Session Report

The church Session meets next Tuesday. Pastoral staff are required to submit reports. Here is the report I am submitting. The style is similar to what the others give.

MINISTRY OF WORD & SACRAMENT
- Conducted funeral July 9 (Tony Thompson, brother of Mary Thompson)
- Spoke at TCU July 17 (Ecclesiastes 7)
- Lead two small group Bible studies on 1 Peter (Fairmont, Parish 1 and Drexel Hill, Parish 3)
- Provided prayer and counsel on marriage and family issues, relationships, sin
struggles, career changes
- Hospital and home visits: Laura Layer, Louise Schnauffer, Snethens, Tony Thompson
- Continue to meet with individual staff
- Led prayer meeting with staff of Youth Study Center
- Pre-marital counseling
- Assisted elders and deacons in various pastoral cases

PRESBYTERY & PCA
- Attended presbytery July 23
- Appointed to committee to make proposal for Grace Chapel facilities
- Met with Frank Moser to discuss set-up of new city presbytery

OTHER
- Attended information luncheon for LAMP, an urban seminary program
- Attended CCA board meetings
- Attended Church Planting and Growth & Maturity Commissions meetings
- Handling platform assignments in Phil’s absence
- Preparing for Bible Exposition Workshop in February
- Preparing for World Missions Conference in November

PRAYER & PRAISE
- To meet the many projects and deadlines I am responsible for
- Preparation for the four sermons in August