Function: Provide leadership, vision, coordination and support to the District Organization.
Outreach---Witness
- Team Leader Resource Team
- District Secretary of Global Ministries
- District Hunger Coordinator
- District Disaster Response Coordinator
- At Large Members (7)
Meetings: As needed. Task groups may be formed for specific project from persons outside the team.
Special Initiatives Team
Function: Provide for and coordinate District events, projects, etc.
- Team Leader Special Initiatives Team
- Event/Project Chairpersons
- (Each initiate will form its own implementation team to plan and carry out that event.)
Meetings: as needed
Communications Team
Function: Provide for effective communications across the District and the churches of the District
- Team Leader Communications Team
- District Newsletter Editor
- At large members (3)
Meetings: as needed
District Committees
Function: The Standing Committees of the District are provided for by the Discipline of the United Methodist Church and will carry out the responsibilities assigned to them.
- District Committee on Ordained Ministry
- District Board of Church Location and Building
- District Superintendency Committee
- District Committee on Lay Speaking
- District Youth Council
- United Methodist Women
- United Methodist Men
- District Committee on Nominations and Personnel
- (United Methodist Union)
- (Urban Alliance)
Meetings: as set by the committees membership; as provided for by the Discipline and/or organizational policy.
Connection Keepers
Function: Provide information and/or resources to the various District teams and/or committees as appropriate.
Membership:
constituted of those persons serving on Conference agencies as respresentatives of the Detroit West District.
District Conference
Function: To provide for election of leaders, celebration of ministry, Vision lifting, needs assessment of local churches and other business as needed.
Membership:
- Local Church Pastors
- Local Church Lay Leaders
- Local Church Representatives (may be conference Lay member)
Meetings: Annually (Spring)
District Plenary Session
Function: To provide for coordination, celebration and planning for the district organization.
Membership
All elected persons of the District Team and Committees.
Meeting: Annually (fall)
Nominations and Personnel
Function: To provide for the leadership needs of the District
Membership
Chairperson and 5 at large members
Meetings: as needed
Process
- Term of Office
- Term of Office will be 3 years with a maximum of 2 terms (unless specified by the Discipline).
- Local churches will be invited to nominate persons who express interest in serving to be a "nominations pool" from which the Nominations Committee will nominate.
- Task discriptions will be developed and person contacted directly for recruitment.
- The District Conference will elect upon nominations of the Nominations and Peronnel Committee with nominations from the floor permissible.
- Enabling Legislation
- That the present Nominating Committee, constituted by chairperson of the Nominations and the District Council on Ministry Executive Committee, act as the Nominations Committee for the transition period of to September 1, 1998 with election by written ballot of District Conference Delegates 1998 Session with 3 ballots going to each church.
Implementation and Timeline for New Structure
The new organizational Structure for the District will commence September 1, 1998 and terms of office shall be from September to September. The newly formed Leadership Team shall have responsibility for the implementation of the new structure in this transitional year.
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