Session

The Session is an elected group of 24 women and men and 1 youth elder. The Session is charged with spiritual oversight of the total life of the congregation. The membership of the Session consists of the Pastor, Associate Pastors and the active Elders of the congregation. The Pastor serves the Session as Moderator. In their service on the Session and in Committees, members of the Session play a dual role.

As members of the Session, they are responsible for the spiritual oversight of the congregation, and of all the programs and ministries of the church. In the fulfillment of this role, they must see the church from a "wholistic" perspective; that is, they must be concerned with whether the church's programs and ministries are faithful and effective expressions of the church's mission as a congregation of Christ's people. The Session's responsibilities include all policy-making matters, uses of our facilities, reception of members, assignments of benevolence gifts, direction of the services of worship and the sacraments, and the day-to-day work of the church, i.e. budget, personnel, and building and grounds.

As members of Commissions, they are responsible for working with others in planning, implementing, and evaluating particular programs and ministries of the church; and for communicating to the Session all the information necessary for the Session to exercise its role of spiritual oversight.

Members of the Session

Class of 2010 - Jim Braswell, Skip Britton, Carla Burns, David Castle, Jane Cooper, Sandra Cooper, Bob Coyle, Roderick James, Bill Litchfield, Jane Malczewskyj, Lee Murphree, Gary Whitney, and David Lindsay, youth elder

Class of 2011 - Mike Alexander, Bebe Burns, Mary Grace Carter, Mark Clemmons, Jo Ann Currie, Barbara Chapman, Elizabeth Duerr, Judith Hiott, Florence McKelvey, Karen Morris, Cathy Patterson, and Brian Webster

Class of 2012 - Caryn Bahruth, Cheryl Barker, John Boone, Kate Burkart, Steve Carmichael, David Fox, Joe Harwood, C.J. Miller, Omar Rouchon, Cathy Steward, Sondra Sullivan, and Wesley Vestal