PRESBYTERY MEETINGS
Called Meeting of the Presbytery of the Pines
Saturday, October 11th at 10:00pm at Presbyterian Church of Ruston
Dear Commissioners, Members, and Friends of the Presbytery of the Pines,
I'm writing with information about the upcoming 140th Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of the Pines, to be held on Saturday, October 11, 2025 beginning at 10:00am at the Presbyterian Church of Ruston in Ruston, Louisiana.
Attached to this email is the official letter calling for the meeting. I've also attached separately the proposed agenda with business items to be included and acted on at the meeting, and minutes from both the previous stated meeting in June and the special called meeting that was held in August. (Meeting minutes are now being approved by the PLC so they can be distributed sooner!)
It's not required, but you are invited to register yourself or your congregation's commissioner using the Google Form at this link: https://forms.gle/Lbdh8WqrQGXQncrk8.
The Texas Presbyterian Foundation is sponsoring our luncheon at this meeting, so it would be helpful for everyone who plans to participate to pre-register so we can make arrangements for the luncheon. We know this is a busy season, but we hope that everyone will make plans to stay for the luncheon as a concluding celebration!
An information packet including documents and details of the business to be transacted will be distributed on September 26th, two weeks before the Presbytery meeting. Please review the packet at your convenience before the meeting. All proposed business for the meeting is listed in the proposed docket attached to this email.
Please me know if you have questions, concerns, or special needs.
On this day twenty-four years ago, I remember mostly that for me, amidst all of the chaos, the Session at the Church I was serving at the time chose to keep its previously scheduled Session meeting that day. Amidst rumors of there already being gas shortages, and with no clear understanding if the attack was over, we quietly kept to our routine of being the Church. I am reminded, even as I think about the tragic loss of life and changing landscapes, that the chaos is temporary, the Church of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God stand forever.
We still live in a troubled world with daily assaults to our sensibilities, our way of life, even our faith. Chaos would like to still carry the day; but God says, it does not. I don't know it will all get worked out; I do know who wins.
May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ find you and inhabit your heart this day, and every day.
Shalom,
David Stipp-Bethune
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