Clerk of Session
Moderator of Session
Marjolijn Bijlefeld
Rev. Kim Clayton
Michelle Coffman
Bridget Harvey
Marsha Luckett
Bill Nix
Lynn Simms
Amy Talmadge
Jackson Valasko
Special Term Elder
Harry Farley
Della Hall
Pete Humes
Alexandra Spaulding
Kaden Yealy
Gaye Copley
Barb LeRoy
Betsy Lewis
Lewis Lowery
Kathy Pecka
Frank Roys
Jerry Zekert
Committees are ways that church members can become involved in the life and ministry of the church. Almost everything that happens at church falls under the supervision of a committee. If you would like to be more involved at the Presbyterian Church, see what committee most interests you.
Below are the current committees and elders serving each. Committee chairs are designated with an asterisk.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is governed by councils, which “exist to help congregations and the church as a whole be more faithful participants in the mission of Christ.” The councils of the church are the session, the presbytery, the synod and the General Assembly. The session is the council for the congregation and is composed of ruling elders, elected by the congregation to active service, as well as all installed pastors and associate pastors.
The session is composed of ruling elders, elected by the congregation to active service, as well as all installed pastors and associate pastors.
As there were in Old Testament times elders for the government of the people, so the New
Testament church provided persons with particular gifts to share in discernment of God’s Spirit and governance of God’s people. Accordingly, congregations should elect persons of wisdom and maturity of faith, having demonstrated skills in leadership and being compassionate in spirit. Ruling elders are so named not because they “lord it over” the congregation (Matt. 20:25), but because they are chosen by the congregation to discern and measure its fidelity to the Word of God, and to strengthen and nurture its faith and life. Ruling elders, together with teaching elders, exercise leadership, government, spiritual discernment, and discipline and have responsibilities for the life of a congregation as well as the whole church, including ecumenical relationships. When elected by the congregation, they shall serve faithfully as members of the session. When elected as commissioners to higher councils, ruling elders participate and vote with the same authority as teaching elders, and they are eligible for any office.
Elders are elected every year by the congregation and most serve for three year terms.
The Elders who have been elected by this church are as follows and are divided by the year that their term ends in the list above.
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