Call to January 2012 Presbytery Meeting
CALL TO MEETING
PACKET
Minutes, November meeting
Upcoming Events Bundle
The bundle of upcoming events flyers is for your convenience; there are separate links for each in the "Upcoming Events" announcement below, in this column.
DATE: January 28 2012
PLACE: First Presbyterian Church of San Pedro
REGISTRATION: 7 AM TO 9:30 AM
BREAKFAST: 7:30 AM
MEETING CONVENES: 8:30 AM
Meal and child care reservations deadlines: Wednesday January 25 (see Call)
Online Clergy Excuse Form:
Nominations Now Accepted for Commissioners and YAAD, 220th General Assembly
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The Presbytery of the Pacific will send 2 Teaching Elder Commissioners, 2 Ruling Elder Commissioners and 1 YAAD (Young Adult Advisory Delegate). Please download one of the versions of the Information and Nomination document and prayerfully consider who you might want to nominate.
Progress Notes Nov 21.rtf Please note that electronic submissions are encouraged; use the Word version of the document linked below. If necessary you may download the PDF, fill out a printed copy and return it by FAX or mail. If you do not have access to Microsoft Word software Open Office is free and serves the same purpose.
Nomination Instructions and Form in WORD version
(It's easy; just click in a gray space and start typing)
Same document, PDF version
Upcoming Events
- During January and February there are five events of interest to Presbytery members. Each is detailed on the EVENTS page; below is a listing and a link to an event flyer.
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• January 26: LEAD Training, "Equipping Across the Generations" flyer
• February 9: Board of Pensions: Pastor/Church Admin Lunch and Gathering, "Retiring Well vs. Not Retiring Well" flyer
• February 11: Church Officer Training sponsored by National Black Presbyterian Caucus-So Cal flyer
• February 14: Clergy 1-Day Retreat flyer
• February 24: Charles Doak Lecture Series Inaguration flyer
Learn About the New Form of Government
Presbytery New Constitution pages
Presbytery Clerks of Session pages
Just added: Expanded checklist for Clerks of Session
Habitat for Humanity
Presbytery volunteers plan to complete 3 houses in Lynwood this year. If you'd like to volunteer or obtain more information please visit the Habitat page.
HABITAT for HUMANITY
Subscription List and Opt-in Form
Look over this page displaying the wide variety of electronic newsletter subscriptions available from PC (U.S.A.).
Our "Sponge Corner" (at the bottom left of this page) is again featuring a popular "stress-reliever" game that has become a favorite.
If you would like to connect with Presbyterian colleagues and organizations, the links to various PC (U.S.A.) blogs are above the Sponge Corner; just click the box to toggle the blog list.
A Fair Trade Presbytery
n March 2012 (March 24-31) the Presbytery will again send a team to New Orleans to continue the rebuilding process made necessary by Hurricane Katrina. Those who will be attending now need to download the three documents below. Two contain essential information and the third has paperwork that will need to be completed per the instructions in that file. These 2012 documents replace the earlier 2011 ones. 