United Church of Christ New York Metropolitan and Suffolk Associations
      Metro 2008 Annual Meeting
 
   

Registrar’s Report to the Spring Meeting,
April 26th, 2008

The Ordination and Ministerial Standing Committee interviewed the following persons for various statuses in the Metro Association since the “Fall Meeting 2007”.

In-Care

  1. Ms. Susan Julia (Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, NY)
  2. Mr. Ian Rottenberg (Garden City Community Church, NY)
  3. Ms. Ann Margaret Kansfield (Broadway United Church of Christ, Manhattan, NY )
  4. Dr. Gary Ahloskog (Broadway United Church of Christ, Manhattan, NY)
  5. Ms. Dominique Achison ( Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, NY)
  6. Mr. Samuel Roger Binny Jonathan (Christhava Tamil Koil, Queens, NY)
  7. Ms. Elizabeth Boisvert (Broadway United Church of Christ, Manhattan, NY)
  8. Dr. Derrick G. Hodge (Iglesia San Romero de las Americas, Manhattan, NY)


Ecclesiastical Council

  1. Dr. Sidney Smith Jr. held on 11/28/07, recommended for Ordination on 12/09/2007
  2. Ms. Kathleen M Van Braunsberg held on 12/07/2007, recommended for Ordination on 01/06/2008


Ordination

  1. Rev. Dr. Sidney Smith Jr 12/09/2007 (Interim Ministry – First Congregational Church, Rockaway Beach, NY)
  2. Rev. Kathleen M Van Braunsberg on 01/06/2008 (Chaplain - Nassau University Medical Center, NY).
  3. Rev. Joseph Medlin Jr. 01/27/2008 ( Chaplain- Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY)


Installation

  1. Rev. Lisa Robinson Installed on 06/03/2007 as Pastor of Church of Evangel, Brooklyn, NY (Regret for not including in the Registrar's Report Fall 2007)


Privilege of Call

  1. Rev. Moira Ahearne


Licensures for Ministry

  1. Mr. Peter Dennebaum (First Congregational Church in Chappaqua, NY)
  2. Mr. Ian Rottenberg (Garden City Community Church, NY)


Ecclesiastical Endorsement

  1. Rev. Kathleen M Van Braunsberg for Pastoral Psychotherapy 


Dual Ministerial Standing dropped

  1. Rev. Chryll Crew (Pilgrim Congregational Church, Richmond Hill , NY )
  2. Rev. Paul S. Lin (The Bowne Street Community Church, Fleshing, NY)

We have 30 candidates as In-Care of our Association. We processed three requests (Rev. Diane Carter, Rev. Susan Blain, & Rev. Charles B Houghlin) for transfer of Ordained Ministerial Standing to other Associations and received two ministers ( Rev. Dr. Arnold Thomas & Rev. David Miller) to our Association and one Resignation Rev. Charles Koomruian (Retired).

Respectfully Submitted
Rev. Dr. Christopher Ponnuraj
Registrar