Those present included:
Minister Members
Candace Adams (101)
E Aaron Alfred (108) P
John Anderson (299)
E Karen
Anderson (797) E
Jon
Armajani (634)
E
Robert Bartlett (111) P
Arthur Bayley (299)
E Robert Bellin
(151) P
Christina
Berry (101)
P
Daniel Billings (101) P
Susan Guyer Birch (105)
A Burton Blair (299) E
Steven Boots (105)
E
Frank Brown (299) P
George Buchin (299)
P Donna Buell (501) P
Dawn Carder
(101)
P
Mark Chamberlain (797) E
Sue
Coller (302)
P
Robert Conklin (299) E
Don Crissinger
Clark
(101)
P Janet Crissinger Clark (701) A
Deborah Crusan (797)
E
Beverly Crute (701) P
William Davis (111)
P
Isabelle Davis (797) P
Susan DeNio (797)
E
Douglas
Dent
(121) E
Jerry Dirks (299)
E
Jean Claude Duncan (108) P
Merle Elrod (299)
P
Tom Gard (121) E
William Gilbert (116)
E
Edward Godshall (761) E
Roger Grussing (299)
E
Leah Mason Hauser (123) E
John Hill (105)
E
Edward Hoag (299) E
Kenneth Honius (299)
E
Allen Jergenson (101) P
Dwight Johnson (299)
E
Penny Jo Temple-Johnson (111) E
Robert Kemper (158)
P
James Krapf (101) P
Celeste Lasich (101)
P
Dawn Linder (101) P
John Lindholm (106)
P
Glenn Lord (156) E
Randal Lubbers (151)
P
Robert Maharry (101) P
Vern
Maxa (299)
P
Michael McCallum (797) E
Hugh Miller (299)
P
Beverly Modlin (105) P
Michael Moore (741)
E Ed Morgan (191) E
Terry Morse (101)
P
Terry Olthoff (797) P
Don Ottenhoff (562)
E
David Poppen (155) P
Harold Preston (299)
E
Pamela Prouty (303) P
Scott Prouty (101)
E
Wayne Purintun (299) E
Robert Raedeke (299)
P
Charles Reid (299) E
Herbert Rotunda (156)
P
Bonnie Sue Roys (797) P
Michael Roys (101)
P
Sue Seiffert (155) P
Robert Springer (795)
E
Norma
Spurgin (101) E
Stacey Steck (797)
E
Tim Sutton (101) E
Harold Tongen (101)
P
Richard Underdahl-Peirce (101)
P
Harold Utzinger (299)
E
Amy Vaughn (797) E
Andrew Vaughn (634)
E
Dean Williams (299) E
Anna Williamson (111)
P
Leslie Winters (299) E
William Yueill (299) E
Commissioned Lay Pastors
Keith Carey
E Chris Conlin P
Bruce Drackley
E David Erickson E
Anna Mae Handevidt
E Deb
Klaassen-P
Gordon Pennertz
E Joann Petersen E
Daniel Smith
P Kathy
Terpstra E
Betty
Thorson P
Leadership for the Development of
Ministry Graduates
Peter Anderson
A Jean Bauer A
Norma Bergquist
A Deb Boesch A
Troy Christensen
A Joan Engstrom E
Diane Gravley
A Karen Houtman P
Darlene King
E Kathy Knips P
Cindy Matthews-Rosa
P Stanley Menning A
James Merritt
A Sheila Sjerven E
Iris Stevens
E Wayne Taintor A
Marion Teigum
A Terry Wheeler A
Candidates/Inquirers
Kathy Blair
P Chris Conlin P
Ruth Goldthwaite
E Jeremiah Knabe E
Sara Stegemann Drew
E Daniel Voigt E
Council Members
Christina
Berry
P Dan Billings P
Dawn
Carder
P Nancy Chamberlain E
Sue Coller
P LeRoy Ennenga E
Donna Hendel
A Al Jergenson
P
Dawn Linder
P Rallah
Madison P
Grayson
Osteraas
P Pamela Prouty P
Connie Seltz
E Norma
Spurgin E
Kathy
Terpstra E
Committee Chairs
COM-Richard
Underdahl-Peirce
P COR- Karen Houtman P
CPM-John Lindholm
P Nominating-
SAM-Randal Lubbers
P CG&D-Shirley Luhmann A
CR-Elder Deb
Klaassen
P PW Mod-Bev Raske P
Churches
Amboy Verla
Boesch Ashby-Evansville E
Beaver Creek
A Blue Earth E
Brainerd, First Marilyn
Maxa Brainerd, SLL Nancy Skoog
Brewster Lorraine
Kluver Brooten E
Browns Valley Mary
Hansen Cambria A
Campbell, First,
Doran-E Campbell, Lawrence- E
Canby Doug
Frazeur Crosby/Ironton Gary Woehler
Crosslake
E Currie
E
Dawson
A Edgerton Matt Soleta
Elbow Lake
E Ellsworth, Zion A
Fergus Falls,
Federated-E Fergus Falls, Western E
Foley Sue
Oines Fulda Dennis Miller
Holland-
E Iona E
Jackson Edie
Sands
Kasota George Warrant
