Ministry Transitions Team

The Ministry Transitions Team bears commission authority to approve the terms of call and contracts for Pastors, approve the commissions for Commissioned Ruling Elders (CREs), validate other ministries, examine and receive minister members by transfer from other presbyteries for the purpose of accepting valid calls to ministry and/or membership in the Presbytery, approve the terms of dissolution of pastoral calls, and approve internal Presbytery changes in membership category and Authorized Ecclesiastical Occupation Designation.

Members of this team are elected by the Presbytery to 3-year terms of service upon nomination by the Committee on Representation. The LPTSC serves an ex-officio constitutional role.

Team Members

Moderator
Ruling Elder Dan Selock
First Presbyterian Church of Mattoon
dselock@hotmail.com

Ruling Elder Susan Hughey-Rasler
First Presbyterian Church of Greenville
susan.rasler@greenville.edu

Ruling Elder Leslie Sheets
First Presbyterian Church of Cobden
lpsheets@gmail.com

Ruling Elder Jane Hopkins
Donnellson Presbyterian Church
jhopkins4616@sbcglobal.net

Ex Officio
Ruling Elder Dr. Rebecca Blair
Lead Presbyter for Transformation and Stated Clerk
statedclerk@gmail.com

Receiving communion at a Presbytery Assembly Meeting — Sharing communion during a Presbytery Assembly Meeting at the First Presbyterian Church of Taylorville, Illinois

Hospitality team from Olney, First — Part of the hospitality team from the First Presbyterian Church of Olney, Illinois, during our April 2023 Presbytery Assembly Meeting.