Fulfilling your Purpose through work with Ministry Teams, Committees and the Church Board     Â
Cedar Park United lives its identity and values through the ministry teams, committees, task groups, and activities of the congregation. Currently our umbrella ministry teams, which report to the Congregational Board, are:Â
Worship and Praise Ministry |
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Pastoral Care Ministry |
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Stewardship Ministry |
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Social Justice Ministry |
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Christian Development Ministry |
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Ministry and Personnel Committee |
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In addition we have many groups and teams who focus their skill and talent in specific areas that support our overall ministry. This list gives you a sampling of what we currently have working:
AV Tech Team |
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Welcoming/ Newcomers |
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Communications Team |
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Coffee House Team |
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Property project groups |
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KidZone team |
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Finance |
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Worship Imagineers |
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Choirs |
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Fellowship planning groups |
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Learning groups |
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Men’s Group and Women’s Group |
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NeXt and Free the Children (FTC) |
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Healing Pathway |
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For contact people, see the Ministry Teams page
The Congregational Board
The Board serves an official function as the governing body of the congregation, following guidelines set out by the Manual of the United Church of Canada. The Board attends to the Identity and Values Statement, the Covenant for Harmony, and using these, helps to set the focus and direction of the congregation’s life and witness. We are currently using a Five Year Plan (approved in 2013 by the congregation at its Annual General Meeting) as the pathway, focus and direction for our life together. Board membership includes people active in Ministry teams, and project teams as outlined above. All are “Members” of the congregation; we try to maintain a healthy balance of long-timers, newer members, gender-balance and age range, including youth. We encourage members to serve “for a term”, and then rotate off the Board, so that the Board is refreshed and renewed by new membership.
Discerning a Call to serve in a ministry team or on the Board.
Have you been coming to Cedar Park for a while? Are you enriched by your participation in the life of the congregation? Do you feel a nudge or call to become more involved, or to use a particular skill or talent to enrich the life of the congregation? Is there a place, or ministry, or group outlined above that “has your name written all over it”? Can you commit some of your time on a regular basis to that area of the congregation’s ministry? Would you like to talk to someone to discern your call to a particular ministry?
Here’s who you can contact:
- Sabra Ledent: Chair of Nominations. She is responsible for helping people discern a call to serve on the Board.
- Rev. Elisabeth: Minister (often, deciding to serve on a ministry takes prayerful consideration, and she can help you with this)
- ECL: Our Church Administrator. Elizabeth has an invaluable institutional memory and birds’-eye view of the overall life of the church.
- Chairs or members of any of the ministry teams, committees and groups.