TO: Clerks of Session, Minister Members, Elder Commissioners and Other Presbyters

FROM: Richard E. Coffelt, Stated Clerk

DATE: May 26, 2007

The Presbytery of Grand Canyon is hereby called to meet for its Stated Meeting on Saturday, June 9, 2007 at Orangewood Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Registration is scheduled to begin at 7:30 AM with the meeting to begin promptly at 8:30 AM. Note that the meeting will begin thirty-minutes earlier than our usual Saturday morning schedule.

Communal Discernment is the theme for this Stated Meeting and a preview of highlights as reflected on the Agenda are the following:

• Welcome by Orangewood Presbyterian Church
• Service of Worship and Celebration of the Lord's Supper
• Report of Council/Trustees
• Workshop on Communal Discernment by Rev. Vicky Curtiss, Member of the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity and Purity and Interim Co-Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Corvallis, Oregon; and Director of Stirrings, which offers church consultation, spiritual direction and retreats. She has also served as co-pastor of churches in Ames, IA, Cleveland, OH, and Tucson, AZ, as general presbyter of the Presbytery of Western Reserve, and as director of the Women's Perspective of the Ministry of Money, Church of the Savior in Washington, D.C.
• Continuing the Dialogue and Discernment - Overture from the Session of Kingman Presbyterian Church
• Feedback from the Small Group Mutual Invitation Discussions
• Advice from the Stated Clerk "On the Matter of the Adoption by the 217th General Assembly (2006) of Amended Recommendation #5 of the Report of the Theological Task Force on the Peace, Unity and Purity of the Church.
• Reception of New Minister Members
• Enrollment of Candidate from Inquirer, Vickie Longenecker and Melynda Foust
• Examination for and Commissioning of Elder Sam Weinschenk as Commissioned Lay Pastor for First Presbyterian Church, Wickenburg
• Introduction of Pat Schindler, Coordinator for Mission Interpretation and Funds Development

We look forward to your participation in the June Stated Meeting and the opportunity it provides to re-connect with one another, to celebrate community and to joyfully offer ourselves to God and be equipped for God's service in the world through Worship.

Please Note:
Cost for lunch will be $6.00 per person.

Childcare: Available by request, in advance of the meeting, call by June 5th (602) 944-1508..

Housing Available: A limited number of host families are available for Friday evening (if requested by June 5th) (602) 944-1508.

For Questions Regarding Disability Accommodations: Call (602) 944-1508.

For an excused absence: you will need to send a letter to the Stated Clerk, or you may send an e-mail to the following address at the presbytery office: marciam@pbygc.org

Announcements: Individuals who wish to lift up items for the attention of the presbytery as a whole are asked to provide the announcement in a brief written form in advance of the meeting to Linda Bailey at click6@aol.com or by fax at 602-468-3824 in order that they may be included in a printed announcements sheet in the packet. Following the meeting, this announcement sheet will also be available on the news page of the Presbytery Website. (Announcements must be received by Tuesday, June 5th.)

Call Materials for the June 9, 2007 Stated Meeting One Click Option: One Click - Call Materials Package - Call Letter, Tentative Agenda, Directions & Accommodations, C1-C6 Or To Download Files Individually Click on the Links Below: Call Letter Agenda Tentative Directions and Accommodations C-1 Procedural Motions C-2 Our Meeting Today - Communal Discernment C-3 Responses in the Mutual Invitation Small Groups C-4 Advice from the Stated Clerk of Grand Canyon Presbytery... C-5 Consent Agenda C-6 - Continuing the Dialogue and Discernment

Presbytery of Grand Canyon Stated Meeting of June 9, 2007, Stated Clerk Verbal Report. Click here for the Advice from the Stated Clerk on the Matter of the Adoption by the 217th General Assembly of Amended Recommendation #5 of the Report of the Theological Task Force on the Peace, Unity and Purity of the Church and the Overture from the Session of Kingman Presbyterian Church.
MINUTES Stated Meeting for March 2007

Executive Presbyter's Report to Presbytery at the March 2007 Stated Meeting


Executive Presbyter's Report to Presbytery at the January 20, 2007 Stated Meeting


MINUTES Annual Stated Meeting for January 2007

"My Brother's Voice" - The Rev. Dr. David S. Hodgson, Moderator from January 20th Stated Meeting

A View From the Clerk's Table - Revisited - "Where in the World is the PCUSA?" - click on the following link for the Report of the Stated Clerk given at the September 15-16, 2006 Presbytery Meeting at Community Presbyterian Church, Pinetop.

Theological Student Advisory Delegate's Report of the 217th General Assembly (2006)

Orientation to Presbytery Meetings - Given by former Presbytery Moderator, Rev. Gale Watkins

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