Our Mission Statement

SUMC is a family of Christians dedicated to serving God. We strive to live in a way that honors Christ.  As such, we:
   ▪ Reach out to and welcome all people.
   ▪ Use our gifts to share Christ’s love and serve others.
   ▪ Strive to provide opportunities for meaningful worship,  

     lifelong Christian education, and Spiritual growth.
Our call is to encourage all people to seek the love of Christ.

Structure of Succasunna UMC

Church Conference – meets annually to elect officers, receive reports, set goals, approve pastor’s compensation package, evaluate overall mission/ministry of church

Administrative Council – implements direction set by church conference, establishes budget, manages life of the church between church conferences

Administrative Committees

U      Staff-Parish Relations – the “personnel” department of the local church, responsible for interactions with bishop & cabinet regarding pastoral appointments

U      Finance – creates the budget, provides for annual audit

U      Lay Leadership – recruiting, nurturing, training, supporting church leadership

Program Committees

U      Education – responsible for the Sunday school and adult Christian education

U      Member Care – responds when members need assistance, maintains membership list, makes contact with members we haven’t seen for a while

U      Stewardship – plans & conducts pledge campaign, educates us about giving

U      Missions – ministries to meet needs in the community & beyond

U      Worship – manages the worship life of the church

U      Evangelism – (approved by 2007 church conference) reaching new disciples

Buildings/Property

U      Trustees – supervision, oversight, & care of property, provides for insurance, approves requests for use by outside groups, administers bequests/endowment

U      Cemetery – manages cemetery

U      Building Campaign (managed by Trustees) – plans for major improvements to the church, also conducts capital campaign to raise funds for these projects

 

Serving God since 1852