Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1961 - Rparchives.org

36 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE
to include a more adequate adult program, thus making our Conference
a family conference with a full program for every age
group. The dates for the Conference are August 8-15 and will
be at Camp St. Mary's again. Miss Jo Leino is preparing another
good young people's program.
The officers of Presbytery are as follows: Moderator, H. F.
Thompson; Clerk, E. R. Hemphill; Assistant Clerk, Bert Bowes;
Treasurer and Young People's Secretary, E. R. Hemphill; Moderator
of Ad Interim Commission, H. F. Thompson; Representative
on Board of Corporators of Geneva College, E. R. Hemphill; and
Coordinating Committee, E. R. Hemphill and Buford Abbott. Our
Financial Agent is H. F. Thompson.
Our Statistical Report was forwarded to the Stated Clerk
on time, our Traveling Fund is paid in full and all our members
are accounted for.
REPORT OF PACIFIC COAST PRESBYTERY
Respectfully submitted,
E. Raymond Hemphill, Clerk
The Presbytery has nine active pastors on its roll. Seven
of these are pastoring congregations; one, Dr. McElhinney, is in
mission work and one, Rev. Chao, is in Reformation Translation
work. In addition we have four retired ministers on the roll of
Presbytery. One of our retired pastors, Dr. Walter McCarroll
passed away on Nov. 30, I960. All of our congregations in the
Presbytery have pastors at this time. There is one student under
our care, Leonard Orr, who is under our care not as a Theological
student, but rather as a student who is looking forward to Seminary
training. One elder, Maurice J. Crockett of the Santa Ana
Congregation passed away during the year. Two regular meetings
of Presbytery were held during the church year: one at the summer
conference meeting at Warm Beach, Wash, in August of I960; and
the other in the Los Angeles Church in February of 1961.
During the year Dr. J. G. McElhinney requested someone to
take over his work at the West Montoe St. Mission. The Presbytery
urged Lie. Ray McCracken to undertake this work, which he is
planning to do on a short tetm basis as a missionary. In addition
to this area of work the Presbytery Extension Committee is continuing
to investigate other areas within the Presbytery for future
locations for congregations. A Permanent Camp Site Commission
continues to be active in investigating the possibility of securing
a camp-site for the Presbytery.
The Presbytery Evangelism Committee secured Dr. Paul K.
Jewett to speak on the subject "The Reformed Faith and Evangelism"
at our Spring meeting of Presbytery. This message was
very well presented.