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22-April-1997 
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        Overtures Submitted to the 209th General Assembly (1997) 
 
                        by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--At press time, 68 overtures have been submitted by 
presbyteries and synods to the upcoming 209th General Assembly in Syracuse, 
N.Y.   
 
    Last year's Assembly received 125 overtures. 
 
    This year's overtures: 
 
Overture 97-1  On Establishing a Different Means of Support for Medicare 
Supplements for Retired Servants So That the Assessing of Vacancy Dues for 
Ministerial Vacancies Can Be Discontinued -- from the Presbytery of St. 
Augustine 
 
Overture 97-2  On Encouraging Interfaith Relations -- from the Presbytery 
of Baltimore 
 
Overture 97-3  On Instructing the Advisory Committee on Social Witness 
Policy to Develop a Policy on the Issues of Domestic Violence to Present to 
the 211th General Assembly (1999) -- from the Presbytery of East Iowa 
 
Overture 97-4  On Amending G-11.0103 and G-12.0202 to Add the 
Responsibility of Dealing with Issues of Domestic Violence -- from the 
Presbytery of East Iowa 
 
Overture 97-5  On Requesting the Office of the General Assembly to 
Investigate Changes in the "Book of Order" to Permit Congregations in 
Language Presbyteries to Also Hold Membership in the Geographical 
Presbytery -- from the Presbytery of Newark 
 
Overture 97-6  On Amending D-10.0401a to Restore Retroactive Prosecution 
for Sexual Abuse -- from the Presbytery of Genesee Valley 
 
Overture 97-7  On the Formation of a Coordinating Committee for Korean 
American Presbyteries, with Allocation of Funds for Conferences and 
Networking -- from the Presbytery of Hanmi 
 
Overture 97-8  On Instructing the Office of the General Assembly to 
Discontinue Duplication and Distribution of Reports that Have Been or May 
Be Defeated by a General Assembly -- from the Presbytery of Eastern 
Oklahoma 
 
Overture 97-9  On Amending G-13.0103r so that Binding Authoritative 
Interpretations of the "Book of Order" Come Only through the Decisions of 
the Permanent Judicial Commission -- from the Presbytery of Winnebago 
 
Overture 97-10 On Amending G-6.0106b in the Event the Present Amendment to 
This Section Currently Being Voted on by Presbyteries Passes -- from the 
Presbytery of Kiskiminetas 
 
Overture 97-11 On Amending G-6.0106 in the Event the Present Amendment to 
This Section Currently Being Voted On by Presbyteries Is Defeated -- from 
the Presbytery of Kiskiminetas 
 
Overture 97-12 On Amending G-14.0515d Regarding Termination of the Parish 
Associate Relationship When the Pulpit Is Vacant -- from the Presbytery of 
Philadelphia 
 
Overture 97-13 On Appointing a Committee to Determine the Essential Tenets 
of the Reformed Faith, to Report to the 213th General Assembly (2001) -- 
from the Presbytery of Palo Duro 
 
Overture 97-14 On Revising the Annual Statistical Report to Include 
Information about Each Church's Appraised Value of Property and Current 
Insurance Coverage -- from the Presbytery of South Alabama 
 
Overture 97-15 On Amending G-16.0100b to Permit a Particular Church to 
Belong to Both a Geographic and a Nongeographic Presbytery -- from the 
Presbytery of the Palisades 
 
Overture 97-16 On Amending G-6.0305, G-7.0304a(2), G-10.0101, G-11.0101c, 
G-11.0103n and G-14.0705b-c regarding Certified Christian Educators as 
Presbyters in the Life of the Church -- from the Presbytery of National 
Capital 
 
Overture 97-17 On Amending G-9.0203, G-13.0112b, d and e, and G-18.0301b as 
It Relates to the Advisory Committee on the Constitution -- from the 
Presbytery of National Capital 
 
Overture 97-18 On Setting Aside the Definitive Guidance of 1978 and the 
Related Authoritative Interpretation Adopted by the 205th General Assembly 
(1993) and Approving the Authoritative Interpretation under G-13.0103r -- 
from the Presbytery of National Capital 
 
Overture 97-19 On Amending G-14.0201a regarding Terms of Service for Elders 
and Deacons -- from the Presbytery of Inland Northwest 
 
