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Last
Updated February 29th, 2008
Below
is the PEVA STRUCTURE approved at the Fifty-Seventh Stated Meeting on
June 24, 2003.
PEVA
STRUCTURE
Each Team/Committee is
represented with a seat on Council
CHURCH
ORDER MINISTRY TEAM
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Bills and Overtures Committee
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Committee on Representation
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Nominations Committee
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Sessional Records Committee
COMMITTEE ON
MINISTRY
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Care and Support of Church Professionals Subcommittee
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Congregational Visitation Subcommittee
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Examinations Subcommittee
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Mediation and Reconciliation Subcommittee
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Vacancies Subcommittee
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Commissioned Lay Pastor Program
COMMITTEE ON
PREPARATION FOR MINISTRY
EVANGELISM
MINISTRY TEAM
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Campus Ministry Committee
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Congregational Transformation Committee
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New Church Development Committee
JUSTICE, MERCY,
AND MISSION MINISTRY TEAM
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Local
and National Ministries
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Hunger Committee
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World Wide Ministries Committee
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Congo Partnership Committee (included under WWMC)
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Peacemaking Committee
NATIONAL BLACK
PRESBYTERIAN CAUCUS / PEVA CHAPTER
PRESBYTERIAN MEN
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
RESOURCING MINISTRY TEAM
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Christian Education Ministries Committee
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Youth Ministries Committee
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Makemie Woods Committee
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Resource Center Committee
STEWARDSHIP
MINISTRY TEAM
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PEVA Ministry Interpretation Committee
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Budget Committee
PRIMARY
FUNCTIONS OF COUNCIL:
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Administration
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Priority Planning
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PEVA Meetings
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Communication
Council usually meets the fourth Thursday evening of the
month prior to each regularly scheduled stated meeting of presbytery.
This schedule may be adjusted due to holidays. Council
meetings are held at the PEVA office.
PEVA MINISTRIES
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CHURCH ORDER
MINISTRY TEAM
Manages membership
on Presbytery’s committees; nominates to Presbytery its Moderator and
Vice Moderator, members of committees and other elected bodies, and
commissioners to General Assembly and Synod.
Moderator:
Staff Resources:
Stated Clerk:
Donald F. Bickhart
Staff Support:
Linda Marley Smith
Bills and
Overtures Committee:
Moderator:
Rev. Daniel Dickenson
Committee on
Representation:
Advises and makes
recommendations to the Nominations Committee on fair representation and
make-up of committees of PEVA.
Moderator:
Vacant
Nominations
Committee:
Receives and makes
recommendations to Presbytery regarding overtures, resolutions and
amendments to the constitution to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Moderator:
The Rev. Ed Boyce
Sessional
Records Committee:
Moderator:
Elder Ray Whitney
Provides advice and
counsel to ministers and congregations concerning ministry; dissolves
pastoral relationships; transfers presbytery memberships; appoints
moderators of sessions; monitors the work of all minister members;
furnishes support and orientation of ministers; examines candidates for
ministry.
Moderator:
The Rev. Douglas Nagel
Vice Moderator:
The Rev. Anita Killebrew
Staff Resources:
General Presbyter:
J. Richard Short
Associate General
Presbyter:
Stated Clerk:
Donald F. Bickhart
Support Staff:
Elder Linda Marley Smith
Vacancies
Sub-Committee:
Moderator:
The Rev. Donald McLean
Examinations
Sub-Committee:
Moderator:
The Rev. John Payne
Mediation and
Reconciliation Sub-Committee:
Moderator:
The Rev. Bob Melone
Care and Support
of Church Professionals Sub-Committee:
Moderator: The Rev. Judy Thomson
Congregational Visitation Sub-Committee:
Moderator:
The Rev. Anita Killebrew
Commissioned Lay
Pastor Program:
Moderator:
The Rev. Fred Archer
Oversees all
Inquirers and Candidates for the office of Minister of the Word and
Sacrament.
Moderator:
The Rev. Jeffrey Scott Bell
Staff Resources:
General Presbyter:
J. Richard Short
Support Staff:
Linda Marley Smith
Works with churches in
their efforts for evangelistic outreach and arranges appropriate events
for evangelism and congregational transformation education and training.
Moderator:
The Rev. Addie Naomi Peterson
Staff Resources:
Associate General
Presbyter:
Support Staff:
Jessica A. Fitzgerald
Campus Ministry
Committee:
Coordinates with
agencies of other denominations and joint boards to effect the call of
campus ministers; maintains a campus ministry on local campuses;
encourages and guides the work of the campus ministers; and provides a
resource for campus ministers.
Moderator:
Amber Gallob
Campus Ministry
Coordinator:
The Rev. Linda Rainey (ODU) Campus
Ministry
Congregational
Transformation Committee:
Receives and acts on
requests from congregations about property concerns, emergency financial
assistance, making loan requests and asking for permission to relocate.
Also works with congregations in the areas of church growth,
transformation and evangelism.
