The Session

Moderator: Rev. Mary Ellen Waychoff, Temporary Supply Pastor
Clerk: Linda Johnson
Treasurer: Cely Campbell

The session is the governing body for the congregation. It is composed of those church members elected by the congregation to active service as ruling elders, together with the installed pastor (teaching elder or minister of word and sacrament). All members of the session are entitled to vote. The pastor is the moderator of the session, and the session cannot meet without the pastor or a designated moderator present. The session at FPC, Ardmore is comprised of nine ruling elders in three classes which serve three-year terms, one class rotating off each year and a new class being elected to replace those going off active service. The session elects the Clerk of Session and the Church Treasurer. The session has the responsibility for governing the congregation and guiding its witness to the sovereign activity of God in the world, so that the congregation is and becomes a community of faith, hope, love, and witness.