Other elders choose not to wear vestments and are often seen in suits, dress clothes or casual clothing. However, stoles which represent the "yoke" of responsibility to the Church and to God are not to be worn unless the person has gone through the process of ordination which extends past education to a provisionary period culminating with a formal ordination service where the bishop presides.
While some elders choose to wear suits or casual clothing instead of vestments, stoles representing their responsibility to both the Church and God are only worn after completing an extended ordination process that includes education and a formal ordination ceremony led by the bishop.