MEMBERSHIP

NEW MEMBERS CELEBRATION for Newcomers

Newcomers can register for membership to become a member of the congregation after attending for four weeks. With the approval of the church’s session, any person who accepts “God as Father, Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord, and the Holy Spirit as Sanctifier” and desires to follow Christ is welcome to become a member of a Presbyterian Church. Our church offers Church Membership Sessions led by the minister, Rev. Henna Kim, and we regularly host a New Members Celebration during our Sunday services where the entire church welcomes newcomers during the Sunday service. Through this New Members Celebration, newcomers become members of our Trinity church.

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There are important expectations related to membership.
(Book of Forms 139, 141, 155)
Members are expected to

    • attend worship regularly,
    • support the minister,
    • submit to the care and authority of the session,
    • comply with church law,
    • take a lively interest in the ministry of the congregation,
    • and provide for that ministry through generous stewardship.    

CHURCH COURT

1. Church Members

      • Professing Members are those who have registered as members and have been baptized as adults (or had a “Confirmation” Ceremony after infant baptism). They have the right to call ministers, be elected as elders, elect elders, and vote on all congregational meetings.
      • Adherents are those who have registered as members and regularly attend worship. (They haven’t publicly professed their faith through Adult “Baptism” or “Confirmation.”) 

2. Church Ministry Teams

      • Elected Members are drawn from the professing members.
      • Anyone who has regularly attended Trinity Church and is humble, faithful, positive, and courteous is eligible to become a committee and team member.
      • Anyone who has attended Trinity Church for at least one year is eligible to be elected as a team leader.
      • Committees and teams serve to recommend courses of action for the session and to fulfill responsibilities delegated to them to help the session carry out its work.
      • Trinity has 8 Ministry Teams:
          • Teams Serving Congregation
              • Finance & Property Committee
              • (TPWA) Women’s Association
              • Garage Sale Team
              • Blue Nail Club Team
              • Trinity Sign Team
              • Online Ministry Team
          • Teams Serving Community
              • Free Community Meal Team
              • Food Bank Team

3. Session

      • The Session is the highest court of the local church in PCC. The Session manages all church business and ministry and always has final authority.
      • Elected Members are drawn from professing members.
      • Anyone who has attended Trinity Church for at least three years and is a model of faith, word, deed, love, and purity is eligible for election as an elder.
      • Elders are expected to be committed Christians, have a personal concern for people, have sound encouragement and judgment, and live a life of integrity.
      • Session share the leadership, pastoral care and oversight of the congregation with the minister.
      • Monthly meetings to decide important church businesses
      • Lifetime eldership at our Trinity church

4. Presbytery

      • A meeting of the ministers and an equal number of ruling elders from the congregations within the presbytery. 
      • Monthly meetings to decide important Presbytery agenda items 

5. General Assembly

      • The highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
      • The annual meeting in June to decide on important PCC agenda  items

MINISTRY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

      • Free Community Meal
      • Garage Sale
      • Foodbank
      • TPWA (Trinity Presbyterian Women Association)
      • Blue Nail Club
      • Outdoor Gardening
      • Washroom & Kitchen cleaning

      • Sanctuary & Office cleaning