What is a Ministry Team?
A Ministry Team is a group of people from our congregations, chosen and called by our congregations for specific ministries. Together they will be able minister in all the ways a traditional seminary-trained priest does, but only in our congregations. Ministry Teams are designed to fit the needs of the congregation(s) they serve. Our team ideally would include lay people, priests, and deacons serving in these roles: Preacher(s), Pastoral Care Minister, Christian Education Minister, Outreach and Evangelism Minister, Stewardship Minister, Intercessor, Liturgist, Community Life Minister, and Sacramentalist(s), all supervised and supported by the Pastoral Mentor as pastoral shepherd/spiritual guide.
Click here for a current list of our Ministry Teams. A ministry team is a small group of Christians who feel called to a common ministry and who know that they need each other to faithfully carry it out. Each person brings his or her own unique talents and perspectives (Corinthians12) which, blended together, shape their response to Christ’s call to minister. A ministry team is founded on the conviction that all Christians are called by Christ to ministry and that most of our ministry takes place, not in the church, but in our daily lives. It assumes that we need support and encouragement to be faithful in our various ministries. It also assumes that the ministries of the organized church need to illumine our ministries in our various workplaces. Thus, when a group of Deacons gather to plan Sunday morning worship they do so with a consciousness that our Sunday worship, if it is Christian, should help discover Christ’s presence throughout the week. The vision statement written by the Ph
