PRESBYTERY REPORTS—JANUARY 2017

From the Stated Clerk

The Stated Clerk reports that she:

Dismissed the Rev. Jesse G. Mabanglo to Seattle Presbytery, effective January 19, 2016.

Appointed the Rev. Fay Acker to moderate the Northminister Presbyterian Church session

meetings beginning after December 25, 2016.

Appointed Ruling Elder Julia Schaeffer moderator of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church

session at its meeting on November 29, 2016.

Appointed the Rev. Dottie LaPenta to moderate the Berwyn Presbyterian Church session

meeting on December 18, 2016.

Appointed the Rev. Eunice Yang to moderate the Berwyn Presbyterian Church session meeting

on January 15, 2017.

Appointed the Rev. Jean Coyle to moderate the Southminster Presbyterian Church

congregational meeting on January 22, 2017.

Appointed the Rev. Jeri Fields to moderate the Heritage Presbyterian Church session meetings in

December 2016 and January 2017.

Appointed the Rev. Ed Taylor to moderate the January 9, 2017 session meeting at Rockville

Presbyterian Church.

Approved the ordination plans for Kim Mitchel, which ordination took place on December 11,

2016 at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church.

Approved the ordination plans for Emily Rhodes Hunter, which ordination too place on

December 3, 2016 at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Received the following resignations from committees/commissions:

Committee on Ministry

Sharon Core

Lakesha Bradshaw

Mission Coordination Committee

Yenny Delgado

Nominating Committee

Glenn Zuber

Stewardship Committee

Roy Mitchell

The Stated Clerk reports that the following teaching elders who are engaged in approved

Specialized ministries have failed to report on their work in 2016:

Rev. Saul Cardona-Morales

Rev. Cho Hun Jung

Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris

Rev. Jennifer (Jen) Dunfee

Rev. Larry Golemon

Rev. John Green

Rev. Shawn MacDonald

Rev. Sterling Morse

Rev. Nancy Neal

Rev. Douglas (Doug) Ronsheim

Rev. John Seaman

Rev. John Wagner

Rev. Rose Wayland

And the following At Large teaching elders have failed to file a 2016 report:

Rev. Mark Armstrong

Rev. Carol Barrett

Rev. Heather Bobbitt

Rev. Jocelyn (J.C.) Cadwallader

Rev. Joseph Chen

Rev. Jay Click

Rev. Jane Duffield

Rev. Kenneth (Ken) Eimer

Rev. Garrett Hoffmann

Rev. William Jokela

Rev. Susan Kendall

Rev. Fuad Khouri

Rev. Chul Kim

Rev. Sungte Kim

Rev. Olivia Lane

Rev. Heemoon Lee

Rev. Derek Longbrake

Rev. Jill Lum

Rev. Carol Morrison

Rev. Christine Reimers

Rev. Charles Reinhold

Rev. Stanton (Tad) Wicker

Rev. Susan Wilder

Rev. Richard (Rick) Wurst

Rev. Christopher (Chris) Yim

The Stated Clerk reports, in accordance with G-3.0104, that the following are the rolls of

Teaching Elders, Certified Christian Educators and Certified Associate Christian Educators in

National Capital Presbytery effective December 31, 2016:

ACTIVE

Acker, Fay C.

Anderson, T. Denise

Andrade, Edwin

Atiemo, Samuel

Beckman, Eric

Bell, Robert

Bellis, Alice O.

Booker, Charles

Bradshaw, Lakesha

Brassard, James

Braunstein, Leslianne

Brinton, Henry

Bromhead, J. Robin

Brookens-Sturman, Elizabeth

Brown, Jean

Burns, Michael

Burris, Currie

Cadwallader, Jocelyn

Cargal, Timothy

Carlson, Scott

Chan, Judy

Chatelaine-Samsen,

Christopher

Cho, Hun Jung

Choi, Sung Eun

Clark, Brian

Clem, Donald

Core, Sharon

Cubie, James

Cunningham, Laura

Daley Harris, Shannon

Dana, MaryAnn McKibben

Dantas-Dias, Almir

D’Andrea, Emily Berman

Deacon, Christopher

Della Santina, Peter

Douthett, David

Duffield, Jane

Duggan, Daniel

Dunfee, Jennifer

Ellestad, Anne

Ensign, David

Etheridge Harasty, Shelby

Ferguson, Whitworth

Fincher, Michelle

Fields, Jeri

FitzGerald, Catherine

Forsyth, Eric

Fox, E. Quinn

Fulp-Eickstaedt, Aaron

Fulp-Eickstaedt, Judith

Garris, Benjamin R.