Overture 97-20 On Amending the "Book of Confessions" by Including the 
"Ecumenical Version" of the Nicene Creed as Well as the "Traditional 
Version" -- from the Presbytery of Detroit 
 
Overture 97-21 On Protecting the Lives of Mothers and Their Children -- 
from the Presbytery of Pueblo 
 
Overture 97-22 On All Member Churches Making Facilities, Programs and Other 
Resources Available to Newly Developing Congregations -- from the 
Presbytery of Midwest Hanmi 
 
Overture 97-23 On Amending G-13.0103r on Authoritative Interpretation by 
Deleting the Reference to G-13.0112 -- from the Presbytery of the Twin 
Cities Area  
 
Overture 97-24 On Interpreting the Inclusiveness Requirements to State It 
Is a Violation to Exclude Any Person on the Basis of That Person's 
Membership in a Class or Category -- from the Presbytery of Chicago 
 
Overture 97-25 On Amending G-14.0501g regarding When a Permanent Call Can 
Be Issued to a Designated Pastor -- from the Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-26 On Deleting G-6.0502 concerning Presumptive Renunciation 
from the "Book of Order" -- from the Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-27 On Amending Chapter XII of the Rules of Discipline by Adding 
a Fourth Level of Censure, "Rebuke with Supervised Rehabilitation" -- from 
the Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-28 On Adding a New Section D-10.0204 to Allow for Procedural 
Challenges to an Investigating Committee's Work while It Is in the Process 
of an Investigation -- from the Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-29 On Reaffirming the Historic Responsibility of Sessions and 
Presbyteries to Apply the Constitutional Standards for Ordination by 
Withdrawing Previous Authoritative Interpretations and Issuing a New 
Interpretation of G-6.0106 -- from the Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-30 Amendments to Clarify Procedures for Interpreting and 
Amending the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- from the 
Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-31 On Implementing the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1992 
Abortion Policy -- from the Presbytery of San Francisco 
 
Overture 97-32 On Changing the Rating System of the Movie and Television 
Industry -- from the Presbytery of John Calvin 
 
Overture 97-33 On Adding a New Section to G-7.0000 Authorizing Two or More 
Churches to Form a Cooperative Association -- from the Presbytery of Maumee 
Valley 
 
Overture 97-34 On Allowing Congregations and Presbyteries to Ordain and 
Install Officers According to Their Best Judgment and within Constitutional 
Standards -- from the Presbytery of Santa Fe 
 
Overture 97-35 On Committing Our Denomination to Continue to Work Together 
with All Other Christian Denominations, and to Withdraw from COCU and 
Dismiss Our Delegation with Gratitude -- from the Presbytery of Plains and 
Peaks 
 
Overture 97-36 On Moving Paragraph b. of the Preface to the Directory for 
Worship so that It Becomes Prefatory to the Entire "Book of Order" -- from 
the Presbytery of Baltimore 
 
Overture 97-37 On Amending G-14.0513d to Strengthen the Prohibition of a 
Temporary Supply Succeeding as Pastor or Associate Pastor -- from the 
Presbytery of Baltimore 
 
Overture 97-38 On Reform of General Assembly Rules -- from the Presbytery 
of Hudson River 
 
Overture 97-39 On Instructing the General Assembly Nominating Committee to 
Secure Persons under the Age of 45 for at Least 20 Percent of New 
Nominations in 1997 -- from the Presbytery of South Alabama  
 
Overture 97-40 On Recognizing Leaders and Representatives from Our 
Racial-Ethnic Schools, and the Gifts the Schools and Colleges Have Brought 
to the Church -- from the Presbytery of Santa Fe 
 
Overture 97-41 On Encouraging More Interfaith Dialogues Locally, 
Regionally, Nationally and Internationally -- from the Presbytery of 
Eastern Oklahoma 
 
Overture 97-42 On Communicating with Other Presbyterian Denominations to 
Seek Ways to Establish Christian Fellowship, and Docketing Time at the 
Assembly to Address Relations since Separation -- from the Presbytery of 
Cherokee 
 
Overture 97-43 On an International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 
-- from the Presbytery of Southern Kansas 
 
Overture 97-44 On General Assembly Council Membership -- from the 
Presbytery of Riverside 
 
Overture 97-45 On Transferring Grace Korean Presbyterian Church, Merriam, 
Kansas, from the Presbytery of Midwest Hanmi, Synod of Lincoln Trails, to 
the Presbytery of Heartland, Synod of Mid-America -- from the Synod of 
Mid-America 
 
