Leaders & Committee Chairpersons

This list is an alphabetical listing of the major committees at Beaver Ridge UMC. (Audio Visuals, Children's Church, Children's Coordinator, Church Council, Communications Committee, Evangelism, Facilities Committee, Finance Committee, Lay Leader, Lay Leader to Annual Conference, Missions, Staff-Parish Relations Committee, Pre-School Ministries, Scouting Coordinator, Senior Beavers, Sunday School Coordinators, Trustees, United Methodist Men, and United Methodist Women ).

The description of each function is intended to be a quick reference to help guide you to the proper committee/group of people; it certainly does not represent all that the committees do for the support and growth of Beaver Ridge nor all the members of each committee.

For times when these groups meet, consult the Weekly Communicator page. For help with the physical locations of the rooms where they meet, use the Facility layout.

Committee	Chairperson	Function
Audio Visual	Gene Rayburn	Responsible for the operation of all electronic equipiment (such as microphones, projectors, audiovisuals) during the worship services.
Children's Church	Jeanne Becker & Mary Perkins	A children's sermon is give during the 11:00 Worship Service. Following the sermon, the children (ages ~ kindergarten - 5th grade)are invited to spend the remainder of the service in Children's Church in the Family Life Center where they enjoy a small lesson and crafts.
Children's Coordinator	Kasey Kahm	The children's coordinator oversees the various activities of the children's ministries.
Church Council	Charlotte Delozier	Provides for the planning and implementing a program of nurture, outreach, witness and resoures in the local church. It also provides for the administraion of its organization and temporal life.
Communications Committee	Julie Moorefield	This committee serves to see that events and activites that occur within the church and its membership is communicated both within the church and to the community and district. Bulletin boards, articles for publication, and e-mail are a few of the ways the communication committee works to spread the news of BRUMC.
Evangelism	Rhonda Thornton & Maggie Smalley	Helping the congregation in its ministry to the community and to the world, is the responsibility of the Evangelism Committee. Outreach activities, welcoming visitors, and spiritual renewal activities are some of the activities of this committee.
Facilities Committee	Lorie Briegel	Coordinating the paint, furniture and decor for the church facilities are the responsibility of this committee.
Finance Committee	Tom Becker	Oversight of the budget, financial askings and expenditures are the responbility of the Finance Committee.
Lay Leader	Ralph Maylott	Responsiblity of serving as the primary representative of the laity. Other responsibilities include meeting regularly with the pastor to discuss the state of the church and the needs of ministry, serving on other committees, involvement in study and training opportunities, and informing the laity of training opportunities within the conference.
Lay Member to Annual Conference	Launa Pennell	Serves along with the pastor as an interpreter of the actions of the annual conference session and reports these actions back to the local church.
Missions	Leslie Little	Caring for the sick, feeding the hungry, befriending the outcast while spreading the Gospel message are the mission and focus of the missions committee. Through its many mission efforts, the mission committee seeks to serve those within the local church, community, country and into the world. To learn more about specific missions at BRUMC, view the Missions Page.
Staff-Parish Relations Committee	Buck Walters	Responsible for the oversight of the pastor and staff in assessing their gifts and setting priorities for leadership and service.
Preschool Ministries	Dona Bean	Serves s a liasion between the Parents Day Out (PDO) and Pre-School program of BRUMC.
Scouting Coordinator	Tom Becker	Acts as a liasion between BRUMC and a Boy Scout troop that regularly meets in the church facilities.
Senior Beavers	Jim & B.J. Cox	Senior Beavers is a ministry for the senior adults within the congregation of BRUMC. Participating in trips, missions, and fellowship activities are some of the regular activities of the Senior Beavers.
Sunday School	Sec. Skip Daley Spt. Angela Akers	The Sunday School secretary has the responsibility of recording attendance and collecting offerings for all the Sunday school classes. The Sunday school superintendent has the oversight of the adult classes to see that materials are ordered, curriculum is planned, and space is allotted for the adult discipleship cdasses.
Trustees		Oversight of all matters relating to the physical and mechanical operations of the church and related facilities.
United Methodist Men (UMM)	Denny Depp	The purpose of United Methodist Men is to declare the centrality of Christ in every man’s life, to promote the spiritual growth of ment hrough effective discipleship, and to model the servant leadershipof Christ in our daily lives and in the life of the church.
United Methodist Women (UMW)	Charlene Asbury	The United Methodist Women (UMW) is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as a whole person through Jesus Christ. Their mission is to develop creative and supportive fellowship and to expand the concepts of mission through participation across the globe. The UMW meets as a whole once a quarter; individual Circle meetings are held monthly.