August David A. Vaughan Stated Clerk

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1 P. O. Box 1763, Clemmons, NC Fax: Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC August 2016 The Presbytery of Salem will hold its Summer 2016 meeting on Tuesday, at the First Presbyterian Church of Boone. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. Our moderator, The Rev. Stephen W. Scott, will call our meeting to order promptly at 9:00 a.m. in the sanctuary. Worship, including the celebration of the Lord s Supper, will begin our time together and frame our time of work and witness and there will be no business prior to worship. The docket, reports, and other information are a part of this packet. Please plan to stay through lunch and a brief afternoon session. We express gratitude to the Rev. Jeff Smith and the officers, staff, and members of the Boone church for hosting this meeting. I look forward to seeing you soon. David A. Vaughan Stated Clerk Notes Lunch will be available at a cost of $9.00 per person. Purchase your lunch ticket at registration. Debit and credit cards, cash, and checks (made payable to First Presbyterian Church) are acceptable forms of payment. Clerks of Session should be advised that a Session Minutes Review will be conducted immediately after the meeting s adjournment. Teaching Elders who wish an excused absence may request such of the Stated Clerk prior to August 9.

2 Church History Seventy-six Years, Six Ministers, Three Buildings, Two Names, One Congregation: The First Presbyterian Church of Boone by the Numbers On September 10, 1939, the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Boone held a meeting in the old Appalachian High School for the purpose of extending a call to Rev. John I. Rhea to become its pastor. The Home Mission Committee of Holston Presbytery fixed Dr. Rhea s salary and the church s part was a princely $700 per year. Some time between December of that year and February 1940, the name of our church changed from First Presbyterian Church of Boone to James I. Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church of Boone. Dr. Vance, a physician and preacher who lived in Tennessee and vacationed in this area, had died at his summer home in Blowing Rock in late 1939, and our organization, with the consent of his family and permission from the Holston Presbytery, renamed the church. Later in the decade, the name would be changed again to its original form. In early 1942, Dr. Rhea resigned to enter the Army as a chaplain. In July of 1942, Mr. Marion Currie of Augusta, Georgia was called and installed as our second minister. Sixteen months later, Rev. Currie resigned to take a pastorate in Kingsport, Tennessee, and the congregation secured Rev. Louis J. Yelanjian as supply pastor. A month later, the congregation issued a formal call to Mr. Yelanjian to become the pastor, but he seems to have declined the offer and continued to serve as supply until October of On September 13, 1944, the congregation extended a call to Rev. J. K. Parker, Jr., of Concord, North Carolina, to become our minister. He accepted and was installed six weeks later. Mr. Parker remained the much-loved pastor of this church until his retirement in Coming from Columbia, South Carolina to serve the church from 1975 to 1991 was Dr. David A. Long, III. Under Dr. Long s leadership we held our first genuine Seder service and annual Reformation Sunday services. Dr. Long supported the beginning of the Friday Club for retired members of the church, organized services and programs with outstanding guest ministers and teachers and Holy Week services that connected the disparate church communities in our area, and oversaw the renovation of the Howard St. church, completed in In 1991, he left to begin a Presbyterian congregation in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Dr. Ron Bowie accepted our call in 1993 and stayed at First Presbyterian until his retirement from the ministry in First Morning Out, the inclusion of a Stephen Ministry, the formation of a church history committee, praise and worship services, and a number of support/social programs for retired singles and senior members of the congregation in a new church on Big Valley St. are hallmarks of his time with us. In the times between installed pastors, First Presbyterian has been fortunate to have been served by outstanding interim ministers. Rev. Louis J. Yelanjian, 1944, Dr.. Don Price, , and Rev. Joel Long, , provided leadership and stability. In 2014, Rev. Jeff Smith came from Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina to become our sixth minister. We welcome him to his new church home and look forward to a long and productive association with him and his family. Seventy-six years, six ministers (and three very important interim pastors), three buildings, two names, and always, always, always, we have been one congregation stepping forward in service to God.

