137th Covenant Annual Meeting
June 28 – July 1, 2023
Registration for Gather 2023 is needed to participate in these sessions. Please register before the end of the business day on June 18, 2023. No registrations will be processed after this date.
Agenda
We plan to give each agenda item the time necessary to ensure that it is fully addressed. To do this well while doing our best to adhere to the schedule as it currently exists, per Standing Rules, the moderator shall have the discretion to revise the order of agenda items to accommodate scheduling needs. Also, should we happen to address all business prior to the projected schedule’s end time, it is at the discretion of the Annual Meeting Officers to adjourn the meeting early.
To ensure that you as a voting delegate can effectively have your voice heard throughout the meeting, we request that you do all you can to be present throughout the scheduled meeting times. A few items have pre-scheduled time certains. You can find those listed below.
Time Certain TBD
- Actions to be taken from the Ordered Ministry
- Clergy Vocational Service Recognition
- FY21/22 Performance Report
- FY2024 Mission and Ministry Budget
- Irving Lambert Outstanding Urban Ministries Award
- Service Recognition for Global Personnel
- T.W. Anderson Outstanding Layperson Award
* Reports exceeding the ten (10) minute limit per the Standing Rules are marked with an asterisk.
** Contingent upon the Annual Meeting’s discernment on the proposed 2023 Covenant Bylaw Amendments.
PREPARING OUR HEARTS
1. Morning Worship
2. Opening Statement by the Moderator
3. Greeting from Bryan Murphy, Pacific Southwest Conference Superintendent
ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
4. Report on Credentials >>
5. Action on the Standing Rules >>
6. Action on the Proposed Agenda >>
7. Approval of Honorary Delegates and Resource Persons >>
MEMBERSHIP IN THE MISSION
8. Action on Churches Applying for Membership >>
9. Church Planter Commissioning >>
10. Action on Removal of Churches from the Roster*
a. Voluntary Removal from Membership >>
b. Action on Involuntary Removal from Membership >>
STATE OF THE MISSION
11. Report of the President* >>
ORGANIZATION OF THE MISSION
12. Report on Covenant Organizational Design* >>
a. Recommendation on 2023 Covenant Bylaw Amendments >>
13. Recommended Covenant Resource Paper: Freedom, Unity, and Responsibility in Covenant Life and Mission >> En Español >>
SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOR THE MISSION
14. Election of Executive Minister of Love Mercy and Do Justice**
15. Election of Executive Minister of Start and Strengthen Churches**
16. Report from Executive Minister of Make and Deepen Disciples Nominating Committee**
17. Call of North Park Theological Seminary Faculty Member, Rev. Michelle Dodson >>
18. Introduction of President of Covenant Trust Company, Steve Klimkowski >>
19. Board Elections* >>
a. Presentation of 2023 Ballot
a.1. Executive Board
a.2. Board of the Ordered Ministry
a.3. Board of Pensions and Benefits
a.4. Board of Covenant Ministries of Benevolence
a.5. Board of Trustees of North Park University
a.6. Annual Meeting Officers
a.7. Board of Nominations
20. Actions to Be Taken from the Ordered Ministry for 2023* (Time Certain – TBD)
a. Change in Standing >>
b. Approval of Licenses
c. Presentation of Candidates for Transfer of Ordination >>
d. Presentation of Candidates for Ordination to
Word and Service >>
e. Presentation of Candidates for Ordination to
Word and Sacrament >>
HONORING FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE MISSION
21. Clergy Vocational Service Recognition >>
(Time Certain – TBD)
22. Service Recognition for Global Personnel >>
(Time Certain – TBD)
23. Recognition of Angela Yee, Executive Director of Ministry Development
24. Recognition of Steve Klimkowski, Executive Director of Finance
25. Recognition of Michelle Sanchez, Executive Minister of Make and Deepen Disciples
26. Recognition of Executive Board Members Concluding Term of Service
27. 2023 T.W. Anderson Outstanding Layperson Award >>
(Time Certain –TBD)
28. 2023 Irving Lambert Outstanding Urban Ministries Award >>
(Time Certain – TBD)
FUNDING THE MISSION
29. Financial Report* >>
a. Fiscal Year 2021/22 Performance Report
b. Report from the Covenant Board of Pensions and Benefits
30. Presentation and Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024 Mission and Ministry Budget* (Time Certain – TBD) >>
31. Report on 2022 Mission Advancement >>
DIMENSIONS OF THE MISSION
32. Mission and Ministry Leadership Report
33. Report from Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET)
34. Report from Covenant Ministries of Benevolence >>
35. Report from Covenant Trust Company
36. Report from National Covenant Properties
37. Report from North Park University
a. Report of the President of North Park University >>
b. Report of the Dean of North Park Theological Seminary >>
38. Report from Paul Carlson Partnership >>
39. Mission and Ministry Leadership Response to Delegate Questions*
PREPARING TO GO FORTH IN MISSION
40. Delegate Evaluation
41. Arrangements for the 2024 Annual Meeting >>
42. Approval of Minutes of 137th Covenant Annual Meeting
43. Prayer for the Mission and Ministry of the Covenant
44. Report to Congregations
45. Closing Statement
a. Resolution of Sympathy >>
b. Resolution of Gratitude
46. Adjournment
47. Benediction
