THE PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH

590th STATED MEETING

Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church
170 Watchung Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 – 4:00 P.M.

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    DINNER RESERVATIONS: MUST BE MADE IN ADVANCE!!

Please call the Watchung Ave. Presbyterian Church Office at 908-755-2781

DEADLINE:  Noon, Friday, November 15, 2002

PLEASE DO NOT CALL AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR DINNER RESERVATIONS!!

COST:  $6.00

MENU:
Herb baked chicken, rice pilaf, green beans, cranberry sauce, rolls, butter, pumpkin or apple pie

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CHILDCARE will be provided.  Please call the Watchung Ave. Church office at 908-755-2781
or the Presbytery Office at 908-755-3776 indicating the number and ages of children,
as well as anticipated arrival and departure time.

DEADLINE FOR CHILDCARE REQUESTS
Noon, Friday, November 15, 2002

ALSO, please be sure to make a meal reservation for your child,
or please have your child bring his/her own "brown bag" meal to eat!!

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HIGHLIGHTS
First Reading – 2003 Budget
One Inquirer
Second Reading: 2003 Salary Minima
Pastors to be received into membership
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REGISTRATION – will be held in the narthex

PARKING – on street

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HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY
Building is accessible,  6 steps up into dining room

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The Presbytery of Elizabeth

590th Stated Meeting

November 19 MMII

Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church

North Plainfield, NJ

Docket

Gathering the Presbytery

4:00     The Moderator=s Call to Order                                  Elder Maggie Chilton (Central)
                  Prayer by the Moderator + Hymn
                  Introduction of first time commissioners
                 Host Pastor                                                       Rev. Brooks Smith (Watchung Avenue)

4:05     Announcement Cluster

4:10     Stated Clerk                                                                      Rev. Paul F. Rack (Woodbridge)
                 Docket
                 Minutes
                 Corresponding Members
                 Excuses & Attendance
                 Disciplinary Actions
                 Correspondence
                 Other: revise By-Laws to allow Unit representation at Council by someone
                           other than the Chair

4:15    Outreach and Social Concerns Unit                      Rev. Robert Hillenbrand (United), Chair
                    Greetings from mission agencies supported by the presbytery.


We Care for the Body of Christ

4:25     Council                                                              Rev. Robert Martin (Crescent Ave.), Chair
4:30     Nominating Committee                    Elder Blanche Schaffer (Central), Rev. Charles Hale (HR), Co-Chairs
4:35     Moderator                                                                    Elder Maggie Chilton (Central)
4:40     Treasurer                                                                   Elder David Bomgaars (Central)
4:45     Trustees                                                                    Rev. Pat Weikert (Basking Ridge)
4:50     Financial Development Committee                   Elder John Strickland (Lamington), Chair
5:35     Executive Presbyter                                                                Rev. Robert Foltz-Morrison
 

We Care For Our Congregations

5:40   Educational Ministries Unit                                        Rev. Wendy Thode (Westfield), Chair
5:45   Resource Center and Educational Director                                    Ms. Ui Kim (Bernardsville)

We Care For One Another as Presbyters

5:50   Pastoral Support Unit                                           Rev. Tina McCormick (Westfield), Chair
               Committee on Preparation for Ministry
               Second Reading: Minimum Terms of Call

6:00  The Doxology and Blessing of the Meal
                   Dinner

We Celebrate Our Joy in the Lord in Worship

7:00   Worship
                  Sermon

We Care for Our Congregations

7:30     Interim Associate Executive for Mission                                                 Rev. Pedro Rivera
7:35    Committee on Representation                           Elder Helen Mosley (Siloam-Hope), Chair
7:40    Committee on Ministry           Rev. Cynthia Strickland (Christ) & Rev. Al Tisdale (Basking Ridge), Co-Chairs
8:05     Adjourn with a hymn, and a prayer by the Moderator

Presbytery will convene again on Saturday, January 25, 2003,
at 9:30 a.m. at the Cranford church.

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