Gaskill, Mark

Gench, Frances Taylor

Gench, Roger

Golemon, Larry

Gordon, Norman

Goss, J. Beth

Graceson, Susan

Grams, Kendra

Gray, David

Green, John D.

Greenslit, Lawrence P.

Greiner, Mark

Gunn, G. Wilson

Guthrie, Juan

Hackett, J. Campbell

Haeger, Dawn

Hale, William V.

Hamilton, Brian

Hamilton, Ruth

Harding, Edward P., Jr.

Hawk, Loril

Hayward, Larry

Hayward, Margaret

Heck, Barbara

Hendricks, Diane Walton

Herlin, Ann

Hodges, LeAnn

Howard, Roy

Hung, Chien Di

Hunnicutt, Patrick

Hunter, Emily Rhodes

Hutchins, Diane

Hwang, Yena

James, Peter G.

Jamison, Wesley B.

Jones, Michael

Jostes, Lynn

Kang, Woong Joe

Kenkeremath, Lisa

Kim, Gyeong Mok

Kim, Hae Kil

Kiser, Shannon Smith

Klingensmith, Leslie

Koppel, Michael

Krehbiel, Jeffrey

Lader, Linda

Laha, Robert

Lane, Olivia

Lawrence, Mary Beth

Lawrence Hill, Kirby

Lee, John

Lees, Larry

Leonard Lara, Tamara

Looker, Christopher

Losher, Donald Jay

Mabanglo, Edith

MacDonald, Shawn

Marsh, Donna

McClure Archer, Jessica

McCollough, Catherine

McDonald, James

McFerran, Sam

McLaughlin, Jarrett

McLaughlin, Meg Peery

McLean, Geoffrey

McMichael, Gary L.

McNamara, Michael

McNeilly, David Rea

Meeks, Donald

Melone, Robert

Mercer, Joyce

Merrill, Matthew

Messman, Rebecca

Mickle, Bryan

Milam, David

Morse, Sterling

Murray, Camille Cook

Neal, Nancy

Nelson, Gail Porter

Nkansah, Stephen

Ofori-Nipaah, Philomena

Parker-Jones, Bernice

Parsons, Deborah

Peltz, Eric

Peterson, John E.

Philbrick, Ann M.

Phillips, Kori

Pullen, Mary

Ramsey, H. Scott

Reimers, Christine

Renwick, David

Rodgers, Mary

Ronsheim, Douglas

Rzepka, Lisa

Schacht, Amy

Schlageter, Matthew

Seaman, John

Simpkins Hoffman, Glenda

Sledge, James

Smith, Lyman

Smith-Cobbs, Stephen

Smoot, Jonathan

Staebler, Jo Ann

Stanford, Katherine

Stanton-Hoyle, Lynn

Sutton, Todd

Swayze, Beverly

Swayze, Knox

Tate, Jessica

Taylor, Edward G.

Taylor, Evangeline

Teichert, Molly Blythe

Tewell, Alice

Thornton, Nancy

Tilley, Carolyn

Ulmer, Holly R.

Underwood, Laurel

Vaagenes, Rachel

Wagner, John

Walker, Sean

Walton, Andrew

Wayland, Rose

Wellington, Robert

Williams, David

Williams, Elisabeth

Wilson, Caroline

Wilson, Donald

Wilson-Black, Juli

Winnette, Eric S.

Wisseman, Susan

Wright, Charles (Ted)

Yang, Eunice

Yearick, Carrie

Yieh, John

Youn, Heemoon P.

Zuber, Glenn

MEMBER-AT-LARGE Albershardt, Marty

Anderson, Alice

Armstrong, Mark

Barrett, Carol

Benson, Glen

Bobbitt, Heather

Chen, Joseph

Click, S. Jay

Collins, Laura

Collins-Stauffer, Mary Ann

Cordona-Morales, Saul

Douthett, Molly

Eimer, Kenneth

Evans, Abigail Rian

Everhart, Ruth

Fellows, Susan

Fox, Nancy

Francis, Katherine

Green, Walter

Henderson, Lisa Larsen

Henthorne, Hilaire

Hoffmann, Garrett

Hollister, Laura

Im, Byeong Moon

Jokela, William

Jordan-Haas, Constance

Kendall, Eugene

Kendall, Susan

Khouri, Fuad

Kim, Chul

Kim, Sungte

Kress, Paul

Lee, Heemoon

Lee, Jong Mi

Longbrake, Derek

Lum, Jill

Morrison, Carol

Nelson, J. Herbert

Parker, Michael

Plocher, Andrew

Powell, Kevin

Reinhold, Charles

Ro, Young Chan

Rodawla, Jacob

Rush, Carl

Spuhler McCabe, Tara

Suder, Teresa

Thomas, Jacalyn

Thomas, Richard

Tidd, Mark L.

