SESSION
MISSION: Responsible for local missions,
local benevolence, and local cooperative projects. (Also global
mission)PEACEMAKING: Sub-committee of Mission. Educates and interprets,
for our congregation, the Peacemaking Program of our denomination
and increase awareness of various societal issues.
CAMPUS MINISTRY: Responsible for operation
and direction of the Chez, college student church school class,
Presbyterian Campus Fellowship Program and other special college
student activities.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Responsible for planning
and implementation of all Christian Education programs in consultation
with the Director of Christian Education, Church School Programs
- Adult & Youth, special Christian Education activities not
normally considered to be a part of Sunday School, confirmation
class, church library, staffing and supervision of nursery personnel,
oversees Youth Connection and Presbyterian Youth Group.
WORSHIP: Responsible for music, ushering
, greeting, flowers, communion seminary candidate care, staffing
and supervision of choir director, organist, assistant organist,
audio specialist, youth choir directors, and bell choir directors,
music library, repair and maintenance of organs & pianos,
consults with ministers on programming.
OUTREACH: Responsible for acquiring new members,
maintains membership rolls, coordinates with Deacons the nurture
and care of all members, follow-up calls to visitors, new member
packets and orientation.
FELLOWSHIP: Responsible for membership directory,
fall church picnic, summer courtyard receptions, new member receptions,
special all-church activities, outings, socials, etc. Coordinates
with Outreach committee.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING: Responsible
for developing and implementation of long range goals, promotes
and plan annual retreat or other means for long range planning
by all officers of the church, reviews session committees' structure
and functions, committee membership rotation.
PASTORAL RELATIONS: responsible for evaluation,
compensation recommendations, consultation regarding continuing
education, vacation and study leave schedules for Pastor, Associate
Pastor, Director of Christian Education, and Parish Associate
for Campus Ministry.
HEALTH MINISTRIES: Responsible for periodically assessing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the congregation and devising programs to meet identified needs; provides educational opportunities and materials related to all aspects of health.
DEACONS
Responsible for congregational care and nurture
through a network of deacons available to members for times of
crisis, counseling, need, hardship, illness, and bereavement,
visitation of elderly and shut-ins, visitation (in general).
TRUSTEES
PROPERTY: Responsible for maintenance of
facilities, building, equipment, furnishings, janitorial services,
upkeep of grounds, and rental properties in building.
KERMACK-PARKER: Responsible for the administration
of the funds of the Kermack-Parker Foundation.
PERSONNEL: Responsible for advising Pastor
on personnel management of the non-clergy staff after consultation
and job performance reviews, recommends compensation and personnel
management needs and training.
GIFTS & MEMORIALS: Responsible for recommending
and generating a list of desirable gifts and memorials, determine
the appropriateness of other proposed gifts and memorials, consult
with persons desiring to make special contributions, review requests
for expenditures from Memorial funds, make recommendations to
Trustees and Session, and determine a method recognition of memorial
contributions and maintain the method on an annual basis.
JOINT TRUSTEE/SESSION COMMITTEES
STEWARDSHIP: Responsible for fostering on-going
development of stewardship practices, organizing annual stewardship
program and membership canvas.
CONGREGATIONAL COMMITTEES
NOMINATING: Responsible for the selection
of Session, Deacon, And Trustees.
SEARCH: Responsible for the selection of
a candidate for a vacant pastoral position.
Taken, in part, from Manual of Operations for Committee Structure,
Nov. 1995.
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