2016 Wesleyan Discipline:895-903

895. Sunday School Secretary. The local board of administration shall, at the time of its annual election (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:23; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825), elect from nominations submitted by the local spiritual formation leadership team (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:875; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:880:7) a Sunday school secretary, to serve for one year or until a successor is elected. The Sunday school secretary shall maintain complete records of enrollment, attendance, absentees, visitors, and such other items as shall be required, and assist the pastor and the spiritual formation director or Sunday school superintendent in the preparation of reports involving Sunday school statistics. The local board of Christian education shall appoint such assistants as the Sunday school secretary shall require. 898. Sunday School Treasurer. The local board of administration may, at the time of its annual election (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:23; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825), elect from nominations submitted by the local spiritual formation leadership team (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:875; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:880:7) a Sunday school treasurer, to serve for one year or until a successor is elected. Or the local board of administration may recommend, and the local church conference order, that the Sunday school funds be received by the local church treasurer as part of a common treasury. If there is a separate Sunday school treasurer elected, that person shall receive, hold, and disburse the Sunday school funds as ordered by the local board of administration, reporting concerning all receipts and expenditures to the local board of administration monthly, and to each regular session of the local church conference. All General Church and district funds raised by the Sunday school shall be transferred to the local church treasurer for forwarding to the proper destination (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:842:1). 900. Sunday School Departmental Supervisors. The local board of administration may, at the time of its annual election (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:23; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825), elect from nominations submitted by the spiritual formation leadership team (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:875; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:880:7) a supervisor for each department (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:913). The departmental supervisor shall assist the spiritual formation director or Sunday school superintendent, being responsible for the general operation of the department including the assembly period of the department, and the immediate supervision of each session of age division (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:889:4). The local spiritual formation leadership team shall appoint such other departmental officers as may be needed. 903. Sunday School Committee. The immediate administration of the Sunday school may be vested in a Sunday school committee, subject to the approval of and correlated with the plans of the local spiritual formation leadership team. It shall be composed of the spiritual formation director or Sunday school superintendent as chair, the pastor (or if the pastor prefers, the associate or assistant pastor), and the other age division directors of the spiritual formation leadership team.