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Session    Our team of six elders and the pastor comprise the council (governing board)  of CHPC.  The session sets policies, discerns direction & vision for the mission and ministry of the congregation, and provides for the spiritual leadership at Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church.  Elders serve for three year terms and provide focused leadership for learning to Worship and Know God; support the Stewardship of People and Resources in caring for our building & grounds, finances, and personnel, and work for the Building of  Community through Outreach & Mission, and Hospitality.

Session members work in teams with the pastor, members of the congregation, and with the Board of Deacons to carry out all these responsibilities.  Our session meets monthly usually on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 12:00 p.m.  Meetings begin with prayer and devotions, or an opportunity for leadership development, and are open to all.  

The Board of Deacons six deacons serve by encouraging the congregation's witness,

service, and compassion.  Deacons carry out a program of visitation, help arrange for

transportation and facilitate the use of a lending library of wheel chairs, walkers and other 

assistance.  They coordinate our participation with FISH & Daybreak Shelter for families who are homeless.  

Together with the Presbyterian Urban Network (PUN) Parish Nurse, they are assisting the

congregation in identifying and carrying out health ministries of wholeness, healing, and wellness. 

From time to time they Deacons have shared in equipping the congregation for ministries of compassion, witness and service through a series of forums.  Past forums have included  Serving   Our Community which addressed  Emergency Preparedness, and housing needs through Habitat   for Humanity;  Sharing Sacred Stories through Oral Histories, Spiritual Autobiographies, New   Stories of Living the Gospel Story; In Life and In Death We Belong to God - an exploration of end    of life decisions and planning in the face of grief and loss.  The Deacons 2010 focus is "A Season of Prayer," and in 2011 they celebrated a Front Porch Party with our musician in residence’s jazz band to thank our neighbors for 50 years together in Southeast Portland.  The Deacons meet the 2nd Sunday five months of the year, beginning with a lunch with  the session.  They welcome partners 

in all of the areas of care they coordinate.  

                 

 Leading the congregation through music & education

                                                       

 Rev. Linda C. Stewart-Kalen, Pastor