Stated Meeting Information

Unbound for Service - 143rd Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia (PEVA)


Highlights:

  • Guest Preacher - The Rev. Cecelia "CeCe" Armstrong, Co-moderator of the 226th General Assembly (2024)
  • Meet the new Executive/Stated Clerk of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic, the Rev. Dr. Floretta "Flo" Barbee-Watkins
  • Installation of PEVA's General Presbyter, the Rev. Dr Melissa "Lissa" Sumner Long
  • Election of PEVA's Stated Clerk
  • PEVA Installation Choir


Online registration is now open for the Ocotober Presbytery meeting at Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THIS MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON ONLY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVIENCE.

NEXT STATED MEETING


Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

 

Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church

6901 Newport Ave., Norfolk, VA


Image of Wycliffe Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach, VA

IMPORTANT INFORMATION



SPEAK OUT has been discontinued by the Presbytery Council. Announcements may be sent to the presbytery administrator
(Raymond Rodrigues) by WEDNESDAY, October 22, 2025, for inclusion in the newsletter and or pre-meeting PowerPoint.


STATED MEETING DIGEST ARCHIVE

UPCOMING MEETINGS

 

October 28, 2025, at Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, VA


January 24, 2026, at King's Grant Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, VA


April 28, 2026, TBD


July 21, 2026, at Hilton Presbyterian Church, Newport News, VA

MEETING DOCUMENTS

Documents for the October meeting will be posted by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2025.


The meeting documents are posted below. All are expected to bring their own copies. The liturgy for the meeting will be handed out at check-in. A digital copy will be available for ZOOM attendees.


The main document is THE PEVA PACKET. It will contain most if not all of what you will need for the meeting.


Documents marked with an asterisk (*) are included in the packet but are available to download separately. 


Click on the plus (+) to the left of the document name to learn more about the document and download it.

Below is the ordination sermon for Candidate Andrea Wood who will be examined for ordination at the meeting. All Commissioners are expected to watch this video prior to the meeting. It is approximately 11 minutes long.

  • Presbytery Packet


    Download Packet

  • *Announcements

    Please read this document. It is included in the packet.

    The Announcements document includes pertinent information for the meeting. It will include the following information: childcare, meal cost, registration, reports, debate protocol, motions/amendments, speak out, distribution of papers, displays, and session records.

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    Download the Announcements

  • *Docket

    The Docket is the agenda for the meeting. It lays out the order for the meeting. It is included in the packet.

    Download the Docket

  • *Directions

    Directions to Royseter Memorial Presbyterian Church.


    Street parking is available as well as a grass lot located on the cornier of Newport and Brackenridge.

  • Summary of Motions

    This is a summary of all motions from all reports.

  • Worship Liturgy (printed version will be available at check in)

    This is the liturgy for the PEVA meeting. A printed version will be availble for pickup at check in.

    Download the Liturgy

  • PEVA Slides (Newsletter) - A printed version will be available at checkin.

    This is a hard copy of the slides that will be shown on the screen in the sancturary. A printed version will be available at check in.

  • Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies

    The offering at the October 2025 stated presbytery meeting is dedicated to the Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies,  provide ecclesiastical endorsement for ministers who desire to serve in a Federal Chaplaincy positions: Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital Chaplaincy, Federal Bureau of Prisons Chaplaincy, Army, Navy, or Air Force Chaplaincy (Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard), Civil Air Patrol Chaplaincy, or as Chaplain Candidate to one of the military services.


    Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies Brochure

    PEVA MTG OFFERING

PEVA ORIENTATION VIDEO

  • *Civil Debate

    The Book of Order (Section F-1.0401) designates the latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised (RONR) as the parliamentary authority to be used in meetings of councils. 


    This document summarizes the more common Robert's Rules of Order. 

    Download Civil Debate

  • *Guidelines for Times of Disagreement

    Adopted by the 204th General Assembly (1992) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), this document seeks to guide us in times of conflict and disagreement.

    Download the Guidelines

  • *Opportunity to Serve

    The Presbytery needs your service.  If you are interested in serving on a particular commission, committee, or ministry team, please fill out the online form.

    Opportunity to Serve