Kerkhoven Erv
Kallstrom
Lake Crystal E
Lismore Lorna Van Der
Linden
Litchfield E
Luverne Betty
Mann
Madelia Carolyn Schultz
Mankato Laurie
Drake
Mankato Dena Fischer
Marshall LaVonne
Brass
Maynard E
Milroy Patricia
Rosa
Mountain Lake E
Osakis
E
Pipestone Lori Billings
Randall
E
Reading Donald L. Groninga
Redwood Falls
A Renville A
Round Lake LeAnne
Meyer Rushmore, Emmanuel A
Rushmore, First Lorraine
Dobernecker Russell E
St. Cloud Grayson
Osteraas St. Cloud A
St. James Larry Curry
St. Peter Herbert Poncin
Silver Lake Barb
Quast
Slayton Ruth Green
Spicer, Harrison-Kenneth
Dahlberg
Spicer, Hope A
Tracy
E
Underwood, Maine E
Westbrook
E
Wheaton E
Willmar
E
Wilmont E
Windom Carol
Jensen
Winnebago Mae Robertson
Worthington- Dan
Rautenkranz
The Stated meeting of the
Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys was called to order with prayer at
10:00 a.m. by
moderator, the Rev. Dawn Carder.
We sang Come and Fill Our Hearts,
were led in the
Call to Worship by Scott Robinson, Winnebago.
We sang Come
and Find the Quiet Center.
Pat Kunze from Worthington led us in
an Affirmation
of Gods Freeing Love.
We sang
Alleluia then shared the peace of
Christ.
The Rev.Michael Roys welcomed the
Presbytery on behalf of the First Presbyterian Church
of Winnebago,
Minnesota.
A
quorum was established. First time commissioners were
introduced.
PRESBYTERY VOTED to seat the following as
corresponding members:
Rev. Karla Koll, mission co-worker,
Pueblo Presbytery
PRESBYTERY VOTED to grant the following
people voice:
Robbie Madison, Mankato elder and member of the
Committee on Local
Arrangements for General Assembly,
2010
A
quorum was established.
PRESBYTERY VOTED to approve the agenda.
Pamela Prouty, Stated Clerk presented her written report as
follows:
Stated Clerks Report
To the Minnesota Valleys
Presbytery
May 3, 2008
1.
The 2007 official minutes of the
Minnesota Valleys Presbytery were submitted to the Synod of Lakes and Prairies
for review in
March, 2008. There were approved without exception.
2.
The number of ministers of
Word and
Sacrament and elder representation in the Minnesota
Valleys Presbytery is in balance as of January 1,
2008 and no
adjustments are needed at this
time. The congregations are entitled 67
elder commissioners to the Presbytery. We have 65
congregations with two congregations with
more than
500 members
(Mankato and St. Cloud).
There are 8
elder members of Council, 11 Commissioned Lay Pastors,
two committee chairs
who are elders and the Presbyterian Women moderator who is an elder.
We have 85
ministers of
the Word and Sacrament on our rolls and 73 reside
within the Presbytery
bounds.
3.
All the 2007 annual reports
have been
transmitted to
the General Assembly. These congregations did not submit
any statistics: Brainerd, South Long Lake,
Browns Valley,
Holland, Lake Crystal,
Milroy, Russell
and Tracy. At their meeting on March 11, 2008,
Council took action to
base the 2009
per capita on the statistics from 2006.
She also stated that the
Session Records
Committee is
working on setting the dates for the annual session record reviews; letters
will be sent soon.
PRESBYTERY VOTED to approve the
Consent Agenda as follows:
CONSENT AGENDA
FOR THE
MINNESOTA VALLEYS PRESBYTERY
May 3, 2008
1.
Receive the Report of the
Council, items
of information and one item of recommendation
(Appendix A)
2.
Approve the minutes of the February
5, 2008 Stated
Meeting of the Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys.
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