General Minister’s Report Upcoming Events General

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General Minister’s Report Upcoming Events General Minister Search Update Board of Pensions Update Transition Process Update Upcoming Events Church Safety / Security Training Saturday, October 28 Bethany Presbyterian Church 9 am– 4 pm Designed for people who are on the front lines of greeting people and interacting with the public and who work on or with the church building, including ushers, greeters, outreach workers, custodians, and pastors. Better Than AverageTraining November 2nd, 2023 Beulah Presbyterian Church 4:00 – 8:30 P.M (optional 2:00 pm keynote) Intro to Systemic Racism November 3-4th, 2023 via Zoom Designed for people who are on the front lines of greeting people and interacting with the public and who work on or with the church building, including ushers, greeters, outreach workers, custodians, and pastors. General Minister Search Process What’s Happening… The MDP is live! You can find it on CLC or the Presbytery Website Search Committee Contacts: Rev. Laura Strauss or Elder Bucky Savatt, Co-Chairs Make suggestions! Board of Pensions Update Board of Pensions Changes No changes in BOP for 2024 We expect significant changes for 2025 This change will apply to installed positions only We anticipate that only the pastor will be required to be enrolled in the Board of Pensions. Spouse, Dependent, and Family coverage will be available through BOP at a fixed cost, irrespective of effective salary. However, COM has used the structure of installed positions in setting policy for non-installed positions. September 2023 A little history, a few insights, and a whole lot of random observations from Brian Pittsburgh Presbytery Fall 2023 Transition Update and Report Part 1: How did we get here? Phase 1: Information Gathering The Landscape Study identified Pittsburgh Presbytery as a recovery quadrant ministry, scoring low in both energy and satisfaction. These systems require a “back to basics” approach to leadership. At the March EC Retreat (along with a few members of the Special Nominating Committee) took an in-depth look into the role of a Presbytery as defined by the Book of Order and the recent history of the Presbytery These two processes (Landscape and Book of Order review) constituted the primary information-gathering steps for the transition. First, some definitions! Some Definitions The Community - The Presbytery “community” encompasses the members of the Presbytery and its congregations. The System - The Presbytery system is the structure the Presbytery utilizes to accomplish it’s ministry Capacity - The Presbytery’s capacity is