Chair: Kathy Martin
Reports To: Church Council
Chair: Gary Neal garynealdds@gmail.com
Anyone interested in finding out more about these programs can find flyers in church on any Sunday or in our church office. Please contact the committee chair with any questions.
Reports To: Board of Trustees
Chair: Jan Hoaglund
Reports To: Church Council
Chair: Bill Hanna bill@muir-hanna.com
Reports To: Finance Team
Chair: Molly Peck treasurer@napamethodist.org
An important role of the SPRC is supporting the morale of the staff and providing feedback from the congregation. Helps build relationships among members of the congregation and staff with a goal bringing together the most effective team to accomplish the mission and purposes of the church.
Has leadership and management roles. The leadership role is to keep an eye on the mission of the church. The management role focuses on the daily activities that ensure details are take care of and the mission strategies are implemented.
The SPRC works with individuals and groups, including:
- the Pastor
- all ordained leaders, elders and deacons, as appointed by the bishop
- the lay staff, both full time and part time
- the congregation (individually and corporately)
- church members interested in being candidates for licensed and ordained ministry
- the local community
- the district superintendent
- the United Methodist Conference staff and general church staff
Reports To: Church Council
Co-Chairs: Barbara Thompson and Scot Cleveland
Reports To: Church Council
Chair: Marylee Sheffer marylee.sheffer@napamethodist.org
A lay speaker undertakes one or more of the following functions, giving primary attention to service within our church:
- To take initiative in giving leadership, assistance, and support to the program emphases of the church.
- To lead meetings for prayer, training, study, and discussion when requested by the pastor, district superintendent, or committee on lay speaking.
- To conduct, or assist in conducting, services of worship, and present sermons and addresses when requested by the pastor, district superintendent, or committee on lay speaking.
- To relate to appropriate committees and ministry areas in providing leadership for congregational and community life and fostering care-giving ministries.
Reports To: Church Council
Representative(s):Michael Herzog MSHWRITE@aol.com
Reports To: Church Council
Representative: Barbara Barrett dancer7579@att.net
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- Preach the Word of God, lead in worship, read and teach the Scriptures, and engage the people in study and witness.
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- Counsel persons with personal, ethical, or spiritual struggles.
Perform the ecclesial acts of marriage and burial.
- Counsel persons with personal, ethical, or spiritual struggles.
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- Visit in the homes of the church and the community, especially among the sick, aged, imprisoned, and others in need.
- Maintain all confidences inviolate, including confessional confidences except in the cases of suspected child abuse or neglect, or in cases where mandatory reporting is required by civil law.
Reports To: Staff Parish
Representative(s): Pastor Marylee Sheffer marylee.sheffer@napamethodist.org