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Leadership Covenant of the Consistory

The Reformed Church of Metuchen

God's Promise to Us:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge the Lord, and God will direct your paths (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Our Promise to God:

We promise together to seek God's will for the church, to pray for God's guidance, to pray for one another, inviting the light of the Lord to shine in and through us.

Our Promises to Our Church Family:

We promise to faithfully fulfill our responsibilities in the service and supervision of the church, acting on behalf of the whole congregation for the welfare of the church.

We promise to dedicate ourselves to prayerfully discerning God's will for our church, and to take actions and make decisions consistent with our best understanding of where God is leading us as a community of faith.

We promise to encourage the members of the congregation to participate in the leadership of the church through service in our ministries, commissions, committees, and offices.

We promise to work through conflict when it arises and to always strive for reconciliation with one another.

Our Promises to One Another on the Consistory:

We promise to attend and participate in our meetings together, fulfilling our commitment as leaders of the church, holding ourselves accountable to one another in Christian love.

We promise to encourage open discussion and civil debate, to listen to the opinions of others, and to allow for healthy disagreement when it arises.

We promise to honor and protect each others' confidences and personal privacy, to refrain from gossip, and to exercise direct communication whenever possible.

We promise to support one another in serving our church out of a sense of joy rather than obligation.

Adopted October 13, 2004