Members of Salem Presbytery and Commissioned Ruling Elders Ruling Elder Commissioners from Salem s churches Guests of the Presbytery

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1 P. O. Box 1763, Clemmons, NC Fax: Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC TO: Members of Salem Presbytery and Commissioned Ruling Elders Ruling Elder Commissioners from Salem s churches Guests of the Presbytery Meeting: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. First-time Members and Elder Commissioners orientation at 8:30 a.m. Worship will begin at 9:00 a.m. Place: Lunch: Child Care: First Presbyterian Church 308 West Fisher Street, Salisbury, NC ( ) On your own, in downtown Salisbury restaurants (see packet for lunch suggestions) For those with mobility issues and those involved in the Peace and Justice/EQUIP book study: A limited number of box lunches will be available for purchase at registration - $9.00, cash only. Available by reservation notify Laurie Scott < , x127> or <lscott@salempresbytery.org> no later than 5/10/17. Bring lunch and snacks for your children. A docket, reports, and other information are a part of this packet. Please stay through lunch and the afternoon session. A Session Minutes Review will be conducted immediately after the meeting s adjournment. In accordance with Commission on Ministry requirements, training in sexual misconduct prevention ( Healthy Boundaries ) will also be conducted after the Presbytery meeting. Teaching Elders who wish an excused absence from this meeting of Presbytery should notify me before May 16. We express gratitude to Interim Pastor Rev. Tom LaBonte and the officers, staff, and members of the First Church-Salisbury for hosting this meeting. I look forward to seeing you. David Vaughan Stated Clerk

2 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Church History 2 First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, NC was organized August 1, 1821 and immediately became a member of Concord Presbytery. The thirteen original members were Albert Torrence, Sr., Elizabeth Torrence, Hugh Horah, Mary Horah, Thomas L. Cowan, Elizabeth Cowan, Dr. Alexander Long, Mary Long, John Fulton, Charity Gay, Mary T. Holland, Ann Murphy, and Margaret C. Beckwith. The Reverend Jonathan Otis Freeman served as their first minister until 1826 when the first church was built on the corner of West Innes and Jackson Streets; he had come to Salisbury as a teacher of the classics at the Salisbury Academy housed in what is known as the Wrenn Building. The lot on which the first church was built had been given to this congregation by Rebecca (Nesbit) Troy Caldwell, half-sister of Maxwell Chambers who, at his death, willed to First Presbyterian Church all the property on the square where the church stood (except the Wrenn Building) and the entire block on which the present manse, educational building and church stand. The church purchased the Wrenn Building from Nathaniel Boyden in 1870, completing title to both square blocks. Maxwell Chambers bought the house built in 1811 by Judge James Martin on the corner of Jackson and Innes Streets, once known as the Maxwell Chambers House and now as the Rowan Museum, in 1847 for use as the manse; it was moved back and turned to face Jackson Street when the present manse was built in The brick Greek Revival Session House, built in 1855 over the graves of the Chambers and Nesbit families, served for many years as a Sunday School for the children. The second church, built on the site of the first church, was completed in the fall of 1892; its tower, known as the Bell Tower, was preserved when the church was torn down in Architect for the building was Charles W. Bolton of Philadelphia who incorporated some of the materials from the original church; the church was cited as a outstanding example of Romanesque Revival style. The Educational Building was completed in May, The first service was held in the present church on Easter Sunday, April 6, It was designed by John Erwin Ramsay. Other ministers serving First Presbyterian were The Revs. Jesse Rankin ( ), Thomas Espy ( ), P.J. Sparrow ( ), Stephen Frontis ( ), Archibald Baker ( ), Dr. Jethro Rumple ( ), John H. Grey ( ), Dr. Byron C. Clark ( ), Edgar A. Woods ( ), Dr. Marshall Woodson ( ), Dr. Charles J. Woodbridge ( ), Dr. Sidney Austin Gates ( ), Herbert L. Underwood ( ), Dr. William W. Williamson ( ), Dr. Robert M. Lewis ( ), Dr. James C. Dunkin (2004 to 2016), Dr. Tom LaBonte (Senior Pastor, Transitional 2016 to present). First Presbyterian Church Salisbury, North Carolina and Its People , is the title of a privately published book by Jo White Linn, the Church Historian. This research, its writing and its publication was done over a five-year period and is a gift of this author to the church. It is an excellent history and was made available on the 175th anniversary of the church. There are still copies of this publication available. The church membership grew dramatically at the end of the last century. The result was a Strategic Plan exploring the needs for additional space. We were blessed with the Seeds of Promise Campaign and contributions from of many dedicated people. Over one half of the cost of this growth was committed prior to the formal announcement. This is just one more Leap of Faith for First Presbyterian Church Salisbury. On January 1, 2006, this project came to fruition with the opening of our much-anticipated Family Life Center. This new facility has relieved overcrowding brought on by the growth of this congregation. The Family Life Center has also become home for our contemporary service, which began in our original Fellowship Hall.

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4 4 Lunch Options A list of nearby restaurants is attached at the end of the packet. The downtown ones are in a three to four block range. Others listed on E Innes and W Innes St are only 1-2 miles away. Those participating in the Peace and Justice meeting may order a box lunch. (We only have 30 lunches available) All boxes are $9.00 (tax included). They must be paid for in cash when ordered. No checks will be accepted. Lemonade and tea will be provided. Lunch box choices: 1. Chicken salad croissant with fruit salad and a slice of pound cake. 2. Club sandwich on wheat bread, oranges, potato salad, and a sugar cookie. 3. Cashew chicken salad with Dijon dressing, pita bread, and a brownie. (Other dressings available) 4. Chef salad (lettuce, ham, turkey, swiss, and cheddar), crackers, pound cake. Ranch dressing comes with salad. If some prefer, they may bring their lunch. Refrigerator space is available.

5 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Docket 5 Grounded... Connected... Growing... Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. I Peter 4:9-10 8:00 a.m. Registration 8:30 Orientation for first-time commissioners and ministers Room 107 9:00 Call to Order - Opening Prayer Rev. Steve Scott, Moderator Our Vision We as Salem Presbytery strive: To be a visible witness to Jesus Christ, REACH To equip and strengthen our congregations and leaders for ministry in the world, EQUIP To inspire and model local and global mission, SEND. Grounded... Morning Worship and the Celebration of the Lord s Supper Connected... 10:00 Organization of Presbytery Moderator Welcome from Host Church Rev. Tom LaBonte Establishment of Quorum Elder David Vaughan, Stated Clerk New Business (Written proposed motions to be given to the Stated Clerk before the meeting begins.) Approval of Docket Moderator s Welcome Moderator Corresponding Members (Teaching Elders from other Presbyteries and ministers of other Christian denominations) Ruling Elder Commissioners attending for the first time Visitors and Guests Ecumenical Welcome Rev. Tim Smith Bishop of the North Carolina Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) 10:15 Presbyters Welcome & Report Rev. Sam Marshall Elder Dianna Wright 10:30 Stated Clerk Communications & Report pg. 7 Stated Clerk Report from Administrative Commission for New Salem 10:35 Committee on Preparation for Ministry pg. 9 Rev. Margaret Almeida Natasha Schoonover, Inquirer request for candidacy 10:50 Examinations pg. 11 Rev. Bill Hoyle Ordination candidates to preach: Josh Musser-Gritter and Laura Musser-Gritter - order of the day

6 6 11:10 Commission on Ministry pg. 25 Elder Larry Hooker Presentation of Call: Rev. Thomas Burleson (Parkway) Rev. Kyle Goodman (Alamance) Introduction of new members: Rev. Susan Moorefield (North Wilkesboro) Rev. Kathy Muder (Member at Large) Rev. Alicia Wilson (Validated Ministry) Liturgy of Welcome 11:30 More Light Presbyterians Mr. Joey Lopez 11:35 North Carolina Council of Churches Rev. Jennifer Copeland 11:45 Committee on Representation pg. 31 Elder Floyd Jackson 11:50 Executive Council pg. 32 Rev. John Hartman 12:00 p.m. Invitation to Lunch and Prayer Rev. Tom LaBonte Peace & Justice/EQUIP Book Read participants will lunch together in Lewis Hall. Make lunch arrangements at Registration. Growing... 1:30 p.m. Presbytery Committee Reports REACH Communications Committee Rev. Jo Nygard Owens EQUIP Resource Center Ms. Beth Hayes SEND Missions Committee pg. 33 Mr. Bill Herring Church Growth and Transformation Rev. Lee Zehmer Hunger Action pg. 34 Rev. Kyle Goodman 2:00 Prayers for Intercession and Thanksgiving Moderator Reading of the Necrology for 2016 pg. 35 2:15 Peace and Justice pg. 39 Rev. Stuart Taylor 2:30 New Business (if added during Organization of Presbytery in the morning) and Announcements Adjournment with Benediction Moderator 2:40 Session Minutes Review Church Office Conference Room Sexual Misconduct Prevention training (Healthy Boundaries) Fellowship Hall * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Next Presbytery Meeting: Saturday, August 12, 2017 First Presbyterian Church, Statesville * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - order of the day

7 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Stated Clerk 7 FOR INFORMATION: Welcoming the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) At the direction of Salem s Executive Council, Salem Presbytery will host our four sister North Carolina Presbyteries on Friday, September 29, 2017 to meet, greet, and hear from the Stated Clerk of our General Assembly, the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson. Full details will be spread upon future publications of the weekly Salem Matters electronic publication. This gathering will occur at First Presbyterian Church, Burlington hopefully to afford a central location for all of North Carolina. Session Minutes Reviews I extend gratitude to Cross Roads (Deanna Tate, clerk), First/Burlington (Peggy Harrelson, clerk), First/High Point (Lisa Cooper, clerk), First/Salisbury (Bonnie Link, clerk), Mt. Jefferson (Evans Leslie, clerk), Unity (Karen Fleming, clerk), and Yanceyville (Pat Rowland, clerk) churches for hosting regional Session Minutes reviews. In this process, the following Session records have been examined for 2016: Bethany, Graham Bethel, McLeansville Burlington, First Cameron Chapel in the Pines Covenant Cross Roads Fieldstone Fifth Creek Forest Hills Franklin Freedom Graham Griers Guilford Park Hawfields High Point, First Immanuel Mocksville, First Mt. Airy, First Mt. Jefferson Oak Ridge Old Providence Pittsboro Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church of the Covenant Rumple Memorial Salisbury, First Sedgefield Shallowford Sparta St. Andrews St. Paul Starmount Third Creek Thomasville, First Trinity, Elon Unity Westminster Yanceyville

8 8 Presbytery Minutes I am pleased to report that the minutes of Salem Presbytery for 2015 have been successfully reviewed and approved by the 238 th Assembly of the Synod of the Mid- Atlantic. Correspondence In an effort to build upon the existing ecclesiastical relationships with other Christian denominations in North Carolina, the Executive-General Presbyter and I extended greetings, by letters, with the newly-appointed Bishop of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church (the Rev. Paul Leeland) and with the newly-elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina (the Rev. Samuel Rodman). We received gracious replies from both, indicating their desires to encourage our mutual presence and support for the ministries that are common to our North Carolina area. FOR ACTION: Final Report of the Administrative Commission, previously elected to assume original jurisdiction of the New Salem church I will ask the Moderator to recognize the Rev. Paul Sink, moderator of the Administrative Commission for the New Salem church, to present a final report. Following the report, if the way be clear, I will ask the Presbytery to dismiss with deepest gratitude this Administrative Commission. David Vaughan Stated Clerk

