Ministry Teams

The Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy programatic needs are served by four ministry teams. The Ministry Teams monitor the on-going strategy and vision of the presbytery in their specific areas, create and coordinate the work of Action Teams, make recommendations to presbytery for actions related to their areas of expertise, participate in Partnership Team visits (Triennial Visits) with sessions, are attentive to needs articulated by representatives of the Ministry Areas, by presbytery staff, and by sessions and ministers. The Ministry Team moderators, or their designees, are voting members of Mission Council, and are the team liaisons with presbytery staff.

The Leadership in Ministry Team, open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in partnership with the Committee on Ministry and the Committee on Preparation for Ministry, seeks to identify, equip, and support leaders in the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy. Our desire and intent is to create a climate of mutual support to promote healthy leaders and healthy congregations

The Missional Outreach Team coordinates the mission and justice activites of the presbytery. The Mission Team assists congregations with mission including mission development and interpretation. Particular concerns include equipping congregations to engage in international mission, peacemaking, justice advocacy, environmental justice, racism and privilege, and hunger action and community assistance.

The Resourcing and Equipping Team provides print and audio-visual resources to assist congregations and individuals and manages the presbytery's camp and retreat ministry. The team is responsible for trainings for church officers, Christian educatiors, children-youth-adult ministries, spiritual formation, worship and music, and technology and the church.

The Congregational Development Team assists congregations with redevelopment and coordinates the planting of new churches. The Congregational Development Team is concerned with evangelism, spiritual growth, new church development, church redevelopment, and embracing change. The team uses the PERCEPT program and assists congregations in the use of this powerful redeveloment resource.

Resources related to each team are available on the teams' home pages. Click on an image above to go to a team page.