‘I Choose This Day!’ sample letter to your session
(You are encouraged to adapt this letter for your context)
(Date)
Dear Session members,
Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I am writing to share with you a personal declaration, to inquire of your consideration of the matter and to notify you of my desire to speak with the Session at your next meeting.
I affirm my faith in Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth and the Life. He is God’s gracious answer to human sin, and He is my personal Lord and Savior. I affirm Christ alone. Further, I affirm my belief that the Bible is God’s holy Word. It is through Scripture alone that I am assured of His salvation and am instructed regarding His will for my life. I affirm Scripture alone. Further, I affirm that the marriage of a man and a woman is instituted by God and blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ. I testify with Scripture that “Whom God has joined together, let no one put asunder,” and that sexual relations outside this covenant of marriage are contrary to the will of God.
I grieve over the apparent departure of the Presbyterian Church (USA) from these Scriptural truths, and I am estranged from its policies and programs that do not affirm Christ alone, Scripture alone and the holy institution of marriage alone as the divinely ordained context for human sexual activity.
You are the undershepherds of Christ in this place and He has entrusted you with the spiritual oversight and nurture of this precious congregation. As such, I call on you, the Session of my church, to initiate a prayerful study of PC(USA) policies and programs and the nature of our church’s relationship with the PC(USA). I ask that the Session report its findings and recommendations to our congregation on or before Reformation Sunday, October 30, 2011.
I further ask for permission to speak with you about these matters at your next meeting. Please call me at _____________ and email me at _____________________ to let me know when and where I should attend. I look forward to hearing from you as together we seek to honor Christ alone to the glory of God alone in our personal and corporate life of faith. I am ardently praying for you and commit to continue doing so as this path unfolds before us.
In Christ, with Christ and for Christ, alone,
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(your name, Signature)
(Again, personalization of the content of the letter is highly encouraged!)