PEOPLE AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Some members of the Mississippi Presbytery delegation at General Assembly
in Denver enjoy an alfresco luncheon. From left to right: Chuck McKinley,
elder alternate commissioner from Westminster Presbyterian Church in
Gulfport; Emett Barfield, III and Emett Barfield, II, executive presbyter; Jane
Mead, editor of the General Assembly News; Morris Taylor, overture advocate;
and Michael Herrin, minister commissioner from Port Gibson.

Minister commissioner Eric Mount from Transylvania Presbytery,
seen on the TV screen at the Assembly, was one of 16 commissioners
who signed a minority report relating to a document called
“Living Faithfully with Families in Transition”, developed by the
Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy in response to directives
from General Assemblies in 1997 and 1998. Commissioners
this year voted to return the paper to the ACSWP for further study.

Former General Assembly Moderator Ken Hall and Pierce Buford were among
committee members at the Assembly to promote the work of the Presbyterian
Committee on Northern Ireland.

General Assembly News Director Jerry Van Marter
and his son, Luke, were among those who competed in
the 8th Annual 5K Fitness Event sponsored by the
Board of Pensions. (Photo courtesy of PCUSA News Service)

Gary Luhr, executive director of the Association of Presbyterian
Colleges and Universities, at left, and Anne McKee, Maryville
College chaplain, were among those who enjoyed the good
food and the power point presentation at the Maryville College
breakfast during the meeting of the 215th General Assembly.

When four presbytery executives find an empty table, they will find an excuse to
have an impromptu meeting. From left to right, Sheppards and Lapsley Executive
Terry Newland; St. Andrew Executive Greg Goodwiller; Mississippi Executive
Emett Barfield and South Alabama Executive Samford Turner.