5.6 Social Justice and Service Committee.
5.6.1 Membership. The Social Justice and Service Committee (SJSC) shall have no fewer than seven elected voting members. The pastor(s) and a member of Council designated by Council shall be ex officio voting members. Other congregation members are welcome and encouraged to take part and may take part in decisions the Committee chooses to make by consensus.
5.6.2 Responsibilities. The SJSC is responsible for overseeing the congregation’s social justice and community service ministries and acting as the Council’s liaison to encourage involvement and support of the members of the congregation through promotion, encouragement, support, education, and participation in projects to help people and communities in need. SJSC exists to demonstrate our caring through our willingness to serve. These responsibilities will be carried out with a sensitivity to the people and communities we may serve that reflects our willingness to learn from those with whom we have contact about how their lives can best be improved. SJSC’s work includes:
5.6.2.1cataloging the service activities of NLUC, including identification of individuals taking leadership roles and opportunities for others to participate meaningfully and helpfully;
5.6.2.2 recognizing and identifying unmet, or inadequately met, needs at the community, state, denominational, national, and international level to improve the well-being of individuals, families, and communities in a spirit of caring;
5.6.2.3 creating meaningful, recognizable opportunities for those in need to know of our willingness to serve and to be led in the process of identifying the best form of contribution and our capacity to provide the service;
5.6.2.4 encouraging hands-on participation by members of the congregation, including support for more participation in current activities of the congregation;
5.6.2.5 providing mentorship and training opportunities to members and friends of the congregation who wish to share in these activities;
5.6.2.6 working to improve our ability to meet others in need where they are and respond with honesty and respect to find the most appropriate contribution we can make;
5.6.2.7 proposing budgets to the Council for projects or programs to which NLUC should contribute on a one-time only or continuing basis, including the officially approved causes of each denomination, and coordinating fund raising for projects undertaken by NLUC or to which NLUC wishes to contribute; and
5.6.2.8 providing reports to the Congregation verbally and in writing (through newsletters, bulletins, and special communications), and through forming partnerships with others to achieve the same objectives.
NLUC Amended and Restated Bylaws
NLUC Amended Bylaws Approved 2018.12.30