Hello Church... March 18th... we are going to eat at 6:30 and then launch into a new thing.... I hope you consider being a part of this new church..... There is a place for you, whether you want to help in the planning of ministry or just make yourself available to serve.... or both.....
... do you perceive it yet?
For those of you still trying to catch up, let me give you a brief description Our new church will be made up of 4 new ministry teams (instead of the previous 9). Each team will have their own focus designed to help us and others be a disciple of Christ. They are:
Holy Worship Team - Focus: to help people prepare, participate and engage God - music, preaching, decorations, hospitality, technology, greeting, ushering, nursery, acolytes, follow-up.... anything that helps a person engage God in a worship setting will be the responsibility of this team.
Community Fellowship - Focus: building relationships between people - finding various ways for people to engage each other both inside the church and outside the church (meals, community events, small groups, networking with neighbors, etc). Anything that establishes, nurtures and strengthens human relationships will be the responsibility of this team.
Personal Discipleship - Focus: helping people with spiritual development - how do you become a better disciple tomorrow than yesterday? This team will provide opportunity to develop into a stronger, committed, passionate follower of Jesus. Bible Study, Sunday School and short-term studies are some examples.
Resource Management - Focus: empowering servant-leaders to be the church - it takes resources to do ministry: people, space, time and money. This team will seek to equip the other 3 teams so they can do their work. This might mean taking care of the building; finding and developing new leaders; managing the church calendar, facebook and the website; and overseeing the church budget.
Some main changes that you may not immediately notice:
- There is no longer an Outreach Team. This is because each team will be responsible for their own outreach. There will be a effort to do internal (inside the church) and external (outside the church) ministries.
- There is no longer a Hospitality Team. This is because each team will be responsible for their own hospitality, depending on their needs.
- Where is Finance? SPRC? Nominations? Trustees? This background work is combined into one team so that we can put more of our people power on the front lines of 'engagement'.
- a subtle shift will be made to better focus on faith stories. How people are impacted by the Faith will be the headlines. This will be reflected by what you see on social media; hear at worship; and how we communicate to our community as a whole.
March 18th.... something new... I hope you come and be a part.
God is Good,
Pastor Joe
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