Mission

1. To supervise and maintain all property belonging to Main Street United Methodist Church so that the ministries of the congregation can be effective.

2. Responsibilities:  The trustees together have several legal and administrative functions.  They are to:

   • oversee, maintain, and supervise all local church property

   • report annually to the charge conference on the state of the church’s property, equipment, investments, and resources

   • receive and administer all gifts made to the congregation; make certain that all trust funds of the congregation are invested properly [Note:  this responsibility has been transferred to the Permanent Endowment Committee]

   • ensure that the articles of incorporation of the congregation are kept up-to-date, if applicable

   • be responsible, in conjunction with the pastor, for all use of the church buildings and grounds

   • maintain adequate insurance coverage on all church property and develop appropriate risk management policies

   • submit to the committee on finance the annual budget requests for insurance, property maintenance and improvement, and new property purchases

   • be accountable to the charge conference and to the church council.

Source:  The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church and Trustees Guideline