Presbytery of New York City. Adult Fellowship Workshop

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Presbytery of New York City

• Adult Fellowship Workshop
• First Chinese Presbyterian Church
• November 6, 2005

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What is the Presbytery?

• Presbytery is a corporate expression of the
  church consisting of all the churches and
  ministers of the Word and Sacrament within a
  certain district
• Presbytery is responsible for the mission and the
  government of the church throughout its
  geographical district
• Middle-Governing Body
• Second level of a 4 governing body system
  session, presbytery, synod and General Assembly
• Church Court System
• Oversees congregations under its jurisdiction

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The Presbyterys Mission

• The Presbytery of New York City
• Embodying Gods Love
• Proclaiming Gods Word
• Promoting Gods Justice
• Growing in Faith and Size
• Seeking the Welfare of the City
• Our mission, as the Presbytery of New York City,
  is to embody Gods gracious love in Jesus Christ
  through our ministries, our congregations, our
  partnerships, our service and witness, and our
  common life together. As a manifestation of
  Christs body, we proclaim Gods Word and promote
  Gods justice to all persons and in all places
  public and private, throughout New York City,
  striving to grow in faith and size so that all
  may hear and experience the Good News of Jesus
  Christ.

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The Presbyterys Call

• Discern and develop the most faithful strategies
  for the mission of the Presbyterian Church
  (U.S.A.) in New York and lead their
  implementation
• Guide, support, and supervise our sessions,
  inquirers and candidates for ordination,
  Commission Lay Pastors, Certified Christian
  Educators, and Ministers of the Word and
  Sacrament in accomplishing effective ministry
• Witness to the fullness of Gods kingdom by
  living in community with one another as diverse
  peoples unified in and through Jesus Christ,
  striving always to increase both the diversity of
  our membership and the strength of our community
• Identify, resist and contend with both church and
  secular powers that separate, divide or demean
  peoples
• Foster respect, cooperation and care in our
  ecumenical and interfaith relationships, honoring
  differences, and striving for and joining in
  common cause wherever possible
• Cultivate creative and responsible stewardship of
  the human and financial resources for ministry
  entrusted to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in
  New York City, and seek new models and methods
  that help ensure the most faithful witness to
  Christ across the city
• Seek the welfare of New York City in every way -
  including economic, education, and social
  giving counsel and aid in the time of crisis or
  transition, and giving voice to the Reformed
  Traditions commitment to ministry in the public
  sphere and for the public good

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Organizational Structure
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Presbyterys Committees

• General Council
• This Council develops, updates and recommends
  mission and goals, evaluation of goals, prepares
  docket and plans for service of Presbytery, to
  call special meetings when directed, nominates
  persons to Committees on Personnel, Nominations
  and Representation acts on behalf of Presbytery
  in certain disciplinary cases.
• Administrative Commissions
• Commissions are appointed by the presbytery to
  ordain and/or install ministers of the Word and
  Sacrament to organize churches to merge
  churches to visit particular churches, governing
  bodies, or other organizations of the church
  reported to be affected with disorder to receive
  candidates under the care of presbytery and
  other duties assigned by the presbytery
• Judicial Commissions
• Commissions appointed to consider and decide a
  case of process

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Ministry Councils

• In terms of our Presbytery's structure, there are
  two Ministry Councils that balance concern and
  support for the life and ministry of a church as
  it both reaches out in witness and service, and
  as it maintains a vital inner congregational
  life.
• Council for Congregational Ministry Nurture
• The council is Presbytery's Council that focuses
  on and supports all those ministry components
  that make up a church's inner life - worship,
  education, youth, buildings, congregational care
  and pastoral ministry, conflict management,
  officer training, evangelism, grants and aid to
  field, lay ministry, and all other congregational
  programming.
• The council would have each congregation healthy,
  vital, and whole in terms of its inner life -
  programming, management, and internal
  relationships - to effectively honor the call of
  Christ to serve others.
• Council for Witness to Society and the World
• This council assists congregations in addressing
  social, economic and justice issues establishes
  and maintains ecumenical relationships, gives
  oversight to specialized ministries for youth,
  aging, campuses.
• Council for Administrative and Support Services
• This council develops ways and means to assist in
  funding mission, develops, prepares and
  recommends the annual budget for the Presbytery
  provides consultation in areas of stewardship and
  mission, financial management.

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Book of Order Committees

• Committee on Representation
• This committee ensures that every entity shall be
  representative of the whole presbytery monitors
  nominations and the nominating process for
  inclusiveness, to advocate for inclusive
  representation, consults with the Nominations
  Committee.
• Committee on Ministry
• This committee examines ministers seeking
  membership in Presbytery and recommends those who
  shall continue, gives oversight to churches
  without pastors, develops standards for
  ministers' compensation, establishes interim and
  temporary pastoral relations.
• Committee on Preparation for Ministry
• This committee provides care and oversight for
  persons preparing for professional service in the
  church to commission to service when
  appropriate.
• Nominating Committee
• This committee nominates persons to fill
  vacancies on continuing committees, councils,
  boards (except for the Committee on Nominations,
  Representation and General Council, which require
  election by the Presbytery) nominates
  moderators, presents nominations for minister and
  elder commissioner and youth delegates to the
  General Assembly and the Synod of the Northeast.
• Permanent Judicial Commission
• This commission serves in judicial matters in
  accordance with the Book of Discipline.

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Presbytery of NYC Committees

• Personnel Committee
• This committee counsels with the Executive
  Presbyter regarding work, evaluation,
  compensation for professional and support staff.
  Recommends terms of call and adjustments for
  exempt staff establishes procedures for
  evaluation and review of staff.
• Committee on Session Records
• This committee examines session records, reports
  on compliance with constitution, may make
  recommendations to Presbytery and/or its
  entities.
• Committee on Standing Rules
• This committee formulates revisions to Standing
  Rules recommends additions and deletions to
  Standing Rules.
• Board of Trustees
• The Board of Trustees oversees the Presbytery's
  properties, insurance, investments, loans,
  mortgages receives and reviewed requests for
  sell mortgage, lease or purchase property
  provides cash flow management accounting systems,
  financial support services provides for annual
  audit discharges legal corporate obligations as
  may be required under the laws for the State of
  New York.
• Committee on Preparation for Lay Ministry
• This committee provides care and oversight for
  persons preparing for lay ministry service in the
  church to commission to service when appropriate.

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Other Work Related Entities

• Other Work of the Presbytery
• Presbyterian Senior Services
• Disaster Response Team
• Sexual Misconduct Response Team
• Youth Connection
• Related Entities
• Presbyterian Women
• Presbyterian Men
• Presbyterian Conference Association
• United Adult Ministries - Flushing House
• Racial Ethnic Caucuses