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Having hit a short break between Assemblies, the GA of the Church of Scotland<\/a> finishing this morning (my time) and the Presbyterian Church in Canada<\/a> scheduled to convene in just over a week’s time, I need to get caught up on some recent developments in the PC(USA).  The first is the announcement of a sixth candidate for Moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Presbytery of Santa Barbara<\/a> has issued a call for a special presbytery meeting<\/a> on June 9 to act on the endorsement of the Rev. Julia Leeth, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lompoc<\/a>, to stand for Moderator of the General Assembly.  In the letter accompanying the notice<\/a> Rev. Leeth writes:<\/p>\n

I feel called to be the Moderator of the 219th Assembly because I love His Church. I feel comfortable and have some experience moderating meetings that are both pleasant and challenging.  I have skills that lend themselves to moderating a meeting that may be at time [sic<\/em>] pleasant and at others challenging.  I want to be a good steward of my gifts and this is a very tangible way to respond to God’s call.  In the same way that I have tried to foster relationships with every person in our presbytery, including those who may have a different theological perspective than I, I plan to foster relationships at this General Assembly.  In this way, we can all see the wonderful things that God is doing in and through His people across the denomination.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She continues:<\/p>\n

Finally, I stand on the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  I hope to proclaim this truth in everything that I do and say and am and am to become.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Layman has an article<\/a> on her candidacy published on May 19 that lists the called presbytery meeting for June 1.  The Outlook article<\/a> of May 20 just talks of a June meeting.  And Robert Austell has added her to his list of Moderator candidates<\/a> on his GA Help<\/a> site.  I don’t see an article from the Presbyterian News Service<\/a> yet, which is interesting because they were quick to jump on the news of the fifth candidate<\/a> before he was endorsed by his presbytery.<\/p>\n

Regarding the Moderator election most of the Moderator candidates have now named their Vice-Moderator designees.  These Vice-Moderator candidates are:<\/p>\n

Rev. Landon Whitsitt<\/a> with Elder Cynthia Bolbach
\nRev. Theresa Cho<\/a> with Rev. Maggie Lauterer
\nRev. Marilyn Gamm<\/a> with Rev. Eric Nielsen
\nRev. Hector Reynoso with Rev. Julia Leeth\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The General Assembly web site<\/a> is filling out nicely, including the Moderator Election page<\/a> with the first five candidates.  Most of the site is basic information for commissioners and the docket<\/a> is not much more than the planned times for meetings but no listing of which committees will be reporting when.<\/p>\n

In addition to GA Help<\/a> there are a few other GA specific web sites coming on line.  In an individual effort, Bob Davis is putting together material at Presbyblog<\/a>.  There are also advocacy group web sites tracking GA including Covenant Network<\/a>,  More Light Presbyterians<\/a>, Presbyterian Coalition<\/a>, Presbyterians for Faith Family and Ministry<\/a>, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship<\/a>, and Presbyterian Voices for Justice<\/a>.  I’ll add the PC(USA) to my GA Junkie wiki<\/a> in the near future.  And let me know of resources I’ve missed.<\/p>\n

Well enough PC(USA) for now – that GA is still 38 days away.  There is lots more action<\/a> before then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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