Stated Meeting June 17

Agenda

The meeting will include the following:

• 9:30 Call to Order and Prayer
• 9:45 Worship Service
• 10:30 BREAK
• 10:45 Forest Hill Administrative Commission Report
• 11:30 COM Committee on Examinations
• 12:00 Lunch
• 12:30 Committee on Preparation for Ministry Report and Examinations
• 1:00 Board of Pensions Presentation
• 1:10 Committee on Nominations
• 1:15 New Worshiping Communities Team Report (Celebration of Voices of Jubilee )
• 1:30 Anti-Racism Committee Report and Training
• 1:45 Camp Hanover Report
• 1:55 Mission and Service Team Report (Self-Development of People)
• 2:05 Introduction/Blessing of Guatemala Team
• 2:15 Adjournment

The Zoom meeting will open at 9:00 a.m. An orientation for all attendees will occur at 9:15.

The meeting will break between 12:00 and 12:30 for lunch.

PLEASE NOTE:
♦ Presbytery convenes promptly at 9:30 a.m.
♦ To participate you must have completed registration before the deadline (noon on Jun. 16). The Zoom link will open at 9 a.m. for all commissioners and attendees. If you are participating virtually by phone, please use *6 to mute or unmute and *9 to raise or lower your virtual hand. To vote at this meeting, you will need to be logged into the Zoom app. You will still be able to hear the meeting if calling in by phone, but you will not have the option to vote that way.

Meeting Documents

Review the meeting packet below in advance of the meeting.

Section I - General Info

Section II - Agenda & Reports 

Registration

Registration closes at noon on Tuesday, Jun. 16. All attendees must register by this date. 

Ministers and Clerks of Session: We will need to know the names and contact information (email and phone number) for your commissioners ahead of time. Please email this information to Barbara Espigh at barbara@presbyteryofthejames.org.

All attendees: Please use the link below to access registration on our website. You will be asked for your name, phone number, your church’s name and city, and whether you are a ruling elder commissioner (a ruling elder who was elected by the church session to represent the congregation), ruling elder serving as moderator of a POJ committee, minister member, commissioned ruling elder, certified Christian educator, Corresponding Member (member of another presbytery), or guest.

All registrants will receive an email from Zoom including information regarding virtual meeting access. Please save that email to use on June 17 to log in to the meeting. Note: a few optional questions have been added to the registration process to help our Committee on Representation understand the demographics of meeting attendees.

There will be NO additional registrations allowed after the deadline, so please be sure to register prior to noon on Tuesday, June 16.

Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/25CeJvBJRImMYXr_Ro_mJA

If you have questions or concerns not covered in the above information, please contact Barbara Espigh at barbara@presbyteryofthejames.org.

**Emails and calls will be returned during POJ office hours Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please be sure to contact the office with any questions well before the registration deadline.**

All ministers and sessions are reminded that email excuses are required for absences to be approved. Email a request to be excused to office@presbyteryofthejames.org. Please plan to stay for the entire meeting and attend to all matters.

Motions/Amendments

Should you wish to make a motion, please fill out a motion form and email it to the Stated Clerk at statedclerk@presbyteryofthejames.org. Please present your motion form to the Stated Clerk prior to making your motion.

Motion Form

Questions/Concerns

Please direct all questions or concerns as soon as possible to Barbara Espigh, associate for administration and support. Barbara can be reached via barbara@presbyteryofthejames.org (preferred) or at 804-262-2074.

**Emails and calls will be returned during POJ office hours Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please be sure to contact the office with any questions well before the registration deadline**