February 16th Presbytery Meeting Rescheduled!!!
Attention Presbyters and Guests,
Due to inclement weather and threats of tornadoes for our area tomorrow, the Executive Council has rescheduled our Presbytery meeting. Instead of meeting tomorrow, February 16th at Brown Memorial we will meet in person March 9th at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church. Registration for the newly rescheduled meeting will be available on Monday, February 27th. (New registration link is below)
Please share this change with everyone in your congregations that had planned to attend tomorrow.
Jay Wilkins, Stated Clerk
Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE UPCOMING
March 9, 2023 PRESBYTERY MEETING
This Presbytery meeting will be an In Person Only Meeting. Internet connections are weak so, bring your packets.
Below are important details regarding registration link, and packet link.
Information for ALL Presbytery meeting participants
Presbytery Registration (No later than Friday, March 3rd)
Please use the link below to register for the meeting. It is very important that you register by March 3rd, no later than noon. This is so we can get an accurate number for a quorum and lunch reservations.
https://forms.gle/DkRUMyayaubdNeYEA
Ministers and Commissioners, please download, print and read the presbytery packet before the meeting. Click the following link for the packet: February Presbytery Meeting Packet
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the links for the packet and the previous meeting minutes.
An edited and marked copy of the revisions from the initial version of the standing rules (August 2022) is available here.
A Worship folder will be sent out the day before the meeting.
The 225th General Assembly voted on a number of amendments to the Constitution of the Presbyteryian Church (USA), including the Book of Discipline. The amendments will now come back to the Presbyteries for ratification. This presbytery will vote on these amendments at both the March and May meetings. Below is a link to the many amendments upon which we are to vote.
The 225th General Assembly voted on a number of amendments to the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA), including the Book of Discipline. The amendments will now come back to the Presbyteries for ratification. This presbytery will vote on these amendments at both the February and May meetings. Below is a link to the many amendments upon which we are to vote.
Link to the proposed Amendments.
These amendments cannot be amended, so we will simply vote them up or down.
The Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley has four stated meetings each year. Presbytery Packets are available below-left, and minutes from previous meetings are below-right. Presbytery Packets will be posted 10 days before an upcoming meeting.
2023 Stated Meetings:
March 9, 2023 – Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa
May 18, 2023 – Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham
August 17, 2023 – Presbyterian Home for Children, Talladega
November 16, 2023 – Selma
Presbytery Packets |
Presbytery Minutes |
Presbytery Reflections
May 2022 Highlights from May Presbytery Meeting
February 2022 Highlights from February Presbytery Meeting
November 2021 Highlights from November Presbytery Meeting
August 2020 Highlights from May Presbytery Meeting
May 2020 Highlights from May Presbytery Meeting
February 2020 Highlights from February Presbytery meeting
November 2019 Highlights from November Presbytery meeting