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Minutes of the General Assembly 2012
Minutes of Session 1 of the 2012 General Assembly
Te Maungarongo Marae, 62 Pohutukawa Avenue
Ohope
Thursday 4 October, 11.30 am
The ministers and ruling elders of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand,
elected as representative members of the General Assembly, together with associate
and observer members, convened pursuant to the appointment of the General
Assembly meeting at Christchurch, October 2010.
The Assembly was welcomed to the Marae by members of Te Aka Puaho and the
Presbytery of Kaimai.
The Right Rev Peter Cheyne, outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly, by prayer
constituted the Assembly in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only King and Head
of the Church, and conducted public worship.
The Assembly Clerk, the Rev Martin Baker, moved, it was seconded and agreed:
[12.001] That the roll of the Assembly as laid on the table be accepted.
Roll of the 2012 General Assembly
Moderator: Rt Rev Ray Coster
Assembly Clerk: Rev Martin Baker
Ashburton Presbytery
Elder: Mr Robert Jones
Association of Presbyterian Women
Elders: Mrs Valerie Anderson, Mrs Jan Harland
Council of Asian Congregations
Youth: Ms Yennie Dokko, Mr Sung Hwan Kim
Christchurch Presbytery
Elders: Mr John Bruerton, Mr Michael Cooke, Mrs Kathleen Croy, Mr Alan Ferguson,
Mr Andrew Howley, Mr Hae Poong Lee, Mrs Lydia MacKinnon, Mr Allan Middlemiss,
Mr Paul Seaton, Mrs Gwen Spoelstra, Mrs Jillian White
Ministers: Rev David Coster, Rev Hamish Galloway, Rev Peter Jackson, Rev Dr Alan
Missen, Rev Hugh Perry, Rev Brent Richardson, Rev Anne Stewart, Rev Martin
Stewart, Rev Stephanie Wells
Youth: Mr Jonathan Barb, Miss Jihye Choi
Gisborne-Hawkes Bay Presbytery
Elders: Mr Maurice Craig, Mrs Janet Ewart, Mr Wayne Rewcastle, Mrs Gael Riddiford,
Mrs Glenys Single
Ministers: Rev Uili Aukuso, Rev Sally Carter, Rev Paul Loveday, Rev Adrian Skelton,
Rev Brett Walker
Kaimai Presbytery
Elders: Mr Bruce Dowdle, Mrs Ann Hall, Mr Barrie Herring, Keith Jellyman, Mr James
Marsters, Mr Dennis McFarland, Mrs Ella McLean, Mr Ray Miller, Mrs Dawn Phillips,
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