VanGorder, Charles F.

Varnado, Sara

Wicker, S. Tad

Wilder, Susan

Wurst, Richard

Yim, Christopher

Yoo, John Y.

HONORABLY RETIRED Adams, James

Allen, James

Anderson, Paul

Angus, Robert

Bardsley, Graham

Bauer, Paul

Benefield, E. Anne

Benjamin, Donald

Blaser, Wayne

Bliss, Stanley

Bowen, Bruce

Boyles, John

Braxton, Elizabeth

Buck, Byron

Byrd, Cameron Wells

Campbell, Gary

Chambers, S. David

Chauncey, George A.

Chiang, John

Choi, Chang Wook

Christensen, Richard

Clark, Nancy J.B.

Clark, William N.

Click, Mary Boyd

Cook, Gary

Coyle, Jean

Crosby, Stephany

Daniels, Jeanne Adams

Davidson, Tom A.

Davie, Ann Rose

Doty, Karen

Dring, Lincoln

Edmunds, Robert

Ferry, Henry

Forner, George

Glassco, Lawrence

Goodlake, Frank C.

Gorrell, Carla

Halverson, R. Christian

Harman, Walter

Harris, Robert

Hartwig, Bruce

Hoover, Robert

Hope, Minette

Hopkins, Gerald

Houghton, Richard

Hwang, Su Pong

Hyman, Amitiyah Elayne

Iddings, Margee

Ivory, Elenora

Jervis, Madeline

Johnson, Carolyn

Johnson, Kermit D.

Johnson, Lewis M.

Kaseman, Mansfield

Kearns, Curtis

Kim, Yunkuk David

Kinzer, Lloyd

Kosanovich, William

LaPenta, Dorothy

Lawton, James

Lobenstine, Clark

Long, Robert

Lowrey, William

Lynn, Russell

Macdonell, James G.

MacKenzie, Jeanne

Matthews, Joseph C.

McDaniel, Bill T.

McDonald, J. Riley

Michaels, Judith

Miles, O. Thomas

Miller, Roger

Mulvihill, Kathleen

Nabors, Truman

Nixon, Rhoda C.

Ocampo, Jaime

Ott III, Stanley

Owensby, Walter L.

Pera, George

Phillippe, William

Pinder, Gary

Rosche, Theodore

Rudiselle, Suzanne

Schmid, Thomas

Schneider, Gail Nicholas

Shoup, Roger

Sirbaugh, Leonard B.

Smith, M. Blaine

Son, Hallelujah Y.

Sperduto, Theodore

Stanhope, Norman

Stoltzfus, Kerry

Stuart, William

Swanson, Steven

Taylor, George

Thomas, Daniel

Towner, W. Sibley

Trout, Douglas

True, Margaret

Velazco, Jose

Wallace, Dewey D.

Weddle, Donna

Wheat, Gerald

White, Edward A.

Whong, Matthew

Williams, James

Wilmore, Gayraud

Wimberly, John

Winter, John R.

Winters, Alice Ann

Wright, Charles P.

Wright, Dorothy McKinney

Yolton, William

Yun, Yeo Cheon

TEMPORARY MEMBERS

Bell-Haynes, Joan

Benson, Ralph

Hauge, Kenneth

Jordan-Haas, David

DISMISSED MEMBERS

Davis, Holly

Dawkins, Edward

Godfrey, Beth

Huggins, Kay

Kent, Ruth

Lowry, Jessica Doerrer

McFail, Richard

McKinley, Deborah

Park, Seung Ho

Powell, Elliott

Miller, Sean J

Cairatti, Sarah J.

Mabanglo, Jesse

DECEASED

Choi, Chang W

Dickson, J. Stuart

Feldner, Fred Nace, Theodore

Woods, Roger

Verley, Roger

CERTIFIED

CHRISTIAN

EDUCATORS

Andre-Colton, Priscilla

Bastian, Carroll

Fink, Carolyn

Jostes, Lynn

Kirkpatrick, Melissa

Moody, Jan

Smith, Cathy

Katie Synder

From the Administrative Commission for Unity Presbyterian Church

Minutes

Administrative Commission for Unity Presbyterian Church

Initial Meeting December 20, 2016

Southminster Presbyterian Church

Participants Present: Charles Barber Ruling Elder, Northeastern PC; Diane Walton Hendricks (

convener), Teaching Elder, Falls Church, PC; Sandra Whetstone, Ruling Elder, Southminster

PC; and Sara Coe, NCP Staff Liaison

Absent: Sandra Barrett, Ruling Elder, Garden Memorial PC

The meeting was called to order at approximately 8:00 pm by the convener, Diane W. Hendricks.

