tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post7324034210988033917..comments2023-03-27T07:01:51.331-04:00Comments on A Reformed Catholic <i>formerly</i> in the PCUSA: Annual Congregational MeetingReformed Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582319442292078422noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post-13963624433402095002009-01-30T17:09:00.000-05:002009-01-30T17:09:00.000-05:00As my dear brother Rev. Dr. Dean Weaver often says...As my dear brother Rev. Dr. Dean Weaver often says, "We presbyterians are closet congregationalists!"<BR/><BR/>For QG: Spot on!!! The night of our congregational meeting to disaffiliate, I saw the chair of the "administrative commission" appointed by the presbytery to attend the meeting enter our fellowship hall. She and the EP attended our meeting. (Other AC members had attended the meetings Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post-6188070595238363862009-01-30T13:04:00.000-05:002009-01-30T13:04:00.000-05:00Mac, I'm not sure when the last one was made, but ...Mac, I'm not sure when the last one was made, but you gave me an incentive to find out.<BR/><BR/>QG, I think you're right considering this Session has a hard time passing info to the congregation, let alone the Presbytery.Reformed Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582319442292078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post-71436393101417340682009-01-30T10:37:00.000-05:002009-01-30T10:37:00.000-05:00Unfortunately my experience with the triennial vis...Unfortunately my experience with the triennial visits of presbytery is that sessions can be very reluctant to admit the congregation or the pastor has any problems.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the reasons for this is that they are talking to 3 people they don't know and don't have a relationship with, so they are reluctant to be frank with them.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post-69181169819752372742009-01-30T07:40:00.000-05:002009-01-30T07:40:00.000-05:00Which brings another thought to mind--what has pre...Which brings another thought to mind--what has presbytery done about this sad state of affairs? I suppose if he is paid at the PC(USA) minimum, the session is technically OK, but I know that our Ministry Committee would go nuts on the floor of presbytery if a terms of call was used as a cost-cutting measure. The little scam of allowing him to conduct funerals to makew up for deficient salary isMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post-50049192561505773552009-01-29T22:13:00.000-05:002009-01-29T22:13:00.000-05:00Mac,the Session is clueless in many ways, I've bee...Mac,<BR/><BR/>the Session is clueless in many ways, I've been told off for bringing up Presbytery minimums and the list of all the calls in the Presbytery. I was 'rubbing the pastor's nose' in the fact that he is probably the least paid pastor for a church this size in the presbytery. I just replied, its public knowledge, available on the Presbytery website. Besides, he already knows !!<BR/Reformed Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582319442292078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235285580831496466.post-83772903023615779642009-01-29T13:53:00.000-05:002009-01-29T13:53:00.000-05:00Been there, done that. "So moved." "Seconded." ...Been there, done that. "So moved." "Seconded." The same two voices every year.<BR/><BR/>The failure of the congregation to act on the terms of call is disturbing. Presbyterianism is, after all, well. . . presbyterian, not congregational, but the few duties of the congregation are core responsibilities. I have characterized them as elements of the core identity.<BR/><BR/>Who are our leaders?Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.com