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

FROM: Richard E. Coffelt, Stated Clerk

DATE: Sept. 4, 2009

The Presbytery of Grand Canyon is hereby called to meet for its Stated Meeting on Friday and Saturday, September 18-19, 2009 at Ganado Presbyterian Church in Ganado, Arizona. Registration is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM on Friday with the meeting to begin promptly at 4:00 PM. Note that there is a one-hour time difference between Ganado and Metropolitan Phoenix and surrounding areas. The Navajo Nation is on Daylight Savings time, so they are one hour ahead of the rest of Arizona.

This meeting is being held in conjunction with the Historic Landmark Dedication Ceremony for the Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing which will be from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Your invitation from the Presbytery of Grand Canyon, The Navajo Health Foundation and the Ganado Mission Association has been included with the Call Papers to this Meeting.

Highlights for this Stated Meeting as reflected on the Tentative Agenda are the following:

• The Theme of the Meeting is "Celebrating Native American Ministries"
• An opportunity at the beginning of the meeting for each church to share very briefly a highlight of a Mission activity during this past summer.
• A Worship Service on Friday night with celebration of the Lord's Supper, the Rev. Buddy Monahan, Chaplain at Menaul School, Albuquerque, NM. will deliver the sermon
• Enrollment from Inquirer to Candidate of Julie Miller from Christ Presbyterian Church
• Introduction of new Minister Members Wes Avram and Deborah Hubbard
• Report of Council/Trustees including the Report of the Interim Executive Search Committee
• Report of the Ganado Administrative Commission
• A Study of the Belhar Confession conducted by the Theology and Worship Committee
• Celebrating Sister Mission Partnerships

We look forward to your participation in the September 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 dinner Friday night will be $6.00 per person for presbyters and visitors. To help in planning for dinner preparation and to ensure that there will be enough food, presbyters bringing visitors are requested to contact Carolyn McBurney at 602-468-3820 or carolynm@pbygc.org to make a dinner reservation for their guests by September 15th. Dinner will be served in the Gymnasium across from the Ganado church.

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

You will be responsible for your own on lunch on Saturday following the presbytery meeting and before the Historic Landmark Dedication Ceremony. Food will be available for purchase on the Sage Memorial Hospital grounds. The Dedication Ceremony will be outdoors so you will want to dress accordingly; comfortable clothing, hat, and sunscreen and water bottle are advisable.

Call Materials for the Sept. 18-19, 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, Tentative Agenda, Directions & Accommodations, C-1 thru C9 Part 2 - Flyers, Forms and Evaluations If you prefer to download each file individually: Call Letter Directions and Accommodations Invitation to attend the Historic Landmark Dedication Ceremony for the Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Tentative Agenda C-1 Procedural Motions C-2 Consent Agenda C-3 Proposal to Form a 501(c)3 Single Purpose Entity for the Historic Ganado Mission C-4 Wesley Avram, Statement of Faith and Biographical Information C-5 Deborah Haffner Hubbard, Statement of Faith and Biographical Information C-6 The Belhar Confession C-7 Churches by Date Organized and Attendance C-8 Minister Members Record of Ordination and Attendance at General Assembly and Synod as a Commissioner C-9 Nominations Committee Report Mission Partnerships Flyer Nominations for the George Brooks Award 2009 Nominations Committee Form Agua Fria Food Bank Flier for Thanksgiving Food Boxes Women's Ministries Retreat Flyer Evaluation of the September 18-19, 2009 Presbytery Meeting

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

General Assembly Council

• General Assembly Council Report - Fall 2008
• General Assembly Council Report - Spring 2008
• General Assembly Council Report - Spring 2009

Stated Meeting Minutes

• June 2009
• March 2009
• Jan. 2009
• Nov. 2008
• Sept. 2008
• June 2008
• February 2008 - Special Meeting

Executive Presbyter's Report at Stated Meetings

• June 2009
• March 2009
• January 2009

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

The Fiction of Boundaries - Sermon delivered by Rev. Trina Zelle
November 8, 2008 Stated Meeting of Presbytery

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