Upcoming Stated Meetings

fall Meeting of the Presbytery
Saturday, november 7, 2026

The Winter Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 9:00am until 12:30pm at Agnes Scott College. This message contains many important details about the meeting—please read it carefully. Pastors, please share it with your clerk of session and elected ruling elder commissioners. 

Format: Upon the decision of the presbytery’s Council, this meeting will be held fully in-person. A livestream of the meeting will not be available. For this meeting, we will vote using an electronic voting system accessible via QR code. Ministers and voting commissioners will need to bring a device with internet access and be prepared to scan a QR code. Additional information will be made available the week before the meeting. 

Theme, Worship, and Business: Our theme for 2026 is Faith Like a Child: Embracing the Gifts of Play, Wonder, Discovery, & Vulnerability. At this meeting, we will explore the gift of vulnerability that comes in God’s presence with us as we face the joys and sorrows that come our way. Worship will include the annual remembrance of ruling elders and ministers who have died over the last year and the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. 

In the business of the meeting, we will hear updates from Presbytery committees and commissions, celebrate the covenant between Agnes Scott College and the Synod of South Atlantic, and examine one minister from another denomination for transfer into the Presbytery.  

The commissioner handbook with the full business for the meeting will be available on the Presbytery website at www.atlpcusa.org/statedmeetings by Wednesday, October 28, 2026. 

Pre-Registration for the Meeting: Online pre-registration to assist Presbytery staff and meeting hosts with planning and arrangements is open through Sunday, November 1. The pre-registration process is available using the link above. Pre-registration is encouraged for all and required for those who need childcare. 

Childcare: Since there are not childcare facilities available on-site at Agnes Scott, we have partnered with our congregations in the City of Decatur to make childcare available at Decatur Presbyterian Church (one-half mile from our meeting space on campus) from 8:30am until 12:45pm. Pre-registration for childcare is required by the deadline of Sunday, November 1, so that they can ensure that enough caregivers are available. 

Health and Safety: We encourage all attendees to use the time between now and the meeting to get current with covid and other vaccinations, and those who do not feel well on the day of the meeting should stay home. All are welcome to wear a mask throughout the meeting if they feel more comfortable doing so. 

Archives Afternoon: One of our special guests for our meeting will be David Staniunas, Records Archivist at the Presbyterian Historical Society. At 2:00pm following the meeting, he will gather with clerks of session and others at the C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections & Archives at Columbia Theological Seminary for a presentation and conversation about best practices for clerks of session, church administrators, and others who help maintain the official permanent archives and records of our congregations. To participate, simply sign up on the meeting registration form and make your way the mile from Agnes Scott to Columbia so that we can learn and share together. 

Pastors and clerks of session, please share this information with your ruling elder commissioners now so that they can register by the November 1 deadline. 

If you have any questions about the meeting, contact Stated Clerk Andy James at cajames@atlpcusa.org. We look forward to seeing you on November 7!