Glen Waverley Uniting Church Elders Page
Elders Principles
Statement of Understanding between Elders and the
Church Council
This Covenant between Elders and the Church Council
that acknowledges individually and collectively Elders will:
- share with the Ministers the general spiritual and
pastoral oversight of the congregation;
- nurture the members and adherents in their growth in
grace;
- be prepared to act as mentors, intentionally exercising
their individual gifts in appropriate forms of ministry,
including faith formation and re-formation, formulating
mission, and increasing Biblical literacy and awareness;
- take day to day responsibility for membership transfers,
baptisms, and confirmation;
- assist the Ministers in the conduct of worship and in
the administration of the sacrements;
- individually and collectively participate in the work of
Council committees;
- maintain an awareness of the evolution of the
congregation as a community of faith in relation to its
Future Directions goals, and assist the congregation in its
striving to achieve such goals;
- meet regularly as a group to provide a time for refreshing
and renewing the spiritual growth of the Elders
individually;
- advise the Church Council at least quarterly in relation
to any or all of the actions listed above.
| Agreed to by consensus of the Elders, |
| 12 April 2000 |
| Agreed to by consensus of Church Council. |
| 19 July 2000 |