9 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Preparation for Ministry 9 Margaret Almeida and John Senior, Co-Moderators RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. That Salem Presbytery examine Natasha Schoonover, a member of Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church and a graduate of Duke University Divinity School, and that following her successful examination, she be enrolled as a Candidate for the office of Teaching Elder. Faith Journey Natasha Schoonover It is said that the way we view ourselves is usually very different from the way others view us, and I find that especially true when it comes to God. That is, God sees us in our completeness, all at once. In one moment God sees our past, present, and our future. We cannot see it. We see ourselves in the pictures that capture us in fragments of past, and we see our present selves every morning as we see our ever changing reflections in the mirror. Growing up in a small mountain community, my early Christian life was nurtured within an active congregation where my mother served as choir director. The fellowship of this church was a large part of my early Christian formation and understanding of Christian community. I began to sense God at an early age and could make out small traces of God at work in my life and community. In time, my ability to sense God and listen to God developed more and more. Since my mother s gifts were in music and I possessed a lovely singing voice, the church nudged me in that direction. That began the process of discerning my gifts and the person I was within my Christian community. I was nurtured well in that Christian community that played a large role in my life all the way through my high school years. However, there were areas of my life that caused a great deal of turmoil. While all areas of church life naturally flowed for me, learning and education did not. Beginning in my early childhood through high school, I struggled with school. It was late in my education when teachers and counselors discovered my learning disabilities/differences. This was the backdrop to my enlisting in the military the last year of high school. After nine years of service I deployed to Iraq for a 13-month tour. Upon reflection, I know these events were the rich soil from which God formed a part of my Christian vocational call, and began a season of discerning my call to ordered ministry. This sense of call and movement of the Spirit, has grown over time, making for a rather long story. The heart of the matter is that a very loving and persistent God has shaken the foundation of my life with a call. If I were to articulate this story in detail, my words would fall exceedingly short in capturing the tectonic movement in my life as I have experienced the depth of God s call. I began to pray as I entered time of discernment, a period that I would describe as one of great confusion and great clarity. I discovered the support of my community and guidance of God towards discovering my specific gifts for ministry, affirming areas where I showed strength. Through periods of trial and error, I continued to pray. I discovered God working in my life and through my community to condition and prepare me for my task in ministry. Discernment during this important time took on many faces and required strength, courage and the support and insight of my academic and church community. Though this time was difficult, it was

10 equally fulfilling and joyful. Great strides and disappointments were always God filled and indicators of forward movement. God has a way of transforming entire worlds in one breath. My faith journey could be read as one big contradiction really. Yet I have been called by a God who sees me in my completeness, all at once. In one moment God sees our past, present, and our future. This journey has given me a clearer understanding of myself and ministry in the church. For all that I have learned I am grateful that I can only see today and yesterday, because the road has been long and challenging. Yet when you are called by God, no distance will keep you from hearing and no other work will do. 10

11 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Examinations 11 William Hoyle Moderator, Debbie Layman Vice Moderator, Jim Norris Clerk At our February and April Meetings we examined the following persons and approved their examinations and submit their statements to the Presbytery. Faith Journey Kathy E. S. Muder At a meeting on August 31, 2916 of the Hillsborough Region of the Presbytery of Tampa Bay, I was granted the status of Honorably Retired. In October my husband and I moved to Winston Salem. I am writing to ask Salem Presbytery to consider moving my membership from the Presbytery of Tampa Bay to Salem Presbytery. This retirement thing is yet another path on my journey of a life in faith. From my earliest memories, faith in God has been a part of what makes me. Really, I couldn t help it. Both sets of grandparents were faithful Presbyterians and their children (my parents) were no different. I grew up going to church, not going was not an option. My sister and brothers and I were read Bible stories and prayer before meals was routine. We discussed the sermon over Sunday dinner, everyone s opinions were heard and questions were encouraged (not always answered). I loved God and Jesus and my church which was truly family for me. Sitting in the pew at New Rehoboth Presbyterian church meant sitting with my Mom and siblings (my Dad sang in the choir), surrounded by grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, school teachers and friends. At an early age I felt drawn to worship and to creating liturgy my Mother said that she knew something was up when at about 5 or 6, I asked her if I might have some grape juice and bread. When asked why I needed those items, my response was that I was going to serve my dolls the Lord s Supper. It was the teachings of Jesus that made me question my relationship to the church in the 1960 s. In high school I had been on two mission trips to inner-city Wilmington, Delaware. On the last trip, our group included two students at a local reform school, one black, and while in Wilmington we were confronted by the anger of the community. The week after we returned home, the race-riots burned down the very neighborhoods we had worked in. My church s response was negligible and not satisfying to my idealistic self. Neither was their response to the war in Vietnam. I just felt like Jesus had left the church and I needed to follow. And so I spent the next ten years searching for where God might be in the world. I explored an array of different belief systems, Zen Buddhism, the teachings of Ram Das, Edgar Cayce and spiritualism, and others; in not one of those places could I find peace or joy. I was in a funk, after leaving college to marry, I found myself having a complete hysterectomy and a long and difficult two years of recovery. I found work in a variety of retail situations but felt an emptiness about my life. Then one day my ever praying Mother gave me a book, Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis. In that book I rediscovered who and whose I was and that I too was created for joy. It was an eye opener. That opened me to re-read Mere Christianity and to pick up my dusty Bible and to finding Jesus waiting for me. Several months later I woke up and announced to Ron that I had had a dream and that I thought I might go back to

12 12 college and major in Religion/Christian Education. Those two years at Westminster were not always the easiest, I was an older, commuting student on a basically residential campus, I came with loads of baggage and prior commitments, but those two years formed and reformed my faith. Upon graduation, I was accepted at Pittsburgh Seminary in the Master of Divinity program but Ron did not want to move to Pittsburgh. His parents were older and he felt that as the only child still in the area, he wanted to be there for them. I agreed, and that summer my father-inlaw had a stroke and we became caregivers, taking care of their house and ours, taking my mother-in-law to see him in rehab, helping with home visits, helping him adjust to being home, and working. Two years later my mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer and we moved them in with us. It was then that I applied for the position of Christian educator with the local Lutheran (ELCA) church. It was a part-time position and enabled me to be both a caregiver and to use my knowledge and love of Christian education. I served that congregation for 9 years. I served a Methodist Church in Ohio for two years as the change-agent Christian educator and implemented a Logos Program. I was connected to Shenango Presbytery, first as enabler for Older Adult Ministry at both the Synod and Presbytery level and later as Coordinator for Shenango Christian Educators and the CE Committee. Working on my certification in Christian Education in the PCUSA I needed to be working in a local congregation my Mother suggested I apply for the open CE position at my home church and with much fear and trembling, I did. I was there for 5 years. In addition to children and youth responsibilities, I also taught the older adult class, Disciple Bible Study, and initiated a spiritual disciplines class. It was there that ordained ministry kept showing up as something God might be calling me to do. I was resistant, I told folks I model lay ministry for the laity. Mentors and friends urged me to listen for what God might have in mind for me and so Ron and I moved to Decatur for me to begin seminary at Columbia. My Mother was so proud and so supportive but she died during the last weeks of Greek school and did not live to see me ordained. I have been blessed to have an amazing amount of mentors and encouragers and teachers. From former Sunday school teachers who affirmed my calling to ordained ministry to those who have come along side me and walked with me on this journey, giving wisdom and guidance and challenges. I was blessed to serve very different congregations who were gracious in sharing their faith stories and struggles with me and who gave me room to grow and be creative and joyous. It is in those relationships where Christ has been present showing me a better way, a loving and giving way. And still I m on the journey. Statement of Faith Rev. Kathy E. S. Muder I am, you are, we all are children of God. I believe in the Triune God, who seeks to reach us and be in relationship with us in three ways. God known through God as the Creator of the universe and God the Father of Jesus Christ. God known through the writings of the first testament, God known as a creator who desires to be in relationship with those who have been

13 13 created, who loves creation and those created creatures, who sought through interactions with and through prophets to show those created creatures how to live with God and each other and how to be in God s marvelous creation. God, who when the created ones hardened their hearts and closed their ears, still sought us out, calling us away from idols of our own creation. Finally sending God s own Son (the second person of the Trinity) into the world to show creation in a personal, loving, teaching way, ultimately saving way, how much God loved God s children and God s creation, all of that creation. Jesus, born a refugee to less than ideal parents, from an early age showed what it looks like to love the Lord with all your heart and soul and your neighbor as yourself. He never met a sinner/a neighbor he didn t love and embrace into community. (Sin being anything that removes us from relationship with God and others). He never met an egregious rule that he didn t break or overturn. He did not suffer pomposity, elitism, or greed. He spoke truth to power through words and deeds of love and kindness and generosity. He did not respect empire or the religious establishment when those systems sought to devalue people and creation. He embodied grace and mercy, and taught those who would follow him to do the same. However, speaking truth to power has consequences, and those in power determined that he would pay those consequences and so they trumped up charges against him and executed him as an enemy of religion and state. But God s own Son had the last word, and that word was that even death could not defeat his revolution of love and grace and so he shed the darkness of the tomb and made himself known to his disciples, teaching them, and eating and walking with them. When he ascended back into heaven, he left with his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit (the third person of the Trinity). That Spirit blew through the despair the disciples were feeling, filling them with joy and energy, and compelled them to go out into the streets, to share the story, to bring about healing, to teach and feed and bring others into the community of the risen Christ Jesus. That same Spirit enlivens the church today, the Spirit touches and empowers believers, supports and sustains and urges disciples to continue on as bearers of love and mercy and justice and hope in the new kingdom of God. My beliefs are informed by the words of Holy Scripture, God s Word to us. In that text I find words of comfort as well as challenge, it s a book that reads my life. I am sustained by that community of believers gathered in the yet but not yet kingdom of God that Jesus came to inaugurate. A kingdom built on Jesus mission statement: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord s favor. (Luke ) It is in that community, founded and sustained by the Holy Spirit, where disciples of the risen Christ practice kingdom living so that they might go out into the world to follow Jesus command to Go, and make disciples. Through baptism we are adopted into this new kingdom family, named and claimed as one of God s own children. And as God s family, we gather around the Table to share the meal Jesus instituted for his disciples, a meal that reminds us of who and whose we are and challenges us to go out into the world, God s world, and be bread and wine and light and love for those we meet in our daily lives. So, there it is, what I believe to be true. That God is love and that I am a child of God, loved not because of what I ve done or not done, but loved because I am God s own child. Because of that great love, I believe that I am called to respond in love, following Jesus example and living

14 14 in love for my brothers and sisters in the family of God, living with gratitude and service, thankful for the grace, mercy and love that s been shown to me in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Thanks be to God! Faith Journey Susan E. Moorefield My faith began far before I was born as it is a faith that has been passed on to me through generations of faithful people. I witnessed the faith of my Grandmother Moorefield who always kept her Bible out with her Sunday School lesson tucked inside. She lived a beautiful life of faith, including teaching Sunday School for over fifty years in a rural Presbyterian Church. I loved the faith of my father who preached and taught and lived a life that sought justice, loved kindness, and walked humbly with God. My mother s faith encouraged me to ask questions which would not produce easy or simple answers. I grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, surrounded by faithful people who loved and nurtured me throughout my childhood. Prayer had a regular place in our family before meals and at night. Reading the Bible was never uncommon. Church camp and mission trips also played major a role in forming the faith of my childhood and youth. When I went to Switzerland as a Rotary Exchange student at age seventeen, the only book I took in English was my Bible. Though the families I stayed with did not attend church, I would go to church on my own, usually walking over five miles round trip to attend services. The Catholic Church was the closest, and I would often go there. Yet, there was a tiny Reformed Church which did not meet every Sunday, but I would visit from time to time. My main professor at the school was a Catholic priest who taught me philosophy and theology. During this year, I relied a great deal on prayer, and I was able to compare the faith of my birth with that of the Catholic Church. In my college years, my faith expanded as I fell in love with my religion classes and attended worship regularly, as unusual as that sounds for a college student! It was after college that a clear call to seminary came. Though in fifth grade, I would tell everyone that I was going to be a minister, I headed in the direction of teaching French and German. I was in my first year of graduate school, when I dropped out and headed to Columbia Theological Seminary. Columbia for me was filled with rich, deep years of study, joy, and utter delight! I had come home. It is this year that I celebrate 25 years of ordained ministry, half of my life. It is in this second half of life that my faith has had to carry me through some rough waters. My second child was born with health complications so that I did not know whether he would live or die on the day he was born. (Thankfully, he is a healthy, incredible young man!) My marriage of 20 years dissolved into an unexpected, unanticipated divorce. Though I hold a deep passion and great love for the church, the journey of ministry has not always been smooth or easy as I am often the first female pastor in most churches I have served or the first female in the position that I was serving. During my years of service, the church has had to grapple with some deep theological questions which have created divisions in congregations and in our denomination. Yet, I have also been blessed to witness healing and restored community, love of one s

