Called Meeting
August 8, 2013
Hosted at Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church
9100 E Parker Road
Parker, CO 80138
The purpose of this called meeting was to examine to be given vote for
Transitional Members Rev. Dr. Baron Eliason and Rev. Tyson Taylor serving at
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lubbock, Texas, to examine Rev. Robert
McClelland who is being called to Pastor Faith Evangelical Church in Loveland,
Colorado, to act on a change in status of call for Rev. Bob Everest who is being called to
Pastor Community Protestant Church in West Yellowstone, Montana, and to examine for ordination Candidate Mr. P.J. Werner who is being called into Military Chaplaincy.
After a wonderful dinner, the meeting was convened by Moderator Bole at 6:15
P.M. with an invocation from Dr. Jim Murphy who asked for the Lord to be with those present at the meeting in a special sense of fellowship and unity.
The Moderator declared there was a quorum present as attested by the Attendance
Register:
Moderator Jan Bole
Stated Clerk Marc Huebl
Dr. Robert Mossman
Rev. Evie Bodett
Mr. Chris Perciante
Vern & Gloria Elijah
Rev. Eugene Scott
Rev. Bob Everest
Rev. Jim Murphy
Mr. John Beattie
Mrs. Marilyn Beattie
Rick Moler
Bethany Forberg
Rev. Dan Gardinier
Rev. Sharon Beekmann
Dr. William Senyard
Mrs. Vickey Wood
Ms. Lynn Brannen
Rev. David Strunk
Mrs. Paula Shira
Rev. Greg Ehlert
Rev. Doug Resler
Moderator Elect Mike Klassen
Ms. Jackie Klatt
Dwight Gilliland
Dr. Ramona Spilman
Rev. Don Kearby
Rev. Gary McCusker
Cherry Creek Presbyterian
Church
Elder
Covenant Community Church Minister
Cornerstone Community Church Minister
Cherry Hills Community Church Minister
Faith Evangelical Elder
Faith Evangelical
The Neighborhood Church
Elder
Minister
Christ Covenant Leoti
Faith Evangelical
1 st Presbyterian Church Greeley
1 st Presbyterian Church Greeley
Minister
Minister
Elder
Elder
CPC West Yellowstone
Littleton Christian Church
Active, Without Call
Sharon Beekmann Ministries
Elder
Elder
Minister
Minister
Lookout Mountain Minister
Cherry Hills Community Church Elder
Lookout Mountain
Cherry Creek Presbyterian
Church
Elder
Minister
Cherry Creek Presbyterian
Church
1 st Presbyterian Church Greeley
Elder
PEPC
The Neighborhood Church
CPC West Yellowstone
Lookout Mountain
Minister
Minister
Minister
Elder
Elder
Cherry Hills Community Church Minister
Cornerstone EPC
PEPC
Minister
Minister
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Mr. Jeff Wood
Rev. Mark Ingles
Mr. Lester Farwell
Rev. Jim Noble
Mr. Les Walker
Mr. Ken Roberts
Mr. Scott Urquhart
Mr. John Pennington
Mrs. Paula Kendrick
Mr. Rich Johnson
Larry & Karen Petty
Mr. Austin Endell
Tim & Hanna Feia
Mr. Ben Joyce
Rev. Tyson Taylor
Mr. Roger Barone
Mr. Bob Kuseki
Madeleine Huebl
Kathleen Schlosser
Jack Schlosser
Mary Ann Slayten
Cecily Farwell
Donna Luke
Pennie Prewitt
Paul Slayton
Rev. Baron Eliason
Mary Jo Walker
P.J. Werner
Beverly Werner
Mr. Robert McClelland
Rev. David Baer
Retired Chaplain
Elder
Minister
Faith EPC Loveland Elder
Desert Hills Presbyterian Church Minister
Faith Evangelical
Cherry Creek Presbyterian
Church
Elder
Elder
First Presbyterian Greeley
Faith EPC
Faith EPC Aurora
Faith EPC
Faith EPC
Faith Evangelical
Faith Evangelical
Faith Evangelical
Elder
Elder
Elder
Elder
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Westminster Lubbock
Faith Evangelical
Faith Evangelical
Presbytery Office
Faith Church
Faith Church
Faith EPC
Faith EPC
Faith EPC
Faith EPC
Faith EPC
Westminster, Lubbock
Faith EPC
Faith Presbyterian Aurora
Faith Presbyterian Aurora
Faith EPC
Families Alive
Minister
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Observer
Minister
Observer
Candidate
Observer
Observer
Minister
Examination for ordination for Candidate Werner
Candidates Committee Chair Pro-tem Rev. Dave Strunk introduced Candidate
Werner to the Presbytery and began the ordination examination with prayer.