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4 Docket 8:00 a.m. Registration 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 8:30 Orientation for first-time commissioners and ministers 9:00 Call to Order - Opening Prayer Rev. Steve Scott, Moderator Our Vision We as 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... Connected... Morning Worship and the Celebration of the Lord s Supper 10:00 Organization of Presbytery Moderator Welcome from Host Church Rev. Jeff Smith Quorum Elder David Vaughan, Stated Clerk New Business to be added to end of docket (Written proposed motions to be given to the Stated Clerk before the meeting begins) Approval of Docket Moderator s Welcome Corresponding Members (Teaching Elders from other Presbyteries and ministers of other Christian denominations) Ruling Elder Commissioners attending for the first time Visitors Moderator 10:10 Presbyters Welcome & Report Rev. Sam Marshall cbase Rev. Bryan McFarland Rev. Alfredo Miranda 10:30 Stated Clerk Communications & Report Stated Clerk 896

5 10:30 Preparation for Ministry Rev. John Senior 10:50 Committee on Representation Rev. Ray Mims 10:55 Examinations Rev. Bill Hoyle Clemmons Candidate to Preach 11:10 Commission on Ministry Elder Larry Hooker Presentation of Call Reid Dalton Retirement Will Heyward best practices 11:30 Board of Pensions Presentation Rev. Helen Locklear 11:40 Executive Council Rev. Ron Shive Personnel Report from Prospect AC and dismissal of AC Change in Presbytery Manual 11:50 Peace and Justice Elder Betsy Harrington Growing... 12:00 p.m. Invitation to Lunch Rev. Jeff Smith Invitation to Prayer Moderator 12:45 p.m. Prayers for Intercession and Thanksgiving Moderator 12:50 GA Commissioners Report 1:15 Church Growth Rev. Lee Zehmer 1:25 Theological Education Elder Catrelia Hunter 1:35 Equip Rev. Eric Larsen 1:45 New Business (if added during Organization of Presbytery in the morning) Announcements Benediction Moderator 2:00 Book Club Event Equip, Session Minutes Review * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Next Presbytery Meeting Saturday, November 12, 2016 First Presbyterian Church, Lexington - order of the day

6 Stated Clerk David Vaughan, Stated Clerk FOR INFORMATION: Session Minutes Reviews: I have conducted Session minutes reviews around the Presbytery since April. I appreciate the following churches and clerks who have hosted these gatherings: Hawfields (Debby Foster), Pleasant Grove (Jeannette Watson), Unity (Karen Fleming), and High Point First (Lisa Cooper). The following churches have participated in this required annual review: Bethany (Graham) Boone First Burlington First Cameron Chapel in the Pines Cooleemee Cross Roads Third Creek Fifth Creek Forest Hills Griers Hawfields High Point First John Calvin Logan Mocksville First Mount Airy First Mount Vernon Old Providence Parkway Pittsboro Pleasant Grove Shallowford Siler City Sparta St. Andrews St. Paul Starmount Thomasville First Unity Yanceyville.

7 Committee on Preparation Margaret Almeida and John Senior, Co-Moderators RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. That examine Thomas Nesbit, a member of First Presbyterian Church in Mocksville, a graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, and that following his successful examination, he be enrolled as a Candidate for the office of Teaching Elder. 2. That examine Elizabeth Boehne, a member of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill, a graduate of Duke Divinity School, and that following her successful examination, she be enrolled as a Candidate for the office of Teaching Elder.

8 Committee on Representation The Committee on Representation presents the following nominations for service to our Presbytery: NOMINATIONS: Budget and Finance: Class of 2018 Elder Beth Barksdale, Highland Campus Ministry: Class of Rev. Arnold Nuckles, Christ Commission on Ministry: East: Class of Elder Floyd Jackson, Oak Ridge Class of 2017 Rev. Connie Weaver, Asheboro First Class of 2018 Elder Jung Kim, Korean First Central: Class of 2018 Rev. Felicia Hoyle, Clemmons Equip Support Team: West: Elder David Smithey, North Wilkesboro Personnel: Class of Elder Shirley Bear, Oak Ridge Property: Ms. Rhonda Cooper, Clemmons PYC: Central: Class of 2018 Rev. Eric Larsen, St. Andrews Class of 2019 Elder JoAnn Mandigo, Mocksville First West: Class of 2019 Rev. Paul Sink, Taylorsville Class of 2019 Elder Jill McElroy, Boone First