Monday’s Business in Brief
Communion can be conducted across the internet; the church’s vision and mission statements still need work; a report on the life of HanCa presbyteries, and other business from the Monday sederunts.
Communion can be conducted across the internet; the church’s vision and mission statements still need work; a report on the life of HanCa presbyteries, and other business from the Monday sederunts.
During Monday’s sederunts, the General Assembly struggled to endorse a strategy to overcome deficits in the church’s pension plan.
Monday was a busy day for us at General Assembly. Our two sederunts were reminders to us as commissioners that God’s work is diverse and it touches each of us in a variety of ways. We come together to discern the work and ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Canada from remote areas north in our country to the far shores of the Atlantic Provinces. But no matter where we hail from, we are reminded that the answers and solutions we seek are not easy to come by.
I was interested to read the report of the HanCa presbyteries for two important reasons.
One, I was at the General Assembly when the HanCa presbyteries were established and as a former clerk of presbytery, I was extremely interested to know how this new and innovative change in our structure had fared.
Two, recently I served for over 15 months as an assessor elder with a Korean congregation in Montreal.
I’ve been hearing a lot of questions these days throughout our church—questions that are endeavoring to wrestle with the realities of church decline in our day.
The opening worship service may have been conducted in a university gymnasium, but the local affairs committee—and their art committee—did their best to ensure the space was transformed.
General Assembly is a great place to meet up with people in our church we have come to know over our lifetime. I was so happy last night and again this morning to see people I have come to know from across our denomination over the years.
My name is Angela J. Cluney, and this is my second Assembly as a Commissioner. For some lucky reason, I am destined to attend Ontario Assemblies—first Ottawa and now Oshawa. I am originally from the Presbytery of Pictou in Nova Scotia, but I am now a member of the Presbytery of East Toronto.
The two announcements came only days apart. Rev. Dr. John Vissers has been elected to stand as sole nominee for moderator of the 138th General Assembly, and he has been appointed director of academic programs and professor of historical theology at Knox College, Toronto.
“A community rooted in Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, courageously embracing the gifts of God, to be a blessing in the world,” reads the vision statement that will come before the church’s highest court in June. The accompanying one-page mission statement includes a series of bullet points outlining what the church aims to do.
Throughout the 2011 General Assembly, one word seemed to emerge over and over again: Vision. The Record asked the nominees for moderator of the 2012 […]
Throughout the 2011 General Assembly, one word seemed to emerge over and over again: Vision. The Record asked the nominees for moderator of the 2012 […]
Throughout the 2011 General Assembly, one word seemed to emerge over and over again: Vision. The Record asked the nominees for moderator of the 2012 […]
Throughout the 2011 General Assembly, one word seemed to emerge over and over again: Vision. The Record asked the nominees for moderator of the 2012 […]
Throughout the 2011 General Assembly, one word seemed to emerge over and over again: Vision. The Record asked the nominees for moderator of the 2012 […]