1. Duties of Officers By Rev. Horace Ace Head

2. Appointed by the Preacher in Charge • Class Leaders • Board of Christian Ed. Director • Commission on Membership and Evangelism

3. Stewards Stewardess Recording Steward Treasurer Trustee Superintendent of Sunday School Social Concerns Ministry to Men Council Nominated by Preacher in Charge

4. Missionary President CYF President Usher President Lay Leaders Choir President Elected by the People

5. Class Leaders Collect and report funds to Stewards Help with new member orientation Informing ministers about members Life link from church to members

6. Christian Education Director • Projects the total ministry of the Church • Provides educational opportunity for the whole congregation • It under girths the entire ministry of the Church • Sees that special days are celebrated

7. Commission on Membership and Evangelism • Works closely with Social Concerns, Class Leaders and Pastor • To be involved with new and present membership training • To visit sick members and maintain connections with Class Leaders, Social Concern members and Pastor • The checks and balance person (makes sure the Church has outreach ministry operating

8. Stewards • Spiritual Leaders • Financial Keepers • Backbone to the Church

9. Stewardess • Assists Pastors with opening doors to the new members • Assists in rituals like Communion • Assisting in helping the needy

10. Recording Steward • Record keeper of all income • Makes Quarterly Financial report to Quarterly Conference • Apprises Pastor of financial state of the Church upon request

11. Treasurer • Money collector from the congregation • Provides receipts to all sources • Deposits all monies in Church accounts • Provides Recording Steward receipts and deposit slips

12. Superintendent of Sunday School • Administers the affairs of Sunday School • Supervises teachers and officers • Makes sure adequate curricular materials are used • Periodically evaluates all classes • Makes sure that appropriate devotions are held

13. Social Concerns • To develop and promote programs that will help local congregations become more aware of and involved in evangelism and mission concerns • Works with ushers to create a mail list for those potential new members and works with Class Leaders and Evangelism Board to contact the sick in the community • Apprises the Church of any local or national news of social concern

14. Ministry to Men Council • Seeks ways to enhance the ministry of the Church to men with special programs, training sessions, retreats, workshops and Bible study • It promotes the needs and interests of men in the Church and community

15. Missionary President • Presides over meetings • Administers the work of the Society through its Circles • Sees that the work of the Missionary Council is carried out within the framework of the local Church with all ages, scholarships, social concerns and etc… • Elected by the Missionary Society

16. Usher • Admit all into the house of worship and to attend to their needs while they are there • Assists in emergency needs • Makes sure all have Church Bulletins, hymnals and etc… • Elects a President and Officers

17. Lay Leaders • Elected by the Lay Ministry • Observes National Lay Day • Promotes Stewardship • Encourages outreach • Circulates materials that are meaningful to men • Promotes recreation • Mentors young men

18. Choir President • Elected by the Choir Members • To keep the music appropriate and viabrant • To learn new hymns and songs and help the congregation participate • To consider sermon themes, the occasion, the season, the parts of worship variety and balance

19. References • Discipline of the CME Church • Duties of Officers by Rev. Will Chambers