How does the Church
fulfill its Mission?
The work of the church continues even during
this time of ministerial transition. 
     
In January 2016, the Hills Church congregation voted to move to a new model of governance, replacing the former “corporate-style” approach (with its nearly twenty committees) with a more spiritually-based model focused around Ministry Teams and Support Boards. At that time the church also reaffirmed our Visioning Hallmarks, the core values which serve as the foundation of the church’s mission.

In anticipation of the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the new governance model, it's time to revisit how we are doing. In early 2020, Church Council identified three priorities to be addressed:

  1. Awareness/understanding of Church Governance Structure/Processes
  2. Recruitment and Succession Planning 
  3. Communication  

To address these issues, Church Council formed the Strengthening Church Governance Task Force. View the Task Force's summary report HERE. Church Council now extends an invitation to the congregation to learn more!
You are invited!

Are you interested in learning more about church governance?
Do you have questions about how the church is organized and how we fulfill our mission?

Then please join us!
Open Forum on Church Governance
Tuesday, June 22 at 7:00 pm

This is a virtual session with members of Church Council and the Strengthening Church Governance Implementation Task Force to explore this important topic in church life.

The Office of the Moderator would like to thank the members of the Strengthening Governance Task Force for their very thoughtful final report: Doug Eisenhart, Chair, and Caitlin Baron, Mary Hill Canavan, Steve Groff, Steve Hansen, KC Kranker, Harold Wilkinson, and Becky Williams. Serving as Consultants were Matt Wooster, Cynthia Gordan, and Suzanne Woolston-Bossert.