2024 Bay Weekend
November 2-3, 2024
Welcomes
The Reverend Jihyun Oh
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
November 2-3, 2024
Welcomes
The Reverend Jihyun Oh
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
The Rev. Jihyun Oh was elected as Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Oh’s first name is pronounced “Jee-hun.” Jihyun, who was born in South Korea and raised in Kansas, is the first Korean American to serve in the PC(USA)’s highest ecclesial office, only the second woman, and the first woman of color.
Oh, earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and German Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and a Master of Science in Finance from Florida International University five years later. In 2006, Columbia Theological Seminary conferred a Master of Divinity degree.
In 2007, she was ordained as a teaching elder by the Presbytery of Tropical Florida on behalf of the Presbytery of Chicago. Before being selected to lead Mid Council Ministries in the OGA in 2019, she managed the PC(USA)’s Call Process Support from 2017-19; served as interim pastor at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church in Atlanta from 2016-17; as interim pastor and head of staff at Hamilton Mill Presbyterian Church in Hoschton, Georgia, from 2015-16; as staff chaplain and clinical pastoral education resident at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta from 2009-10 and again from 2011-15; and as associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois, from 2007-09. She is a trustee of the New Covenant Trust Company and has served as a member of the PC(USA) Foundation Board, as an ordination exam reader in both English and Korean, as moderator and vice-moderator of committees of the 221st and 222nd General Assemblies, and as moderator-elect and later moderator of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
RSVP in the West Narthex on Sundays or by clicking here.
Oh, earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and German Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and a Master of Science in Finance from Florida International University five years later. In 2006, Columbia Theological Seminary conferred a Master of Divinity degree.
In 2007, she was ordained as a teaching elder by the Presbytery of Tropical Florida on behalf of the Presbytery of Chicago. Before being selected to lead Mid Council Ministries in the OGA in 2019, she managed the PC(USA)’s Call Process Support from 2017-19; served as interim pastor at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church in Atlanta from 2016-17; as interim pastor and head of staff at Hamilton Mill Presbyterian Church in Hoschton, Georgia, from 2015-16; as staff chaplain and clinical pastoral education resident at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta from 2009-10 and again from 2011-15; and as associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois, from 2007-09. She is a trustee of the New Covenant Trust Company and has served as a member of the PC(USA) Foundation Board, as an ordination exam reader in both English and Korean, as moderator and vice-moderator of committees of the 221st and 222nd General Assemblies, and as moderator-elect and later moderator of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
RSVP in the West Narthex on Sundays or by clicking here.
Saturday, November 2
Welcome Reception 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Members are invited to a welcome reception hosted by the Adult Education Committee.
Click Here to RSVP for the Welcome Reception.
Sunday, November 3
One Service of Worship at 10:00 a.m.
Reverend Oh will preach.
Education Forum 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in Parish Hall
Presentation: The Church As the Body of Christ
Welcome Reception 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Members are invited to a welcome reception hosted by the Adult Education Committee.
Click Here to RSVP for the Welcome Reception.
Sunday, November 3
One Service of Worship at 10:00 a.m.
Reverend Oh will preach.
Education Forum 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in Parish Hall
Presentation: The Church As the Body of Christ
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The Bay Weekend was established in 1974 by the family of Frances and Ed Bay with the formation of the Frances M. Bay Lay Education Fund. This fund has provided the Westminster congregation and community with educational weekends for over 40 years. We are grateful to the Bay Family whose generosity and legacy have nourished our faith for more than four decades, and for the Westminster Endowment Fund which has also contributed to these endeavors. Click Here for a link to Bay Weekend History.
The Bay Weekend was established in 1974 by the family of Frances and Ed Bay with the formation of the Frances M. Bay Lay Education Fund. This fund has provided the Westminster congregation and community with educational weekends for over 40 years. We are grateful to the Bay Family whose generosity and legacy have nourished our faith for more than four decades, and for the Westminster Endowment Fund which has also contributed to these endeavors. Click Here for a link to Bay Weekend History.