Metro 2007 Fall Meeting
Report
to the 2007 Metro Association Fall Meeting
Registrar
The Ordination and Ministerial Standing Committee interviewed the following
persons for various statuses in the Metro Association since the “Spring
Meeting 2007”.
Installation
1. Rev. Melanie Miller as Pastor of Church
in the Highlands, White Plains, NY
2. Rev. Lisa Robinson as Pastor of Church of the Evangel, Brooklyn,
NY
Dual Standing
1. Rev. Robert Williams - United Church
of Spring Valley, NY
Privilege of Call
1. Rev. Forrest Todd Parkinson
Ecclesiastical Council
1. Mr. Joseph F. Medlin Jr.
(Chaplain - The Calvary Hospice, Ecclesiastical Council recommended for
Ordination on 27 th January 2008 at Broadway UCC Manhattan, NY)
2. Dr.
Sidney Smith – Interim Ministry Recommended for Ecclesiastical
Council tentative date 11/28/2007
Licensures for Ministry
1. Ms.
Antionette
Walrond (Emanuel United Church of Christ, Queens, NY)
2. Mr.
Walter W. Merna ( Bethany Congregational UCC, East Rockaway, NY)
Ordination
1. Rev. Diane Carter on 06/17/2007 (Norfield Congregational Church,
CT)
2. Rev. Gloria Pone - on 09/23/2007 (Congregational Church of South
Hempstead, NY)
3. Rev.
Antionette
Walrond 10/21/2007 (Emanuel UCC, Queens, NY)
4. Rev.
Jane Huber 10/28/2007 (East
Barnard
Church, Vermont)
5. Rev. Jennifer
Aull 10/28/2007 (Greenpoint Reformed Church, Brooklyn, NY)
6. Rev. Benjamin
Samuel 11/03/2007 (First Congregational Church of Morrisania, NY)
Ecclesiastical Endorsement
1. Rev. Edgar Miller for
Pastoral Psychotherapy
In-Care
1. Mr. Michael David Ellick (Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, NY)
2.
Mr. Walter W. Merna (Bethany Congregational UCC, East Rockaway, NY)
3.
Ms.
Eleanor S. Harrison (Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, NY)
4.
Ms.
Geraldine Howard. (The Riverside Church, Manhattan, NY)
5.
Ms.
Jennifer T. Heron (St. Albans Congregational Church, Queens, NY)
We have
27 candidates as In-Care of our Association. We processed two requests
for transfer of Ordained Ministerial Standing to other Associations.
Respectfully Submitted,
Rev. Dr. Christopher Ponnuraj
Registrar