WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESWORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Catharine Edlen, Council Rep.
What:
The committee oversees all aspects of worship and
music at church, working closely with Pastor, organists, choir director, and
coordinators.
How often:
The committee meets once a month.
Communion Presenters Carol Bailey, CoordinatorWhat:
Two people are needed to carry the wine and wafers
forward during the service (prior to Holy Communion being celebrated).
How often:
Normally, once or twice a year.
Please indicate a preference for first or second service.
What:
Hand out the bulletins, monitor speaking/amplifying
system, count attendance, collect offering,
and direct worshippers during
communion.
How often:
Once every two or three months.
Please indicate preference for first or second service.
What:
Having received copies of the Scripture lessons in
the mail prior to the appointed Sunday, the reader stands in front of the
congregation and reads them from the pulpit Bible during the service.
How often:
Once every two or three months.
Please indicate preference for first or second service.
What:
Assist in creating and maintaining a climate of
worship for the congregation by caring for the chancel and its furnishings,
communion ware, and linens. There
are two subcommittees and two sets of responsibilities working on a six-month
rotation system: 1)
Flower distribution; and 2) Communion preparation.
How often:
Depending on the organization of each subcommittee,
it is likely that each person will be called upon to serve in some capacity
about once a month.
What:
Adults sing on Sunday mornings, except during the
summer months, alternating between first and second services and at occasional
special services.
How often:
Practice is on Wednesdays, September-May, from
7:30-8:30 p.m.
What:
Play in the Bell Choir, a multi-generational group
that plays monthly during morning worship services, Sept May.
How often:
Practice is on Wednesdays, September-May, from
6:15-7:15 p.m.
What:
Provide musical worship experiences during Sunday
services, especially when the choir is not scheduled and in the summer (for
example, as prelude or during offering or leading congregational hymns and
musical liturgies).
Schedule times and practices with the choir director.
Indicate vocal and/or instrumental interest and preference for first or
second service.
Drama, Special
Happenings
Valerie Hong, Coordinator
What:
This is a very fun and growing group taking part in
worship services about once a month and at special times.
We try to have a variety of adults, youth, and children.
We need people for drama, choral and psalm readings, dance, and costumes. Memorizing is not required.
How:
You can be involved in one or more selections a year
as you choose. Practices are
usually held after second service or between services as needed.
Sanctuary
Visual Effects
Lois Johnson and Catharine Edlen
What: We
need more ideas and helping hands to plan and create sanctuary visual arts for
all seasons of the year, especially arranging the banners in the sanctuary from
week to week.
How:
Work individually or with small groups of men, women,
and youth to plan and schedule responsibilities and duties to accommodate
personal time commitments.
Wedding Coordination Team Patte Lund, Coordinator
What:
This person is a liaison between bridal party and
church, who meets with the couple prior to the wedding, opens the church the day
of the wedding, sees to any needs of the bridal party, and closes the church
after the event. There is a stipend
for this service paid by the bridal couple.
Assisting
Ministers
Pastor Wold, Coordinator
What: Would
you be interested in helping to lead the Sunday morning worship with Pastor Wold?
We would like to start using lay people to be an assisting
minister. Duties would include:
wearing an alb (white robe) for worship, leading the prayers, and being the
communion assistant (e.g. helping to distribute the wine/grape juice).
How often: The
hope is that we would have enough people interested in this that each assisting
minister would be assigned to no more than one service a month.
A training session would be held to begin this new ministry opportunity.
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