15 15 neighbor, generosity and service beyond imagination. The fabric of my faith during these years has been stretched and strengthen and broadened through suffering and through joy. My journey of faith continually brings me back to one of my favorite verses of scripture, Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge the Lord, and the Lord will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Statement of Faith Susan E. Moorefield I believe in God whose glory is beyond my understanding, yet in whose love I trust through faith. I first learned of God through the faithful teachings and examples of my parents, grandmother, neighbors, Sunday school teachers, and preachers. I know God as creator of all that is and who longs for us to treasure the incredible gift of creation. I believe we are called to participate in the healing of creation. I know God through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as taught to me through the pages of Scripture, our rule of faith and life. In Christ, I see God s hope for us all to be in communion with God and with one another. Yet, I believe that we are separated from God through sin. Through Christ, we are fully united with God; we are sanctified. In baptism, we are freed to enter a new life with Christ. In communion, we are at table with one another and with the whole Christian church so that we can be nourished by Christ and then sent out into the world to serve. I know God as Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, I am able to pray, to know and to love God, and to have my heart and my hands open to those around me. I trust the work of Spirit for comfort, for healing, for guidance, for scriptural understanding, and for prayer. I believe that the church is called by God to be in service to the world, to witness to Christ, and to make disciples. The church is the body of Christ in the world, and we are to work with humility and with gratitude in service as a community of faith. We are to be in relation with one another to reflect Christ s love for all people. I believe that I have a responsibility in my relationship with God to serve, to worship, to study, to give, and to listen. I am to be open to being shaped by God. I believe in God s presence with each of us even when we, ourselves, cannot see or feel God, but instead experience God s absence. I believe that an important role of the minister is to be present in the hardest times of life to be a reminder of the constant presence of God's peace with us. I trust the hand of God holds me throughout all of life and will welcome me home. I trust in God s grace and forgiveness. I rely on God s strength for my weakness. In God, there is life and love abundantly.

16 16 I believe that God will ultimately heal and reconcile all the brokenness of creation and of all people. I believe God wills goodness and wholeness for our lives. I believe Christ is the life and hope of all. Faith Journey John A. Muse I am a convert to the Presbyterian Church. I was baptized and raised Roman Catholic but there was always a Presbyterian connection in my family. Two of my older brothers graduated from Presbyterian universities and my parents sent me to an influential child development school hosted by the Govans Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. In high school, I associated myself with a Presbyterian Church with a vibrant youth group. It was here where I made my first public profession and was nurtured in the Christian faith. From there, I was received into care by Baltimore Presbytery and was sent to Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. Upon graduation, my wife and I co-pastored a church for 6 years and then I solo pastored another for four. In 2003, both circumstances and opportunity led me to interim ministry where I have been ever since. I have served seven congregations as an intentional interim pastor in the Presbyteries of Charlotte, Salem and Providence. Interim and transitional ministry is an opportunity to take a deep breath and reconnect to the Spirit of God, who through Christ, gives the church her life, her ministry and mission. I look forward to working with the fine folks at Starmount, who already have a PNC in place but need transitional leadership and guidance as they prepare for the next chapter in their history. Statement of Faith John A. Muse I believe in God who is love and who loves us unconditionally. Far from being an impersonal force, unconcerned about our joys and sorrows, God created us to be in relationship with him and to enjoy his presence forever. God revealed himself to us in history by a covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and then later through Moses, the law and the prophets. Despite God s revelation to us, we turned our backs on God with acts of rebellion and selfcenteredness. Our sin separates us from God. In his mercy, God sent his son into the world, not to condemn us, but to save us from sin and to show us his love.

17 17 In the person of Jesus of Nazareth, we encounter Emmanuel, God with us. Jesus is the Word made flesh and the good news of great joy for all people. In his public life and ministry, Jesus stressed love of neighbor, forgiveness of sins, the support of the widow, the orphan and the least of these. Jesus preached and taught the Kingdom of God which is present among us now when the church is gathered and will come into fruition in God s time. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the third person of the Trinity, not separate from the Father and Son but one. The Holy Spirit is the comforter, the one who illuminates our understanding of the sacred and equips us with spiritual gifts. I believe in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit and our authoritative guide in matters of faith and practice. I believe in the church, the body of Christ which is called to follow Jesus as faithful disciples and to work for justice and goodness. I believe in and emphasize in my own ministry, the sacraments of Baptism and Lord s Supper as means of grace and growth in the Christian life. Lastly, I am convinced our labor in the Lord s name is never in vain and nothing can separate from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come Lord Jesus, Amen. Faith Journey Alicia Wilson I was born and raised in Salisbury, NC where my family still lives. I attended public schools and was always involved in extracurricular activities including sports, student government, and service organizations. I was baptized at St. Mark s Lutheran Church, the church where my parents grew up. When I was about two years old, my parents, older sister, and I moved to First Presbyterian Church, which is still my home congregation. My family was always very active in the church. My parents were both elders and Sunday School teachers. The church has always been a place where I wanted to be to worship, to learn, to laugh, to play, to love, and to grow. As a member of this congregation, I took advantage of opportunities to serve in homeless shelters, volunteer in the community, and go on mission trips. These experiences were extremely meaningful and formative for me, shaping who I am and my sense of call in ministry. They also instilled in me a passion for service and for justice that grew out of my faith. I attended Furman University where I majored in Religion and Greek. I sought opportunities to work and serve in churches and in social justice non-profit agencies and began to better understand my call in ministry as one to work in and through the church for justice in

18 18 our world and in service to others. I knew that I felt called to seminary and possibly also to pursue a Masters in Social Work. Wanting to explore this calling further, I spent the year after graduation serving as a PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer in Atlanta. The next fall, I began seminary at Princeton. While my time at Princeton was fruitful and enjoyable, I decided to transfer to Columbia Seminary the following year. I wanted to be closer to my family and my hope was that the familiarity of Atlanta would allow me to lead a healthier, more balanced life. Upon graduation from seminary, I completed a CPE residency at Emory University Hospital Midtown. At the end of this experience I discerned that a Masters of Social Work would equip me with broader skills to best engage the ministry to which I felt called. I completed this degree at the University of Georgia 2010 and then began my ministry at Central Outreach and Advocacy Center where I served as the Director of Case Management Services. In this role, I served individuals and families as they sought to overcome or avoid homelessness. I also worked in close partnership with Central Presbyterian Church, whose basement we occupied, by leading in worship, teaching Sunday School, and playing in the handbell choir. In 2016, I began to feel a tug to return home and started looking for opportunities to serve in North Carolina. In July, I moved back to Salisbury and started work as a counselor and clinical social worker with the Levine Cancer Institute of Carolinas Healthcare System, providing support to cancer patients and their loved ones. This move has also enabled me to return to the life and worship of First Presbyterian in Salisbury. Statement of Faith Alicia Wilson I believe in God whose glory is beyond my understanding, yet in whose love I trust through faith. I first learned of God through the faithful teachings and examples of my parents, grandmother, neighbors, Sunday school teachers, and preachers. I know God as creator of all that is and who longs for us to treasure the incredible gift of creation. I believe we are called to participate in the healing of creation. I know God through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as taught to me through the pages of Scripture, our rule of faith and life. In Christ, I see God s hope for us all to be in communion with God and with one another. Yet, I believe that we are separated from God through sin. Through Christ, we are fully united with God; we are sanctified. In baptism, we are freed to enter a new life with Christ. In communion, we are at table with one another and with the whole Christian church so that we can be nourished by Christ and then sent out into the world to serve. I know God as Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, I am able to pray, to know and to love God, and to have my heart and my hands open to those around me. I trust the work of Spirit for comfort, for healing, for guidance, for scriptural understanding, and for prayer. I believe that the church is called by God to be in service to the world, to witness to Christ, and to make disciples. The church is the body of Christ in the world, and we are to work with

19 19 humility and with gratitude in service as a community of faith. We are to be in relation with one another to reflect Christ s love for all people. I believe that I have a responsibility in my relationship with God to serve, to worship, to study, to give, and to listen. I am to be open to being shaped by God. I believe in God s presence with each of us even when we, ourselves, cannot see or feel God, but instead experience God s absence. I believe that an important role of the minister is to be present in the hardest times of life to be a reminder of the constant presence of God's peace with us. I trust the hand of God holds me throughout all of life and will welcome me home. I trust in God s grace and forgiveness. I rely on God s strength for my weakness. In God, there is life and love abundantly. I believe that God will ultimately heal and reconcile all the brokenness of creation and of all people. I believe God wills goodness and wholeness for our lives. I believe Christ is the life and hope of all. Faith Journey Lara Musser-Gritter My faith was born among mountains of questions. Even before my confirmation at Knox Presbyterian Church in Naperville, IL in 8th grade, I was curious. In early high school, I bombarded my pastors with questions on Scripture, God s character, and the life of faith. Identifying potential gifts and passion in me, my pastors sent me to attend a Fund for Theological Education youth conference. At the conference, for the first of many times, I was confronted with a theological and deeply personal question. In the words of Mary Oliver they asked, Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? From that time, I have wandered along a misty, gradual, but entirely wonderful path discerning God s call on my one wild and precious life. I presently stand on that path having discerned with clarity and confirmation a call into a life of ordained ministry. Upon entering college at Seattle Pacific University, I thought I had mapped out a path before me: I wanted to be a Professor of Theology who could write and teach without dealing with the messiness of the church. But then God pushed me into the unexpected territory of ministry. My heart began to be opened to pastoral ministry through ministry positions on my campus and at a Presbyterian camp and through reading folks like Henri Nouwen and Marilynn Robinson. My eyes were opened to the deeply grounded and thoroughly intimate nature of pastoring. As I reflect back, this was the beginning of feeling called to turn my theological curiosity toward service of the church. I felt compelled to attend seminary at Duke Divinity School and discover what God had for me over the next ridge of discernment.

20 20 Being at a United Methodist seminary, I experienced the old adage absence makes the heart grow fonder. While at Duke, I sought out ways to uphold my in my Reformed identity like being the Moderator of the Presbyterian/Reformed House of Studies and taking classes from reformed professors or on reformed topics. Not only do I love the PC(USA), but I genuinely like the polity of our church compared to other episcopal or congregational governments. Best of all, I am reformed in theology, belief, and practice. In a highly ecumenical setting, I found myself reveling in my PC(USA) identity. While in seminary, I had two internships in PC(USA) churches where I got to grow into my voice, witness a congregation in crisis, and walk alongside a congregation in a discernment period. While these experiences gave me many gifts, the best gift was being confronted with my deep and abiding need for God. As a result, I sought out meeting with a spiritual director. She helped me become a more attentive listener to God. While I have always loved talking about God, spiritual direction reminded me that the living God is speaking, if I only slow down and listen. After seminary, I did a unit of CPE as a Trauma Chaplain at UNC Hospital. Spending so much time in the Emergency Department caused me to really question: can I, do I, will I trust God? While struggling with this question, I found I truly believe the living God is trustworthy. God is bigger and more free than human chaos. Thus God can hold us when we find ourselves in chaos. God doesn t prevent wounds but instead comes to each of us with wounds, with tenderness, and with openness. I now serve as a Cynthia Price Pastoral Resident at First Presbyterian in Greensboro. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, my heart burns within me as I serve this church. I love the people and find it a great privilege that these folks allow me to minister to them. From the vista of this current moment, I feel called to be a Teaching Elder in the PC(USA). It is my mother church. I was raised, confirmed, and married in a PC(USA) church. The PC(USA) is my home and family. It would be an honor and privilege to serve this family as a Teaching Elder. Statement of Faith Lara Musser-Gritter I believe that Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate. Jesus Christ, as fully God and fully human, is the Word that reveals God s character and nature to humanity. It is through encounter with the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit that Christians may know the Triune God. Jesus experienced the fullness of suffering and trauma on the cross. Jesus rose from the dead still bearing the wounds of his suffering. The Word is the lens through which a person can rightly know her/himself and rightly know the Triune God. I believe true knowledge consists of two parts: knowledge of God and knowledge of the self. I believe the Triune God is Father, Son, and Spirit. These three persons are fully distinct yet share an indivisible oneness. The three persons exist in a divine dance of love, mutuality, and eternal self-giving. Among them is no hierarchy, coercion, or deficiency. Humans are called to pattern their relationships in such a way that they reflect the Triune life.

