In addition to the Finance, Personnel and By-Laws Committees, the members thereof being general Church officers, the Church shall have a Nominating Committee, a Pulpit Committee, various standing committees and a provision for ad hoc committees.
SECTION 1
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Nominating Committee shall consist of nine members. The Board of Deacons shall nominate individuals to serve a term of one year from February 1 through January 31. The Chair of the Board of Deacons shall appoint a committee of five deacons to present nominees, including Chair-elect, for the Nominating Committee to the Board of Deacons at which time other deacons may make nominations. The Pastor or the Pastor's representative shall be a non-voting, ex-officio member of this Deacon Nominating Committee. The Board of Deacons shall present its nominees to the Church. To the extent possible, all age groups and ministries of the Church shall be represented and the Deacon Committee may confer with the Church staff to ensure broad Church representation on the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall be elected by the Church in January, at which time additional nominations may be received from the floor. The Chair-elect shall serve two years and automatically become Chair for the second year. No other member shall serve consecutive terms. No member of the Nominating Committee may be nominated or elected to a general Church office, as set out in Article II of these By-Laws, while serving on the Nominating Committee. This committee shall recommend to the Church at the June and July business meetings candidates for Church-elected positions as outlined in Article IV, Section 2D of these By-Laws. This committee shall also recommend to the Church at any regular business meeting candidates to fill vacancies which have occurred in Church-elected positions. Prior to the elections nominees for positions shall be informed of the duties and obligations of those positions. Any nominees for Church-elected positions who are not members shall be noted as such.
SECTION 2
PULPIT COMMITTEE
A Pulpit Committee shall be elected by the Church whenever a vacancy occurs in the Pastorate to nominate a person to be elected to the Pastorate. This committee shall consist of nine members, two of whom shall be the Chairs of the Deacon Board and the Personnel Committee at the time the Pulpit Committee is elected. Nominations, including Chair, shall be made by the Nominating Committee for election at a regular or called business meeting. Nominations may be received from the floor. The deliberations of the Pulpit Committee shall be conducted in a confidential manner. The committee's nominee shall be proposed for election by the Church at a called business meeting follow a Morning Worship Service. This committee shall be dissolved upon the election of its nominee.
Adopted September 17, 1997