Mission Council/Trustees
Oversees presbytery personnel, office operation, budget, stated meeting dockets, annual review of session records, and more. Team members also serve as the Trustees of the Presbytery of the James, Inc. who are responsible for management of permanent funds, investments, and properties.
Moderator of Mission Council: Kenna Payne
Vice President of Trustees: Carol Martin
Staff Contact: Flo Barbee-Watkins
Commission on Ministry
Carries out the presbytery's responsibility to receive and dismiss ministers, to supervise the process by which churches secure the service of ministers, and to help resolve difficulties between pastors and churches.
Moderator: Seth Lovell
Staff Contact: Leigh Anne Ring
Committee on Preparation for Ministry
Oversees the process by which people prepare to become ministers of Word and Sacrament.
Moderator: Chad Wyner
Staff Contact: Leigh Anne Ring
Committee on Nominations
Constitutional Committee
Nominates people for election by the presbytery to teams and constitutional committees
Moderator: Walter Canter
Staff Contact: Barbara Chalfant
Committee on Representation
Constitutional Committee
Measures the extent to which the presbytery is fully representative in the membership of its committees and in its decision-making.
Moderator: Tessa Schuman
Staff Contact: Barbara Chalfant
Permanent Judicial Committee
Constitutional Committee
Serves as the court when the presbytery needs trials or hearings in a judicial process
Staff Contact: Flo Barbee-Watkins
Mission and Service Team
Oversees POJ groups seeking ways to be involved in mission and service to Jesus Christ as a presbytery
Moderator: Mary Jane Winter
Leadership Connections Team
Oversees POJ groups that seek to build ministries among, within, and for congregations and to build leaders and leadership skills among individuals and congregations
Vice Moderator: Natasha Taylor
General Assembly Commissioners
Represent Presbytery of the James at biennial PC(USA) General Assemblies
Staff Contact: Flo Barbee-Watkins