Candidate Werner was recommended by the Candidates Committee for examination and it was noted that Mr. Werner has completed the Presbytery’s Discovery
Workshops, successfully passed the EPC Written Ordination Exams, holds an M.Div from Denver Seminary, and has received a call to the Air Force to serve as a Military
Chaplain.
Mr. Werner’s Statements of Faith and written exceptions to the Westminster
Confession and Catechisms were distributed in advance of the meeting. Mr. Werner’s signed Ministerial Obligation Form was on file with the Stated Clerk.
After hearing Mr. Werner expound the Scriptures and respond to Committee prepared questions and questions from the floor of the Presbytery about his faith in
Christ, theology and sacraments, the Book of Order, the Reformed tradition, and the
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nature of his calling to be a chaplain in the military, as well as Mr. Werner’s written exceptions to the Westminster Confession and Catechisms, the Presbytery unanimously sustained motions to allow Mr. Werner’s written exceptions to the Westminster Standards and unanimously approved Mr. Werner for ordination with a show of vocal support.
Because Mr. Werner was going to serve as a chaplain to the United States Air
Force, the Presbytery ordained Mr. Werner at the meeting with Dr. Doug Resler, Parker
EPC Church, Parker, Colorado, advocating for Mr. Werner, as well as a letter from Dr.
Fred Stifel, Faith Presbyterian Church, Aurora, Colorado, being read in support of this ordination.
Moderator Bole asked Mr. Werner the ordination questions from Government 14-
1 which Mr. Werner affirmed and Rev. Dave Strunk, Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church,
Englewood, Colorado, presenting a charge from 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. Rev. Mark Ingles, retired military chaplain, led the Presbytery in the laying on of hands for Mr. Werner and prayer, asking God’s wisdom and blessing on this newly ordained minister and his family and his service to the United States Air Force.
Act on change in status for Rev. Bob Everest
Dr. Doug Resler, Chair of the Ministerial Committee, began the Committee’s items for the meeting with prayer. He told the Presbytery that Rev. Bob Everest had taken a call to serve as Pastor at Community Protestant Church of West Yellowstone,
West Yellowstone, Montana, and as such needed to act on a change in call for Rev.
Everest.
Chair Resler told the Presbytery that Rev. Everest and Christ Covenant Church,
Leoti, Kansas, held a congregational meeting on July 21, 2013, where the church and minister were in agreement to dissolve their relationship effective August 11, 2013.
Community Protestant Church of West Yellowstone had already sustained a majority vote to call Rev. Everest at a duly called congregational meeting on June 29,
2013.
The Ministerial Committee approved by Presbytery to function as an
Administrative Commission to review and approve Terms of Call found the Terms of
Call to Rev. Everest to be in order and approved them.
Elders Jackie Klatt and Rick Moler from Community Protestant Church of West
Yellowstone advocated the call for Rev. Everest telling the Presbytery why they chose
Rev. Everest to be their Pastor.
The Presbytery also heard from Rev. Everest about his taking this call and about his transition to a new church. Rev. Everest told the Presbytery it was sad on one hand with leaving Christ Covenant Church and exciting on the other hand to move to a new community to discover what God has in store at Community Protestant Church of West
Yellowstone.
