SMC Leadership Discernment Form
Our process of spiritual discernment at Seattle Mennonite Church is best served by transparency, collaboration, and deep listening. In order to be considered, please include your name. This will allow us to follow up as needed.

Please use this Discernment Form to prayerfully consider the gifts of those whom we may invite into these leadership positions. Please consider your own gifts as well and include your own name if you are so led. [NOTE: We warmly invite you to nominate any and all you feel may be gifted for each team, whether or not you think they're available this year. This helps us to notice patterns!]

The Chairs of SLT, all three Councils, and the congregation will convene with the Lead Pastor to discern whom we ask to serve. We will prioritize giftedness in our discernment, but will also strive for diversity in each leadership group, e.g. gender, age, length of tenure at SMC, etc. We invite all leaders to serve a 3-year term. People will be contacted throughout the spring and summer. Commissioning of all leadership positions will happen in fall worship.
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Spiritual Leadership Team (SLT)
Gifts we seek: Committed to spiritual discernment; able to consider the “big picture” of our congregational life and vision; attend to our collective spiritual formation as well as our governance.

Mission: SLT stays attentive to how God is at work in the congregation and seeks to align our ministries with God’s vision and call. SLT leads the congregation in our ongoing practice of spiritual discernment and serves as our governing body.
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Continuing:
+ Jacob Lewellen, treasurer
+ Pat Lagerwey
+ Elizabeth Valenzuela
+ Greg Thiessen, congregational chair
+ pastors, ex officio

Departing:
+ Jennifer Delanty, SLT chair
+ Lisa Bade
+ Ken Kraybill
+ Daryl Morris
Who might be gifted to join SLT?
Stewardship Council
Gifts we seek: Competency in the “nuts and bolts” of being a church, a landlord, and a social service agency; enjoys attending to the care of finances, facilities, and other resources.

Mission: Stewardship Council cultivates and enacts procedures for the faithful use of our collective resources, and in collaboration with staff is responsible for management of operations, our investments fund, and our properties.
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Continuing:
+ Emily Goertz, chair
+ Jacob Lewellen, treasurer, SLT representative to SC
+ Rachel Miller
+ Morlin Elias
+ Ana Lena Melka
+ Lee Murray and Dave Slonecker, staff

Departing:
no one

Who might be gifted to join Stewardship Council?
Just Peace Council
Gifts we seek: Justice-minded; committed to living faith in the world; values action rooted in contemplation; finds joy in partnering with other persons, communities, and orgs working for just peace.

Mission: Just Peace Council helps the congregation boldly live out radical hospitality, dynamic just-peacemaking, and faithful advocacy in our lives and shared ministries. Just Peace supports our Community Ministries and attends to wider church ministries.
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Continuing:
+ Melissa Kelly, chair
+ Neah Ortman
+ Cal Ott
+ Jennifer Hiebert
+ Pat Lagerwey, SLT representative to JPC
+ Megan Ramer, pastor

Departing:
+ Elaine Hickman
+ Sabrina Porter Lindquist

Who might be gifted to join Just Peace Council?
Discipleship Council
Gifts we seek: Energized by the spiritual formation of our congregation, through worship, Sunday School, small groups, etc.; committed to folks across the lifespan.

Mission: Discipleship Council engages the congregation in ministries that nurture our personal and communal faith formation and spiritual growth, creating opportunities to grow our collective intimacy with God.
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Continuing:
+ Heidi Sosa Padilla
+ Juli Van Pelt
+ Joanne Sprunger
+ Kathy Railsback
+ Amy Epp, pastor

Departing:
+ Daryl Morris, chair
+ Pete Lagerwey

*Discipleship Council will be seeking a new chair.
Who might be gifted to join Discipleship Council?
Congregational Care Team (CCT)
Gifts we seek: A heart for caring for folks from birth to death and through the many crises and joys of life in between; able to notice patterns of care needs and think systemically.

Mission: Congregational Care Team assists the pastors in coordinating support for folks in the congregation, nurturing and equipping systems of care so we minister to one another, and tending to rituals of care within worship and congregational life.
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Continuing:
+ Rita Kowats, co-chair
+ Megan Ramer, pastor

Departing:
+ Joel Nofziger
+ Ric Troyer
+ Elizabeth Valenzuela, co-chair
+ Rex Rempel

*Congregational Care Team will be seeking a new co-chair.

Who might be gifted to join CCT?
Camp Camrec Board
Gifts we seek: Values the unique sort of spiritual formation, leadership development, and community-building that happens in the beautiful outdoor setting of our Washington Mennonite Fellowship camp; willing to be part of a “working board.”

Mission: Responsible for all aspects of Camrec: summer camp program, natural resources management, management of endowment, fundraising & financial health, employment & supervision of ED’s, maintenance & capital projects, etc.
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Continuing:
+ Carl Lind
[NOTE: Emily Goertz serves as Treasurer on this Board, but is NOT one of our two SMC-appointed reps]

Departing:
+ Myles Brown
Who might be gifted to join the Camp Camrec board?
Officers: Congregational Chair, Treasurer, Secretary
Congregational Chair: Guides congregation through discernment, chairs congregational meetings, convenes Joint Councils, serves as legal representative of SMC, sits on SLT.

Treasurer: Monitors & provides accountability for financial activities of Administrator & Stewardship Council, sits on SLT.

Secretary: Records minutes of congregational meetings and SLT meetings, ensuring timely dissemination to the congregation, sits on SLT.
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Continuing:
+ Greg Thiessen, congregational chair
+ Jacob Lewellen, treasurer

Departing:
+ Lisa Bade has completed her term as secretary

*We will be seeking a new secretary
*We always welcome input for future officers. Greg and Jacob's terms both end August 2023.
Who might be gifted to serve as Secretary?
Who (in the future) might be gifted to serve as Treasurer?
Who (in the future) might be gifted to serve as Congregational Chair?
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