Session Four
Pastor Seth Amerine
Part of Sermon Notes
March 29, 2021

Eldership Session 4: The Day to Day

Attendance:
*

_ services
*Church _
*Elder _
*Leadership _ events

Church staff:
*Monitor spiritual

- }
*Monitor _ in ministry
*Set _ expectations
*
_ evaluation
*Provide opportunities for _ (and make sure they take them)
*
_ their ministries
***Hire }

Shepherd the congregation:
*Live by

_
* _
* _ with them and for them
* _
*Church _
***Always more than _
***Always out of _
***Always for _ reasons

Fight for

_ amongst leadership:
*Work out } them over.
* _ weaknesses in eldership quickly and gently.
* _ on each other.
*Have _ together.
*Work from _.
*ALWAYS _ the group to the congregation or step down.
*ALWAYS give the same _.
*Lead out of _ NOT fear.

Keep church moving

_:
*Set _ goals.
*Regularly _ church’s ministry
* _!

Keep

_ as an eldership:
*Personal _ with Christ
* _ events
* _ book individually and corporately
* _ mentorship and accountability

Represent the

_:
*Be _!
*Church’s .
*Give no _ of impropriety.

Represent

_:
*Not the _.
*Not the _.
*Not your _.

Rocklane Requirements:
*

_ believer.
* _ of Rocklane for 2+ years.
*Displayed ministry _.
* _ by member of the church
* _ by elders.

1 year training period:
*Be

_ by elders at the beginning of the year.
*Attend elder } class, elder _, _r class
*Attend all or most elder _
*Be _ by current or past elder

Each party can

_ _ at any time for any reason.

Elder candidate will maintain

_ at all times.

4 year

_ with option of a second.
*This allows for } and graceful _.

Congregational approval:
*Each elder candidate will be

_ to the _ .
*The congregation will have _ _ to bring any _ reasons that this elder should not serve to the eldership.
*This removes power from _ no’s and gives power to _ no’s.

When an elder’s term ends:
*They must stay off the eldership for at least one

_ .
*They must go through same steps to return, namely _ and congregation _ . (not apprenticeship)

If an elder becomes unfit to serve:
*He will be asked by the

_ to step _ .
*The eldership will take the steps necessary to help this person to be _ to _ , not _ eldership.