The Presbytery unanimously sustained the dissolution of relationship between
Rev. Everest and Christ Covenant Church, Leoti, Kansas, and unanimously sustained the new call to Community Protestant Church of West Yellowstone, West Yellowstone,
Montana.
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The Presbytery also constituted an Installation Commission of Rev. B.J. Otey,
Springhill Presbyterian Church, Bozeman, MT, Rev. Dr. Eugene Scott, The
Neighborhood Church, Littleton, Colorado, elders Rick Moler, Connie Faberberg from
Community Protestant Church of West Yellowstone, West Yellowstone, MT, and elder
N. Scott Urquhart, Faith Evangelical Church, Loveland, CO, to install Rev. Everest on
August 25, 2015, at the morning worship service.
Examination for vote for Reverends Eliason and Taylor, and for reception of Rev.
McClelland.
These ministers had all been previously interviewed by the Ministerial Committee and recommended to the Presbytery for examination either to receive voting privileges or to be received as an incoming minister from another denomination.
Rev. Dr. Baron Eliason is serving as Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Lubbock, Texas. Rev. Tyson Taylor is serving as Associate Pastor, Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Lubbock, Texas. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock,
Texas, is a Transitional Member church in good standing with the Presbytery of the West.
Rev. McClelland is being called to serve as Pastor at Faith Evangelical Church,
Loveland, Colorado.
These ministers’ Statements of Faith and written exceptions to the Westminster
Confession and Catechisms were distributed prior to the meeting and their Ministerial
Obligation Forms are on file with the Stated Clerk.
Reverends Eliason and Taylor are members of the Presbytery of the West via the
Transitional Membership Application process and Rev. McClelland was extended a call from Faith Evangelical Church, Loveland, Colorado, and was seeking to transfer his prior
PCUSA ordination into the Presbytery of the West. All of their Terms of Calls were approved and found to be in order by the Stated Clerk and Ministerial Committee.
Chair Resler had the three ministers seated as a panel and the ministers each answered Committee prepared questions about their views and beliefs as per Government
13-4, as well as growth in their Christian faith and the office of pastor.
After the candidates responded to the prepared questions, the floor was open to the Presbytery which addressed questions to the panel. The ministers responded to all questions as well as questions regarding their written exceptions to the Westminster
Confession and Catechisms. Motion was sustained to suspend the examinations.
The Presbytery unanimously sustained to allow their written exceptions to the
Westminster Standards for Reverends Eliason, Taylor, and McClelland. Furthermore, the
Presbytery unanimously approved giving voting privileges to Reverends Eliason and
Taylor.
Elder Lester Farwell, Faith Evangelical Church, Loveland, Colorado, advocated the call for Rev. McClelland highly recommending him to the Presbytery and telling the
Presbytery the reasons why they have chosen Rev. McClelland to be their Pastor as evidenced by the congregation’s favorable vote to call him.
Presbytery unanimously sustained a motion to receive Rev. Rob McClelland into the Presbytery of the West to serve as Pastor at Faith Evangelical Church, Loveland,
Colorado.
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The Presbytery also constituted an Installation Commission of Elders Jon Beattie,
Marilyn Beattie, both from 1 st
Presbyterian Church, Greeley, Colorado, and Rich Johnson from Faith Evangelical Church, Loveland, Colorado, with Ministers Sharon Beekmann,
Sharon Beekmann Ministries, and Dan Gardinier, currently seeking a new call, to install
Rev. McClelland on October 13, 2013, during the morning worship service.
The installation for Reverends Eliason and Taylor are to be determined after the elders of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock, Texas, are examined and also ready to be installed.
All of these ministers, Werner, Everest, Eliason, Taylor, and McClelland, were welcomed into the Presbytery after the meeting with a dessert reception and time of fellowship.
The meeting was adjourned with prayer by Rev. David Baer at 8:40 P.M.
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Moderator Jan Bole
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Stated Clerk Marc Huebl
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