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Board of Elders
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Ministry to the Pastor
The Ministry to the Pastor for the Board of Elders is to: Pray for the Pastor(s) and other spiritual leaders; Encourage the Pastor(s) in his work by word and by action; Be concerned about temporal welfare of the Pastor(s), organists, parish secretary, and field workers and make recommendations to the Personnel Committee regarding salaries and other material consideration; In consultation with the Pastor, hire, supervise, and outline the duties of the parish secretary, organists, and field workers
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Ministry to Members
The Ministry to the Members of Zion is to: Insure that the congregation functions in accordance with the established doctrine of the Church; Recommend to the Church Council and the Voters' Assembly the appropriate action regarding admission into the communicant membership or the termination of communicant membership as such cases arise; Take spiritual charge and oversight of the familial groupings assigned to them in liaision with the Pastor(s) and other concerned boards of the congregation; Engage in continual review of communion and church attendance of all members, make calls on deliquents, follow-up on all newborn children in the congregation until they are baptized; Personally and patiently admonish those who neglect the Word of God and thSacrament of Holy Communion, or who err in Christian doctrine in Christian conduct; Encourage spiritual programs in the societies of the congregation generally; Submit an annual budget request in the form and at the time requested by the Board of Finance; Discover social needs of individuals in the congregation and endeavor to respond to these needs directly or by referring people needing help to the appropriate agency or institution4.
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Ministry of Worship
The Ministry of Worship is to: Be responsible for a friendly personal welcome of visitors and members; Supervise organists, choirs, and other musicians; supervise budgeted purchases for approriate music and other related matterspertaining to the ministry of music; Provide for vicars, assistants, subsitute pastors, and guest speakers as needed; Supervise the staff of ushering; Assist the Pastor(s) with communion distribution, reading of scripture, preaching as requested; Set the time schedule and number of communion services in conjuction with the Pastor(s) and the Voting Membership; Approve and disapprove new forms of worship, liturgies, and hymns for use in public worship; Supervise the Altar Guild in their maintenance of the sacred vessels, altar, altar furnishings, vestments; keeping adequate supply of worship items (communion cards, pencils, wine, wafers, baptismal napkins, candles), and coordinating all church and chancel decorations an distribution of flowers; Plan and publicize the services for the year.
