Parnell v. San Francisco

Response to the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission’s Decision and Order in the Matters of Parnell et al v. Presbytery of San Francisco Session of Caledonia P.C. et al v. Presbytery of John Knox by Mr. Whitman Brisky, counsel for appellants in Caledonia, and the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli and Mr. Bruce McIntosh, counsel for appellants in Parnell Full text of the decisions are available also through the GAPJC website: http://oga.pcusa.org/gapjc/decisions/decisions.htm#1012 The Decision and Order of the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) has been issued in two cases related to the ordination of candidates who refused to live under […]

General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.) Appeal Hearing in the Matter of Parnell et al v. Presbytery of San Francisco July 29, 2011 Opening Presentation by Counsel for the Complainants/Appellants, the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli Moderator and Commissioners, thank you for hearing our appeal. As I was preparing to come to Louisville this week, I was harvesting the last of our peaches and apricots in my back yard garden. Reflecting in that setting on what I might say to you today, I realized that the concerns being address here all started in another garden,