CALLED
MEETING
GULF COAST PRESBYTERY - TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NICEVILLE, FLORIDA
UN-APPROVED
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CALL TO ORDER & OPENING PRAYER
The called meeting of Gulf
Coast Presbytery was called to order by the moderator, RE William M.
Harris, IV at 10:03 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2000, at the First Presbyterian
Church, Niceville, FL.
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ROLL CALL & DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
A quorum was declared to be
present with the following commissioners in attendance:
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CHURCHES |
TEACHING
ELDERS |
RULING
ELDERS |
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Chattahoochee |
|
W. Cowen |
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Christ,
Lynn Haven |
|
|
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Christ,
Mobile |
C.
Phillips |
|
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Concord |
|
G.
Sovereign |
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Cornerstone,
Destin |
|
|
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Cornerstone,
Tallahassee |
|
C. Brewer |
|
Covenant |
R. Hayes |
V.
Tinklenberg |
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Eastern
Shore |
|
C. Fellers |
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Fairfield |
P. Frick |
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Faith |
|
|
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First,
Atmore |
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First,
Niceville |
D.
Shackleford M. Swain |
R. Kohlin
/ R. Wilson |
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First,
Panama City |
W. Cathey
/ D. Anderegg |
|
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Grace,
Gulf Shores |
R. Fennig |
|
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Grace,
Madison |
J. Cavanah |
J. Scruggs |
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Loxley |
|
|
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McIlwain |
J. Grider |
B. Harris |
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New
Philadelphia |
|
|
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New Song |
B.
Sinclair / L. Kirkland |
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Panama
City Korean |
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Pinewoods |
G.
Shamblin D.
Hutchinson |
M. Crabbe
/ F. Drew / R.
Storey |
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Safe
Harbor |
T. Hughes |
|
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Warrington |
R. Hornick |
K. Brady |
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Westminster,
Fort Walton |
W. Tyson |
E. Smith |
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Westminster,
Milton |
C. Pearson |
O. Willis |
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Westminster,
Tallahassee |
|
|
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Wildwood |
B.
Evans / D. Box |
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OTHERS: Teaching Elders: TE H. A. Maves, HR; E.
Stanton; C. Sledge, HR, E. J. Foster, Campus Minister
VISITORS: M. Breault, Molino, FL; R. Peacock,
Molino, FL; J. Scribner, Cantonment, FL;
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COMMUNICATIONS
1.
Letter from TEs R. Evans, J. Grider, C.
DeBardeleben and REs C. Fellers, T. Roberson requesting that Gulf Coast
Presbytery be called to meet. Presbytery found the call to be in order.
2.
Letters from the Pinewoods’ Session and TE G.
Shamblin requesting that presbytery dissolve the pastoral relationship between
them., referred to the Ministers and Candidates Committee.
3.
Requests
for excused absence from TEs S. Bradford, W. Channell, S. DeVries, R. Gardner,
C. Gwin, M. Griffith, B. Johnston, G. Omerly and RE Commissioners from Loxley
and New Philadelphia.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
A.
MINISTERS
AND CANDIDATES REPORT – TE R. EVANS
TE
R. Evans presented the report to presbytery. Presbytery adopted the
committee’s recommendation to dissolve the pastoral relationship between
George Shamblin and the Pinewoods Presbyterian Church, effective September 1,
2000.
The
committee’s report was approved as a whole.
B.
MNA COMMITTEE REPORT – RE C. Fellers
RE
C. Fellers presented the report to presbytery. Presbytery adopted the following
recommendations:
1.
That a new mission work in greater Pensacola area be approved to organize itself
as Christ Community Church. (The
core group for this work is coming from Pinewoods Presbyterian Church with
blessing and approval of said Church Session.)
2.
That presbytery call TE G. Shamblin to be the organizing pastor of the
Christ Community Mission and that the Salary and benefits be $55,354.
3.
That Presbytery approve the call of George Shamblin as organizing pastor of
Christ Community Church and place it in his hands. Mr. Shamblin agreed to the
terms of the call. (Appendix A)
4.
That Presbytery approve the establishment of a commission consisting of 4
TE and 4 RE, to oversee the work of the new mission work to be chaired by TE
Bruce Sinclair and that the commission be given power to install TE Shamblin as
organizing pastor and that the quorum be the same as that of a Session.
Presbytery appointed the following to the commission: TE B. Sinclair, TE C.
DeBardeleben, TE R. Hornick, TE G. Shamblin and REs F. Drew, L. Kirkland, E.
Lugo, and J. Sport.
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ADJOURNMENT AND CLOSING PRAYER
Presbytery
adjourned at 11:03 a.m. RE Bill Harris led in the closing prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
TE R. Hornick, Stated Clerk
RH/jcg