BOARD OF SESSION
Moderator: Rev. Sudalak Layraman,
Clerk of Session: Ruling Elder Marian Allbritten Second term (2026)
Building and Grounds: Ruling Elder Tom Gauthier-First term (2026)
Fellowship: Ruling Elder Bill Akkala-First term (2025)
Financial: Ruling Elder Kim Bourgeois -Second term(2025)
Mission: Ruling Elder LuAnn Laszlo-First term (2027)
Worship and Music: Ruling Elder Scott Fippinger -First term(2027)
BOARD OF DEACONS
Chairperson:
Luise Wilcox-First term (2025)
Darlene Turner-Seccond term (2027)
Linda Fleury First term (2027)
Mary Whitten-Winter Second Term ( 2025)
Patty Chappman First term (2026)
Marti Maloch-Second Term (2026)
Patty Thoma First term (2026)
BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Ruling Elder Tom Gauthier
Members: Ruling Elder Bill Akkala, Mary Ellen Krieg, Steve Laszlo, Renate Noack, Janni Loubser and Dan Maloch
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
Chairperson and Treasurer: Ruling Elder Kim Bourgeois
Book Keeper: Katie Nahri
Members: Steve Laszlo,Marian Allbritten , Annette Brooks, and Mary Ellen Krieg
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Mary Ellen Krieg (2027), Darlene Turner (2026), Marian Allbritten (2025)
CONGREGATIONAL NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Ruling Elder Marian Allbritten ( appointed by session 2025)
Vice Chairperson: Ruling Elder Scott Fippinger ( appointed by session 2026)
Members: Patty Thoma (2025) and Darlene Turner (2026), Steve Laszlo (2027)
MISSION COMMITEE
Chairperson: Ruling Elder LuAnn Laszlo
Members: Jenni Nance, Clara Champagne, Elfie Loubser, and Dan Maloch
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024-2025
President: Ruling Elder Kim Bourgeois, Vice President: Ruling Elder Tom Gauthier
Treasurer: Ruling Elder Kim Bourgeois
Secretary: Ruling Elder Marian Allbritten,
Directors Members: Ruling Elder Bill Akkala, Ruling Elder LuAnn Laszlo, and Ruling Elder Scott Fippinger
Signers of Checks: Ruling Elder Marian Allbritten, Ruling Elder Kim Bourgeois and Ruling Elder, Bill Akkala
COMMISSIONER TO THE PRESBYTERY
Dan Maloch
How are we governed?
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is governed by a constitution. It has two parts
• The Book of Confessions - This book includes statements from different times and contexts that express what the church believes. New statements of our faith can be added to the Book of Confessions over time. Some well-known confessions and creeds found there include - The Apostle’s Creed, the Westminster Catechism, and the Barmen Declaration.
• The Book of Order - This book includes the rules which we use to order our life together. These rules can be amended every two years. We have a new section to the Book of Order, a new Form of Government, that took effect three years ago.
The Book of Order describes how Presbyterians relate to each other and make decisions. Presbyterians are essentially representative, trusting in elected groups of ministers and elders to make decisions for the full body. A helpful analogy can be the structures of the US government:
A local church is governed by its session. The session is a group of elders elected by the congregation to oversee the church. The session is responsible for most of the decisions made in a local congregation.
Deacons are church officers, elected by the congregation, who serve the church by ministering to those in need, leading worship, connecting with community, welcome new members and visiting homebound members.
All of the churches in a geographical region gather together in a presbytery. The presbytery meets regularly, often every monthly, and has responsibility for overseeing property, ordaining and overseeingnministers, and assisting congregations in their ministry.
Several presbyteries in a state or region make up a synod. Synods may meet a few times in a year.
Presbyteries send representatives to General Assembly. General Assembly meets every two years and is the church’s highest governing body.
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