LEADERSHIP and COMMITTEES
SESSION
The Session of our congregation consists of 16 elders elected to 3-year terms and our pastors. The members of Session are our spiritual leaders and our governing board.
Currently the elders on Session and the committees they serve are:
- Clerk Betsy Rees
- Building & Grounds Dennis Fitzpatrick / Jeff Walker
- Children & Youth Ministries Melissa Smith / Elizabeth Sonnabend
- Christian Nurture Kathie Maldonado / Bonnie Smith
- Congregational Engagement Rick Cooper / Barbara Morrison
- Finance & Generosity Cindy Glines / John Lane
- Membership & Evangelism Robert Underhill, III / John Waechter
- Mission Kathleen Guy /Tom Schmitt
- Personnel Nancy Briggs / Mark Guy
DEACON BOARD
The Deacon board helps to guide our church’s ministry of compassion and care. They assist at funerals and weddings, hospital visitation, home communion, transportation, fellowship events within our church, and hosting special events amongst all the other ways they lead our church in care and service.
Currently those serving on the Deacon board are:
- Tom Antaya
- Ellen Auwers
- Katherine Brege
- Cindy Bush
- Betsy Calcutt
- Jeanne DeVries
- Nancy Eitzen
- Jeff Flynn
- Becky Gagnon
- Karen Griggs
- Marsha Hanson
- Jill Hibbard
- Fran Kamps
- Angela Patterson
- Beth Price
- Sue Woodburne
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