Lay leaders play an active role in the United Methodist Church.
Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church has a small staff but an active group of lay leaders. The Church Council is the body of lay leaders that provides the governance for the local church. The council meets bi-monthly. Minutes from each meeting are available in the members area of this web site.
Contact information for each committee chair is available in the members area of this web site.
Church Council, 2021
| Chair | Cathy Lorenz |
| Senior pastor | Ray McGee |
| Recording secretary | Dave Versical |
| Trustees chair | Britt Baubie |
| Staff-parish relations chair | Ben Ford |
| Finance chair | Mike Lorenz |
| Endowment investment chair | Rod Wood |
| Witness & caring chair | Nancy Grose |
| Worship & music chair | Charlie van Becelaere |
| Nurture co-chairs | Katie Anderson & MerriLee Day |
| Youth council representative | To be determined |
| Outreach chair | Beth Blunden |
| Communications chair | Joan Richardson |
| Memorial co-chairs | Sharon Burkett & Sara Wooton |
| Lay leader | Dan Williams |
| Lay members, annual conference | Vivian Anderson, Venus Rembert-Karchin, & Bob Rossbach |
| United Methodist Women president | Bertie See |