NURTURE COMMITTEE

Focus: Nurturing church members to become the faithful disciples that God is calling us to be.

Nurturing ministries include:

• Christian Education classes for all ages
• Annual church/council retreats
• Lenten andAdvent studies
• Parish visitiation
• United Methodist Women Unit
• Special Sundays - Mother's Day, Native American Awareness Day, Human Relations Day, Easter & Christmas

WITNESS COMMITTEE

The Witness Committee is a group that shares faith through word and deed with those who have no expressed faith. Here is a list of what the Witness Committee currently does at

Here is a list of what the Witness Committee currently does at Mittineague:

• Share with friends, relatives and co-workers the meaning of the Christian faith
• Organize Quilts for the Homeless Project
• Share in Ecumenical services
• Hang banners inside and outside church walls
• Public Relations, Advertising, Church Website, Church Email
• Hold community dinners and fundraisers with proceeds designated for specific    mission projects

OUTREACH COMMITTEE

Mr. David Bolster, Chairperson

Focus: To minister with acts of compassion to persons in need, and advocating on behalf of justice and rightousness!

Activities of the Outreach Committee:

• Offering meals for family following a funeral
• Emergency shelter or aid
• Establishing a re-connection to sister church in Nicaragua
• Recycling with the proceeds supporting a form of outreach

CHURCH COUNCIL

This council is comprised of members from all other commitees of the church.  It represents the entire body of the church to address issues and concerns of the congregation.  It also plans events and fundraisers.  The council meetings are run by the council-appointed Church Council Chairperson.  Then, council is comprised of:

• Pastor
• Church Council Secretary
• Nurture Committee Chairperson
• Outreach Committee Chairperson
• Witness Committee Chairperson
• Lay Leader
• Finance Committee Chairperson
• Church Treasurer
• Church Financial Secretary
• Trustee Chairperson
• Paster Parish Relations Committee Chairperson
• UMW President
• Memorials Committee Chairperson
• A youth representative
• Members at Large