At the discretion of the Session additional standing Ministry Teams or temporary ad hoc Ministry Teams may be appointed, or the responsibilities of two or more Ministry Teams may be consolidated.

Ministry Teams will have a Lead Elder or Co-Lead Elders appointed by the Moderator in consultation with the Clerk of Session. They will serve a maximum of three years in the designated office.

Lead Elder will have the responsibility to:
    organize the ministry team assigned
    to appoint a chair to the ministry teams
    keep ministry team on track with the mission and responsibilities
    and to report on the ministry team at stated meetings of the session.

Each Ministry Team Lead Elder is encouraged to enlist additional members from among active members of the church. The names of proposed additional Ministry Team members ordinarily shall be approved in advance of their appointment by the Session. The term of office of enlisted members shall be one year unless otherwise agreed to by the member and the Ministry Team.

The Minister(s) will be ex-officio members of each Standing Ministry Team. There are staff contacts for each Ministry Team. These staff members are resource persons for the Ministry Teams.

Each Ministry Team will meet as soon as possible after the December Stated Meeting of Session for the purpose of organizing its activities and as frequently as necessary to complete its assigned tasks.

Each Ministry Team will organize itself into sub-Ministry Teams or function as a Ministry Team of the whole as deemed necessary to accomplish its responsibilities. Chairs of the sub-Ministry Teams should be members of the main Ministry Teams.

Minutes of Ministry Team meetings should be retained for at least five years. Information deserving longer retention should be submitted as a report to the Session with the request that it be appended to Session's minutes. It is the responsibility of each Lead Elder to arrange for the orderly transfer of Ministry Team records to his/her successor.