Committee on Representation and Nomination

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Purpose:  The purpose of Committee on Representation and Nominations (CORN) is to prayerfully discern God’s leading to the end of nominating persons of deep faith, exceptional abilities and strong commitment to the presbytery and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to the Coordinating Council, commissions, committees, entities and Permanent Judicial Commission of the Presbytery of Carilsle and to advise the Coordinating Council regarding implementation of principles of unity and diversity, striving for the “full expression to the rich diversity of the church’s membership” (F-1.0403 and G-3.0103) within the presbytery.

Accountability:  CORN shall be accountable to the Presbytery of Carlisle through the Coordinating Council.

Membership:   CORN shall consist of six (6) voting members rotating in three (3) classes of two (2), comprised of Ministers of Word and Sacrament and Ruling Elder members in numbers as nearly equal as possible, nominated by the Coordinating Council and elected by the presbytery. These persons will preferably have knowledge/experience of the presbytery and its people. The term of service is three (3) years with the eligibility to serve two full terms or a maximum of six (6) consecutive years. The presbytery Co-Leaders will serve as ex-officio members.

Meetings:        Ordinarily, CORN will meet monthly May through November and other times as necessary.

Responsibilities:

  1. Fulfill the responsibilities described in G-3.0111 and G-3.0103, advocating for diversity in leadership and consulting with the Council on the employment of personnel, in accordance with the principles of unity and diversity in F-1.0403.
  2. Share with Presbytery known information about demographics (possibly including race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, age, abledness, geography, etc.) of member churches, presbytery, and presbytery committees. Use that known information to help churches and presbytery develop strategies for making the structure of both churches and presbytery more accessible as they do the work of the Body of Christ within our communities.
  3. Nominate, ordinarily at the last presbytery meeting of the year, persons for the following, filling vacancies when they occur and following the membership specifications for each particular entity:
    • Moderator-Elect of the presbytery who will be nominated to serve as Moderator the following year and continue to serve as Moderator of the Coordinating Council the year after serving as presbytery Moderator.
    • At-large members to Coordinating Council
    • Commission on Ministry (COM) and its chair.
    • Committee on Preparation for Ministry (CPM) and its chair.
    • Administration Committee and its chair.
    • New Worshipping Communities Commission (NWCC) and its chair.
    • Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC).
    • The appropriate and equal amount of teaching and ruling elders to serve as commissioners and alternates to the General Assembly (see GA Commissioner’s position description) and to the Synod as well as any advisory delegates
  1. Nominate other leaders as requested by presbytery staff or Coordinating Council.
  2. Consult periodically, no less than annually, with the moderators of presbytery committees and other entities to determine their committees’ membership needs.

 

PROCESS  FOR  NOMINATING  AND  ELECTING  TEACHING  AND  RULING  ELDERS  AS  GENERALASSEMBLY (GA) COMMISSIONERS

  1. The presbytery shall elect commissioners in sufficient time to permit the list of commissioners to bedelivered to the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly 180 days (or as directed) prior to the convening of  the session  of   the  General   Assembly  to  which  they  are Applications  shall  be  reviewed  by the  Nominating  Committee  and  nominees for Commissioners and Alternates shall be presented for consideration at a meeting of the Presbytery that occurs prior to the date set by GA for receiving commissioners.
  2. Only Teaching and Ruling Elders who are active in the life of the Presbytery of Carlisle and its member churches shall be
  3. All applicants shall agree to be fully engaged in preparation, including learning how the GA process works,attending orientation sessions, becoming familiar with the technology to be used, and reading advancematerials, in order to be able to actively participate in all assembly
  4. Those elected as commissioners shall agree to interpret and communicate the actions of the GA back to thePresbytery, ordinarily at a stated meeting of the Presbytery, and be available for interpretation to individual
  5. Alternates for Teaching Elder and Ruling Elder Commissioners will not be guaranteed to be the primary commissioner  to  the  next  GA, but will be eligible to re-apply to be considered  in the next nominating
  6. Application forms  from Teaching  Elders  and  Ruing  Elders  may  be  submitted  by  self-referral, by identificationof a Session, by recommendation of a presbytery entity, or by solicitation of the Nominating

Adopted November 2025

 

APPLICATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR TEACHING ELDERS

 

  1. Teaching Elders  seeking  to  be  considered  shall  submit  an application to the Nominating Committee,according to the deadline established by the Nominating The application shall include:
    1. Date the applicant was received as a member of the Presbytery of
    2. Date of his or her ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament of the PCUSA
    3. Date(s) of previous attendance at a General Assembly, and in what capacity, whether for Carlisle Presbyteryor any
  1. Applications for Teaching Elder Commissioners shall also meet the following criteria:
    1. The applicant is member in good standing of the Presbytery of In the application, applicants willdescribe their active membership in the presbytery.
    2. The applicant is endorsed either by the session she/he moderates, or any session within the presbytery if theTeaching Elder member does not moderate a session, or by any standing committee of the

APPLICATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR RULING ELDERS

 

  1. Ruling Elders seeking to serve as a Commissioner from the Presbytery of Carlisle to GA shall submit anapplication to the Nominating Committee, according to the deadline established by the Nominating The application shall indicate:
    1. Date the applicant was received into membership of a PCUSA
    2. Date of his or her ordination as a Ruling
    3. Date(s) of previous GA meetings aSended and the capacity in which the applicant attended, whether for CarlislePresbytery or any
  1. Applications for Ruling Elder Commissioners shall address the following criteria:
    1. The applicant shall be an active member of a congregation in the Presbytery of Carlisle and endorsed by the Session. In the application, applicants shall describe their active membership in the
    2. In the application, applicants will describe their participation in the presbytery, including attendance at presbytery