Meetings of the Mid Council Commission - II
220th General Assembly (2012)
March 14-16, 2013 Dallas
(Future Meetings: September 9-11, 2013 & January 13-15, 2014)
American Airlines Training and Conference Center
A Dolce Conference Hotel
4501 Highway 360 S. | Mail Drop 929 | Fort Worth, TX 76155
1(817)956-1000
Draft Meeting Minutes - NOT APPROVED
Agenda (PDF)
Travel Information (PDF)
November 26-28, 2013 Minutes to be voted on. (PDF)
February 6, 2013 Conference Call Minutes to be voted on. (PDF)
Group 1 Report (PDF) (Posted 3/6/13)
PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) (Posted 3/15/13)
Recommendations 1-4
Group 2 Report (PDF) (Posted 3/7/13)
Identify alternatives (St. Andrews Overture/ "Committee 5" Recommendations)
Group 3 Report (PDF) (Posted 3/15/13)
PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) (Posted 3/15/13)
PMA/ OGA - Relationship & Effectiveness
February 6, 2013 Conference Call
3:00 pm EST
Agenda (PDF)
November 26-28, 2012 Dallas
American Airlines Training and Conference Center
A Dolce Conference Hotel
4501 Highway 360 S. | Mail Drop 929 | Fort Worth, TX 76155
1(817)956-1000
Agenda (PDF)
Travel Information (PDF)
Monday, November 26, 2012
- Group Covenant (PDF)
- Understanding our mandate and scope of responsibilities. Presentation by Jill Hudson (PPT)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
- Recommendations I-IV from Mid Council Commission I's Report (PDF)
- On Creating a Committee on Synod Boundaries—From the Presbytery of St. Andrew(PDF)
- Presentation from previous MCC I commission members (PPT)
- Presentation from Advisory Committee on the Constitution (PDF)
Reading Materials
- Final Report to the 220th General Assembly from Mid Council Commission I (Full Data Appendices)
- Advice from the Advisory Committee on the Constitution on 05-12
- Summary of Survey Results, Mid Council Commission I Final Report
- Focus Group Summary, Mid Council Commission I Final Report
- Summary of Synod Consultations and Focus Groups
- Advice to the Mid Council Commission Regarding Recommendations for Constitutional Amendment (Dan Saperstein)
- Final Action Taken on Item 05-12 by the 220th General Assembly
Meetings of Mid Council Commission - I
219th General Assembly (2010)
February 13, 2012 Conference Call
7:00 pm EST
Overtures from the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii
Final Report to the 220th General Assembly from the General Assembly Commission on Mid Councils
1. Charge and Commissioners
2. Recommendations to the 220th General Assembly
3. Rationale and Executive Summary
4. Changing Contexts and Adaptive Change
5. Our Process
6. Data and Discussions
7. Colors of Vitality - Models of Vibrant Presbyteries
8. The Outlines of Possibilities - Synod as Multi-Presbytery Missional Partnerships
9. Report of the Racial Ethnic Strategy Task Force
10. The Guiding Principles of the Mid Council Commission Recommendations
Minutes from February 2-4, 2012 Meeting
- Attachment 1 - Agenda
- Attachment 2 - Recommendations from Constitution Group on Synods
- Attachment 3 - Passed Motion for Provisional Presbytery Experiment
- Attachment 4 - Racial Ethnic Strategy Task Force Recommendation with Enumeration
- Attachment 5 - Revised Racial Ethnic Task Force Report
- Attachment 6 - Special Committee on the Administrative Review of Boriquen Final Report
- Attachment 7 - Request from the Synod of the South Atlantic
February 2-4, 2012 Dallas
American Airlines Training and Conference Center
A Dolce Conference Hotel
4501 Highway 360 S. | Mail Drop 929 | Fort Worth, TX 76155
1(817)956-1000
Minutes
Draft Agenda (1/27/2012)
Overtures from the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii to the General Assembly Regarding Transfer of a Church
Overture from the Synod of the South Atlantic to the General Assembly Regarding the Request to Transfer Churches
Special Committee Report on the Administrative Review of Boriquén
Motions
Constitutional Language to Enact Emerging Issues Proposal
Revised Racial Ethnic Task Force Report
Passed Motion for Provisional Presbytery Experiment
October 5-8, 2011 Indianapolis
University Place Conference Center and Hotel
850 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 269-9000
Advice to the Mid Councils Commission Regarding Recommendations for Constitutional Amendment
Agenda
Communication from ACREC
Communication from Pastors from Santa Barbara Pby
Cultural Proficiency #1
Cultural Proficiency #2
Cultural Proficiency #3
Cultural Proficiency #4
Cultural Proficiency #5
- Attachment 3 - Data Work Group Report
- Attachment 4 - Meeting With ACREC
- Attachment 5 - Models Work Group Report
- Attachment 6 - Context Work Group Report
- Attachment 6a - (Bibliography)
- Attachment 7 - Communications from National PC
- Attachment 8 - Communication from Synod of Lincoln Trails
- Attachment 9 - Communication from New Covenant Presbytery
- Attachment 10 - Communication from San Diego Presbytery
- Attachment 11 – Interim SCARB Report
Summary from Presbyterian Research Services
May 31-June 2, 2011, Seattle, Washington
Cedarbrook Lodge
18525 36th Avenue South
SeaTac, WA 98188
Toll free 1 (866) 901-9268
(206) 901-9268
(206) 901-9269 fax
- Agenda
- Virtual governance? - Blog post by Vice Moderator Landon Whitsitt
- May Minutes for Approval
- Panel Notes from May Commission Mtg
February 3-5, 2011 Orlando
Holiday Inn – In the Walt Disney World Resort
1805 Hotel Plaza Blvd
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
(407) 828-8888
(407) 827-4623 fax
- Agenda
- Research Strategy Subgroup
- MGB Saperstein Powerpoint
- Paul K. Hooker Powerpoint
- Questions for Paul K. Hooker and The Rev. Daniel Saperstein
- Report on the Executive Presbyter’s Sabbatical
- Process Playbook Bolsinger
November 4-6, 2010 Baltimore
- Attachment 1 - November 4-6, 2010, Agenda
- Attachment 2 - October 14, 2010, Conference Call Minutes
- Attachment 3 - Differences Between a Committee and Commission by Dan Saperstein
- Attachment 4 - Summary Report from Small Groups Purpose of Presbytery/Synod
- Attachment 5 - Summary of Small Group Discussion
- Attachment 6 - Reports from Subgroups
October 14, 2010 Conference Call