Coordinating Council
The Coordinating Council is composed of persons with differing ministry skills, commitments, and calls to lead the Presbytery in implementing its vision and coordinating the Presbytery’s efforts to fulfill its constitutional and communal purposes. The Coordinating Council will work collaboratively with all parts of the Presbytery structure and is accountable to the Presbytery.
Responsibilities
The Presbytery delegates to the Coordinating Council the following responsibilities:
- Coordinate and evaluate the needs and functions of the Presbytery;
- Initiate or respond to requests to plan and implement Presbytery-sponsored events and initiatives;
- Serve as a link between the Presbytery and other governing bodies and institutions, including ecumenical and interfaith relationships;
- Develop, nurture, maintain covenants for, and, as appropriate, offer funding for relationships with partnership institutions, ecumenical mission agencies, and campus ministries;
- Guide the Presbytery vision to identify, equip, and support a diverse group of spiritual leaders;
- Act on behalf of the Presbytery, as may be helpful from time to time, to appoint representatives from the Presbytery to serve until they may be elected by the Presbytery to respond to immediate needs, such as disciplinary matters, or appointments to other church bodies, Synod or General Assembly;
- Prepare and recommend to Presbytery a regular system of priority setting and response to new and emerging needs;
- Communicate and coordinate regularly with all parts of the Presbytery, particularly Presbytery Neighborhoods in consultation with Presbytery staff, Presbytery and Council moderators, commission moderators, and others as may be identified;
- Maintain policies to guide congregations considering closure, dismissal, merger, or assimilation and work alongside those congregations and related administrative commissions in those processes;
- Nominate candidates for the Nominating Committee.
Council Members
Coordinating Council Moderator
Teaching Elder Sterrett Collins
First Presbyterian Church of Cobden
collinsmoksa@aol.com
Coordinating Council Vice-Moderator
The Reverend Elder Sam Foskey
First Presbyterian Church of Murphysboro and
First United Presbyterian Church of Pinckneyville
mboropvillepastor@gmail.com
Presbytery Moderator
Ruling Elder Susie Selock
First Presbyterian Church of Mattoon
sselock@hotmail.com
Presbytery Vice-Moderator
Teaching Elder Paul Spangler
First Presbyterian Church of Monticello
vitaminp63@gmail.com
Immediate Past Presbytery Moderator
Teaching Elder Matt Froeschle
First Presbyterian Church of Mattoon
m_froeschle@hotmail.com
Lead Presbyter for Transformation and Stated Clerk
Ruling Elder Dr. Rebecca Blair
statedclerk@gmail.com
Ministry Formation Team
Teaching Elder Macy Ruple, Moderator
First Presbyterian Church of Danville
ruple.sm@gmail.com
Ministry Transitions Team
Ruling Elder Dan Selock, Moderator
First Presbyterian Church of Mattoon
dselock@hotmail.com
Leadership Formation Team
_____, Moderator
Congregational Vision and Vitality Team
Teaching Elder Stu Smith
Retired
stu@stusmith54.com
Congregational Conflict and Crisis Team
Teaching Elder David Oliver-Holder, Moderator
First Presbyterian Church of Urbana
david@firstpresurbana.org
Mission Connections Team
_____, Moderator
Networks Team
Ruling Elder Janet Proctor, Moderator
First Presbyterian Church of Golconda
janetcproctor@gmail.com
Dream Team
Teaching Elder Nate Brantingham, Moderator
At Large
natebrantingham@gmail.com
Communication and Technology Team
Teaching Elder Stu Smith
Retired
stu@stusmith54.com
Budget and Finance Team / Board of Trustees
Ruling Elder John Richardson, Moderator / President
First Presbyterian Church of Charleston
jsrichardson@mediacombb.net
Committee on Representation
Ruling Elder Granger Odum, Moderator
First Presbyterian Church of Marion
granger.odum@gmail.com
Staff Support Team
Teaching Elder Heidi Weatherford, Moderator
McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church of Champaign
heidi@mckinleycu.org