Introductions were made, the agenda was reviewed and followed as presented. Sandra

Whetstone volunteered to serve as secretary and Diane W. Hendricks was unanimously chosen

as chair.

Sara Coe walked us through the motion from the Leadership Council made at the November 15th

2016 NCP meeting establishing an administrative commission to discuss with the session of

Unity Presbyterian Church the ongoing viability of the congregation and alternatives to

continuing as a congregation. Sara stated the motion was a request from Unity’s session. She

explained the difference between commission and committee. The commission is empowered to

make decisions while a committee makes recommendations. She stated all our decisions must be

reported to the Leadership Council and minutes of our meetings must be given to her 15 days

prior to Presbytery Meeting. Minutes of the December 20th meeting is due to her by Jan. 9th.

We were informed that Unity has done a CAT scan, which revealed very low energy in the

congregation.

We were given the book “Toward The Better Country, Church Closure and Resurrection” and

advised to read it starting at chapter 6.

The following questions were raised during our meeting: Does Unity own outright the facility,

what uses are ongoing in the facility, how many paid staff and are there building issues? Diane

said she would talk to the pastor and try to get answers to the questions.

The next step is to meet with Unity’s Session on 1/15/17 at 12:30pm.

The meeting was adjourned with prayer at approximately 9:00pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Sandra Whetstone

From the Administrative Commission for Wheaton Presbyterian Church

2016 Report

Wheaton Community Church Administrative Commission

Our work with Wheaton Community Church has proceeded in stages. To review: In 2014, after

listening to the church to understand its perspective and needs, we worked to discern a path that

would lead them into a stable and productive future. In 2015 we trained a fresh, newly-elected

Wheaton session and supported their search for a temporary pastor from the limited supply of

Korean-speaking pastors willing to accept a part-time position. After they found Rev. Choi, who

seemed to be a good match but was not PC(USA), the A.C. met with him to evaluate his

experience, theology and suitability for the congregation. We were well satisfied with what we

found. Rev. Choi then wrote a Statement of Faith that was translated and submitted to the COM.

2016 has been spent on the subsequent task of seeking NCP approval. A March meeting between

the A.C. and representatives from presbytery staff and COM revealed presbytery concerns about

Rev. Choi’s Statement of Faith. The same meeting also exposed the challenge and complexity of

balancing Presbyterian polity against the pastoral leadership needs of immigrant congregations.

From there, things proceeded on two fronts. Yena Hwang represented the A.C. in meetings with

Rev. Choi and the Rev. Dr. John Lee in which theological concerns were reviewed, intentions

clarified, and satisfactory answers obtained. The result was a revised and much clearer Statement

of Faith. Meanwhile, the Congregational Transitions Commission, in concert with the Committee

on Ministry, reviewed and updated a policy on “Securing Pastoral Leadership for Immigrant

Worshipping Communities.” Although Wheaton’s situation is somewhat different from that

envisioned by the policy, the process it outlined gave the presbytery, the A.C., the Wheaton

church, and Rev. Choi a clear path by which we could all move forward, resulting in a December

14th preliminary examination of Rev. Choi by the COM’s Examination Team.

We are delighted to report that the Congregational Transitions Commission has approved the

Rev. Jim Choi for temporary membership in the National Capital Presbytery. He will be assigned

a liaison by the Commission on Preparation for Ministry and supplied Korean-language materials

to guide his study of Presbyterian theology and polity so that he may work toward PC(USA)

ordination.

Although the Wheaton Community Church still faces challenges, and the financial issues

between the church and National Capital Presbytery still need to be resolved, we on the A.C.

have felt from the beginning that obtaining good, consistent pastoral leadership was the most

critical, key issue. With that significant portion of our commission accomplished, we are hopeful

that the church will be able to move forward toward a healthy future and that our work will soon

be finished.

Respectfully submitted by the Wheaton Administrative Commission.

Rev. Yena Hwang

Elder Key Kim

Elder Kent Stevens

Rev. Laurel Underwood

(chair)

From the Leadership Council

Minutes from the December 2016 Leadership Council meetings can be accessed here.