Presbytery meeting, February 19, 2011

We had a delightful meeting in Umailla on Saturday.   We heard about presbytery and church mission work.  Details will follow. 

We also deliberated on proposed PC(USA) Constitutional Amendments, Part 3, 10-B through 10-O.   The presbytery of Eastern Oregon approves proposed amendments 10-B through 10-H, 10-J through 10-M, and 10-O.   We do not approve 10-I on adding prayer as a required part of the ordination and installation service and 10-N on restoring the prohibition on prosecuting committee appeals wihen complaints are dismissed for certain errors of law or procedure.  

On proposed amendment 10-I, the argument is not that we are against prayer, but that prayer as part of the service of ordination or installation should be so intergral to the service that we don't like to be told how and when to do it.

On proposed amendment 10-N, the argument is that sometimes justice requires that cases improperly dismissed should be allowed to be appealed to correct the improper dismissal.

The next meeting will be April 8 and 9 in LaGrande.

Winter Presbyery Meeting, Saturday, Feb. 19, Umatila

The winter meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Oregon will be held

Saturday, February 19, 2011
10:00 AM
Umatilla Community Presbyterian Church

Details of the meeting are on the attached call to meeting with complete information is available at http://bit.ly/hfwTjR

Each minister and a pastor in the presbytery is expected to attend as are elder commissioners from each church.  Also, each church should send a mission advocate to share with the presbytery the mission work of the church.

I look forward to seeing each of you in Umatilla on the 19th.