21 21 I believe God created humans in God s image to live in loving community with God and one another. Out of God s total freedom God gave humans the freedom to follow God. Yet, out of their desire for significance, security, and power humans resist their right relationship with God and so exist in a state of brokenness. This sinfulness is present in every human-being, community, institution, system, and society. I believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity sent in mutual love and obedience by the Father and the Son to form, guide, and intercede for the Church. The Holy Spirit witnesses to the work of Jesus Christ and is the one who makes faith possible. I believe the Church is God s covenant people who seek to follow the Triune God s commandment, guidance, and prophetic trajectory. The Church celebrates the sacraments of Baptism and Communion as outward signs of inward grace. Through baptism Christ and the Christian community claims the baptized as part of their own family. Baptism engrafts a person into the body and family of Christ calling and claiming them according to God s purpose. Communion is the remembrance of God s salvific work in Jesus. While celebrating the Lord s Supper the Holy Spirit elevates the community to commune with the ascended Christ. I believe through the Holy Spirit, God gives the Christian community the Scriptures to be the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ. I believe Scripture is to be read carefully and contextually yet it is to be interpreted through the Holy Spirit as a theological whole. I believe the theological trajectory of Scripture is toward Christ-oriented justice, toward mutuality, and toward love. I believe Jesus Christ will come again and inaugurate his reign over the earth in the full realization of human redemption. Jesus will judge humanity with grace and understanding beyond human imagining. Whatever Jesus decides will be good and just. We will spend eternity loving, trusting, and worshiping the Triune God. Faith Journey Joshua Musser-Gritter The world doesn t need text books. It needs text people -Abraham Joshua Heschel I became a Christian through a High School Bible teacher named Ray. I used to stomp into his classroom during lunch full of questions, and, at times, armed with anti-bible vitriol. Despite my apoplexy, Ray always responded to my questions with joy. He delighted in my curious mind. He never threw Bible verses at me. He wasn t a bible-thumper; he was a person whose life inhabited the Christian story. You could see that story in his stride and you could hear it in the loving tenor of his voice. For Ray the beating heart of faith was given its lifeblood from the strange stories of Scripture with all their ambiguity and complexity. These stories, as Ray used to quip, don t merely provide friendly guidelines for life self-help books do that. Instead, these stories confront us with the reality of God and God s faithfulness. These stories also hold up mirrors to us and allow us to see who we really are. These stories bear witness to the God who in Jesus gives us ears so that we might listen to our lives more fully and eyes so

22 that we might see the suffering of the world more acutely. These stories tell of a God who practices resurrection. Through these stories I was welcomed in college into the world of Theology and Scripture, into what Karl Barth calls the strange world of the Bible. In this world I saw in Jacob s wrestling a lifelong pursuit of belovedness; I heard in Job s anguish the refusal to accept religious platitudes as constitutive of divine reality; I heard in the Psalmist s speech that suffering and worship are not diametrically opposed. Studying Theology at Seattle Pacific University taught me how questions and community are the lifeblood of our Christian faith. It was at this time that this disillusioned Wesleyan stumbled into a Presbyterian Church. When asked why I m Presbyterian, I often tell people, Well, Presbyterians sort of grabbed hold of me early in college and never let me go. Luckily, I came to realize that we believed a lot of the same things. It came as no shock, then, that after college I carried my questions and my love of Scripture into youth ministry in a Presbyterian Church in Bellevue, Washington. Those two years offered me glimpses of the life of a pastor that was to come preaching, teaching, lunches, folding chairs, prayers, pastoral care I loved all of it. Those years in youth ministry also clarified for me my calling to a life of ministry. And so, that cynical and doubting 16-year old from Holland, Michigan, decided at age 24 to pursue a Masters of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and to do it all with his covenant partner, Lara, no less. When I traveled to Duke Divinity School I had plans of pursuing a future PHD in biblical studies. While Divinity School did instill in me the importance of the life of the mind, my internships cultivated in me a deep desire to practice ministry outside of the academy. Through work with a non-profit ministry, Reality Ministries, I lived life with persons with intellectual disabilities a kingdom community rife with the Spirit s presence in a diverse community of Jesus followers. What I read to be true for Henri Nouwen and Jean Vanier became true for me. There was something in the DNA of this community, something in its weakness, its belovedness, and its embrace that opened my eyes to frailty and brokenness within me. It became self-evident to me that Jesus reveals himself to us in those whom society deems small and insignificant. My faith also grew and changed as I navigated the challenges of hospital chaplaincy. For the first time I had to live what I had otherwise only spoken of, that the gospel is good news to the grieving and dying among us. The place I found my ministerial voice was in two distinct congregations one with Duke Presbyterian College Students and the other with a Presbyterian Church in Durham. It was in those congregations that I first experienced how significant it is to earn trust from those to whom you preach and teach. It was also there that I first felt a strong inkling that the work of pastoral ministry was the toughest, weightiest, most beautiful work around. 22

23 23 Statement of Faith Joshua Musser-Gritter I believe that In life and in death I belong to my Lord and savior Jesus Christ. This is the hinge of my faith, the center of my call, and the only place from which I can begin to speak of faith and trust at all. Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, the Word, was with God in the beginning. Though in that beginning God gave us peace and well-being, we human beings chose our own way, and so our world is wrought with sin and death. Even so, while we were caught up and lost in the reality of individual and systemic sin, Jesus said yes to us and loved us, and in his death and resurrection sin was dealt with, through which we have been reconciled to God for salvation and new life. In saving us Jesus has set all of the groaning creation into freedom in Christ we are freed from sin and death and freed for relationship and love with the Triune God and one another. Jesus death and resurrection make no sense to the ways of the world. They are foolishness and folly. But by the Holy Spirit, the holy and personal God we find in Jesus Christ is made known to us in our daily lives. Through belief in Jesus which means not merely intellectual assent but a trust that requires one s entire life Christ s body, the Church, has been given a mission in which the Holy Spirit teaches us what loving the world looks like in the rhythms of our everyday lives. I believe the content of this mission is patterned after the life of Jesus who lifted up the plight of the least, the last, the lonely, and the lost. I believe that the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord s Supper are gifts God has graciously given to the Church that remind us of God s faithful self-offering in Christ through his baptism, death, and resurrection. As such, these sacraments seal us in redemption, renew us in our identity as God s people, and mark us for service to God s world. In baptism, we participate in Christ s death and resurrection, are bound in covenant to God by the Holy Spirit, are included in the grace of the Triune God, and are brought into unity with the body of Christ our new family. In partaking of the Lord s Supper, the meal of all meals, we are lifted up by the Holy Spirit into communion with Christ; we are ushered into community with all those who partake in Christ; we are reminded of how Christ s reconciling work frees us to live his ministry of reconciliation amidst brokenness, and we are filled with the hope of the consummation of all things, wherein many from the east and west will sit at table together. The water, the wine, and the bread these simple elements tell us who we are and call us to remember what God has done for us. They do so in order that God s grace might free us to be a grace-filled community that feeds the world. I believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are a unique and authoritative witness. The Scriptures are a witness in that they show the Church who the Triune God is, and how this God of Israel relates to the world God has created. The Scriptures are authoritative in that they are the Church s compass in its living, acting, and speaking in the world. In Scripture God s word, through the Holy Spirit, bears witness to The Word, Jesus Christ. The words of Scripture are breathing and alive, precisely because the Triune God to which they point is breathing and alive in the world. In the stories of Scripture God calls us as Christ s body to participate in God s mission to the world. To be a faithful reader of Scripture it is not enough

24 24 to know Scripture s words one does not truly know them until one lives them. Scripture s words direct our thinking about the world, inform our imaginations as we love both friends and enemies, provide a compass for our actions in society, and pump blood into the hearts of individual believers. Scripture bears witness to the fact that when Christ comes again all manner of things will be well. In the end, the new heavens and the new earth shall be married as in the incarnation God and humanity were joined together. There shall be no more tears. Death will be no more. All God s people shall feast together at the messianic banquet where people of all stripes, colors, geographies, and backgrounds will eat together. And feast we shall. This is my Christian hope.

25 May 16, th Meeting of Salem Presbytery Commission on Ministry 25 Co-Moderators: Joe Blankinship and Larry Hooker I. COMMISSION ACTION REPORTED FOR THE INFORMATION OF PRESBYTERY A. SECURING AN INTERIM PASTOR/TRANSITIONAL MINISTER 1. Concurred with the Session of North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in securing the Reverend Dr. Susan E. Moorefield to serve as Interim Pastor for a period of 11 months and 29 days, beginning June 1, Concurred with the Session of Starmount Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, in securing the Reverend John Muse, to serve as Interim Pastor for a period of twelve months, beginning June 5, Concurred with the Session of New Creation Community Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, in securing the Reverend Lou East to serve as Interim Pastor for a period of 12 months, beginning March 1, B. RENEWING A CONTRACT WITH AN INTERIM PASTOR/TRANSITIONAL MINISTER 1. Concurred with the Session of North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in renewing the interim contract with the Reverend Dr. Robert C. Evans for a period of two and a half months beginning February 6, C. TEMPORARY SUPPLY 1. Concurred with the Session of Francisco Presbyterian Church, Westfield, North Carolina, in securing the Temporary Supply contract of the Reverend Will Eads, minister of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, for a period of twelve months beginning April 23, Concurred with the Session of Flat Rock Presbyterian Church, Mt. Airy, in securing the Temporary Supply contract of Mr. Wilborn Rives for a period of twelve months beginning January 25, D. TEMPORARY SUPPLY RENEWAL 1. Concurred with the Session of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, in renewing the Temporary Supply contract with the Reverend Butch Sherrill, United Methodist minister, for a period of twelve months beginning January 1, Concurred with the Session of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in renewing the Temporary Supply contract with the Reverend Dr. Vicki Jones- Johnson for a period of six months beginning January 1, Concurred with the Session of Saint Paul Presbyterian Church, High Point, North Carolina, in renewing the Temporary Supply contract with Ms. Letitia Wells for a period of twelve months, beginning January 18, 2017.

26 26 E. DISSOLUTION OF PASTORAL RELATIONSHIPS WHERE BOTH PARTIES AGREE 1. Dissolved the Pastoral relationship between the Reverend Eulando Henton and Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, North Carolina, effective January 29, Dissolved the Pastoral relationship between the Reverend Benton Trawick and the North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church effective February 19, Dissolved the Pastoral relationship between the Reverend Kyle Goodman and Concord Presbyterian Church, Statesville, North Carolina, effective April 30, F. PERMISSION TO LABOR OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF SALEM PRESBYTERY 1. Upon receipt of notification that the Reverend Joel Long has received permission to labor within the bounds of Peaks Presbytery, granted permission for the Reverend Joel Long to labor outside the bounds of Salem Presbytery for a period of one year beginning February 12, G. PERMISSION TO LABOR INSIDE THE BOUNDS OF SALEM PRESBYTERY 1. Granted permission to labor inside the bounds of Salem Presbytery to the Reverend John Muse, a member of Charlotte Presbytery, in order that he might serve as Interim Pastor at Starmount Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, beginning June 5, II. COMMISSION ACTIONS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF PRESBYTERY A. COMMISSIONED RULING ELDERS/LAY PASTORS (RENEWAL) 1. Concurred with the Session of the Glendale Springs Presbyterian Church, Glendale Springs, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Sidney Crunk to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning May 1, Concurred with the Session of the Allen Temple Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Stedman Newsome to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning May 1, Concurred with the Session of the Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Douglas Brinkley to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning April 22, Concurred with the Session of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Elon, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Steve Braxton to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder- Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning March 15, Concurred with the Session of the Greenwood Presbyterian Church, Reidsville, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Wayne Robertson to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning March 1, Concurred with the Session of the Dogwood Acres Presbyterian Church, Asheboro, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Joseph T. Brown to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning February 12, 2017.

