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ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 5, 2012 908-369-1719 (H) FAITH REFORMED CHURCH Y MIDLAND PARK, NJ 908-369-4956 (O) Reformed Church Home Rsmatclerk@Gmail.Com Ms THE REGIONAL SYNOD OF THE MID-ATLANTICS 245 US HIGHWAY 22 • SUITE 106 • BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY 08807 Phone: 908-393-2976 • Fax: 908-393-4304 E-mail: [email protected] • Web Site: www.rsmat.org OFFICERS STAFF (CONTINUED) President Executive Assistant The Rev. Scott Brown 72 Route 537 West Ms. Deborah Petersen 245 US Highway 22, Suite 106 PO Box 57 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Colts Neck, NJ 07722 908-393-2976 (O) 732-683-0530 (H) 973-837-8144 (H) 732-462-4555 (O) [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Volunteer Services Coordinator MINUTES OF THE The Rev. Paul Walther The Rev. Paul Nulton, III 100 W Main Street 3 Sugar Loaf Ct, Apt.1 Somerville, NJ 08876 Vernon, NJ 07462 732-528-7642 (H) 845-598-1407 (Cell) SPECIAL SESSION – MARCH 10, 2012 908-725-4545 (O) 845-986-2052 (O) [email protected] [email protected] HARLINGEN REFORMED CHURCH y BELLE MEAD, NJ Stated Clerk The Rev. Stephen Eckert 890 River Road Hillsborough, NJ 08844 SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 5, 2012 908-369-1719 (H) FAITH REFORMED CHURCH y MIDLAND PARK, NJ 908-369-4956 (O) Reformed Church Home [email protected] Ms. Kate Shepard, Administrator 1990 Route 18 North Treasurer Old Bridge, NJ 08857 Elder James W. Thompson 732-607-9230 x103 28 Brookdale Avenue SPECIAL SESSION - SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 [email protected] Verona, NJ 07044 SOUTH BRANCH REFORMED CHURCH y HILLSBOROUGH, NJ 973-571-0630 (H) Synod Foundation [email protected] Elder Ruth Dilley, President Elder James W. Thompson, Treasurer 245 US Highway 22, Suite 106 STAFF Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Church Multiplication Coordinator 908-393-2976 (Office) The Rev. Heidi Butterworth WITH BY LAWS AND DIRECTORY OF 2723 Solly Avenue The Warwick Center The Rev. Kenneth Tenckinck, Philadelphia, PA 19152 SYNOD CLERGY, LAY LEADERS 215-802-4724 (Cell) Executive Director [email protected] Hoyt Road, PO Box 349 AND CHURCHES Warwick, NY 10990 845-986-1164 Communications Coordinator The Rev. Dr. Philip Bakelaar [email protected] 381 Atlantis Avenue Manahawkin, NJ 08050 609-709-3265 (Cell) 609-597-5151 (O) [email protected] MINUTES OF THE REGIONAL SYNOD OF THE MID-ATLANTICS (Formerly the Particular Synod of New Jersey) (Formerly the Particular Synod of the Mid-Atlantics) REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA THE REV. CHRISTOPHER JACOBSEN, PRESIDENT OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD MARCH 10 & MAY 5, 2012 PRESIDENT .......................... THE REV. CHRISTOPHER JACOBSEN VICE PRESIDENT ................................. THE REV. SCOTT BROWN STATED CLERK ............................... THE REV. STEPHEN ECKERT PECIAL ESSION ARCH S S – M 10, 2012 TREASURER .................................. ELDER JAMES W. THOMPSON HARLINGEN REFORMED CHURCH y BELLE MEAD, NJ ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 5, 2012 OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD FAITH REFORMED CHURCH y MIDLAND PARK, NJ SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 PRESIDENT ......................................... THE REV. SCOTT BROWN SPECIAL SESSION SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 - VICE PRESIDENT ................................ THE REV. PAUL WALTHER SOUTH BRANCH REFORMED CHURCH y HILLSBOROUGH, NJ STATED CLERK ............................... THE REV. STEPHEN ECKERT TREASURER .................................. ELDER JAMES W. THOMPSON ITH Y AWS AND IRECTORY OF W B L D SYNOD CLERGY, LAY LEADERS STATED CLERK EMERITUS AND CHURCHES THE REV. FREDERICK MOLD, JR. 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Special Session – September 12, 2012 ARTICLE PAGE I............ Opening of Synod Special Session & Appointments .......................... 64 Special Session – March 10, 2012 II........... Stated Clerks Association Report & By-Law Amendments................ 64 I............ Minutes.................................................................................................. 5 III ......... 2013 Budget......................................................................................... 71 IV......... Adjournment........................................................................................ 76 Annual Meeting – May 5, 2012 I............ Opening of the Synod, Worship, Necrology.......................................... 7 Appendices II........... Members of the Synod........................................................................... 9 Appendix A.....Ministerial and Church Changes by Classis.............................. 77 III ......... The Van Bunschooten Bequest............................................................ 11 Appendix B.....Permanent Committees, Boards & Teams ................................ 81 IV......... Annual Meeting Agenda...................................................................... 