membership process at MPPC
The Session of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church has decided that all potential new members are to attend the New Member Inquiry Classes @
The second piece of the membership process is one meeting with our pastors and program staff in a small “cluster group.” Please check your calendars and come to class prepared to sign up for the cluster group meeting to be held in conjunction with the new member class.
At the first class, you will receive a folder with information and a data sheet that needs to be filled out completely – you can leave it with your instructor, mail it, fax it, or email it to tsnead@mppc.net. Please note the methods of joining. If you have not previously been baptized at another church, you will need to join by profession of faith and be baptized prior to becoming an active member or on your joining day. At the bottom of the data sheet, you can indicate which service you would like to attend on joining day. Although you will be joining at the
We are very happy that you are interested in becoming a member of the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church family, and we look forward to meeting you in the New Member Inquiry Class. This class is provided to help you understand the simple and the not so simple. For example, it’s an opportunity to simply get to know your way around the church campus with its buildings, programs, budgets, and staff. Yet, it is also an opportunity to think seriously about the challenge and complexity of living out our lives as members of the Christian church. By the end, you’ll hopefully know where to find the nursery and prayer room, but you will also be given the opportunity to learn and discuss our commitment to Jesus Christ and the uniqueness of the Presbyterian branch of the Christian church.
New Member Inquiry Class
Weekly Schedule:
Week One: “Welcome to MPPC”
Introductions
-- Have deacons and lay persons available to welcome the new members (mix of Sunday best and Sunday casual)
-- Ice-breaker exercise
--- Have four to six questions that will break people into smaller groups
--- Once in the groups have a follow-on question they can discuss for a few minutes
--- Ask another question so they reshuffle
- Expectations
-- What can they expect as new members of MPPC
-- What do we expect from them as new members
Week Two: “Presbyterian Beliefs”
How does MPPC live out the tenets of our faith
--- Stories from those who have lived out their "call"
-- Discussion of the idea of being a missional church
-- Discussion of the questions asked of new members
Week Three: “Discovering Our Gifts”
Small group discussions on what gifts the individuals have
-- How do we discern what gifts we have?
-- Escape clause - now that they've learned a bit about us, make sure they know that they can wait to join.
Week Four: “Sharing Our Gifts”
Finding a way to connect (discussions with the different ministries)
-- We need to have a commitment from the ministry representatives to follow up
-- We need to ensure the ministry representatives are prepared for this
Week Five: “Joining Day!”
Elders need to be there at
-- Elders are responsible for introducing themselves to new members, not vice-versa
-- Short (very short) group introductions (possibly just Joanne or me asking the new members to stand up as we introduce them)
-- Any late elders can just say who they are and what committees they are on (no stumping for their special projects)
-- Open the meeting of the session at
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Service Times
Sunday Morning Worship8:15, 9:45 & 11:15 am
Church School
9:45 am for all ages
Lectionary and Scripture readings for the week.
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