27 27 7. Concurred with the Session of the Mt. Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church, Siler City, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Bill Browder to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning February 1, Concurred with the Session of the Sandy Ridge Presbyterian Church, Sandy Ridge, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. David E. Stratton to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning January 14, Concurred with the Session of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church, Woodleaf, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Emery Rann, III to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder-Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning February 12, Concurred with the Session of Hills Presbyterian Church, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, in renewing the contract of Mr. Doug Brinkley to serve as their Commissioned Ruling Elder- Lay Pastor for a period of one year beginning April 22, B. SECURING A STATED SUPPLY 1. Concurred with the Session of the El Bethel Presbyterian Church, Eden, North Carolina, in securing the Stated Supply contract with the Reverend Carl Stephen Monroe, member of the United Church of Christ, for a period of twelve months beginning May 1, C. STATED SUPPLY RELATIONSHIP (RENEWAL) 1. Concurred with the Session of Cameron Presbyterian Church, Statesville, North Carolina, in renewing the Stated Supply contract with the Reverend Timothy Bates for a period of one year beginning January 1, D. TRANSFER MINISTER OUT OF SALEM PRESBYTERY 1. That the Reverend Mike Lamm was transferred to the Presbytery Western North Carolina effective June 7, That the Reverend Ben Trawick was transferred to National Capital Presbytery effective February 20, That the Reverend Eulando Henton was transferred to the Presbytery of Charlotte, effective April 27, E. MINISTER TRANSFERRING TO SALEM PRESBYTERY 1. That the Reverend Alicia Wilson a member of Greater Atlanta Presbytery, was received by Salem Presbytery on April 27, That the Reverend Susan Moorefield, a member of Grand Canyon Presbytery, was received by Salem Presbytery on April 27, That the Reverend Kathy Muder, a member of Tampa Bay Presbytery, was received by Salem Presbytery on March 23, 2017.

28 28 F. APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION 1. Concurred with the Stated Clerk in approving the administrative commission to ordain the Reverend Richard Coble at Highland Presbyterian Church on April 23, G. MODERATOR OF SESSION 1. That the Reverend Paul Woodall was appointed Moderator of Session for Lansing Presbyterian Church, Lansing, North Carolina. 2. That the Reverend John Johnson was appointed the Moderator of Session for Pittsboro Presbyterian Church, Pittsboro, North Carolina, for their April 12, 2017 meeting. 3. That the Mr. Doug Brinkley was appointed the Moderator of Session for Francisco Presbyterian Church, Westfield, North Carolina. III. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ACTION OF PRESBYTERY A. CALL EXTENDED TO MEMBER OF SALEM PRESBYTERY 1. That the call of the Parkway Presbyterian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to the Reverend Thomas Brent Burleson to serve as Pastor be found in order; and the terms of call (printed below) be approved. Salary $55,000 Housing Allowance $15,000 Continuing Education $ 1,500 Moving Costs $ 4,500 Board of Pensions Provided Vacation 4 weeks Study Leave 2 weeks Three month Clergy Renewal Leave after seven years. 2. That the call of the Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, to the Reverend Kyle Goodman to serve as Pastor be found in order; and the terms of call (printed below) be approved. Salary $50,000 Housing Allowance $30,000 Auto and Cell Phone $ 5,000 Business/Professional $ 2,000 SECA $ 6,120 Continuing Education $ 2,000 Moving Costs $ Actual Board of Pensions Provided Vacation 4 weeks

29 29 Study Leave 2 weeks Three month Clergy Renewal Leave after seven years. B. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION TO INSTALL 1. That the following Administrative Commission be approved to install the Reverend Kathryn Beach at Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, on May 21, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. NAME RESPONSIBILITY Teaching/Ruling Elder Will Heyward Preside & Propound the TE Constitutional Questions Ernie Thompson Preach the Sermon TE Touré Marshall Charge the Minister TE Misty Mayfield Charge the Congregation RE Debbie Layman Prayer of Installation TE Kelley Wilson Lead in Worship RE Joe Blevins Lead in Worship RE 2. That the following Administrative Commission be approved to install the Reverend Kyle Goodman at Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, on July 16, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. NAME RESPONSIBILITY Teaching/Ruling Elder Kaye Barrow-Ziglar Preside & Propound the TE Constitutional Questions *Bryan McFarland Preach the Sermon TE Phil Hagen Charge the Minister TE Bill Hamilton Charge the Congregation TE Harold Alexander Prayer of Installation RE Gaye Wyche Lead in Worship RE Jennifer Ring Lead in Worship RE *Kristie Miles Sermon Team TE *Catherine Knott Sermon Team TE *Evan Smith Sermon Team TE C. HONORABLE RETIREMENT 1. That the Reverend Raymond Mims be granted the status of Honorably Retired effective April 30, And that a Service of Retirement be held at the Presbytery meeting on August 12, 2017.

30 30 Welcome into membership of Salem Presbytery Alicia, Josh, Kathy, Lara, and Susan, have been received into membership of Salem Presbytery. Let us join in celebration as they are welcomed. Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: ALL: Leader: ALL: Leader: ALL: Leader: As in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function. so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching: the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness. Let us not lag in zeal, but be ardent in spirit, serving the Lord. Romans 12:4-9, 11 We remember with joy our common calling to serve Christ, and we celebrate God s call to our brothers and sisters in Christ as they serve among us as ministers of Word and Sacrament. As you join us in ministry, the Presbytery remembers some of our constitutional responsibilities to ministers and congregations. (G ) As Elders and Ministers of Word and Sacrament, we, Salem Presbytery, pledge ourselves to provide encouragement, guidance, resources and pastoral care to you as members of our presbytery. As we join in this new relationship we reclaim our historic calling and remember the great ends of the church as stated in our Book of Order. Please join me as we remember that The Great Ends of the Church are: The proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind; the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God; the maintenance of divine worship the preservation of the truth; the promotion of social righteousness; and the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world. (Book of Order, F ) Prayer

31 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Committee on Representation 31 The Committee on Representation met on April 7, The Committee on Representation nominates the following for service on Presbytery committees: Budget and Finance: Class of 2019 Church Growth: Class of Ms. Rhonda Tatum, Logan Rev. Stacey Steck, Thyatira Committee on Preparation for Ministry: Class of Rev. John Pruitt, Kernersville First

32 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Executive Council 32 The Rev. Diane Givens-Moffett, Moderator The Rev. John Hartman, Vice-Moderator The Executive Council (EC) met on March 16 and April 20, Regular reports were received from Sam Marshall, Executive-General Presbyter; Bryan McFarland and Dianna Wright, Associate Presbyters; Alfredo Miranda, Hispanic Evangelist; and David Vaughan, Stated Clerk. For Information The Executive Council: Elected, on behalf of Presbytery, the Rev. Troy Lesher-Thomas as a commissioner to the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic; Heard from the Stated Clerk that, based upon the authority granted him by Presbytery at Presbytery s February 2017 meeting, he had appointed the following individuals to an Administrative Commission to assume original jurisdiction of the Francisco church: CREs Doug Brinkley and Sue Flippin, Ruling Elders Greg Collins and Brad Peters, and Teaching Elders Jud Milam and Ray Mims, with Rev. Milam serving as moderator; Ordered that an ecumenical visitor be invited to address the Presbytery at future quarterly meetings. Reflected regularly on the work, worship, and witness of Salem s congregations and missional organizations. Elected the following individuals to serve as a Dream Team, steering work to help envision and discern where the Spirit is leading Salem Presbytery s ministry and the appropriate structure and staffing to make this possible: Teaching Elders Peter Hazelrigg, Will Heyward, Eustacia Marshall, Touré Marshall, Kim Priddy, Jeff Smith, and Ruling Elders David Boger and Beth Barksdale. For Action The Executive Council asks that Rev. Ron Shive be invited to address the Presbytery concerning the work of the Dream Team.

33 INTERNATIONAL MISSION OPPORTUNITY CHIAPAS, MEXICO 33 Construction Trip Details Construction weeks: June 24 July 2, 2017 July 9 16 Both trips will be to village settings to work on projects designated by the Tzeltal Synod. Construction experience is not required. Minimum age is 14 and maximum age is based on health. Cost is approximately $1,400 (which includes airfare). Air travel will be arranged by Presbytery. Application deadline is May 15, Applications and instructions can be found under the Ministries tab of the Salem website. Questions? Contact Ray Mims, Chair of Salem Presbytery Mission Committee at rsmims@bellsouth.net or Benefits of this opportunity Individuals can be part of a long term ministry while the time commitment is short. Planning, logistics and leadership are provided by experienced travelers within Salem Presbytery Churches can send individuals or multiple people. Spanish skills are not required. VBS An important part of the construction Building whether it s a sanctuary roof trips or a is Sunday leading VBS for the kids in the evenings. School room, we are really building relationship.

34 Salem Presbytery Pennies for Hunger Spring 2017 Since 1989 Salem Presbytery has distributed more than THREE MILLION DOLLARS to feed hungry people locally and around the world!! Application & Accountability Report online at: Click on the Ministries tab On 4/25/17, The International Hunger Committee heard 2nd quarter reports from & made the following disbursements to: 1) $4000 to Sister2Sister International, Kenya; 2) $4000 to Congo Farm Projects; for a total of $8,000 On 3/21/2017, The Domestic Hunger Committee made the following disbursements to agencies within our nineteen counties: Domestic Hunger Grants ~ Spring 2017 Sponsoring congregation Agency Amount 1. Burlington First Alamance Co. Meals on Wheels $ Burlington First Allied Churches of Alamance Co. $ North Wilkesboro Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission $ Asheboro First Christians United Outreach Ctr. $ Concord Concord PC Food Pantry $ Boone First Hospitality House $ Salisbury First Rowan Helping Ministries $ Highland Samaritan Ministries $ Highland Second Harvest Food Bnk of Northwest NC $ Sedgefield Sedgefield Pres. Summer Lunches $ North Wilkesboro Wilkes ministry of h.o.p.e. $ Domestic Grants for Spring 2017 $23, Application DEADLINES: Monday, August 7, 2017 Monday, February 5, 2018 Monday, August 6, 2018 Contact Bryan for hunger action programs, supply preaching, church school classes, retreat leadership, Bread for the World Offerings of Letters, concerts & more! Rev. Bryan McFarland, Associate Presbyter for East Neighborhood, SEND Ministry Area, and Hunger Action Advocate bmcfarland@salempresbytery.org Office: 336/ Fax: 336/ Cell: 336/ Salem Presbytery PO Box 1763 Clemmons, NC 27012

35 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Necrology MINISTERS: Dan Sandifer-Stech January 1, 2016 Eugenia Genie Varker Martin February 10, 2016 John Lawrence Ayers February 15, 2016 James Fraser Miller May 17, 2016 J. Stimson Hawkins June 16, 2016 Donald Mimbs June 30, 2016 Arnold Bruce Lovell July 16, 2016 Paul Shi Wook Ryoo July 30, 2016 Oscar Leighton Culler July 22, 2016 William James Wrenn, Jr. August 16, 2016 Patricia Ann Fredriksen Stewart September 5, 2016 Zeb Z North Holler December 8, 2016 ASHEBORO, FIRST Eleanor Alexander July 8, 2016 Henry Joe Taylor December 21, 2015 BETHANY, GRAHAM Ben Martin October 27, 2016 BETHEL MCLEANSVILLE Curtis Jay Ring June 29, 2016 BETHESDA, STATESVILLE Hazel C. McNeely August 23, 2016 Anja A. Cheek October 5, 2016 BURLINGTON, FIRST Elizabeth May Thompson White June 15, 2016 Henry Allen Ogden August 28, 2016 Martha Stribling Smith-Trout November 1, 2016 CHAPEL IN THE PINES William Bill Dengler June 1, 2016 CLEMMONS Charles Leonard Hutch Hutchens October 5, 2016 Janice Kauffman Jan Sparrow December 28, 2016 CONCORD Leroy Cricket Moose August 28, 2016 COVENANT Victor Wright March 2016 Roger Allen April 6, 2016 CROSS ROADS Jabe Hunter June 7, 2016 FIFTH CREEK Arthur Blankenship May 21, 2016

