THE 702 nd MEETING OF THE PRESBYTERY OF SAN FRANCISCO First Presbyterian Church, Concord, CA Tuesday, November 14, 2017 The mission of the Presbytery of San Francisco is to celebrate, nurture and serve our communities by our life together in Christ. (Mission Statement approved by Presbytery January 28, 2014!) DETAILED DOCKET Please print this document and bring it with you to the meeting. Also read and print or download the background documents from the presbytery website: www.presbyteryofsf.org. [Wi-Fi is available on the church campus. See STATED CLERK s report for login info. However, capacity may be reached as it is also to be used for spf-io, our translation system! So it is always best to prep before hand!] 2:30 pm Registration, Refreshments & Resources Fireside Room General Assembly overtures /BOSR PC(USA) Board of Pensions rep Mark Frey Partnership Working Group on grants SPF-io Translation system 3:00 pm Presbytery plenary meeting convenes Sanctuary Opening Hymn: I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art Call to Order and Convening Prayer Moderator Debra Avery Welcome to all presbyters, including guests, first time commissioners, and corresponding members Greetings from the host congregation Instruction on spf-io - translation system & hearing assistance and introductions of on site translators Rev. Toby Nelson Rev. InHo Kim Centering Song: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord Learn in unison and as a canon
DETAILED DOCKET - 2 3:20 pm Report of the Stated Clerk Part 1 Rev. Keith Geckeler (See REPORT #1 STATED CLERK.) MOTION: Approve that Presbytery suspend (per Standing Rules 11.1.2) Appendix G of the Presbytery s Policies ( Policy for Nominating Electing General Assembly Commissioners ) in order to present and elect nominees for commissioners at this meeting and to elect by voice vote if there are only 2 nominees for either/or Minister or Teaching Elder commissioners. And if there are fewer than 2 nominees for either position, to empower the Mission and Vision Leadership committee to elect needed commissioners upon nomination from the Nominating Committee. This will require a 2/3rd vote of presbytery. Nominations from the floor are in order, and if there are more than two names for either/or minister commissioners or ruling elder commissioners presented for election, there will be a ballot vote for the contested position(s). (See HANDOUT.) MOTION: Approve the docket for this meeting. (See DETAILED DOCKET.) MOTION: Following call for additional nominations, approve the Omnibus Motion: (See each report for details.) REPORT #1 STATED CLERK (four omnibus action items, including Formula to Redress, and many info items) REPORT #2 FPOC (six omnibus action items, info items and financial statements) REPORT #3 COM (twenty-three omnibus action items and many Background documents) REPORT #4 TERMS OF CALL (seven omnibus action items) REPORT #6 NOMINATING (slate of nominees for omnibus) MOTION: Designate the evening offering for Wildfire Relief in Northern California (to go to the Presbytery of the Redwoods unless otherwise designated). Announcements 3:30 pm Report from the PC(USA) Board of Pensions Rev. Mark Frey 3:40 pm Report of the Partnership Working Group Elder Bill Campbell
DETAILED DOCKET - 3 3:45 pm Report of the Finance and Property Oversight Committee Rev. Leonard Nielson (See REPORT #2 FPOC (This is a Joint FPOC/COM motion) MOTION: FPOC and COM recommends that the Presbytery of San Francisco, acting under the provisions of G-2.0109b(5) (Administrative Commissions) grants to the Moderator, Vice Moderator, and Stated Clerk the authority to appoint, a five person Administrative Commission for the Golden Gate Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California: (See FPOC 2-1) 3:48 pm Report of the Committee on Ministry Rev. Janet Bower (See REPORTs #3 COM and #4 TERMS OF CALL.) Elder Betty Delaney Rev. Monte McClain Trials of ordination Q&A of candidate for ministry Rev. Charie Reid (See COM 2 1 and following.) MOTION: Denia Segrest/First Presbyterian Church, Livermore Pending successful examination, approve her call as a Tentmaking Pastor at 15 hours per week beginning December 1, 2017 at terms as listed in REPORT #4 - TERMS OF CALL. and Approve the Administrative Commission (as listed in the packet) to ordain Denia Segrest at First Presbyterian Church, Livermore on December 17, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. For next discussion item, see COM 3 1 and following. Note that this action requires a ¾ vote of Presbytery since this is a movement from Interim Pastor to Designated Pastor. MOTION: Chris Gelini/Lakeside Presbyterian Church, SF approve his call as the 4 year Designated Pastor beginning December 1, 2017 at terms as listed in REPORT #4 - TERMS OF CALL. and Approve the Administrative Commission (as listed in the packet) to install Chris Gelini at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, San Francisco on January 20, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. For next discussion item, see COM 7 1. MOTION: Approve Minimum Compensation Plan for 2018 Committee on Ministry Task Force Report, see COM 8 1. Prayers for our ministers and ministries 4:15 pm Centering Song: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
DETAILED DOCKET - 4 4:20 pm Announcement about December 9 Crossroads event Introduction to Open Space options 4:30 pm Open Space 7 options! Advent Hymn Sing / Karen Hasting-Flegel Crossroads / InHo Kim and Debra Avery Godly Play GA Overtures / BOSR and authors Chapel Fellowship Hall stage Blue Room, under Sanctuary Fireside Room Money Matters / Mission & Vision Leadership: 2018 Budget, Fund Amounts, Regional Allocations and Page One Proposal Sanctuary Sanctuary Church Movement / Max Lynn Session Minutes Review /BOSR Yellow Room, Under Sanctuary Office break room 5:30 pm Dinner and Fellowship Time Fellowship Hall 6:30 pm Presbytery reconvenes Sanctuary Centering Song & Sixty Second Celebrations Service of Worship With necrology, offering for Wildfire Relief, and Celebration of the Lord s Supper Sanctuary 7:30 pm Presbytery plenary reconvenes Sanctuary Report of Mission & Vision Leadership and Presbytery Pastor for Mission & Vision (See REPORTs #5 LEADERSHIP.) Rev. Jeff Hutcheson MOTION: MVL recommends that the Presbytery of San Francisco adopt the 2018 budget and approve a per capita assessment of $36.25. (See LEADERSHIP 4-1 and following.) MOTION: Affirm and designate these fund amounts for each of our Four Investment Funds: Fund #1 $10M, #2 $3.4M, #3 $1.7M, #4 = $1.7M. The remainder of available investment funds are held in investment reserves. (See LEADERSHIP 1-1 for fund descriptions.) MOTION: Establish the amounts for each Region in Fund 2- Supporting Regional Missional Partnerships as follows: Allocate each region $1M each, then the balance of approx. $340K is unallocated for now.
