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The church committees meet in the Church Library on an on-call basis, usually monthly.
Please notify chairpersons with your interest in serving on these committees.

SESSION

Clerk of Session
Jesse Powell
 
   
Class of 2008Class of 2009Class of 2010
Frank T. Batten
Gray Oates Bruton
Brian F Jellema
Delores Moyer Gunter
Peggy Harper Marshall
James H. McKinnon,III
Becky B. Vanden Bosch
Milo L. Gibbs, Jr.
Charles W. Mauze, Jr.
Betty R. McCain
Lanette H. Pridgen
Emily B. Simmons
Michael D. Thatcher
Sheila B. Wiggins
William Thomas Boyd
Ann Upperco Dolman
Kelly Phillips Gunter
Katherine Harriett James
Michael Stanley Kennedy
Brame Perry Morrison, Jr.
M. Ray Paul


Administration
Charlie Mauze, Chair
Responsible for all matters related to the staff of the church - job performance and review, salaries, continuing education, administrative policies and procedures and work of the church office, at-large committee staffing, long-range planning, scholarships, bulletins and publications, insurance, FPC Weekday School, and oversight of all church organizations and relationships with other church governing bodies.

Christian Education
 Sheila Wiggins, Chair
Responsible for church school, youth ministry, camps and conferences, Vacation Bible School, nurseries, church library, leadership recruitment and development and liason with all scouting programs.

DenomLeadership-Denominational Ministries
Dave Doleman, Chair
Responsible for encouraging officer participation in New Hope Presbytery and its mission, promoting global missions, making denominational benevolence recommendations to the Finance Committee, promoting the 2 Cents A Meal Program, serving as the primary linkage to ECU Campus Ministry, promoting support for Union-PSCE and Camp Albemarle, and providing training for new members.

Finance
Frank Batten, Chair
Responsible for developing the “grace of liberality” in the giving patterns of the families of the congregation, receiving and counting the weekly offering, developing the annual church budget, monitoring the church budget throughout the year, stewardship education and every member canvas.

Property
Mike Thatcher, Chair
Responsible for building maintenance, equipment inspection, evaluation and maintenance, church grounds, revolving preventative maintenance and equipment acquisition. 

Worship
Susan Boyette, Chair
Responsible for regular and special worship services, the music program of the church, sacraments, welcoming baptized children to the Lord’s Table, preparation of parents for baptism, seasonal emphasis appropriate to church year, guest ministers, the maintenance of divine worship, acolytes and their training, ushering and offering.

 

DIACONATE

Chair of  Diaconate
Kurt Schmidt
 
   
Class of 2008Class of 2009Class of 2010
Paula Tomlinson Benson
Ted A Fulford
Shanyl Houston Green
Kenneth F Hill
Bobby J. Johnson
Caroline Rumsey Paxton
Leslie Murray Spencer
Diane P. Bradshaw
Ellen S. Brown
M. Brooks Fogleman, III
Michael E. McGee
David Prafka
Stephanie W. Smith
Kathleen J. Vaughan
Lina Joyner Bracey
Elizabeth Valentine Dollar
Lee Ann Madar
Jeremy Clayton Tucker
Wren Mitchell Vanden Bosch
Kevin Eugene Whalen
Adam Jeffrey Wilhelm
Youth Deacons  
Elizabeth Paxton Peters
Farrell Leigh Wiggins
  


Community Ministries
Kathy Vaughn, Chair
Responsible for community ministries to those in distress, crisis assistance, initiation and implementation of community ministry projects, the shelter, nurture and spiritual fellowship of the children of God. The Community Ministries Committee delivers meals to shut-ins once a month on a Saturday. To volunteer for this important ministry, please contact Beverly Durrer.


Congregational Ministries
Dianne Bradshaw, Chair
Responsible for home and family nurture programs, development of ministries of fellowship, support, and compassion within the congregation, crisis assistance to persons within the congregation, congregational dinners, Young Adult group, Club Plus activities, the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God.

Membership
Leslie Spencer, Chair
Responsible for recruitment and assimilation of new members, evangelism visitation teams, promotional materials used in evangelism, ways to implement increased participation in the work and worship of the church through increased stewardship of time and talent resources of the congregation, the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind, congregational events to recognize and welcome new members.


 

 
 
 

Calendar for the week

Monday, April 21
4:00pm Calvin Choir
5:45pm Kyrk Ringers

Tuesday, April 22
7:30pm Circle of Friends

Wednesday, April 23
4:00pm Chapel/Orff Choir (3rd-5th)
5:30pm PNC meeting
7:30pm Chancel Choir

Thursday, April 24
10:00am Bible Study

Saturday, April 26
Food Drive: Collect bags with food and return to church

NEXT SUNDAY, April 27
 8:45am Early Worship (Clark Hall)
 9:45am Sunday School
 11:00am Worship (sanctuary)
 12:00pm Chicken Plate Fundraiser for YF mission trip to San Antonio


 
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