36 36 FOREST HILLS Rayma Wrenn January 26, 2016 John Templeton April 27, 2016 Brad Harrison September 16, 2016 FRANCISCO Colleen Shelton Collins April 19, 2016 Elva Smith Dearmin August 9, 2016 GRAHAM Robert C. Stout April 4, 2016 Gordon R. McVey November 11, 2016 Carol A. Brown December 31, 2016 GREENSBORO, FIRST Ira P. Efird, Jr. March 2, 2016 William A. Lambert March 6, 2016 Robert A. Clendenin May 10, 2016 Peter L. Tourtellot July 16, 2016 Randolph M. Kabrich, Jr. July 23, 2016 GUILFORD PARK Robert Cox February 7, 2016 Mary Ellen Hull February 8, 2016 GULF Norma Jean Godwin May 11, 2016 Robert N. Phillips November 25, 2016 HIGH POINT, FIRST Murray White, Jr. March 28, 2016 JAMESTOWN Richard (Dick) Pennstrom August 6, 2016 LEXINGTON, FIRST Mary Catherine Rodgers February 22, 2016 Helen Harman April 8, 2016 James T. Jim Welborn July 9, 2016 LEXINGTON, SECOND Bobby Biesecker May 18, 2016 Louis Story May 22, 2016 Bobbie Helmstetlles May 27, 2016 Annie Briggs June 17, 2016 Curtis Morrow December 22, 2016 MOCKSVILLE, FIRST David Heafner January 31, 2016 Charles Philips August 19, 2016 MOUNT AIRY Mary Alice Lewis February 26, 2016 Irene Green December 5, 2016 MT. JEFFERSON Lillard Lee Eldreth May 5, 2016

37 37 PROSPECT William S. Lowrance May 8, 2016 James C. Wilson, Jr. November 25, 2016 REIDSVILLE, FIRST Margaret Jon McLeod January 26, 2016 George Irvin Richardson July 11, 2016 SAINT JAMES Frederick Cundiff January 8, 2016 Rosa Toatley Yourse February 15, 2016 Eva Val Moore October 29, 2016 ST. PAUL, G BORO Andy Bristow April 29, 2016 SALISBURY, FIRST Thomas Tom Foreman May 16, 2016 Ralph W. Ketner May 29, 2016 SEDGEFIELD George Barker October 5, 2016 SHALLOWFORD Bob McFadden March 31, 2016 SHILOH, BURLINGTON Ray Aldrow Hawkins February 10, 2016 Helen Loy Hartman April 13, 2016 Amy Reece Parsons June 18, 2016 Richard Raymond Sharpe September 29, 2016 SPARTA Harold Lee Church December 17, 2016 SPENCER Catherine McCormick Harrison November 2, 2016 SPRINGWOOD Mary Frances Pud Andrews June 26, 2016 Bruce Alvin Andrews October 8, 2016 Walter Talmage Blythe October 26, 2016 STARMOUNT Eleanor Ellie Blereau July 17, 2016 Robert Bob Finley December 4, 2016 STONY CREEK James Donald Smith June 21, 2016 Virginia Miller Bostic December 31, 2016 TABOR William Baines Norris, Jr. August 16, 2016 THOMASVILLE, FIRST Carol Darr October 11, 2016 THYATIRA Robert Hall Steele December 25, 2016

38 38 TRINITY, SALISBURY Wilma T. Carson April 16, 2016 Barbara C. Brown July 14, 2016 TRINITY, W-S Robert Edward Pursley August 27, 2016 WESTMINSTER, G BORO Allan Cannon November 22, 2016

39 May 16, th meeting of Salem Presbytery Peace and Justice 39 The Rev. Stuart Taylor and The Rev. Frank Dew, Co- Moderators These are not normal times! >> Our national budget is a moral document. >> As we witness proposed budget cuts to healthcare, Meals on Wheels, WIC (women infants and children) and USAID to name a few, these are not normal times! As a witness to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, we must stand with and speak up on the half of the least, last and left out. We must offer the stewardship of our citizenship, as we stand with and speak up for immigrants and refugees among us, around us and around the world, seeking help, hope and home. These are not normal times! Politics is not a bad word. Politics is how we decide who gets what, and who gets left out. We are political in our families, in our workplaces and in our churches. This does not mean that we have to be partisan. God is larger than a Democrat or Republican. Our government should use our tax dollars in ways that support and care for the most needy among us. Let us be a witness to the Lordship of Jesus Christ by becoming advocates for those in greatest need among us, around us and around the world. These are not normal times! For Action As Salem Presbytery, we ask that stated clerk David Vaughn forward this statement to members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, as well as to the White House. We further urge our congregations to make an offering of letters concerning budget cuts and priorities.

40 Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America led historian Claude Clegg to research and eventually write a book examining the lynching of three black men in his home town of Salisbury, NC in August Below is his brief summary of the lynching and account of its legacy in North Carolina: On August 6, 1906, three African American men Nease Gillespie, John Gillespie, and Jack Dillingham were lynched in Salisbury, North Carolina. These mob murders were ostensibly precipitated by the axe murder a month earlier of a local white family for whom the men had worked. Following the abduction of the men from the local jail and their midnight hanging before an audience that some estimated to be in the thousands, one of the lynchers was arrested and prosecuted for his role in the mob executions. Given the rare nature of such a trial, the courtroom action was full of drama, anticipation, and anxiety as the case went all the way to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Ultimately, the high court upheld the fifteen-year sentence of George Hall for conspiring to murder Nease Gillespie, John Gillespie, and Jack Dillingham. This conviction of a lyncher was the first in North Carolina history and one of the earliest in American history. However, in only prosecuting Hall for this communal breach of the law, the symbolism of the punishment conveyed mixed meanings. It simultaneously signaled that lynchings were becoming unacceptable expressions of extralegal retribution and confirmed that local and state authorities were limited in their willingness to pursue lynch mobs. Within the context of its times, the prosecution of George Hall highlighted a confluence of political and cultural trends that had characterized southern history since emancipation. Lynching as a social phenomenon had largely evolved into a white-on-black crime, a stark method of dramatizing the racial boundaries that protected white privilege and domination from black encroachment. Mob murders of African Americans for various alleged offenses especially murder or rape were as much aimed at terrorizing black communities into silence and deference to white supremacy as they were about lethally penalizing individual blacks for putative transgressions against (white) communal norms. In conjunction with codified segregation, disfranchisement, and other assaults on black liberty and citizenship, lynching consolidated the power of white reactionary forces. Aspiring politicians, yellow journalists, and domineering employers tolerated and even cultivated a climate of mob violence in North Carolina and elsewhere, confident that federal officials would not find it politically expedient to come to the defense of African Americans who were being removed en masse from voter rolls. Importantly, the practice of lynching appealed to the worst biases and fears of white voters and workers, who were often anxious about their own place in a social order facing the vagaries of modernity. If the 1906 Salisbury lynching was a microcosm of the forces of race, class, and history that had influenced the larger American experience, then its aftermath pointed, hopefully and cautiously, to new possibilities regarding North Carolina race relations. The conviction of Hall did, in fact, coincide with a lull in lynchings in the state. By the end of World War I and the advent of the Great Migration, North Carolina governors, ever-conscious of the state s image as a harbinger of the New South, were in correspondence with the recently formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which had taken a strong public stance against mob murder. While lynching would not disappear completely from North Carolina prior to World War II, the number of incidents diminished greatly over the four decades following the Salisbury murders. 40

41 41 A Memorial Litany of Repentance: Remembering the Tragic Legacy of Lynching in NC. L- If we claim to be without sin, we are self-deceived and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God is just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every kind of unrighteousness. P- If we will know the truth, the truth will set us free! L- For too long, we have wanted to ignore our sin of racism. P- If we will know the truth, the truth will set us free! L- The truth is that terrorist murders and lynchings of our black brothers and sisters have long taken place in our communities. P- If we will know the truth, the truth will set us free! L-- Specifically, today we repent of the lynching murder of Nease Gillespie, John Gillespie, and Jack Dillingham here in the community of Salisbury NC in P- If we know the truth, the truth will set us free. L- Oh God, help us to know the truth, in our past, in our present and in our future, that we may repent of the racism, the violence and the death that is so much a part of who we are. P-In the name of Jesus Christ who came to set us free.

42 Stated Clerk Office Active Members May Margaret Almeida Stated Supply Salisbury Second 103 Taylor Barner Associate Pastor Burlington First 101 Kaye Barrow-Ziglar Pastor Logan 108 Timothy Bates Stated Supply Calvary/Cameron 101 Sidney F. Batts Pastor Greensboro First 791 Kent Berry Therapist Private Practice (validated) 101 Joseph L. Blankinship Pastor Forest Hills 103 Erin Bowers Associate Pastor High Point First 103 Mark Brainerd Associate Pastor Westminster, Greensboro 101 Steve Daniel Braswell Pastor Graham 101 Kenneth Broman-Fulks Pastor High Point First 791 Tommy Brown Validated Ministry F.A.R.M. Café, Boone 101 Olen Bruner Pastor Trinity, Salisbury 105 Thom Burleson Interim Pastor LOB 103 Kathryn Campbell Associate Pastor Starmount 791 Virginia Christman Chaplain Dept. WFU (validated) 108 Gray Clark Temporary Supply Church of the Cross 791 Richard Coble Temporary Instruct. WFU (validated) 505 Kevin Conley Interim Pastor King Moravian 103 Lindsay Conrad Associate Pastor Burlington First 103 Newton Cowan Associate Pastor Jamestown 644 Jill Y. Crainshaw Director/Vocational Formation Wake Forest Divinity School (validated) 641 Amanda Davee Lomax Campus Minister Salem College (validated) 403 Melissa Davis Agency Staff GA 103 Neil Wayne Dunnavant Associate Pastor Greensboro First 101 David Ealy Pastor Hawfields 101 Christopher East Co-Pastor Epiphany NCD 101 Lou McAlister East Co-Pastor Epiphany NCD 101 John Elam Pastor Franklin 701 Terri Engle Chaplain Pastoral Care Ministry (validated) 101 Carlton A.G. Eversley Pastor Dellabrook 108 Eric Faust Temporary Supply Bethesda, Statesville (also HR 299) 791 Jonathan Freeman Counselor Alamance Regional Medical Center (validated) 791 Larry Freeman Counselor Private Practice (validated) 101 Dana Fruits Pastor Mocksville First 101 Jonathan Gaska Pastor Trinity, W-S 101 Grif Gatewood Pastor Mt. Airy First 101 Brian Gawf Pastor Asheboro First 791 Kevin Geurink Cynthia Price Res. Greensboro First (validated) 101 Diane Givens-Moffett Pastor St. James 101 Jon Kyle Goodman Pastor Alamance 791 Sandra Greene Chaplain LOB

43 Stated Clerk Office Active Members May Philip Hagen Pastor Unity 101 J. Randy Hall Pastor Fairmont 641 Stephanie Hankins Campus Minister ASU 101 Stephen Hannah Pastor Fifth Creek and Old Providence 101 Randy Harris Pastor Highland 101 John P. Hartman Pastor Fellowship 101 Marti Reed Hazelrigg Pastor Oak Ridge 105 Jennie Hemrick Interim Pastor Thomasville First 101 William B. Heyward Pastor Mount Jefferson 101 William M. Hoyle Pastor Clemmons 791 Hye Jin Hwang Assoc. Pastor Oakland Korean (validated) 101 Karen Jackson Pastor Faith 101 Rob Jackson Pastor Community in Christ 103 Dorothy Hunt Jacobs Associate Pastor Greensboro, First 101 John Johnson Pastor Bethany, Graham 108 Vicki Jones-Johnson Temporary Supply Covenant 101 Ki Seok Kim Pastor Korean First 108 Barrie Kirby Stated Supply Spencer 103 Randal Kirby Associate Pastor Salisbury First 701 Jacqueline Lynn Kunkle Chaplain Hospice of Iredell County (validated) 701 Khelen Kuzmovich Chaplain Resident at WFUMC 105 Tom LaBonte Interim Pastor Salisbury First 101 Emily Schlaman Larsen Co-Pastor St. Andrews 101 Eric P. Larsen Co-Pastor St. Andrews 103 Debbie Layman Associate Pastor Highland 791 Insook Lee Faculty LOB 791 Mitzi Lesher-Thomas Parish Associate Chapel in the Pines (validated) 105 Troy Lesher-Thomas Interim Pastor LOB 105 Joel M. Long Interim Pastor LOB 103 Amanda Maguire Associate Pastor Graham 101 Inger Manchester Pastor Fieldstone 302 Samuel P. Marshall, III General Presbyter Salem Presbytery 641 Eustacia Marshall Campus Ministry Faith Point Fellowship (validated) 101 Touré C. Marshall Pastor Grace 101 Donald McCann Pastor Third Creek 103 Patrick McElwaine Associate Pastor Clemmons 305 Bryan McFarland Assoc. Presbyter Salem Presbytery 791 Mary McNeal Parish Associate Oak Ridge 701 Francis Rivers Meza Chaplain NCBH (validated) 301 Alfredo Miranda Evangelist Salem Presbytery 403 Rosa Miranda Agency Staff LOB 105 Susan Moorefield Interim Pastor North Wilkesboro

