It shall be the function of this committee to support and nurture the children (ages 0 – 5th grade) and youth (6th – 12th grades) ministry of this congregation. It shall plan events for children and/or youth as well as promote Synodical events by encouraging youth to actively participate. It shall also seek to coordinate intergenerational events at various times throughout the year to involve all members of the congregation. This committee shall work in conjunction with the Christian Education Committee and the Fellowship Committee in planning events.

It shall be the function of this committee to oversee the conduct and promotion of the school(s) and the Christian Educational activities of all organizations within the congregation. It shall encourage the use of teaching and worship materials published or approved by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and seek to evoke and promote the expression of Christian faith in daily living through the church’s periodicals and books of family devotion into the homes of the congregation. One of the primary aims of the Christian Education Committee shall be to bring the call to the ministry of the Gospel and to other full-time church vocations to the attention of qualified youth of the congregation. It shall assist the Pastor(s) in all Christian Educational functions.

It shall be the function of this committee to stimulate and lead all members of the congregation in continuous and, from time to time, concerted endeavors to reawaken the spiritually indifferent and to reach others, who are yet unwon, with the Gospel and attach them to Christ’s Church. To this end, the Evangelism Committee shall devote itself to deepening spiritual life and shall periodically study the congregation in the context of the surrounding community. The duties of this committee shall include securing greeters and coordinating outreach programs in the Synod and in the community.

It shall be the function of this committee to plan, coordinate, and promote fellowship events within the congregation. This committee will oversee the maintenance of the Family Life Center and Youth Hall, ensure that kitchen and pantry supplies are procured, and relay to the Property Committee any maintenance issues that need to be addressed. It shall assist the Pastor(s) and staff in coordinating use of the Family Life Center following the guidelines adopted by the Congregation Council. It shall provide the congregation with opportunities for fellowship among themselves and between the congregation and the community at large. It shall oversee the bereavement meal ministry of the church.

It shall be the function of this committee to prepare a draft budget for the succeeding year, including the congregation’s full indicated share in support of the wider ministry being carried on in its behalf by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the synod, and shall submit such draft to the Congregation Council for its action and for later presentation to the congregation at its annual meeting.  This committee shall exercise oversight of all the financial affairs of the congregation to make sure that they are being conducted efficiently, giving particular attention to the prompt payment of all obligations and to the regular forwarding of benevolence monies to the synodical treasurer.  It shall, subject to the approval of the Congregation Council, be responsible for the congregation’s total insurance program and investments, except those associated with and managed by the Endowment Committee as provided in *CR3.  The Finance Committee will also administer the Abiding Memorials Plan following the guidelines in Addendum 1:  Abiding Memorials Plan. The Finance Committee shall be chaired by the Treasurer of the congregation.  (Oversight of the Endowment Committee and its investments does not fall under the Finance Committee.)

It shall be the function of this committee to see to the proper maintenance and protection of all property of the congregation, and shall take care that the same is kept in good repair.  This committee shall recommend to the Congregation Council a sexton and/or cleaning service as well as yard maintenance service.  The Property Committee should also oversee and direct the activities of such services.

It shall be the function of this committee to extend Christian compassion and helpfulness to the ill, the aged, the orphaned, the underprivileged, the imprisoned and, in general, to persons of all ages in need of aid in body or soul. It shall strive to enlist in these efforts as many as possible of the individual members and organizations of the congregation, especially coordinating with the Evangelism Committee in outreach programs. This committee shall further have the duty to study social conditions, primarily in the local community, in order to bring the cleansing and healing light of Christian discussion of facts and issues.

It shall be the function of this committee to evoke and promote the expression of Christian faith in daily living; to teach the Christian use of money; to diffuse knowledge of the congregation’s local, national, and world-wide ministries; and to lead all members to higher levels of proportionate giving for the Lord’s work.  This committee shall also be responsible for congregational efforts that lead to informed and grateful giving.

It shall be the function of this committee to assist the Congregation Council in seeing that the services of God’s house are conducted regularly and in accordance with the liturgy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, that ushers are recruited and trained, and that hymnals and other devotional materials are provided and properly cared for.  This committee shall supervise and strive to advance the welfare and effective service of the choirs of the congregation.  It shall arrange for the care of paraments, vestments and musical instruments and, in consultation with the Pastor, the organist, the choir director(s), it shall furnish music supplies appropriate for use in the worship of a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  With the Pastor, the Worship and Music Committee shall assist this church’s music ministry.