Our Committees
Congregational Committee Structure
The Constitution describes the Committee structure in the following terms and below each section is a definition of how our Parish will define each committee. Parish Council approved this structure at their Council meeting on February 19, 2025.
ARTICLE III
Purpose and Objectives
Section 1. This organization shall be carried out without purpose of gain for its members, and any profit and other gains to the organization shall be used in promoting its objectives.
Section 2. This congregation is a worshipping, learning, witnessing and serving community of baptized persons among whom the Word is proclaimed and the Sacraments are administered according to the Gospel, and whose existence is recognized by the ELCIC. It shall provide support to enable the fulfillment of the mission and ministry of the ELCIC.
Worship Committee
Worshipping: This congregation, remembering God’s mighty acts in the past, celebrating God’s abiding presence, and moving toward God’s promised fulfillment, will listen to the Word of God in Scripture and preaching, receive the Sacraments, and respond with confession, prayer, praise, thanksgiving, and with tithes and offerings. In order to assist members to acknowledge God’s rule over their lives, their own unity as Christ’s body on earth, and to express their relationship with God in public and in private, the congregation shall gather for worship regularly and, in accordance with the traditions of the Lutheran Church, recruit, equip and support members for leadership in worship, use appropriate worship materials, and make certain that worship has a place in other functions of the congregation. This committee will be known as the Worship Committee.
The worship committee is responsible for:
All aspects of worship life. This would include lectors, greeters, ushers, care of the altar, hymn picking, training new volunteers to aid in worship.
The Worship Committee members include:
Jan Schulz (Council Liaison)
Orva Kelln (Chair)
Rhonda de Hoop
Carol Schultz
The Altar Guild members include:
Teresa Kuski
Linda Lanigan
Jan Schulz
Jennifer Tamlin
Education Committee
Learning: This congregation shall develop an educational program designed to assist persons to grow in grace and faith and in the knowledge of the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions for service and witness in the world. To this end, it shall provide learning opportunities with appropriate curriculum, shall recruit, equip and support educational leaders, and shall ensure that adequate study undergirds all functions of the congregation. This committee will be known as the Education Committee.
The Education Committee is responsible for:
Sunday School, Confirmation and any Adult learning i.e. Bible study and educational events.
The Education Committee members include:
We are currently looking for members. If you are interested, Please contact Pastor Rick.
Outreach Committee
Witnessing: This congregation, relying on the Holy Spirit, shall proclaim the Gospel by word and deed and thereby invite all people to repent and believe. This congregation shall recruit, motivate, equip and support its members to witness to their faith at every opportunity in daily life so that the Lord is glorified, the fellowship is strengthened, the lapsed are restored and new members are added to the congregation. It shall provide for the communication of the Gospel through partnership with the wider Christian community. It shall ensure that all congregational functions witness to the faith of the church. This committee will be known as the Outreach Committee.
The Outreach Committee is responsible for:
Activities outside of the church and more community minded. This would include the work of what we call ‘Shared Ministry’. It would also include items like CLWR, Camp Kinasao, work of the Sask Synod and National Church initiatives.
The Outreach Committee members include:
Vicki Cornwell (Council Liaison)
Congregational Life Committee
Serving: This congregation shall live by faith active in love. It shall motivate, equip and support its members to: minister in daily life; participate as members of a caring community; serve as Christians in all the institutions and structures of the society of which they are a part; and promote justice and reconciliation, meet human needs and alleviate suffering, both individually and corporately. In these efforts, this congregation shall cooperate with the synod and the ELCIC, other Christian churches, faith communities and groups in society. It shall make certain that all its functions strengthen the motivation and ability for service. This committee will be known as the Congregational Life Committee.
The Congregational Life Committee is responsible for:
It would include things like our coffee after church. Potluck lunches, cleaning schedule for the church, looking after cleaning and kitchen supplies, Parish Breakfast and any activities that seek to build community among the members.
The Congregational Life Committee members include:
Barb Gwillim (Council Liaison)
Stewardship Committee
Support: This congregation, in faithfulness to God, shall provide leadership, organizational structures, facilities and funds to enable fulfillment of its functions. This congregation shall strive to maintain effective stewardship practices, evaluate regularly the total life and ministry of this congregation, and recruit, equip and support members of this congregation to provide for these activities. This committee is primarily concerned with finances and will be referred to as the Stewardship Committee.
The Stewardship Committee is responsible for:
Finances, preparing the budget, plan and conduct fundraising ideas, etc. They would support the treasurer.
The Stewardship Committee members include:
Bev Decker (Council Liaison)
Committees not represented in the Constitution are:
Property Committee
Property Committee:
The Property Committee is responsible for all aspects of the property including maintenance and capital projects.
The Property Committee members include:
Marvin Kelln (Council Liaison)
Margot Biller
Communications Committee
Communications Committee:
The Communications Committee is responsible for maintaining relationships with its members and informing the community of the activity and events of the Parish. This includes the Social Media presence, maintaining the Website, email communication along with the Newsletter and monthly Calendar.
The Communications Committee Members include:
Pastor Rick Schulz (Council Liaison)
Andria Bender
Jan Schulz
Wanda Hanson
Greg Hanson
Mutual Ministry Committee
Mutual Ministry Committee:
The Mutual Ministry Committee is responsible for maintaining collegial relationships in the Parish between members and the Pastor. It is meant to primarily be a support structure for the Pastor and sounding board for ministry. It can include 4-6 people who should be a cross-section of the congregation and NOT be members of Council. Normally, the Pastor chooses to half the people and the Pastor and Council together choose half the people.
The Mutual Ministry Committee members are:
Peter Frostad
Wendy Gottselig
Glen Munholland
Carol Nordal