COMMITTEES

  • Hospitality Committee: Provides hospitality at church events which is done by many members of the church, as well as 7-8 members who make up the Hospitality Committee. The chairperson and vice-chairperson each serve for two years and the other members serve for one-three years.

  • Congregational Life Committee: Is an extension of the care giving provided by the Pastoral Team. The committee promotes existing efforts and develops new efforts that enhances and enriches the relational life of the congregation.

  • Arts & Symbols Committee: Coordinate planning for art and religious symbols for Akron Mennonite Church.

  • Music Committee: The music ministry of Akron Mennonite Church will express and nurture the song and rhythm of the people. In this respect music ministry is pastoral; it relates to the needs, hopes, and aspiration of the people. Our music forms community as it did for the peoples of Scripture, Old and New, "O come let us sing to the Lord…making melody in our hearts to the Lord." We confess and celebrate the faith in our singing and playing as well as in our Confession of Faith. This ministry is informed by and contributes to the mission of the church. "All our ministries are offered to the congregation and others as invitation to faith and service."

  • Stewardship Committee: We recognize that all we are and have is a gift from God and we want to resist the materialistic temptations of our affluent society. Realizing that both tithing and as the Lord has prospered are biblical concepts, we believe we owe our Lord at least one-tenth of our time, energy, and earnings.

  • Trustees: Provide for the over-all day-to-day maintenance of the building and grounds. This includes cleaning of buildings, repairs, grounds upkeep, snow removal, etc.

  • Membership Committee: Work jointly with the Pastor and Pastoral Team on all matters of membership such as: individuals interested in becoming members, individuals who request transfer of membership out of AMC, and unique membership situations.

  • Scholarship Committee: Encourage members of the congregation to contribute funds to the Scholarship Endowment at years' end. Request and disperse funds to the appropriate colleges for tuition assistance.

  • Library Committee: Coordinate library services for the congregation; providing books and materials as appropriate for the needs of the church.

  • Leadership Coordinating Committee: The Church Covenant says, "Tasks of ministry for each person grow out of gift discernment in the congregation." The Leadership Coordinating Committee is responsible to carry out this task, known as the annual leadership selection process. The committee receives nominations from multiple sources in the congregation for open position. The committee then recommends persons to fill these positions and facilitates the invitation process.

  • Staff-Congregation Relations Committee: The primary task of the Staff-Congregation Relations Committee is to care for the relationship between the pastors and the congregation. This committee complements the relationship between the Congregational Chair and the church pastors.

  • Pastoral Team Member Selection Committee: The specific task of this committee is the nominating of persons from the congregation to serve as lay members on Pastoral Team.

  • Ministry Teams: Groups of people responding to the call of the Holy Spirit to minister to a need in our church, our community, or our world. The group is bound by a shared sense of ministry and by a shared sense of the mission of Akron Mennonite Church.

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1311 Diamond Street - Akron, Pennsylvania 17501
Phone: 717-859-1488 - Email: amc@akronmench.org

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