The Session

Wade Coleman, Pastor
Jon Anderson, Associate Pastor
Glenn Dowling                                                                                                                     Len Gallagher
Tucker Gallagher
Bob Gustafson
Council Mills
John Moehlman
DeWitt Patton, Emeritus
Ken Pierce, Emeritus
Norval Sells
Dan Wilkerson

Responsibilities of the Session

The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose it has power:

1. To inquire into the knowledge, principles and Christian conduct of the church members under its care; to censure those found delinquent; to see that parents do not neglect to present their children for baptism; to receive members into the communion of the church; to remove them for just cause; to grant letters of dismissal to other churches, which when given to parents, shall always include the names of their noncommuning baptized children;
2. To examine, ordain, and install ruling elders and deacons on their election by the church, and to require these officers to devote themselves to their work; to examine the records of the proceedings of the deacons; to approve and adopt the budget;
3. To approve actions of special importance affecting church property;
4. To call congregational meetings when necessary;
5. To establish and control Sunday schools and Bible classes with special reference to the children of the Church; to establish and control all special groups in the church such as Men in the Church, Women in the Church and special Bible study groups; to promote World missions; to promote obedience to the Great Commission in its totality at home and abroad; to order collections for pious uses;
6. To exercise in accordance with the Directory of Worship, authority over the time and place of the preaching of the Word and the administration of the Sacrements, over all other religious services, over the music in the services, and over the uses to which the church building and associated properties may be put; to take the oversight of the singing in the public worship of God; to assemble the people for worship when there is no minister; to determine the best measures for promoting the spiritual interests of the church and congregation;
7. To observe and carry out the lawful injunctions of the higher courts; and to appoint representatives to the higher courts, who shall, on their return, make report of their diligence.

The Diaconate

Charles Ackerman
Kevin Ayers, Chairman
Maurice Carlson
Andy Crane
Michael Findley
Walter Haisler, Treasurer
Kenny Kimball, Secretary/Assistant Treas.
Curtis Krajca
Matt Lee
Woody Lee
Dan Mizer
Darrell Stanley
Jim Thomas
Pat Wells
Kyle Westfall

Responsibilities of the Diaconate

It is the duty of the Deacons to minister to those who are in need, to the sick, to the friendless, and to any who may be in distress. It is their duty also to develop the grace of liberality in the members of the church, to devise effective methods of collecting the gifts of the people, and to distribute these gifts among the objects to which they are contributed. They shall have the care of the property of the congregation, both real and personal, and shall keep in proper repair the church edifice and other buildings belonging to the congregation. In matters of special importance affecting the property of the church, they cannot take final action without the approval of the Session and consent of the congregation.

In the discharge of their duties the Deacons are under the supervision and authority of the Session. In a church in which it is impossible for any reason to secure Deacons, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the Ruling Elders.