The church Council decided to update the church By-Laws to reflect the current operation of the church, to be gender neutral and to improve organization and readability. There will be a Q&A session after church on 6/2 in the fellowship hall to answer any questions about these changes. We hope to see you there!
 
A summary of the changes can be found below: 
 
Substantive Changes

• Changed and clarified separate conflict resolution procedures for pastors and staff

• Defined a Personnel Committee as a standing committee appointed by the church Council and assigned duties.

• Defined acts of church Council and all committees to require a majority vote of all members rather than a majority of attendees.

• Added requirement for pastoral resignations to be in writing.

• Changed Collector responsibilities to not be a church officer, focus on counting and

• recording and removed bonding requirement that was never implemented.

• Modified wording to consistently refer to Co-Moderators.

 
Other Changes

• Re-worded text to be gender neutral.

• Re-worded text to use contemporary language.

• Re-worded text to remove indirect expressions and unnecessary words.

• Grouped text into Articles and re-ordered Articles.

• Added a Table of Contents.

• Applied consistent numbering and indentation.

• Consolidated redundant statements.