44 Stated Clerk Office Active Members May Richard Osmer Professor Princeton Seminary (validated) 641 Glenn Otterbacher Campus Minister Wake Forest University (validated) 103 Jo Nygard Owens Associate Pastor Guilford Park 101 Carl Parsons Pastor Shiloh, Burlington 101 Jeffrey Payne Paschal Pastor Guilford Park 103 Samuel Perkins Associate Pastor Westminster, Greensboro 644 Rebecca Todd Peters Professor Elon University (validated) 101 Kim Priddy Pastor Sedgefield 654 Andre Resner Faculty Hood Theological Seminary (validated) 101 Paul Rhodes Pastor Bethel, McLeansville 101 Brian Rummage Pastor Lexington Second 105 Mark Sandlin Interim Pastor Presbyterian Church of the Covenant 101 Stephen W. Scott Pastor Statesville First 644 John Senior Dir. Supervised Min. WFUMC (validated) 101 Ronald Shive Pastor Burlington First 101 Paul I. Sink Pastor Taylorsville 101 Jay Dale Smith Pastor Jamestown 101 Jeffrey Steven Smith Pastor Boone First 108 Steven A. Snipes Stated Supply Oakland/Wilkes Chapel 101 Jeffrey Sockwell Pastor Shallowford 108 Laura M. Spangler Stated Supply Lloyd 101 William Stacey Steck Pastor Thyatira 103 Courtney Stevens Associate Pastor Highland 101 Frank Stewart Pastor Bethany, Statesville 761 J. Grantham Sutphin Navy Chaplain Japan 101 Stuart Taylor Pastor Elkin 791 Erich Thompson Liturgical Furniture Greensboro (validated) 101 Ernest Thompson III Pastor Westminster 103 Connie Weaver Associate Pastor Asheboro First 101 Randolph T. Wellford Pastor Stony Creek 701 Nancy Williams-Berry Chaplain River Landing (validated) 791 Alicia Wilson CSW Salisbury (validated) 101 Virginia L. Wood Pastor Madison 101 Tom Wray Pastor Smyrna 791 Alicia Wright LCSW Levin Cancer Institute (validated) 101 A. Lee Zehmer Pastor Lexington First

45 Stated Clerk Office Members At Large May Amanda Anderson 797 Jay Banasiak 797 Donald Johnson Barbour 797 Jonathan C. Barker 797 Kellie Browne 797 Thom Burleson 797 Hilton J. Cochran 797 Samuel Dansokho 797 Judith Dellinger 797 Lee Ellenwood 797 Carter B. Gillespie 797 Robert J. Goforth 797 Peter Hazelrigg 797 Felicia Hoyle 797 William Lawrence, Jr. 797 David Lee 797 Insook Lee 797 Kathryn Lee 797 Kathy Muder 797 Steve M. Pharr 797 Mark Wallace Sinnett 797 Laurie Ann Valentine 797 Bill Waterstradt 797 Elinor Ware Wilburn

46 Stated Clerk Office Honorably Retired Ministers in Salem Presbytery May Will Ackles 299 James H. Allen 299 Lawrence W. Avent 299 James H. Banbury 299 Frederick A. Beck 299 Jesse Bledsoe 299 Ronald L. Bowie 299 L. Adlai Boyd 299 Joseph A. Browde 299 William Brown 299 Malcolm M. Bullock 299 George C. Carpenter 299 Charles R. Carter 299 Carole F. Chase 299 Jae Chung 299 Robert E. Cleveland 299 Fred Coates 299 Frank C. Collier 299 Clyde T. Cooke 299 Frank Covington 299 Richard Cox 299 Calvin Crump 299 Reid Dalton III 299 Frank A. Davison 299 Max Eugene Deal 299 Franklin Dew 299 Bobby DeWitt 299 James Dickens 299 M. Susan Dobyns 299 James Dollar 299 Stewart Ellis 299 Robert C. Evans, III 299 Eric M. Faust 299 Charles G. Fitzpatrick 299 John Donald Fowler 299 James T. Frazier 299 Elijah B. Freeman, Jr. 299 Robert O. Freeman 299 Harold E. Fuller 299 Robert Gant 299 Philip Gehman 299 Lucius A. Gray 299 Caroline Gourley Grisette 299 William Hamilton 299 Hewon Han 299 James Henderson 299 Frederick R. Horner 299 Charles Herbert Howell 299 Marcia Jaureguizar 299 William Stephen Johnston 299 Henry J. Keating 299 Cynthia Keever 299 Sandy Kern 299 Walt King 299 Tom Lane 299 Robert Eugene Lee 299 William A. Leist 299 Ruth Lenger 299 Robert M. Lewis 299 S. Edwin Lewis 299 B. Paul Lindsay 299 David Allison Long, III 299 William F. Long 299 Wilkes D. Macaulay 299 Roger C. Mackey 299 Steve A. Martin 299 Robert M. Matthews 299 Stephen P. McCutchan 299 Angus W. McGregor 299 Douglas McLeroy 299 Ken Meeks, Jr. 299 Judson Milam 299 John Milholland 299 Raymond Mims 299 H. Reid Montgomery 299 Molly Morgan 299 Stephen A. Moss 299 Joseph B. Mullin 299 George H. Murray, IV 299 Donald Nance 299 Arnold Nuckles 299 David C. Partington 299 Franklin L. Partridge 299 S. Curtis Patterson 299 Floyd P. Peterson 299 Joseph L. Pickard 299 A. B. Plexico 299 Richard Qualls 299 Leland A. Richardson 299 Paul N. Ridolfi 299 James M. Rissmiller 299 Russell Ritchel 299 Jeannette G. Rodenbough 299 Robert Sandercock 299 Charles Frederic Sanford 299 Christopher Schooley 299 Victor C. Scott 299 Grant M. Sharp 299 R. Paige Shelton 299 Jerold D. Shetler 299 Suzanne Shoffner 299 Burwell Shore 299 Billy F. Sosebee 299 Joe L. Spears 299 Bernard Spielman 299 Delores Spielman 299 John Douglas Sterrett III 299 Samuel Stevenson 299 Julia Ross Strope 299 Larry Summey 299 Harry S. Thomas 299 Glenn Thomason 299 Ernest T. Thompson, Jr. 299 Thomas R. Vaughan 299 Stanley M. Voth 299 James Wagner 299 Harold F. Waldruff 299 E. Dale Walker 299 W. Russell Ward, Jr. 299 A. Michael Warren 299 Worth N. Watts 299 Jeffrey White 299 Norman M. Whitney 299 Dan Wilkers 299 Benjamin F. Williams 299 James K. Wilson 299 R. Scott Woodmansee

47 Stated Clerk Office (Commissioned Ruling Elders, CRE) May Bill Bates Love Valley 107 Jim Beard Immanuel 107 Steve Braxton Trinity, Elon 107 Marty Brim Wentworth 107 Doug Brinkley Pine Ridge 107 William Browder Mt. Vernon Springs 107 Joseph T. Brown Dogwood Acres 107 Jeffrey Bumgarner Laurel Fork 107 Thomas Burleson Glenwood 107 Sid Crunk Glendale Springs 107 Jack Dyer Stoneville 107 John Groff Cooleemee 107 James Harley Freedom, Reid Memorial 107 Nita Henderson Mebane First 107 Richard LaDew Siler City 107 Sue Moore Bethany Statesville (during illness) 107 Stedman Newsome Allen Temple 107 Rick Purcell VM, Graham 107 Emery L. Rann Mt. Vernon 107 Wayne Robertson Greenwood 107 Amanda Santolla Hills 107 David Stratton Sandy Ridge 107 Frederick Terry Mocksville Second 107 Parks Williams Pleasant Grove 107 Francis Young El Bethel

48 Charlotte Allbright, Burlington First Sarah Beth Christie, Retired Rachel Culler, Retired Evelyn Edwards, Retired Harriet Gilbert, Retired Eleanor Godfrey, Retired Jacquelyn Hall, Retired Rev. Felicia Hoyle, MAL Wynn McGregor, Retired Kim Row, Guilford Park Rebecca Carter Tolley, Retired Elizabeth Welter, Retired Rev. Tom Wray, Smyrna Stated Clerk Office Certified Christian Educators in Salem Presbytery May 2017

49 Elder Commissioners for each church May 1, 2017 April 30, 2018 Alamance 2 Allen Temple 1 Asheboro First 2 Baird s Creek 1 Bethany, Graham 1 Bethany, Statesville 1 Bethel 1 Bethesda, Ruffin 1 Bethesda, Statesville 1 Beulah 1 Bixby 1 Boone First 1 Boonville First 1 Burlington First 2 Calvary 1 Cameron 1 Chapel in the Pines 1 Church of the Covenant 1 Church of the Cross 1 Christ Presbyterian 1 Clemmons 2 Cleveland 1 Collinstown 1 Community in Christ 1 Concord 1 Cooleemee 1 Covenant 1 Cross Roads 1 Danbury Community 1 Dellabrook 1 Dogwood Acres 1 Eben-ezer 1 El Bethel 1 Elkin 1 Fairmont 1 Faith 1 Fellowship 1 Fieldstone 1 Fifth Creek 1 Flat Rock 1 Forest Hills 1 Francisco 1 Franklin 1 Freedom 1 Glendale Springs 1 Glenwood 1 Grace 1 Graham 1 Greensboro First 6 Greenwood 1 Griers 1 Guilford Park 1 Gulf 1 Hawfields 1 High Point First 2 Highland 2 Hills 1 Immanuel 1 Jamestown 1 John Calvin 1 Joyce 1 Kernersville First 1 Korean First 1 Lake Norman Fellowship 1 Lansing 1 Laurel Fork 1 Lexington First 1 Lexington Second 1 Lloyd 1 Logan 1 Love Valley 1 Madison 1 Mebane First 1 Milton 1 Mocksville First 1 Mocksville Second 1 Mt. Airy First 1 Mt. Jefferson 1 Mt. Tabor 1 Mt. Vernon 1 Mt. Vernon Springs 1 New Creation Community 1 New Salem 1 N. Wilkesboro 1

50 Elder Commissioners for each church May 1, 2017 April 30, 2018 Oak Ridge 1 Oakland 1 Old Providence 1 Parkway 1 Piedmont 1 Pilot Mountain First 1 Pine Hall 1 Pine Ridge 1 Pittsboro 1 Pleasant Grove 1 Prospect 1 Red House 1 Reid Memorial 1 Reidsville First 1 Rumple Memorial 1 Salisbury First 2 Salisbury Second 1 Sandy Ridge 1 Sedgefield 1 Shady Side 1 Shallowford 1 Shiloh, Burlington 1 Shiloh, Statesville 1 Siler City 1 Smyrna 1 Sparta 1 Speedwell 1 Spencer 1 Springwood 1 St. Andrews 1 St. James 2 St. Paul, Greensboro 1 St. Paul, High Point 1 Starmount 1 Statesville First 2 Stoneville 1 Stony Creek 1 Tabor 1 Taylorsville 1 Third Creek 1 Thomasville First 1 Thyatira 1 Trinity, Elon 1 Trinity, Salisbury 1 Trinity, Winston-Salem 1 Unity 1 Vandalia 1 Wentworth 1 Westminster, Greensboro 4 Yadkinville 1 Yanceyville 1

