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Shepherd's Corner ...
with Ruling Elder Ted Fines
Excerpts from Ted's February 2025 letter:
"Presbyterian Basics- Part 1: What is the Presbytery?
“Presbytery” has many meanings to many of our members. When we say, “The Presbytery should…” or “We have a Presbytery meeting this week,” we use the same word but very differently. When someone says, “the Presbytery,” we need to ask ourselves, “ How are they using the word Presbytery?”
Part of the reason for this complicated word is its definition. The Book of Order (G-3.0301 Composition and Responsibilities) defines “the Presbytery” as “the council serving as a corporate expression of the church within a certain district and is composed of all the congregations and ministers of the Word and Sacrament within that district.”
... In many ways, the Presbytery feels like home to us. It is our family, complete with the disagreements, history, and rivalries that naturally arise in any family. If you are reading this article, you are one of my people, and I am one of you.
This connection is not simply a matter of choice but a calling to be part of the church's corporate expression. We are united not for our own sake but for the sake of God’s work in the world."
Click here to read Ted's February 2025 letter in its entirety.
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