Moderator:
The Rev. Addie Naomi Peterson
New Church
Development Committee:
Studies and researches
the possibilities for developing new congregations; coordinates the
funding, development, and property exchanges necessary; and makes the
appropriate recommendations to Presbytery.
Moderator:
Vacant
Moderator:
Elder Suzanne Williams
Staff Resources:
Associate General
Presbyter:
Support Staff:
Jessica A. Fitzgerald
Hunger Committee:
Works with the Hunger
Action Enabler; sponsors Presbytery hunger programs and assists
congregations with hunger-action programs and special events.
Moderator:
The Rev. Richard Lovingood
Hunger Action Enabler:
Elder Alice S Taylor
Self Development of
People Committee:
Moderator:
Randolph Drew
World-Wide
Ministries Committee:
Provides information,
education, and opportunities to Presbytery and its churches concerning
global issues and Presbyterian missions.
Moderator:
Vacant
Congo Partnership
Sub-Committee:
Receives reports of
special needs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and communicates
these to congregations. Also is involved in the Sister-pairing of
Presbyterian Churches in the Congo to those in PEVA.
Co-Moderators:
Dr. Mark Schreiber
Elizabeth Smith
Mission Facilitator:
Etienne Bote-Tshiek
Peacemaking
Committee:
Encourages churches in
their peacemaking efforts by providing resource materials and programs
as well as arranging appropriate educational events.
Moderator:
Elder Suzanne Williams
Moderator:
Sandra Patterson Davis
Staff Resources
Associate General
Presbyter:
Support Staff:
Jessica A. Fitzgerald
The PEVA Chapter of
NBPC is part of a national organization dedicated to addressing issues
that affect African-Americans throughout the PCUSA. It is a national
advocacy organization with regional and presbytery chapters that
addresses, emphasizes and promotes the interests and needs of
African-Americans in the Presbyterian Church USA. NBPC and the PEVA
Chapter of NBPC work with other caucuses, councils, committees, and
groups as well as the PCUSA denomination as a whole to support the work
and service of African-American Presbyterians
Moderator:
Elder Walter Martin
Moderator:
Jody Humphreys
Staff Resources:
Associate General
Presbyter:
Support Staff:
Jessica A. Fitzgerald
Moderator:
The Rev.
Virginia Russell
Staff Resources:
Associate General
Presbyter:
Support Staff:
Jessica A. Fitzgerald
Christian Education
Ministries Committee:
Receives resource
material from other agencies of the Presbyterian Church and other church
organizations; assists local congregations in planning educational
programs, selecting curricula, training leaders, planning programs for
children and other specific age or interest groups. This
committee is in the process of restructure.
Moderator:
Elder Lou Ventura
Youth Ministries
Committee:
Works with the Makemie
Woods Director in planning youth events; sponsors four annual retreats;
coordinates the participation of Presbytery youth in church events.
Moderator:
The Rev. Stephen Ratliff
Youth Ministry Adult
Advisors:
Nicole Belanus, Harry Lee Cross, The Rev. Ernest Gardner, Kimberly Greene,
Devereux Leonard, Karen Pruitt, Elizabeth Smith and Kadim Tshiek.
Makemie
Woods Committee:
Receives information
from Makemie Woods Director, maintains and operates Makemie Woods as a
retreat, conference and camp center; supervises camp staff, designs and
administers the Camp and Conference Program of Presbytery; helps to plan
and promote all camp and conference activities.
Moderator:
The Rev. Virginia Russell
Staff Resource:
The Rev. Michelle Burcher, Makemie Woods Camp & Conf. Ctr. Director
Resource Center
Committee:
Oversees the general
requirements, advocacy, acquisitions, and training events of the
Resource Center.
Co-Moderators:
The Rev. Courtney Cromie
Liz Harris, DCE
Resource Center
Director:
Elder Kristie Matheson
Moderator:
Staff Resources:
General Presbyter:
The Rev. Dr. J. Richard Short
Director of Finance:
Frances Taylor, CPA
Support Staff:
Elder Linda
Marley Smith and Jessica A. Fitzgerald
Budget Committee:
Plans the budget for
Presbytery; monitors receipts and expenses and recommends budget
adjustments.
Moderator:
PEVA
Ministry Interpretation Committee:
Interprets the mission
of Presbyterian governing bodies through resources and arranges
stewardship events.
Moderator:
(Temp) Elder Kenneth Wheeler
Membership on
Council comprises all current moderators of each ministry team and
constitutional committee of PEVA.
Moderator:
Elder Eugene Johnson
Staff Resources:
General Presbyter:
The Rev. Dr. J. Richard Short
Associate General
Presbyter:
Stated Clerk: Donald
F. Bickhart
Staff Support:
Elder Linda
Marley Smith
PEVA
Meetings Committee:
General Presbyter:
The
Rev. Dr. J. Richard Short
Stated Clerk:
Donald F.
Bickhart
PEVA Moderator:
The Rev. Valena M. Hoy
PEVA Vice-Moderator:
Jody Humphreys
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