DETAILED DOCKET - 5 (MVL continued) MOTION: Hire the Rev. Josh McPaul as a quarter time hourly consultant for the Presbytery for up to 6 months, to start the process of coming alongside our present congregational planters in our Presbytery in order to implement the Page One proposal. (See LEADERSHIP 2-1 and following.) Hourly rate for compensation would be negotiated, with a maximum cost not to exceed $15k over 6 months. MOTION: Request that MVL appoint a project team to search for the Presbytery Stated Clerk. The search team would be asked to bring to the February 2018 meeting of Presbytery a proposed job description showing the scope of the Stated Clerk work. That job description is subject Presbytery approval. (Team to report in February See LEADERSHIP 1-1.) Centering Song: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord 8:15 pm Report of the Nominating Committee Rev. Brian Cochran (See REPORT #6 NOMINATING.) Rev. Will McGarvey Recognition of nominees for GA commissioner and YAAD (Young Adult Advisory Delegate) Appoint of tellers Election using ballots (to be counted during next report) 8:25 pm Report of the Bills, Overtures and Session Elder Marcus Jung Records Committee (See REPORT #7 BOSR.) MOTION: To forward to GA the overture On Recognizing Rev. Henry Highland Garnet s Prophetic Voice for Today (See BOSR 2-1 and following.) MOTION: To appoint John Templeton (ruling elder, St. John s, San Francisco) as Overture Advocate. MOTION: To forward to GA the overture On Endorsing the Open Letter from the National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) to the World Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Movement (See BOSR 3-1 and following.) MOTION: To appoint the Rev. Will McGarvey (pastor at Pittsburg Community) as Overture Advocate.
DETAILED DOCKET - 6 (BOSR continued) MOTION: To forward to GA the overture On Jewish - Christian Dialogue and the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (See BOSR 4-1 and following.) MOTION: To appoint Rev. John Anderson (Co-Pastor at San Francisco St John s) as Overture Advocate. MOTION: To forward to GA the overture On Directing the Board of Pensions and the Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation to Divest from Fossil Fuel and Actively Invest in Securities That Focus on Renewable Energy (See BOSR 5-1 and following.) MOTION: To appoint the Rev. Will McGarvey (pastor at Pittsburg Community) as Overture Advocate. 8:50 pm Announce results of vote on GA commissioners and YAAD Centering Song: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord Call for New Business 9:00 pm Closing Prayers and Adjournment Moderator Debra Avery Vice Moderator Enicia Montalvo
DETAILED DOCKET - 7 We are the Body of Christ We are God s people gathered to do God s work, and in prayer we seek to know the mind of Christ. Our time together is much more than a business meeting; it is time for fellowship, worship, education and reflection - and, yes, some decision-making, too. The docket for our gathering is constructed so that worship is at the center of our time together to highlight that Christ is at our center. We also begin and end every presbytery meeting with prayer. Additionally at the meeting, we often introduce a spiritual discipline such as a chant or repeating song or a litany to help us be mindful that we gather as Christ s body, not primarily as a legislative body. With these outward actions, we are invited to seek Christ s inward leading as we speak and listen to each other and to the Holy Spirit moving among us. - the Officers of the Presbytery The next plenary Presbytery meeting will be: TUESDAY, February 13, 2018 [Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Chuch] At this, our first meeting in a new year, we will.. install officers and thank those leaving office, learn about a search for a new Stated Clerk, hear reports from committees, working groups & MVL, pray for our ministers and ministries, and talk, sing, eat and worship together. Worship will be lead by Retiring Moderator, the Rev. Debra Avery. Docket, table and space requests are due by noon on Jan. 16, and print ready packet materials are due by noon on Jan. 23. Please send ALL requests and information (in WORD) to packet@sfpby.org. The packet will be posted by 5 pm on Feb. 2.