Please join us at First Presbyterian Church Shawano from 9:30 – 4:00.

Details here: http://www.winnebagopresbytery.org/presbytery-meeting-papers/

And Winnebago Presbytery Meeting

Both take place on Saturday, February 12.  Presbyters will gather at Covenant Community Presbyterian Church in Schofield.  I don’t know if we’ll sing Happy Birthday, but I ‘m sure there will some other fun things happening.

The members of Covenant Community and the members of First Presbyterian Church, Abbotsford, have worked together to make it a great day.

Worship begins at 9:30 a.m. with the business meeting to follow.

A new year begins.

We’ll be wrapping up the financials for 2010 over the next couple of weeks.  Remember to make your 2010 benevolence and per capita bank deposits before January 6th.

Committee folks with vouchers for 2010 expenses should send them to the Presbytery Office before January 12th.

Remember the 2011 IRS mileage rate is 51 cents/mile.

In between meetings and closing out the yearend, we will be updating the web directory.  If you have a new Session Clerk of other information you would like changed before it is posted, be sure to contact the office.

The party is still on! We know the weather might be frightful this afternoon. Join us if you can!

• Granted Honorable Retirement to the Rev. Darryl Baker, the Rev. Ed Slusser, the Rev. Ted Sperduto, and the Rev. Lucy Rupe.

• Approved transitional Presbytery staffing plan for the next six months which includes moving the Associate Executive, the Rev. Sarah Moore-Nokes to fulltime employment and pursuing a  contract with Milwaukee Presbytery and the Rev. Gregg Neel, to work with the Committee on Ministry on a consulting basis.  Presbytery will review staffing needs in May 2011 to determine if an Interim Executive should be called.

• Received the report of the Directional Task Force.

• Recommended the Belhar Confession for inclusion in the Presbyterian Book of Confessions.

• Adopted a 2011 Operating Budget which includes a per capita rate of $29.65 and recommended mission giving percentages of General Assembly-23%, Synod-16%, and Presbytery-61%.  Invoices and report forms will be sent to local congregations in the near future.

• Welcomed four new pastors–the Rev. Kevin Buchanan (Pastor, Marshfield), the Rev. Jack Harrison (Pastor, Fond du Lac), the Rev. Ray Larson (Interim Pastor, De Pere), and the Rev, Kathy Keener-Han (Interim Pastor, Appleton).

• Said farewell and godspeed to the Rev. Lucy Rupe, Executive Presbyter, who will retire at the end of December.

• Welcomed 16 of our Local Mission Grant Partners during a lunch hour mission fair.