Liaisons!
What you do if you have no idea what you are doing on COM.
What is call the Moderator of your Cluster or a COM Co-Moderator or Jan (in that order)?
He will look over Pastoral Contracts to check the math.
Who is Robert Charles, the Presbytery Comptroller
The PNC needs this before they elect a Moderator and get started.
What is orientation/training?
Sometimes it leaks after a strong rain.
What is the church roof?
It's the oldest Presbytery in the country.
What is Philadelphia Presbytery?
It's what you do if your life's become busier than you expected and you can no longer attend COM Cluster Meetings or Full COM Meetings.
What's "step away from COM for now" because we really need liaisons who can tend to their churches.
She will point you to the list of MRC Connectors to help with grants.
Who is Alice Ridgill, Associate General Presbyter
Before a PNC can interview a candidate in person they need this.
What's a cleared Executive Check by Jan?
Where some of our congregations put all their extra money, even though Jesus said, "Let the dead bury the dead."
What is the church cemetery?
She is one of the Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly.
Who is Ruth Santana Grace or Shavon Starling-Louis?
The names of the Clerk of Session, the Pastor(s), and what's going on over there.
What should a COM liaison know about "their churches"?
She will cheerlead you through whatever you need for COM (but she'd rather church members call YOU first)
Who is Jan Edmiston, the GP
At the last Amen of the installation service of the new pastor.
When is a PNC's job over?
Sometimes it breaks in the middle of the summer and you need to worship outside.
What is the Air Conditioning?
They were merged in 1984 to become Charlotte Presbytery.
What are Catawba and Mecklenburg Presbyteries?
It's our only church in S.C. and part of the South Cluster.
What is First Pageland?
She's been our Book of Order Expert for 20 years.
Who is Tamara Williams, Stated Clerk
She does the background check on finances, crime and driving infractions before the PNC can call a pastor.
Who is Tamara Williams, the Stated Clerk?
The bane of all lovers of classical organ music.
What are drums, guitars, and all "contemporary music"?
The number of counties in Charlotte Presbytery.
What is seven?
It's our unofficial motto for Charlotte's COM.
What is,
"You can put a toilet in your kitchen. We're going to tell you that putting a toilet in your kitchen is a bad idea but you can still do it."
She's the national treasure who makes sure all contracts are in order and all leaders have taken their Healthy Boundaries and Anti-Racism Training.
Who is Lisa Dillard, COM Coordinator?
ECO Presbyterians, PCA Presbyterians, EPC Presbyterians, Baptists.
Who are Pastors who can't be called to serve one of our churches without becoming PCUSA?
It's the annual fundraiser at several of our churches including Mallard Creek, Poplar Tent and Ramah replete with cole slaw and baked beans.
What's the BBQ Dinner?
She was the first African American woman ordained to the office of Minister of the Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church?
Who is Katie Geneva Cannon?