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REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA 143<br />

D. HowardElliott<br />

Paul Faris<br />

Robert Fullerton<br />

Harold Harrington<br />

Mellville Martin<br />

Philip Martin<br />

Toshio Masunaga<br />

Glen McFarland<br />

Robert McMillan<br />

Willard G. McMillan<br />

Nobuo Miwa<br />

Kelly Moore<br />

Timothy Russell<br />

Sumito Sakai<br />

Gene Spear<br />

Charles S. Sterrett<br />

William J. Sterrett<br />

Robert Tweed<br />

S. Bruce Willson<br />

J. Paul Wilson<br />

J. Renwick Wright<br />

James M. Wright<br />

Jim Pennington<br />

Robert Schmidtberger<br />

Robert McCracken<br />

Glen Chin<br />

Roy Adams<br />

Bob Hemphill<br />

Bob Henning<br />

John McFarland<br />

Bruce Hemphill<br />

Bruce Backensto<br />

Charles Leach<br />

Phil Pockras<br />

Ken Smith<br />

John McMillan<br />

Tom Reid<br />

Ron Good<br />

Bruce Backensto<br />

Jim Carson<br />

Bill Roberts<br />

Paul Martin<br />

Andrew Schep<br />

Ralph Joseph<br />

The report <strong>of</strong> the Assistant Clerk on Records <strong>of</strong> Presbyteries was taken<br />

up approved and is as follows:<br />

REPORT ON RECORDS OF PRESBYTERIES<br />

The Assistant Clerk would respeafully report that the <strong>Minutes</strong> <strong>of</strong> all the<br />

Presbyteries (7 <strong>of</strong> them) under the care <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Synod</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Reformed</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong><br />

Church <strong>of</strong> North America were read and approved. Nothing substantial was found<br />

contrary to the law and order <strong>of</strong> the church except some minor matters which<br />

were indicated to the appropriate presbyteries. Among these minor matters are:<br />

minutes not signed by either the Moderator and/or the Clerk <strong>of</strong> the meeting, and<br />

some spelling or editorial errors.<br />

One comment that appeared in more than one review report was that in<br />

recording minutes surnames be included with first names in all minutes.<br />

However, the Assistant Clerk would record the following comments from those<br />

who read the respeaive <strong>Minutes</strong>:<br />

1. From the committee to read the St. Lawrence Presbytery <strong>Minutes</strong>:<br />

"Nothing was found contrary to the law and order <strong>of</strong> the church.<br />

However, more details should have been included regarding the resignation <strong>of</strong><br />

the Almonte Session. The lack <strong>of</strong> detail regarding their voluntary resignation<br />

leaves open the possibility <strong>of</strong> a 'creative discharge', or a forced resignation<br />

under duress. This would, <strong>of</strong> course, be the equivalent <strong>of</strong> a trial-less

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