11 Appendix C.....By-Laws of the Regional Synod of the Mid-Atlantics.............. 86 V .......... Approval of the Minutes of the 2011 Annual Meeting........................ 12 Appendix D.....Directory of Ministers, Lay Leaders & Commissioned Pastors......97 VI......... Rules of Order & Election Procedures ................................................ 13 Appendix E .....Directory of Synod Churches by Classis ................................ 122 VII........ Appointments ...................................................................................... 15 Appendix F .....Directory of Church Starts & Mission Congregations............ 131 VIII ...... Report of the Judicial Business Committee......................................... 15 IX......... Report of the Synod President ............................................................. 19 Index................................................................................................................ 132 X .......... Election of Officers ............................................................................. 20 XI......... Report of the Executive Committee..................................................... 20 PRESIDENTS AND PLACES XII........ Report of the Committee on Nominations........................................... 21 XIII ...... Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reevaluation............................. 22 OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF XIV ...... Reports of Subsidiary Corporations THE REGIONAL SYNOD OF THE MID-ATLANTICS Reformed Church Ministry to the Aging ......................................... 29 FOR THE AST WENTY YEARS Synod Foundation ............................................................................ 30 L T The Warwick Center ........................................................................ 34 1993 Warwick Conference Center .............................................Rev. Lewis Kain XV ....... Reports of Standing Committee Finance Committee .......................................................................... 35 1994 The Warwick Center ..................................................Rev. James R. Esther Personnel Committee ....................................................................... 41 1995 The Warwick Center ......................................................Rev. Lynn Van Ek XVI ...... Reports of Coordinators & Ministries 1996 The Warwick Center ..................................................Rev. Eugene Roberts Church Multiplication Coordinator.................................................. 41 1997 Somerset Marriott...................................................Rev. Dr. Mark A. Kraai Communications Coordinator .......................................................... 42 1998 Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, New Brunswick, NJ .... Elder Donald A. Adams Multicultural Ministry Team............................................................ 43 1999 United Reformed, Somerville, NJ .............................................................. Volunteer Services Coordinator....................................................... 44 XVII..... General Synod Council Representative Report ................................... 46 .............................................Rev. Dr. Daniel Meeter/Elder Carol L. Mutch XVIII.... Report of the Committee on Reference ............................................... 48 2000 North Branch Reformed, Bridgewater, NJ................ Elder Carol L. Mutch XIX ...... Old Business 2001 Community Reformed, Whiting, NJ ................. Rev. Dr. John E. Hiemstra Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Order.................................. 48 2002 Han Ma Um Reformed, Palisades Park, NJ ......Rev. Dr. Philip J. Bakelaar XX ....... Overtures and New Business 2003 Holiday Inn, Somerset, NJ ......................................... Elder Grace Johnson Proposed Overture from 2011 Annual Meeting............................... 49 2004 Clarion Hotel & Towers, Edison, NJ .............. Rev. Dr. Joseph Cusack, Jr. Proposed Overture to General Synod............................................... 51 Interim Executive Minister .............................................................. 53 2005 Clarion Hotel & Towers, Edison, NJ ................. Rev. Beverly B. Sullivant Recommended 2013 Budget ............................................................ 54 2006 Radisson Hotel, Piscataway, NJ.. Deceased 1/13/06.....Rev. Myung Woo Lee XXI ...... Other Mission Reports .................................................... Rev. Allan D. Conover, Acting President Crossroads XXVIII .......................................................................... 59 2007 Radisson Hotel, Piscataway, NJ..............................Rev. Allan D. Conover Lay Recognition Dinner................................................................... 61 2008 Radisson Hotel, Piscataway, NJ................................Elder Gilbert A. Hunt Retired Pastors’ Luncheon..............................................................
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