This is a musical setting of the Sanctus in the Great Thanksgiving to the hymn tune DIX ("For the Beauty of the Earth").
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This musical setting of the Sanctus in the Great Thanksgiving is especially appropriate for the Season of Lent.
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This musical setting of the Sanctus in the Great Thanksgiving is especially appropriate for the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) and the Sunday(s) after Christmas.
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Research Services developed three questionnaires in cooperation with and at the request of the Middle Governing Body Commission:
All three were placed on the PC(USA) website on March 24, and their availability was publicized widely throughout the denomination by the Commission. Responses were accepted through July 8, 20 II. Individual Presbyterians were invited to go to either the leader or individual survey, as appropriate. Sessions were invited to download a copy of the survey, come up with one set of responses for the entire group, and then have …
This power point presentation provides an overview of the processes used by Mid Council Commission I, and some of the background for recommendations 1-4, and 7 and 8 of the Mid Council Commission I final report. It was presented by MCCII commission members Ruling Elder Warren B. Cooper (Philadelphia Presbytery), Reverend Lemuel Garcia-Arroyo (Salem Presbytery), Reverend Liza Hendricks (Western Reserve Presbytery), and Ruling Elder Jane D. Smith (Riverside Presbytery).
These power point slides provide a brief overview of the Mid Council Commission II's mandate and scope of responsibilities as assigned by the 220th General Assembly (2012). Presentation was made by Jill Hudson.
Mid Council Commission II worked together to create this list of group norms/ covenant.
The General Assembly Middle Governing Body Commission asked the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Research Services staff to help the commission consult with Presbyterians as it reimagines presbyteries and synods. Research Services staff conducted one-hour telephone focus group discussions with representatives of 11 PC(USA) constituencies. The staff drafted focus group questions (with input from a research subcommittee of the commission), sampled and recruited focus group participants, moderated the discussions, and summarized and analyzed the discussions. Operating mainly in pairs, commission members opened and closed the focus groups and listened to the discussions. The focus groups took place during the second and third …
The changing cultural context, the shifts that middle governing bodies are themselves already making, and a new domestic mission frontier all make this the right time, God's time for us to examine the role, function and form of presbyteries and synods.
—from the rationale of the charge to the General Assembly Commission on Middle Governing Bodies
The version of the report without Full Data Appendices is available by clicking here.