Brief Church Mission Statement: Please limit your response to no more than 1500 characters including spaces and punctuation.

We glorify God in our Sunday Worship, our fellowship time together, our ministry to the needy through food baskets distributed twice a year, serving meals at the Rescue Mission and other ministry projects. We make our facilities, including the children’s playground, available to the community. Our church chimes ring out over the area and are enthusiastically received by the community.

We send letters to newcomers in the community to acquaint them with our church and invite their attendance. We encourage our members to invite their friends and neighbors to attend services and fellowship functions. We have a visitation program to welcome visitors. There is a friendly church family atmosphere which makes people feel at home.

We have an Elder Care program. Each Elder is responsible for staying in contact with the members on their list and notifying the pastor if they need his or her special attention.

Our members are supportive of each other as we carry out our various responsibilities in the church programs, offering encouragement, cooperation and gratitude for the work accomplished.

Narrative Questions: For each narrative question, please limit your responses to no more than 1500 characters including spaces and punctuation.

The congregation was established in 1798. The sanctuary dates to 1877. It is a frame structure of simple beauty. A later addition of the education wing includes a fellowship hall which accommodates 100; a newly renovated kitchen, nursery, classrooms and libraries.

The manse has been converted to an annex containing offices for the pastor and secretary. The living room has become the church parlor, used for small group meetings and Sunday school.

The Sunday worship service places strong emphasis on preaching and music. Average attendance at Sunday worship is 90. Communication with the membership is enhanced by the "Patter" (the monthly newsletter) and an annual directory.

We have a wonderful group of children. A children’s sermon, led by an adult member of the congregation, is a regular part of worship. Children then exit to attend children’s church. The church also has a Sunday afternoon Kids Club. The church membership and friends recently installed a new playground for the children of our church and community.

We have an excellent volunteer choir. We are concentrating on enhancing our Sunday school program. Vacation Bible School has been quite successful. The Men’s and Women’s groups meet regularly and are well attended. Wednesday night fellowship dinners and Sunday coffee fellowship are enjoyed by all.

Our many service projects include partial support of two missionaries.

The following occupational categories are represented: administration, agriculture, clerical, clergy, construction, educators, engineers, health care professionals, accounting professionals, machine operators, management, military, laborers, precision crafts, sales-marketing, technical support, transportation, musicians, attorneys, singers, cooks, professors, homemakers and entrepreneurs.

Different spiritual gifts such as teaching, serving, and leadership are expressed through a variety of congregational programs, committees, and ministries. The congregation utilizes these gifts in various ways as evidenced by the diverse programs and activities offered to the members and the community.

We believe in a sovereign, triune God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). We believe that God has put all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and made Him the Head of the Church which is his body. We are called to tell the good news of salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ, who is fully divine and fully human; was crucified, resurrected and ascended into Heaven where He sits on the right hand of God the Father. He will return to receive believers into His presence. Salvation is through no one else. We believe we stand before God as righteous because of His forgiveness of our sins through Jesus Christ crucified.

We believe the scripture, both Old and New Testaments, is the authoritative, infallible Word of God. The Bible was given to us by inspiration of God the Holy Spirit to teach us what is the truth and convict us of what is wrong in our lives, giving us, through Grace, the ability to live Godly lives.

We endorse and sustain our commitment to the Resolution as a "Confessing Church".

Name: Michael Gant

Address: 3304 South Circle, Knoxville, TN 37920

Phone Numbers: 865-573-3405 (Home), 865-974-2730 (Office), 865-974-7541 (Fax)

Relation: Former Ministry Liaison

E-mail: mgant1@utk.edu

Name: Harry Hassall

Address: P.O.Box 3414, Brentwood, TN 37024

Phone Numbers: 615-833-1275

Relation: Former Pastor

E-mail: presbyfox@aol.com

Name: Lewis W. Fowler, Jr

Address: 1108 W. Nokomis Circle, Knoxville, TN 37919

Phone Numbers: 865-637-0477

Relation: Former Executive Presbyter

E-mail: lewisfowler@comcast.net

Position Description: For each section please limit your response to no more than 1500 characters including spaces and punctuation.

Preach and teach the word of God in corporate worship. Initiate, lead and encourage groups in Bible study and prayer. Provide administrative leadership as moderator and in mentoring committees. Demonstrate and instill the spirit of evangelism. Stimulate the Sunday school and Christian education programs. Visit and encourage member visitation in homes of congregation. Lead in the overall worship program and promote missions, stewardship, and other causes. Participate in the work of presbytery, synod, and denomination. Provide instruction for prospective members, prepare elected officers for ordination, and provide pre-marital counseling.

Lead in promoting church in community through publicity, advertising, etc. Membership in service organization and involvement in schools through PTA, etc. is desirable.

(Select up to ten skills in which you have experience or training that you would like to use in your next position)

Effective Salary $ 37,875.00

Housing Type Manse

X Housing Allowance

Geographic Choices.

X Unlimited (or)

Suggest Individuals From Specific Areas Checked Below:

"The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) shall give full expression to the rich diversity within its membership and shall provide means which will assure a greater inclusiveness leading to wholeness in its emerging life. Persons of all racial ethnic groups, different ages, both sexes, various disabilities, diverse geographical areas, different theological positions consistent with the Reformed tradition, as well as different marital conditions (married, single, widowed, or divorced) shall be guaranteed full participation and access to representation in the decision making of the church." (G-4.0403)

"(The Committee on Ministry) shall provide for the implementation of equal opportunity employment for ministers and candidates without regard to race, ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, or disability. In the case of each call, it shall report to the presbytery the steps in this implementation taken by the calling-group." (G-11.0502g)

"...Care must be taken (by the Pastor Nominating Committee) to consider candidates without regard to race, ethnic origin, sex, marital status, age, or disabilities." (G-14.0502b)

FORMS OF GOVERNMENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) See Also: Form of Government (G-10.0102n) (G-11.0502d, G-13.0201b)

Every Presbytery Committee on Ministry is to inform each Pastor Nominating Committee of its constitutional obligations and how it might assure fairness in the calling process.

Has the presbytery's Committee on Ministry thus counseled with the Pastor Nominating Committee regarding Equal Employment Opportunity?

___X__ Yes

______ No

Each Pastor Nominating Committee is expected to undertake its search for a minister in a manner consistent with the good news that in the Church "...as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Has the Pastor Nominating Committee affirmed to the Presbytery Committee on Ministry its intention to follow the Form of Government in this regard?

___X__ Yes

______ No

Name Michael T. Berger_____________________ _____________________________

Address 3016 Miser Station Road_____________________________________________

City Louisville State TN Zip Code 37777

Preferred Phone 865-681-7715

Alternate Phone 865-806-0782

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