Presbytery's Organizational Documents
Materials: Annual Statistical Reports
Study Materials from General Assembly
LIVING THROUGH ECONOMIC CRISIS, prepared by the
Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy with a letter from Gradye Parsons
CIVIL UNION & MARRIAGE ISSUES
2012 Session Records Reviews
Feb. 11, 2012 - at MDPC after the Presbytery meeting
Feb. 18, 2012 - at Port Neches Cluster Gathering
April 14, 2012 - at Brenham Presbyterian
June 9, 2012 - at St. Andrew’s, Houston after the Presbytery meeting
If you would like to host a records review gathering at your facility, please let Lynn Hargrove or Janice Schessler know. We are looking for a location in the northern regions of the presbytery for late summer or early fall.
2012 Check Sheet for Church Register
2012 Check Sheet for Minutes Review
The stated clerk is one of the two ecclesiastical officers of the presbytery which is required by the Form of Government part of the Book of Order, the church’s Constitution. In this capacity, the staff in the Office of the Stated Clerk works closely with colleagues at all levels of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
This office is responsible for recording the transactions of the presbytery, keeping its rolls of membership and attendance, the preservation of the records, and for furnishing extracts from the presbytery’s records, when required, to other governing bodies.
The Stated Clerk resources the leadership and congregations of the presbytery on issues of the interpretation of the Constitution . The Office of Constitutional Services at the national headquarters of the denomination is the primary authority for such interpretations.
The Stated Clerk is also responsible for organizing a Session Records Review of the session minutes for each church in the presbytery. In New Covenant, this review is through regional gatherings of clerks of session several times during each year. Clerks from the churches meet to share mutual concerns, to receive in-service training, and to review each other’s session records.
At the time and location as the Session Records Reviews, a Treasurer's Workshop is often offered as well.
Contact Lynn Hargrove for more information.
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