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Finance
and Administration Elder -
Petra Dunn
- Oversee all general
operations of the church
both in the areas of finance
and administration.
- Weekly reviews the books
via the trial balance sheet
- Approving the
expenditures of all monies.
- Preparing an annual
budget and financial
statement for dissemination
to the congregation.
- Counting the donations
after each service and
seeing that they are
properly recorded and
deposited in the correct
bank accounts
- Oversee the filing of
all legally required reports
and documents, as well as,
all reports and documents
required by the Cumberland
Presbyterian General
Assembly, Synod and/or
Presbytery of East
Tennessee.
- Recruit individuals to
volunteer in finance and
administrative activities
when needed.
- Prepare a written report
outlining activities and
recommendations in the
ministry area and submit it
to the office one week
before regularly scheduled
Session meetings, on the
first Wednesday of each
month, and inform the
administration of any items
to be placed on agenda for
discussion at Session.
- Cooperate with other
elders and the administrator
in modeling Christian
discipleship and service in
all areas of the church
responsibility (e.g. work
days, service attendance,
special event attendance,
etc.)
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Membership
Elder -
David Rexrode
- Visit sick and shut in
members.
- Maintain list of
attendance at regular church
service.
- Send cards to visitor
and others, as need arises.
- Recruit membership
team of volunteers to assist
in visits and telephone
calls to members and those
that attend regularly.
- Have new members fill
out membership sheet and
sent to church office.
- Cards are sent by Monday
morning Bible Study Group.
- Attend Women's Ministry
meeting and report to
Session any
decision/projects, etc.,
that require approval or
discussion.
- Assist with set up and
serving communion.
Outreach Elder
- Oversee all activities
at Union that engage or
impact people who do not
regularly attend UCPC.
- Truck Stop
Ministry.
- Public Relations.
- Missions and
benevolence.
- Establish a team of
volunteers to contact all
visitors to UCPC on a prompt
and regular basis.
These people will also
engage in regular weekly
visitation to surrounding
houses, new arrivals to the
communities and other
prospects.
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Maintenance Elder -
Mark Smith
- Oversee the maintenance
and repair for all the
property of UCPC with the
goal of keeping all the
Lord's property in a state
of beauty and good operating
condition that will bring
glory and honor to God and
to UCPC as a place to
worship.
- Establish regular work
days.
- Conduct regular
inspection of the property
and respond to any reports
of damage or neglected areas
or items of personal
property.
- Cooperate with
Fellowship Elder in
coordinating the setting up,
taking down and arranging of
tables and chair, etc.,
for dinners and special
church functions.
- Recruit volunteers
to serve in various
maintenance activities.
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Worship Elder -
Blake Case
- In cooperation with the
Minister-In-Charge,
coordinate all activities to
be conducted in sanctuary
area and conditions that
relate to the actual worship
services at Union Cumberland
Presbyterian Church (UCPC).
- Planning non-sermon
activities to ensure
minister's message starts at
11:30am.
- Ushers - Bob Black
- Music - Frank Galbraith
- Greeters - Gayle Bowman
- Oversee that all exits
to the Sanctuary end of the
church building are locked
after each use, lights and
electrical equipment are
turned off.
- Assist minister in
scheduling, planning and
executing all Communion
Services and special events
held in the Sanctuary.
- Oversee the tape and
sound ministry. Make
sure they have all needed
supplies.
- Make DVD's for shut-ins
and others; Louise
Simmons mails these out.
- Assists the
Minister-In-Charge in
teaching and encouraging the
congregation to behave in a
respectful and holy manner
anytime they are in the
Sanctuary.
- Assists in counting
offering.
- Nursery
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Youth Elder -
Dave Roberts
- Oversees all activities
at UCPC which involve young
people under the age of 18
years.
- In cooperation with
participating parents and a
youth council and complying
with all UCPC regulations
established for youth
activities, oversee the
planning and implementation
of all youth activities,
with the goal of involving
all of the UCPC in the
active dedication to Jesus
Christ and to growth and
service in His name.
- Ensure the successful
implementation and
continuance of youth worship
classes and activities, as
well as, social and service
activities.
- Recruit individuals to
volunteer in youth
activities and ministries
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Prayer Elder -
Hugh Turpin
- Meets with other Elders
and prays for Leonard
(Pastor) and for church
service on Sunday morning @
9:30am
- Takes prayer request and
prays over them
- Welcome and opens
worship service with special
messages and announcements
- Assists other Elders -
oversees some special
maintenance projects
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Christian Education Elder -
Vivian Rhodes
- Oversees all activities
which involve Christian
education and continuing
spiritual growth and
education which occur among
the congregation of UCPC.
- Overseeing the Sunday
School - ensuring that each
class has a qualified,
competent teacher and
designated substitute, as
well as, necessary classroom
materials and supplies.
- Oversee any group or
classes designed to promote
the spiritual growth of UCPC
and its individual members
(e.g. Bible studies,
spiritual growth classes,
prayer groups, library use,
etc.)
- Recruit individual to
volunteer in Christian
education programs with a
view to enlisting as many of
the congregation as possible
to become involved in church
activities.
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Fellowship
Elder -
Tommy Campbell
- Oversee all group
activities which involve
social interactions among
the congregation as a whole,
or group of individuals
within the congregation.
- Coordinating all
dinners, picnic, cookouts
and special events.
- In cooperation with the
Maintenance Elder,
coordinating set-up, clean
up and take down of all
property and property areas
used in the events above.
- Initiate and encourage
Christian and brotherly
interaction among the
congregation.
- Supervising the
production and dispensation
of the church directory and
keeping the same current
with updates from time to
time.
- Developing and updating
on introductory packet of
information on UCPC, its
place in the CP
denomination, our system of
government, spiritual growth
opportunities, personnel,
woman's ministry, Sunday
school and other church
related information.
- Function as a cordial,
receptive, greeting
ambassador to all people who
worship at UCPC.
- Oversee the food
ministry by selecting an
supervising a food director
to coordinate volunteers to
prepare and deliver food to
the homes of members who
have a need for assistance
with meals because of
illness, injury, disability
or death.
- Oversee the Women's
Ministry program, attend
meetings, assist each Women's
Ministry officers in
planning events, securing
Session approval for events
and implementing the
projects and goals of WM
under the authority of the
WM Session.
- Recruit volunteers to
serve in the various
fellowship programs.
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