Leadership at Morialta is shared between ministers and lay leaders.
Ministers
Diane Bury has been at Morialta since 2004.
David Purling is Minister-in-Association.
Lay Leadership
The Church Council fulfils a central role at Morialta as members participate in exploring and building vision. The congregation seeks to identify those who can bring commitment, energy, skills and willingness to this role and who will work with faith, hope and grace to enable the life and mission of this worshipping community as members. Members of council elected by the congregation are called Elders.
Role of Elders
The Role of Elders as stated in the UCA Constitution and Regulations, para. 3.1.10 (a) reads as follows:
The ministry of Elder is one of spiritual oversight, and may also be exercised in pastoral visitation, teaching, encouraging members of the Congregation to share in mission, and assisting the Minister in leadership of worship and administration of the sacraments and other areas in the life of the Congregation. Elders who serve on the Church Council have a particular responsibility to ensure that matters of spiritual oversight, pastoral care and the mission of the Church have priority in the work of the Church Council.
Elders and members of Church Council share the responsibilities of the Council. All Elders are not expected to do all things. This would be unreasonable, unnecessary and unhelpful. Rather, each Elder is valued for her/his particular strengths and gifts and is encouraged to share these in fulfilling the mission. Most Elders are also members of one of the the Ministry Teams, providing a means of communication between Church Council and the Teams and assisting Teams developing the mission focus by bringing an understanding of the overall vision and direction. Elders are not directly representative of Teams in their membership of Council, or in their contribution to discussion and decision making. They share in the discernment of mission.
The Chairperson and Secretary of Church Council provide leadership and support to Council both during meetings and as members endeavour to carry out their roles
Currently the Chairperson is Bruce Ind and the Secretary is Mary Thornley.
Ministry Teams
There are nine ministry teams at Morialta.
Each has a team leader, appointed by Church Council.
The team leader is supported by an Elder from Council and other members of the team.
The nine teams are:
- Worship and Faith Education Mission Ministry Team
- Pastoral Care Mission Ministry Team
- Community Centre Mission Ministry Team
- Children and Young Families Mission Ministry Team
- Youth and Young Adults Mission Ministry Team
- Social Justice Mission Ministry Team
- Property Operational Ministry Team
- Finance Operational Ministry Team
- Communication and Administration Operational Ministry Team