Leadership Organization
of the Calvary United Methodist Church

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Church Council

The Church Council, in consultation with the pastor, seeks Christ’s vision and purpose for the ongoing mission and ministry of the church. The Church Council sets the goals, agenda, and direction of the church every year in order to be faithful to Christ in the present age.  Moreover, the Church Council is always looking forward into the future, the next step the church needs to take, to ensure the vitality and growth of the church.  The main activity of the Church Council is to support the ministry and mission of the church through providing resources through training, finance, personnel, and facility in order for people to do effective ministries in areas such as Church School, Children, Youth and Adult Ministries, Worship, Music, Evangelism, Stewardship, Mission, and Social Justice Ministries.

Work Areas of the Church Council

The Church Council has the authority and the responsibility to oversee the following work areas of the church:

• Trustees
• Finance
• Endowment Board
• Committee on Lay Leadership (Nominations)
• Ministry Program (Ministry and Mission of the Church)

Staff Parish Relations Committee

The members are elected from the Church Conference to serve a three-year term
The duties of the SPRC:

• To encourage, strengthen, nurture, and support the pastor(s) and staff and their family(s).
• To address potential conflicts and promote unity in the church.
• To confer with and counsel the pastor(s) and staff on the matters pertaining to the effectiveness

of ministry;  relationship with the congregation,  conditions that may impede the effectiveness of ministry;  and to interpret the nature and function of the ministry.      

• To recommend to the Church Council, after consultation with the Senior Pastor, hiring of staff positions needed to carry out the work of the church.
• To develop and approve written job descriptions and titles for associate pastors and other staff members and develop a written statement of policy and procedures regarding the process for hiring, contracting, evaluating, promoting, retiring, and dismissing staff personnel who are not subject to Episcopal appointment as ordained clergy.

Pastor in Charge

Elders are ordained to a lifetime ministry of Word, Sacrament, Order, and Service.  By the authority given in their ordination, they are authorized to preach and teach the Word of God, to Witness Christ for others, to provide pastoral care and counsel (Word), to administer the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion (Sacrament), to order the life of the church (Order) for service in mission and ministry in the world (Service).

Lay Leader

The Lay Leader will function as the primary representative of the laity in the church by meeting regularly with the pastor to discuss the state of the church and its needs for ministry, assisting in advising the Church Council of opportunities and needs for more effective ministry with laity, and informing the laity of training opportunities for effective ministry.

Lay Member of the Annual Conference

The primary functions are to attend the Annual Conference, represent the local church at the Annual Conference, and help the local church connect with the Annual Conference.

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Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010