Elders Class of 2024
Roger Ailshie
Martha Gioielli
Kelli Jebbia
Jennifer Kaczmarek
Thad Lang
Judy Spurrell
Elders Class of 2025
Colin Earle
Laurie Harrison
Kay James
Gwen Levine
Cyndy McCormick
Paul Parker
If you are unfamiliar with the Presbyterian church polity, you may wish to read this excerpt from “The Book of Order 2019-2023, The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) PART II”:
G-2.0301 Ruling Elder Defined
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 discernment of God’s Spirit and governance of God’s people. Accordingly, congregations should elect persons of wisdom and maturity of faith, having demonstrated skills in leadership and being compassionate in spirit. Ruling elders are so named not because they “lord it over” the congregation (Matt. 20:25), but because they are chosen by the congregation to discern and measure its fidelity to the Word of God, and to strengthen and nurture its faith and life. Ruling elders, together with ministers of the Word and Sacrament, exercise leadership, government, spiritual discernment, and discipline and have responsibilities for the life of a congregation as well as the whole church, including ecumenical relationships. When elected by the congregation, they shall serve faithfully as members of the session. When elected as commissioners to higher councils, ruling elders participate and vote with the same authority as ministers of the Word and Sacrament, and they are eligible for any office.