April 2010
2011 Deacon and Elder Nominations Open May 1
Broadcast Thursday, April 15
Each May, the Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church Nominating Committee prayerfully begins considerating the qualifications of candidates to fill the next year's slate of five deacons and six elders. Candidates don't have to wait for the committee to make the first contact. Anyone who feels a calling to serve as either a deacon or elder can register interest in being considered for nomination.
Are you a future deacon or elder? Find out!
- Follow the link below to review the attributes and responsibilities of elected church officials.
- Read through the oaths of installation script used during the ordainment ceremony.
- Choose a member of the Nominating Committee, listed below the oaths, to request candidacy consideration.
- Prepare for a step forward in your walk with the Lord.
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Review the Oaths of Installation
1 Do you trust in Jesus Christ your Savior, acknowledge Him Lord of all and head of the church, and through Him believe in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
2 Do you accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be, by the Holy Spirit, the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ in the Church universal, and God’s Word to you?
3 Do you sincerely receive and adopt the essential tenets of the reformed faith as expressed in the confessions of our church as authentic and reliable expositions of what Scripture leads us to believe and do, and will you be instructed and led by those confessions as you lead the people of God?
4 Will you fulfill your office in obedience to Jesus Christ under the authority of the Scripture and be continually guided by our confessions?
5 Will you be governed by our Church’s polity, and will you abide by its discipline? Will you be a friend among your colleagues in ministry, working with them, subject to the ordering of God’s Word and Spirit?
6 Will you, in your own life, seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, love your neighbors, and work for the reconciliation of the world?
7 Do you promise to further the peace, unity, and purity of the Church?
8 Will you seek to serve the people with energy, intelligence, imagination, and love?
9 Will you be a faithful deacon, teaching charity, urging concern, and directing the people’s help to the friendless and those in need? In your ministry, will you try to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ?
10 Will you be a faithful elder, watching over the people, providing for their worship, nurture, and service? Will you share in government and discipline, serving in governing bodies of the church, and in your ministry, will you try to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ?
Contact a Nominating Committee Member
Email» June Mac Leod, Chair
Email» Brian Bernardos
Email» Colleen Carr
Email» Patti Ireland
Email» Konrad Kerr
Email» Leslie Koshland
Email» Rev. Dr. David H. McElrath
Email» Mary Jane Wilfong