Board of Trustees, Manual of Operations, Eastern Oregon Presbytery

The presbytery board of trustees operating manual is available at Google Docs.  If you have comments make them to me or to Board Moderator Rev. Duane Brudevold.  Between now and the October meeting of presbytery the trustees will be discussing ways that the trustees can churches and the presbytery be assured that churches have appropriate insurance.  If adopted by the presbytery, any changes to the manual of operations will become expectations for churches.  If you have suggestions, please post them here or contact me or Rev. Brudevold.

For now, the trustees ask that you send the memorandum of insurance from your insurance carrier to me.   The status of insurance coverage reported to me and corporate status is available as a Google Docs document.

Spring meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Oregon, April 16-17, Pilot Rock

Presbytery of Eastern Oregon

April 16-17, 2010
2:00 PM April 16
Pilot Rock Community Church
Pilot Rock, OR

The call and other information is available at http://bit.ly/azHAws 

NOTE: we request that you bring with you supplies to make School and Hygiene Kits from the Heart.

Presbytry Council to meet March 13, 11:30 AM

The presbytery council will be meeting by conference telephone call on March 13.  The principal item of business is to set an agenda for the April 16-17 meeting of the presbytery in Pilot Rock.

Haiti earthquake PDA response update

See Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow's blog "We have now raised $4,000,000 for short and long term recovery"

"Throughout my travels as I have been attending conferences and visiting ministries, I have invited folks to send me short write-ups on their ministries and, with the understanding that, as I was able, I would post them on this blog.  My hope in doing this is by no means to touch upon all ministries with a Presbyterian connection, but only to gives glimpses of the breadth and depth in which we engage in ministry around the world.
At this very moment I am sitting in the Louisville Airport after a meeting of the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly and General Assembly Mission Council.  There was quite a bit that went on during these meetings, but one of the most important was getting an update from the Haiti Disaster Response Team and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance."
http://www.mod.reyes-chow.com/2010/02/moderator-minute-for-mission-pda-haiti-update.html

Elona Street-Stewart, formerly of Pendleton, to be honored as PC(USA) Woman of Faith

Elonaa  Street Stewart, the wife of former Pendleton First associate pastor and pastor at Tutuilla and Ukiah David Stewart, will be honored at the PC(USA) General Assembly Women of Faith breakfast on July 4, during the PC(USA)’s 219th General Assembly (2010) in Minneapolis.

Elder Elona Street-Stewart, synod associate for racial ethnic ministries and community empowerment in the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, is actively engaged in the PC(USA) and community missions, development and support programs. For the past 30 years, she has been involved at the grass roots and national levels in social justice issues, including racism, affirmative action, women and family issues, and public policy. She is chair of the St. Paul School Board, where she has served as a member since 2001. She is the first Native American to serve on an urban school board in Minnesota. 


From the Presbyterian News Service

Comittee on the General Assembly (COGA) recommends Portland for 222nd GA in 2016

LOUISVILLE, February 23 — The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) is recommending that the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) be held in Portland, Ore.

     The decision will be made by the upcoming 219th General Assembly, July 3-10 in Minneapolis. The 2012 and 2014 Assemblies will be held in Pittsburgh and Detroit, respectively.

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Joe Small says clergy and laity are not Presbyterian terminology

“Clergy and laity are two words that should never escape the lips of Presbyterians,” the Rev. Joe Small told members of Committees on Ministry and Preparation for Ministry here, insisting that Presbyterian polity and theology emphasizes “collegial ministry.” Presbyterian News Service