2012 Church Council

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2012Council Leadership Planning Meeting

January 26, 2012 Council Minutes

The purpose of the church council is to plan a program of nurture, outreach, and witness; implement the plan; provide an administrative infrastructure; align the plan with the mission of the church; evaluate the effectiveness of the plan; act as the administrative agency of the charge conference.

The church council exists to create and supervise the strategic plan for your local congregation so that the congregation fulfills its mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ. This twofold function includes both leadership and management. Leadership is the visionary, "big picture" work that assesses critically where your congregation is at the present moment, where God is calling it to be in the future, and what resources will be required to move from your current reality into the desired future. Management is the essential "detail work" that must be accomplished on a daily basis to make the congregation effective.

Source: UMC Organization-Adapted from Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation: Church Council, 2009-2012, p.6-9. Copyright © 2008 by Cokesbury. Used by permission.

• Serves as the primary administrative body of the charge conference and oversees the management and programming of the local church.
• Plans and carries out programs that fulfill the congregation's nurturing, outreaching, and witnessing ministries.
• Leads the visioning and strategic planning process within the church.
• Fills vacancies in lay leadership positions that occur between meetings of the charge conference.
• Approves the church budget and ensures that the financial needs of the church are met.
• Makes recommendations for the compensation, benefits, and housing for the pastor(s) and other church staff.

Source: UMC Organization  -Adapted from The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church--2008, ¶ 252. Copyright © 2008 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.

Chair - Susan Bryant

Vice Chair - Dale Reid

Sec. Church Council - Harriet Fether

Sr. Pastor - Tommy Lyles

 Lay Delegate to Annual Conf. - Stanley Miller

 Finance Chair - Henry Reid

SPRC Chair - Frank Hicks

Trustees Chair - Joe Sharkey

Missions Chair - Orpha Haag

Outreach Chair - Harriet Fether

Endowment Comm. Chair - Stanley Miller

UMW President - Janie Clapp

Children's Council Chair - Monica Urbanovsky

Youth Council Chair - Kim King

SWDS Chair - Wes Hill

LOL Council Chair - Susan Bryant

Men's Ministry Chair - Tom Brewer

Care Ministry - Brenda Carrington

Church Historian - Doris Richardson

Prayer Team - Cory Sue Warren

Heartfelt Stitchers -Lee Hulon

Bereavement - Janie Clapp