51 Membership as of 2016 Statistical Reports Salem Presbytery East Neighborhood (12,923) Caswell County (274) Bethesda (Ruffin) (69) Griers (35) Milton (10) Oakview (0) Pleasant Grove (85) Red House (42) Yanceyville (33) Rockingham County (566) El Bethel (43) Greenwood (50) Joyce (7) Madison (61) Reidsville First (234) Smyrna (83) Speedwell (58) Stoneville (2) Wentworth (28) Alamance County (2208) Bethany (Graham) (103) Burlington First (971) Cross Roads (114) Graham (345) Hawfields (361) Mebane First (37) Piedmont (26) Shiloh (Burlington) (85) Stony Creek (140) Trinity (Elon) (26) Chatham County (455) Chapel in the Pines (183) Eben-ezer (43) Gulf (31) Mt. Vernon Springs (52) Pittsboro (96) Siler City (50) Guilford County (8,839) Alamance (570) Bethel (96) Church of the Covenant (71) Church of the Cross (163) Community in Christ (136) Epiphany NCD Faith (74) Fellowship (167) Glenwood (67) Guilford Park (442) Greensboro First (2,929) Jamestown (456) Korean First (236) New Creation Community (45) Oak Ridge (376) St. James (500) St. Paul (Greensboro) (71) Sedgefield (110) Springwood (114) Starmount (383) Vandalia (54) Westminster (Greensboro) (1,779) Randolph County (581) Asheboro First (570) Dogwood Acres (11) Central Neighborhood (8,658) High Point (1,186) Christ (27) Forest Hills (171) High Point First (939) St. Paul (High Point) (49) Forsyth County (2,463) Clemmons (607) Covenant (76) Dellabrook (29) El Buen Pastor, NCD Grace (192) Highland (753) Kernersville First (87) Lloyd (20) Parkway (221) St. Andrews (197) Shallowford (167) Trinity (W-S) (114) Davidson County (726) Fairmont (68) Lexington First (415) Lexington Second (151) Shady Side (28) Thomasville First (64) Rowan County (2,084) Allen Temple (35) Cleveland (18) Franklin (83) Immanuel (14) John Calvin (76) Mt. Tabor (217) Mt. Vernon (47) Old Providence (35) Prospect (194) Salisbury First (711) Salisbury Second (58) Spencer (54) Third Creek (105) Thyatira at Mill Bridge (222) Trinity (Salisbury) (57) Unity (158) Davie County (279) Bixby (84) Cooleemee (37) Mocksville First (143) Mocksville Second (15) Iredell County (1,217) Bethany (Statesville) (101) Bethesda (Statesville) (69) Calvary (104) Cameron (79) Fieldstone (103) Fifth Creek (53) Freedom (20) Lake Norman Fellowship (0) Oakland (40) Reid Memorial (19) Shiloh (Statesville) (22) Statesville First (586) Tabor (21) Surry County (399) Flat Rock (17) Hills (50) Mt. Airy First (205) Pilot Mountain First (79) Pine Ridge (48) Yadkin County (35) Boonville First (22) Yadkinville (13) Stokes County (269) Collinstown (73) Danbury Community (39) Francisco (85) Pine Hall (52) Sandy Ridge (20) West Neighborhood (2,197) Ashe County (262) Ebenezer (0) Glendale Springs (66) Lansing (29) Mt. Jefferson (167) Alleghany County (172) Laurel Fork (45) Sparta (127) Watauga County (687) Baird's Creek (41) Boone First (320) Rumple Memorial (326) Wilkes County (332) Beulah (20) North Wilkesboro (312) Iredell County (402) Concord (252) Logan (121) Love Valley (29) Alexander (182) New Salem (23) Taylorsville (159) Surry (160) Elkin (160) Total Membership 23,778 Total Churches 137 Total NCD (no report submitted in black #s) lbs

52 Salem Presbytery Statement of Activities March 31, 2017 Actual Budget Variance GENERAL FUND Revenue Undesignated Receipts 125, ,000 (64,822) Per Capita 8,772 15,000 (6,228) Church Dismissals 0 5,000 (5,000) 133, ,000 (76,050) Other Receipts 10,145 3,300 6,845 Income from Investments 11,873 13,000 (1,127) Other Interest Unrealized Gain on Investments 7, ,342 Conference/Retreat Revenue 10,720 5,100 5,620 Total Revenue 174, ,400 (56,968) Expense Campus Ministry 35,250 35,250 0 GA & Synod Support 36,768 40,303 3,535 Defined Ministries 1,000 1,000 0 Council / Committees 15,554 25,980 10,426 Administrative Compensation 126, ,432 1,616 Continuing Education 3,018 2,675 (343) Travel Expense 6,846 6, Communications 7,601 7,460 (141) Other Administrative 6,091 6, Building Maintenance 15,999 12,932 (3,067) Total Expense 254, ,905 12,962 General Fund Expenditures in Excess of Revenue (80,511) (36,505) (44,006)

53 Salem Presbytery Statement of Activities March 31, 2017 Non-Budget Pass-Throughs REVENUE PCUSA 32,972 Local Validated Causes 1,805 34,777 EXPENDITURES PCUSA 32,972 Local Validated Causes 1,805 34,777 Expenditures in Excess of Revenue (0) Presbytery Funds REVENUE Duke Synod 470 Hunger 37,144 New Covenant Funds 0 Peace & Justice 483 Presbyterian Foundation 0 Seminary Education Fund 936 Other 0 39,033 Expenditures Campus Ministry 500 Church Growth - Brentwood 9,103 Church Growth - Whispering Pines 3,000 Hunger 28,500 Mission Challenge 3,500 Peace and Justice 300 Seminary Education Fund 6,786 51,689 Expenditures in Excess of Revenue (12,656) Total Expenditures in Excess of Revenue (93,167)

54 Salem Presbytery Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2017 Assets Cash 216,302 Pledges Receivable from previous year end 17,497 Allowance for Doubtful Pledges (4,825) 12,672 Investments 1,668,857 Note Receivable 45,781 Sales Tax Receivable 343 Other Receivables 336 Prepaid Insurance 0 Currrent Assets 1,944,291 Land, Building, Equipment 954,437 Less Accumulated Depreciation (312,117) Non-current Assets 642,320 Total Assets 2,586,611 Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities: Accounts Payable 41,619 Capital Leases 8,351 Voluntary Withholding 181 Current Liabilities 50,151 Net Assets: Unrestricted 2,067,971 Temporarily Restricted 437,145 Permanently Restricted 124,511 Net Income (93,167) 2,536,460 Total Liabilities and Net Assets 2,586,611

55 POAMN Regional Conference Celebrating God s Gift of Aging October 19 th, 2017 Highland PC, Winston Salem 8:30 2:45 pm Keynoter by Rev. Jill Crainshaw, Faculty, Wake Forest School of Divinity Workshops include: The Practice of Older Adult Ministry; Healthy Living; New Every Morning: Hope Amidst Grief and Loss; Retired Clergy: Asset or Liability; Spirituality; Making your Third Thirty a Great Thirty; Serving those with Dementia and Alzheimer s Disease; Registration Opens August 1 st. Cost $30 Group & Partial Scholarships available. SAVE THE DATE!!!!

56 Equip Support Team Presents Little Big Tent October 28 th, 2017 The Gift of the Reformation for the church in the 21 st century There is lots going on inside Something for everyone It will include keynote speaker/s and a variety of workshops from our committees SAVE THE DATE!!!!

57 Be a part of a Presbytery Committee Budget and Finance Cares for the finances of the Presbytery. Meets third Tuesday of most months in the a.m. Campus Ministry Cares for the ministry with students, faculty and staff of college campuses within Salem Presbytery. Meets four times a year as needed. Church Growth Encourages creative approaches to growing vital churches and cares for small churches. Meets second Tuesday of the month. Committee on Preparation for Ministry Supports our Inquirers & Candidates preparing for ministry. Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Hunger Domestic Provides advocacy and addresses hunger issues. Processes and gives grants to local hunger agencies. Meets on second to last Tuesday of the month from 10-12, as needed. Hunger International Provides advocacy and brings awareness of international hunger issues. Processes and gives grants to international hunger agencies. Meets on last Tuesday of the month, as needed. Committee on Representation Reviews committee vacancies, names candidates, confirms their willingness to serve, and presents to Presbytery for election. Meets prior to each Presbytery Meeting. Permanent Judicial Commission Meets when a legal case arises, only as needed. Commission on Ministry Oversees relationships of congregations, pastors, and other leaders. Assists in the call process as congregations seek new pastors. Assists in seeking reconciliation where conflict has arisen. Meets fourth Thursday of each month in both plenary and local neighborhood gatherings. Executive Council Governing body of Salem Presbytery; works on behalf of the presbytery. Meets monthly on the third Thursday in the afternoon, except in months where Presbytery meets. Equip Equips congregations for leadership training, teaching, and ministry & service; empowers congregations through resourcing, connecting and communicating. Meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday in the morning. Examinations Meets to examine ministers and persons ready to receive a call to service and membership in Salem Presbytery. Meets fourth Thursday of every month in a.m. Personnel Oversees personnel/human resource matters for the Presbytery office staff. The Committee meets as needed. Property Oversees Salem Presbytery s buildings and property in Clemmons and elsewhere, dealing with property issues that arise. Meets monthly on the 2nd Monday. Presbyterian Youth Ministry Team Plan and implement events for Middle and High School students in the Presbytery, providing an atmosphere of fun and fellowship while sharing the Good News of the gospel, comprised of youth and adults. Meets on 3rd Saturdays during the school year, plus events. Send Oversee the outreach and justice ministries for the Presbytery, and aids congregations in their own outreach and justice endeavors. Inspiring and modeling local and global mission ministries: Meets as needed. Other groups that offer the opportunity for your gifts: Ecumenical and Interfaith, Peace and Justice, Presbyterian Women s Coordinating Team, Salem Black Presbytery Caucus.

58 Nomination for Salem Presbytery Committees For the use of the Committee on Representation Date: Nominee Information: Name of Nominee: Telephone: Mailing Address: Church: Status: Teaching Elder/Clergy Ruling Elder Deacon Church Member Committee of interest: Briefly state relative experiences: Nominator Information: Recommended by: Telephone: Please return form to: Salem Presbytery P.O. Box 1763 Clemmons, NC Fax: Rev

59 P. O. Box 1763, Clemmons, NC Fax: Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC Commissioner Report Form Please use this form as a convenient way of reporting back to your session on what happened at the meeting today. Exciting ministries being done in Salem Presbytery I. What the Session, Pastor or Congregation should KNOW: a. The Main Actions of the Presbytery were: REACH, EQUIP, SEND 1) 2) 3) b. The Resources offered were: c. The time(s) I sensed the Spirit of God Moving in the Meeting: II. Presbytery Would like our INPUT About: III. The Presbytery Requested we ACT to: IV. We Might Consider Asking the Presbytery to: V. One Church / Pastor / Presbytery Effort Who / Which Needs our Support or Prayers: VI. Next Presbytery Meeting Date and Location: REMINDER: The Digest for this meeting will be on the website one week from the date of the Presbytery meeting, which will highlight the events and actions taken at the meeting.

60 Downtown Area (WALKING DISTANCE See Map) 1. Bangkok Downtown 2204 S Main St 2. Go Burrito 115 W Fisher St 3. Hap's Grill (standing room only) 116 N Main St 4. Mambo Grill 122 E Fisher St 5. Mike and Paula s 105 E Fisher St 6. Shucking Shack Oyster House 118 N Main St 7. Sidewalk Deli 120 S Main St 8. Spanky's Homemade Sandwiches & Ice Cream 101 N Main St 9. Sweet Meadow Café 111 N Main St 10. The Smoke Pit 117 E Innes St West of Church (All off W Innes St) (TRANSPORTATION NEEDED) College Bar-B-Que 117 Statesville Blvd DJ s 1502 W Innes St East of Church (All off E Innes St) (TRANSPORTATION NEEDED) Bojangles 901 E Innes St Burger King 824 E Innes St Chick-fil-A 902 E Innes St Cook Out 801 E Innes St Hardee's 726 E Innes St Subway 914 E Innes St KFC 628 E Innes St McDonald s 704 E Innes St O'Charley's (very slow service) 123 N Arlington Street Panera Bread 825 E Innes St Taco Bell 602 E Innes St Tokyo Express Japanese 404 E Innes Street Wendy's 515 E Innes St Hendrix's Barbecue 1624 W Innes St Hoff s Grill 1621 W Innes St LA Murph's Fine Cooking 1532 W Innes St Mykonos Grill 1714 W Innes St Subway 1804 W Innes St The Palm s Café 1609 W Innes St

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