Overture 97-46 On Transferring First Presbyterian Church, Carrollton, 
Missouri, from the Presbytery of Heartland to the Presbytery of Missouri 
Union -- from the Synod of Mid-America 
 
Overture 97-47 On Requesting the General Assembly to Endorse the 
"Concurring Opinion" in Remedial Case 208-4 -- from the Presbytery of 
Albany 
 
Overture 97-48 On Declaring Evangelism to Be a Priority, and Setting a Goal 
for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to be a Growing Church by 2005 -- from 
the Presbytery of Yukon 
 
Overture 97-49 On Approving the Union of Independence Avenue United 
Methodist Church, Kansas City, Missouri, and Grace Presbyterian Church, 
Kansas City, Missouri -- from the Presbytery of Heartland 
 
Overture 97-50 On Correcting the Description of the Bounds of the 
Presbytery of the Cascades to Include Clatsop County, Oregon -- from the 
Presbytery of the Cascades 
 
Overture 97-51 On Calling Presbyteries to Approve the Ending of 
Homelessness for Women as a Major Goal -- from the Presbytery of Seattle 
 
Overture 97-52 On Directing the Congregational Ministries Division to 
Organize an Annual Spiritual Youth Conference for Attendance by All 
Presbyterian Youth -- from the Presbytery of Peace River 
 
Overture 97-53 On Reexamination of Moral and Ethical Standards of Behavior 
-- from the Presbytery of Grace 
 
Overture 97-54 On Forming a Committee with the Task of Rewriting the Form 
of Government -- from the Presbytery of West Virginia 
 
Overture 97-55 On Requesting the Board of Pensions to Increase the Ceiling 
on Mental Health Coverage and Examine Reestablishment of Parity for 
Treatment of Mental and Physical Illness -- from the Presbytery of 
Giddings-Lovejoy 
 
Overture 97-56 On Establishing the Evangelism and Church Development Work 
Area as a Division of the Church, Equal to the National Ministries, 
Congregational Ministries and Worldwide Ministries Divisions -- from the 
Presbytery of Western Colorado 
 
Overture 97-57 On Establishing a Special Offering for Evangelism and Church 
Development -- from the Presbytery of Western Colorado 
 
Overture 97-58 On Adequately Funding International Comprehensive Family 
Planning Programs -- from the Presbytery of Baltimore 
 
Overture 97-59 On Designating a "Year of the Child" to Start at the 211th 
General Assembly (1999) and Establishing Programs Responding to the Special 
Gifts and Needs of Children -- from the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta 
 
Overture 97-60 On Directing the Worldwide Ministries Division to Facilitate 
Dialogue among Church Leaders from Brazil, South Korea, and the United 
States regarding Social Justice in the Emerging Global Economy -- from the 
Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse 
 
Overture 97-61 On Modifying the Session Annual Statistical Report to 
Include the Number of Children's Baptisms -- from the Presbytery of Santa 
Barbara 
 
Overture 97-62 On Approving the Formation of the Keota Yokefield Parish as 
a Union Church of the United Presbyterian Church of Keota, Iowa, and the 
Wesley United Methodist Church of Keota, Iowa -- from the Presbytery of 
East Iowa 
 
Overture 97-63 On Authorizing a New Translation of the Heidelberg Catechism 
-- from the Presbytery of Winnebago 
 
Overture 97-64 On Requesting the General Assembly Council and the Office of 
the General Assembly to Assist the Presbytery of San Juan with Its 
Financial Crisis -- from the Presbytery of San Juan 
 
Overture 97-65 On Protecting and Caring for Mothers and Their Children in 
the Process of Being Born -- from the Presbytery of Huntingdon 
 
Overture 97-66 On Approving the Formation of the United Church of Fulton by 
Merging the First Presbyterian Church, Fulton, New York, and the First 
Baptist Church, Fulton, New York -- from the Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse 
 
Overture 97-67 On Approving the Formation of the Amboy Belle Isle United 
Church by Merging the Amboy Presbyterian Church, Camillus, New York, and 
the Belle Isle United Methodist Church, Camillus, New York -- from the 
Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse 
 
Overture 97-68 On Changing the Boundary Lines between the Presbytery of 
Riverside and the Presbytery of San Gabriel in the Synod of Southern 
California and Hawaii -- from the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii 

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