Equipping Ministries - Nevada Presbytery -
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Equipping the Saints, Mt. View
Presbyterian Church, Las Vegas, April 14, 2012
This workshop is produced for the purpose
of preparing the Mt. View Presbyterian Church Session about
our polity -- as a context for transitioning from the
previous Book of Order to the current Book of Order.
It contains two exercises for the session members that were
not used in the live presentation - and some of the Q&A from
the presentation.
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Equipping the Saints, First
Presbyterian Church, Las Vegas, November 5, 2011
This workshop is produced for the purpose
of teaching, preparing, and informing our presbyters about
our polity -- as a context for resolving near-term and long
term issues for congregations and sessions that are related
to the new Form of Government in our denomination - the
result of the vote of the presbyteries over this past year
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Equipping the Administrative
Professionals Association, November 2, 2011
History of
the PCUSA Since the 1983 Reunion - APA
Certification Level II 5 hours
This four part presentation occurred on
one day during the APA National Convention in Las Vegas,
Nevada. One of the Association's required Level II
classes, it addressed all of the suggested topics listed in the APA
Certification Handbook for 2011.
Part 1
... set the context - Acts 2 to '82 in a brief survey of the
church from its beginnings. Then it reviews PCUSA
splits and re-joins in the run-up to the Reunion ...
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Part 2 ... detailed
the 120 year run-up from the Civil War split into the
'northern strand' and 'southern strand' churches through the
union presbytery experience to the 1983 Reunion -- and the
reorganizational actions and denominational history from
then to date. ...
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Part 3 ... examines
the church from an organizational polity perspective -
reviewing the structure of today's PCUSA
(using the First Presbyterian Church,
Las Vegas, the Presbytery of Nevada, the Synod of the
Pacific, and the 2010 General Assembly as examples)
with emphasis on the denominational
offices of specific importance to the Administrative
Professionals ...
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Part 4 Concludes this
series and addresses current trends in the PCUSA, explores
possible futures and strategies for the church, and details
the biggest administrative challenge since the Reunion - the
absorption of the 'newFOG' reorganization of the Book of
order - and what church entities need to do
now about the changes made
effective in July by the affirmative vote of the
Presbyteries over this last year ...
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Equipping First Presbyterian
Church, Las Vegas Spirit Lifters - in five parts, September
- October, 2011
This five part series
was presented to the Spirit Lifters class on successive
Sunday mornings to review the History of the Presbyterian
Church in the USA - ending with a review of current
denominational issues. The material was repurposed and
expanded to the needs of the APA four-part presentation
above.
Part 1 ... set the
context - Acts 2 to '82 in a brief survey of the church from
its beginnings. The focus is on the American
Presbyterian experience -- the 'northern church' splits and
rejoins up to the present ...
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Part 2 ... addresses
organizational polity - the present day structure of the
PCUSA (using the First Presbyterian Church, Las Vegas, the
Presbytery of Nevada, the Synod of the Pacific, and the 2010
General Assembly as examples) and issues within the PCUSA
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Part 3 ... reviews
the history of the PCUSA in the context of the sweep of
American religious history, reviews the splits and re-joins
as they run-up to reunion, and examines "What has the
Reunion done for us - and to us?" ...
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Part 4 ... asks "What
is a Presbyterian?" and addresses the distinctive beliefs
and worship practices. it also reviews the purpose of
the church and its Book of Confessions ...
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Part 5 concludes this
series. It reviews the history of the PCUSA's polity
and what influenced its development, tours the Book of Order
(including the 'newFOG'), and explores current trends
implying possible futures and strategies for the church and
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Equipping the Presbytery, March 15, 10:30 am, Green
Valley PC, Henderson, NV
This live
presentation will precede the Spring Meeting of the
Nevada Presbytery and is aimed at preparing our Presbyters for
floor consideration of the
Constitutional Amendments referred by the 219th General
Assembly ...
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Equipping the Presbyters, live January 10-17 - or
online, right now!
This online
workshop is the result of seven live workshops presented in
January to prepare our Presbyters for considering the
Constitutional Amendments referred by the 219th General
Assembly for voting in our Spring Presbytery meeting March
15-16 at ...
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Equipping the Saints, November 6, 2010, Mountain View
PC, Las Vegas, NV
This workshop is produced for the purpose
of teaching, preparing, and informing its presbyters about
our polity -- and -- the three major issues referred to the
presbytery by the 219th General Assembly of the PCUSA for vote in
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