Minutes
The minutes are approved at the __________ of the next regular meeting.
What is beginning? RONR 48:9
This is a motion to modify the wording or meaning of a pending motion.
What is a motion to amend? RONR 12:1
This is who is responsible for selecting the version of the Bible to be read in worship.
What is the minister of Word and Sacrament/pastor? W-3.0301.
This officer shall serve as secretary for congregational meetings.
Who is the clerk of session? G-1.0505. If the clerk is unable to serve, the congregation elects a secretary.
In a committee or small board, motions need not be ___________.
What is seconded? RONR 49:21(2)
Minutes reflect what is _____ not what is ______.
What is done, not said? RONR 48:1
The motion to send a question to a smaller group to investigate and bring a recommendation to the large group.
What is commit or refer? RONR 13:1.
This is the minimum number of times a congregation must celebrate the Lord's Supper.
What is quarterly? W-3.0409
Meetings must be called when requested in writing by this fraction of the active members of the congregation.
What is one-fourth? G-1.0505.
In a committee or small board, the chair may speak in debate and ______.
What is vote? RONR 49:7.
A committee report can only contain what has been ____________.
What is properly agreed to by a majority of the committee? RONR 51:2
This is the vote needed to close or end debate (call the question).
What is two-thirds? RONR 16:5(7).
This is who elects the church treasurer.
What is the Session? G-3.0205.
What is six? G-1.0503.
In a committee or small board, a vote can be taken without a _______.
What is motion? RONR 49:21(5). The motion should be clear to everybody if this method is to be used.
When a vote by ballot is taken, this must be included in the minutes.
What is the full tellers' report? RONR 48:5(2)(b)
If a committee or officer report contains no recommendation for action, the correct action is___________.
No action is taken. No vote is necessary to receive a report. RONR 51:53
Powers not mentioned in the Book of Order are reserved to ________________.
What are the presbyteries? F-3.0209
Both ecclesiastical and ___________ business may be conducted at the same meeting.
What is corporate? G-1.0503.
In a committee or small board, informal _______ can take place about a matter without a motion.
What is discussion? RONR 49:21(4).
These types of main and secondary motions should be included in minutes.
What is all main motions, and secondary motions not lost or withdrawn, when necessary to report them for completeness or clarity? RONR 48:4(6)-(7).
This is the how the motion to postpone differs from lay on the table.
What is postponing to the next meeting for further consideration, rather than laying the matter aside due to a matter of urgency? RONR 17:1. Postpone requires a 2/3 vote, table is simple majority.
This is a quorum of the General Assembly.
What is one hundred commissioners, fifty ruling elders and fifty ministers of Word and Sacrament, representing Presbyteries of at least one fourth of the Synods? G-3.0503
These categories of business transacted at congregational meetings also require the approval of Presbytery.
What is calling a pastor, dissolving a relationship with a pastor, buying, mortgaging, or selling property, requesting an exemption from Presbytery, or creating a joint congregational witness? G-1.0503.
This is the only time the number of speeches in debate is limited in a committee or small board.
What is an appeal of the chair's ruling? RONR 49:21(3).