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Worship Coordinating Council

Mission Statement:
To support, encourage and help direct leadership for well-planned and organized worship services.

General Responsibilities of the Coordinating Council:

  • To provide a place where persons overseeing various aspects of the Sunday and other worship services may plan and coordinate.
  • To cooperate and consult with the pastors in planning worship.
  • To educate the congregation regarding the meaning, purpose and practice of worship within our United Methodist tradition.
  • To recruit and train persons to share leadership in all the various dimensions of worship (acolyte, usher, music, etc.)
  • To assist the congregation to be open to using worship resources from other traditions (old and new), and multiple ethnic/racial sources

 Persons on the Worship Coordinating Council:

  •  Six (6) congregational representatives, who shall be equally divided into classes. (One of these representatives shall serve as the Council Chair).
  •  Others :   
    • Representatives of Music Ministries
    • Chair of Communion Servers              
    • Altar Care                              
    • Sound System managers           
    • Parament Care 
    • Greeter Coordinator 
    • Acolyte Coordinator 
    • Coordinator of Ushers 
    • Liturgist Coordinator
  • Staff Members: 
    • Organist 
    • Pastors
    • Director of Music Ministries

  Responsibilities of the Coordinator:

  •  Guide the work of this work area throughout the year, planning agendas, and presiding at meetings.
  • Take part in and represent the concerns of worship to the Church Council.
  • Keep the local congregation informed about issues related to worship and the goals of the work area.
  • Participate in training experiences that are related to worship.
  • Be accountable to Charge Conference through the Council.

 Committee Members' Responsibility:

  •  Attend scheduled worship work area meetings, participate with discussion, volunteer for special projects as needed, bring to meetings and observed concerns to share; be supportive to committee and listening ears to the general congregation.
      

 Committee Members
Jeff Gilbert, Chairperson
Nancy Sanders
Diana Jacobs
Melody Auten
Barb Ferguson
Beth Slagter
Pastor(s)
Dan & Janet Hayes, Communion Coordinator
Jan Boelter, Paraments
Shirley Riley, Paraments
Sandra Wheat, Paraments
Marilyn Mullin, Paraments
Judy Anderson, Paraments
Berneda Franson,  Visuals
Sandy Law, Visuals
Jackie Delk, Visuals
Jane Beeman, Liturgist Coordinator
Mike Meline, Usher Coordinators
John Krusenstjerna, Usher Coordinators
JoAnn Latta, Usher Coordinators
Carol Litscher, Acolytes Coordinator
Perry Beeman, Sound Coordinator

  
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