The Presbytery of Hudson River
May 24, 2011
First Presbyterian Church of Beacon
(Please see the note below about a bridge closing that may alter your route.)
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
9:00 PRE-MEETING PRAYER GATHERING All are welcome to join in this time of preparation and spiritual fellowship. Look for location notice at registration.
9:00 REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS
9:30 A CALL TO GATHER THE PRESBYTERS FOR GOD’S BUSINESS Angela Maddalone
DECLARATION OF A QUORUM
VOTING THE DOCKET (including the Consent Agenda. If any presbyter wants to remove an item from the consent agenda for discussion and action (s)he need only request that it be removed)
THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW ELDER COMMISSIONERS
THE SEATING OF CORRESPONDING MEMBERS
THE MINUTES Appointment of readers of this meeting’s minutes.
9:45 50th Anniversary Bill Crawford
9:50 General Presbyter Susan Andrews
10:00 Dr. Diana Butler Bass, contemporary Christian author and thinker
Topic: The Three Questions Shaping a New Spiritual Awakening
10:55 Memorial Minute for the Rev. Carol Moseley Ames Peggy Howland
11:00 Worship
Noon Lunch
1:00 Goodbye to Chris
1:25 Presbyterian Foundation Paul Grier
1:50 Pentecost Offering – Connections with Peru Partnership
2:00 Committee on Ministry David Harkness & Scott Ramsey
2:15 Congregation and Mission Ministries Lynda Clements
2:25 Challenge to Change Roque Garcia & Chip Low
2:35 Committee on Preparation for Ministry Judy Wason & Bill Weisenbach
Move to Candidacy: Ken Godshall
3:00 Attendance Proclamation Dan Love
ADJOURNMENT
TUESDAY, July 19, 2011 is the next stated meeting of the Presbytery of Hudson River. The Presbytery will gather for worship and business at 3:00 PM at the Presbyterian Camp and Conference Center, Holmes, New York. All are encouraged to dress casually, as for a picnic.
Those who require child care should notify the Presbytery office no later than May 17, 2011. Parents are to provide diapers as needed and any special foods.
Those unable to attend a stated meeting or a special called meeting should submit their requests for excuse to the Presbytery Office via e mail to: .
DIRECTIONS TO FPC BEACON: Please note that a bridge over the Fishkill will be closed for repairs. With this in mind, the simplest way is to take 9D, either from the north (there's an exit off 84) or the south, and follow it until Prospect Street. Turn on Prospect Street (there's only one way to turn coming from either direction) and follow Prospect until it comes to a T at East Main. Turn left onto East Main and follow it to the stop sign. Go straight through (it becomes Spring Street) until the T at Liberty Street, and turn left on Liberty. The church will be on the left at the next block.
Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of seven books including A People’s History of Christianity: the Other Side of the Story (HarperOne, 2009), nominated for a Library of Virginia literary award in non-fiction. Her best-selling Christianity for the Rest of Us (2006) was named as one of the best religion books of the year by Publishers Weekly and Christian Century, won the Book of the Year Award from the Academy of Parish Clergy, and was featured in a cover story in USA TODAY.
Diana regularly consults with religious organizations, leads conferences for religious leaders, and teaches and preaches in a variety of venues. She blogs at The Huffington Post and Beliefnet, and regularly comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR. From 1995-2000, she wrote a weekly column on American religion for the New York Times Syndicate. She is a contributing editor for Sojourners Magazine has written widely in the religious press, including Christian Century, Clergy Journal, and Congregations.
From 2002 to 2006, she was the Project Director of a national Lilly Endowment funded study of mainline Protestant vitality—a project featured in Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from The General Theological Seminary in New York. Diana also serves on the boards of the Beatitudes Society and Public Religion Research.
Diana has taught at Westmont College, the University of California at Santa Barbara, Macalester College, Rhodes College, and the Virginia Theological Seminary. She has taught church history, American religious history, history of Christian thought, religion and politics, and congregational studies.
She and her family live in Alexandria, Virginia. She can be contacted through her website at www.dianabutlerbass.com and can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.
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