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

FROM: Richard E. Coffelt, Stated Clerk

DATE: October 31, 2009

The Presbytery of Grand Canyon is hereby called to meet on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Gilbert Presbyterian Church in Gilbert. Registration is scheduled to begin at 8:00 AM, with the meeting to begin promptly at 9:00 AM.

Highlights for the November 14, 2009 Stated Meeting as reflected on the Tentative Agenda are the following:

• The Service of Worship will be led by the Rev. Dr. Susan Kendall, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Dr. Kendall earned her Bachelor's degree from Azusa Pacific University, her Master's of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary, and her doctorate from Claremont Graduate University, School of Religion: Program of Theology, Ethics and Culture. She has served as parish associate at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church in McLean, VA, program manager at Bread for the World Institute; head of staff at Reedwood Friends Meeting in Portland, OR, associate pastor at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville, MD, and interim pastor at Yokohama Union Church, Yokohama, Japan. She has served as an editor/writer and office manager and director of proposal writing for Development Associates in Washington, D.C. and has worked with the Office of Chaplains, Frankfurt, Germany. Following the Service of Worship, there will be a time for dialogue with Dr. Kendall.
• Planning Committee Focus Groups - In the materials included with the Call to this meeting, is A Conversation Guide and Response Form (Paper C-11) from the Planning Committee. Please take some time to read that document and reflect on statements provided in preparation for the focus group discussion.
• Introduction of New Members - Helen Doh, Joseph Doh (HR), Bill Evans (Interim Pastor to Northminster), Gus Schmitt (HR)
• A Board of Pensions report from Art Mills our Regional Representative
• Introduction and Commissioning of Rev. Dave Wasserman as Interim Executive Presbyter
• Nomination of Commissioners to the 219th General Assembly (2010)
• Report of the Bills and Overtures Committee on Proposed Overtures to the 219th General Assembly (2010)
• Celebrating the Clergy Spouse Ministry and Honoring Starr Luteri for her Ministry of Service

Mingus View Presbyterian Church has made 106 Christmas Stockings to be given out to children at Ganado and Fort Defiance in December. To help with this project, you are invited to bring the following to the November Presbytery Meeting; new small toys, toiletry items, small books for young people and other gifts that would be appropriate to fill the stockings.

We look forward to your participation in the November 14, 2009 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: Call the church office at 480-892-6753 by Monday, November 9th to make arrangements.

Disability Accommodations: For information call the church office at: 480-892-6753.

First Time Attendees: We call your attention to: Orientation to Presbytery Meetings which may be accessed at: http://www.pbygrandcanyon.org/pdfs/presbytery_101to104.pdf Copies of this document will be available at the registration desk at the meeting for those who do not have Internet access.

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: carolynm@pbygc.org

Announcements: Announcements will be included in written form only in the packet distributed at the time of registration. 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 prior to the meeting to Carolyn McBurney at carolynm@pbygc.org or by fax at 602-468-3824 in order that they may be included in a printed announcements insert in the packet distributed at the meeting. (Announcements must be received by Tuesday, November 10th.)

Call Materials for the Nov. 14, 2009 Stated Meeting of Presbytery One Click Option: (for High Speed Connection) One Click - All Call Materials in Package When downloading the one click option, it works best to "right click" on the link and then select "save target as" and save to the desktop, once the download is complete you can open the file from the icon that appears on the desktop. Two Click Option: (Recommended for Dial up Connection) Part 1 - Call Letter, Directions & Accommodations, Tentative Agenda, C-1 thru C8 Part 2 - C9 thru C16 Resource Materials Related to the Proposed Overtures to the 219th GA (2010) - please note: the following are not included in 1 click or 2 click option Forming Social Policy A Social Creed for the 21st Century and Recognition of the Centennial of the "Social Creed of the Churches of 1908" If you prefer to download each file individually: Call Letter Directions and Accommodations Tentative Agenda C-1 Procedural Motions C-2 Consent Agenda C-3 2010 Provisional Budget C-4 Narrative Budget 2010 C-5 Helen Doh Statement of Faith and Bio C-6 Joseph Doh Statement of Faith and Bio C-7 Bill Evans Statement of Faith and Bio C-8 Gus Schmitt Statement of Faith and Bio C-9 First Reading of New Sexual Misconduct Policy C-10 Proposed Administrative Commission to Arizona Korean PC C-11 Planning Committee Conversation Guide and Response Form C-12, C-13 Proposed Overtures to the 219th GA (2010) C-14 Nominations Committee Report - Nominees for Commissioners to GA C-15 Minister Record of Ordination and Attendance at GA and Synod as a Commissioner C-16 Churches by Date Organized and Presbytery Meeting Attendance Resource Materials Related to the Proposed Overtures to the 219th GA (2010) - please note: the following are not included in 1 click or 2 click option Forming Social Policy A Social Creed for the 21st Century and Recognition of the Centennial of the "Social Creed of the Churches of 1908"

Sermon delivered by the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), at the June 6, 2009 Stated Meeting of Presbytery.