The Ministry and Oversight Committee serves 2 primary functions. These are fostering the spiritual life of the Meeting and facilitating the pastoral care of the Meeting. The committee maintains membership records, and stays in touch with members and attenders of the Bridge City community. It accept requests for membership, marriage, and other official requests and arranges for committees of clearness. It is responsible for the Meeting for Worship, helping Friends settle into worship, and arranging for the closure of Meeting. Members of this committee shall encourage friends to move forward on their spiritual journeys.

The committee consists of 5 members serving two-year staggered terms. The clerk of the Meeting is an ex-officio member. It is recommended that members of this committee be members of the society for Friends who are well versed in Quaker practice and tradition. It is important that they be active in the Bridge City community and attend Meeting for Worship and Business on a regular basis. On rare occasions an attender with particular spiritual gifts might be considered to serve on this committee. This should be given careful consideration and noted in the meeting minutes as an exception to the rule.

• Set up the meeting room and encourage Friends to gather in a spirit of worship.
• Facilitate the transition from singing to worship
• Close meeting for worship, facilitate announcements and introductions, welcome visitors and encourage them to sign the guest book
• Clear the meeting room and leave it in order.
• Encouraging those with a gift for vocal ministry and foster both vocal and listening ministries.
• Be in tune with the pulse of the community, working with other committees to set up discussion groups, social gatherings, threshing sessions etc., as seems necessary and appropriate
• Provide pastoral care to individuals in the meeting
• As overseers of the life of the community, provide eldering in a loving way when necessary.
• Assist the clerk, and provide guidance and support at business meetings or as requested.
• Reach out to the wider community - arrange for appropriate advertising in the local area or in Quaker publications.
• Maintain the meeting roster, including an email address list
• Prepare an annual State of Society report
• Accept and act on requests for membership or marriage, clearness committees etc.
• Maintain membership files and stay in touch with members of the meeting.
• Report to business meeting and have minuted important life events in our meeting: births, deaths, new and transfer memberships.
• At the direction of the meeting, or clerk, or from a sense of the committee help set meeting policies and practices.

Members of this committee should be aware of our history and of the good order of Friends.