Session 101
The council for the congregation composed of those persons elected by the congregation to active service as ruling elders, together with all installed pastors and associate pastors
What is the Session?
When does the Waverly session meet?
The Head of the Church, according to our Book of Order
Who is Jesus Christ?
Every meeting must be opened and closed with this.
What is prayer?
Elders may vote according to this
What is the conscious?
This is where you will find the by-laws, session procedures, and various other policies
What is the Manual of Operations?
Your role once a month, which includes prepping for communion, serving communion, counting those in attendance, and turning on and off the lights
What is Ushering?
The four councils of the PCUSA
What are the Session, Presbytery, Synods, and the General Assembly?
A quorum for meetings
What is the moderator plus the majority of its ruling elders in current service?
A second is not needed on this motion
What is a motion coming from a committee?
This elder is appointed by session and keeps the official minutes of the Session meetings, prepares annual reports for Presbytery, and keeps the official records of the Congregation.
Who is the Clerk of Session?
This opens our session meetings and must be done by each elder once a year.
What is a devotion?
provide that the Word of God may be truly preached and heard, provide that the Sacraments may be rightly administered and received, and nurture the covenant community of disciples of Christ
What does the session have responsibility and power to do?
If two people do not object to this means of a vote, 24 hours will be given for discussion before a vote is taken
What is the electronic voting procedure?
Acts 14:23
When are Elders first appointed in the church?
The Book of Confessions and The Book of Order
What is included in the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA)?
You must chair one of these, or serve as clerk or treasurer.
The four divisions of the Book of Order
What are the foundations of Presbyterian Polity, Form of Government, Directory for Worship, and Rules for Discipline?
President, Vice President, and Secretary
Who are our corporate officers?
The associate ministers, stated clerk, and general minister of the Pittsburgh Presbytery
Who are Brian Wallace, Ralph Lowe, Carla Campbell, and Jessica McClure Archer
The parliamentary authority of the session
What is Robert's Rules of Order?
What are some basic expectations of every session member?
The great ends of the church
What are: the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind; the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God; the maintenance of divine worship; the preservation of the truth; the promotion of social righteousness; and the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world?
The Session shall have the duties and powers, and be subject to the limitations and exceptions, set forth by this and the Waverly bylaws.
What is the Constitution of the United Presbyterian Church?
A pop singer whose first and last name is an anagram of PRESBYTERIANS
Who is Britney Spears?