an affirmative
vote, the Moderator, in consultation with the Stated Clerk
, shall decide where these items will be placed on the
docket.
A Ministry Group or one of their teams may request time
for a special speaker, presentation or discussion; Ordinarily
that request shall come to the Stated Clerk no later than
six months prior to the meeting.
General Presbyter for Ministry -- Sally Hinchman
Communications
Specialist -- Jim Zazzera
The Sacramento Presbytery Website has been redesigned.
Please let Jim know how you like it, if you have problems
with it, or have input to share with him in regard to
this project. He would like to especially THANK Jim Park
from Faith PC for all his very valuable help with this!
Evening
Worship
The evening concluded with "Celebrations, Confessions,
Revelations" from the small groups, led by Dr. Peter
Pizor. The Northminster Bell Choir presented special music
and accompanied the congregational singing together with
the pipe organ.
Moderator Jim Kitchens gave the closing prayer and Benediction
Adjourn The Presbytery VOTED to adjourn at 7:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Groelle, Stated Clerk
Leola Davies, Recording Clerk