Elders:

Finance-- Dave Hoch
Property & Grounds--Leonard Snelling
Mission & Social Concerns-- Saralynn Brown
Christian Education-- Bev Wenger
Worship & Music-- Vickie Walker
Memebership & Outreach-- Dawn Blach
Personel-- Keith Malchoff
Nominating-- Cody Brandner, Bill McCracken
Stewardship-- Carol Heltenberg
Memorial-- Susan Bute
PNC -- Dan Nelson

TREASURER'S REPORT-- June 2010

Next Session meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm. Committee Reports
are due in the church office August 12, 2010.  Devotions for August is Carol Heltenberg.

Coffee Fellowship for August is Carol Heltenberg

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3. Elders
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 governing and ministry.
Elders are chosen by the people. Together with ministers of
the Word and Sacrament, they exercise leadership, government,
and discipline, and have responsibilities for the life of a particular
church as well as the church at large, including ecumenical
relationships. They shall serve faithfully as members of the
session. (G-10.0102) When elected commissioners to higher
governing bodies, elders participate and vote with the same
authority as ministers of the Word and Sacrament, and they are
eligible for any office.

Elders should be persons of faith, dedication, and good judgment.
Their manner of life should be a demonstration of the Christian
gospel, both within the church and in the world. (G-6.0106)

a. It is the duty of elders, individually and jointly, to
strengthen and nurture the faith and life of the congregation committed
to their charge. Together with the pastor, they should encourage
the people in the worship and service of God, equip and
renew them for their tasks within the church and for their mission
in the world, visit and comfort and care for the people, with special
attention to the poor, the sick, the lonely, and those who are oppressed.

They should inform the pastor and session of those persons
and structures which may need special attention. They should assist
in worship.

(See W-1.4003, W-2.3011–.3012, W-3.1003,
W-3.3616, and W-4.4003.)

They should cultivate their ability to
teach the Bible and may be authorized to supply places which are
without the regular ministry of the Word and Sacrament.

In specific
circumstances and with proper instruction, specific elders may be
authorized by the presbytery to administer the Lord’s Supper in
accord with G-11.0103z. Those duties which all Christians are
bound to perform by the law of love are especially incumbent upon
elders because of their calling to office and are to be fulfilled by
them as official responsibilities.

b. An elder shall report to ecclesiastical and civil legal
authorities knowledge, gained in the course of service to the
church, of harm, or the risk of harm, related to the physical
abuse, neglect, and/or sexual molestation or abuse of a minor or
an adult who lacks mental capacity when (1) such information
is gained outside of privileged communication; or (2) she or he
reasonably believes that there is risk of future physical harm
or abuse.