We purchase literature and other resources for people with special needs. Our church secretary provides a friendly ear as well as phone contacts with shut-ins. In addition, she coordinates all functions taking place in the building and provides information and other services, including the preparation of reports for the Annual Meeting. Besides the cost of staff, volunteers spend hours each week attending to financial, educational, and organizational tasks. The expenses related to producing our Sunday bulletin insert, monthly newsletter, annual directory, weekly fellowship hour, and other special gatherings are also part of sustaining our common life.
Worship is central to our congregation s life and ministry.
Planning for Sunday morning worship, researching for and preparing sermons and other special services such as baptisms, weddings, and funerals all require a significant part of our pastor s time. Our worship life also involves purchasing and printing adult, children s, and large-print bulletins, supplying hearing aids, microphones, flowers, candles and communion elements, and providing acolytes, ushers, and lay readers. Our organist consults with the pastor, reviews, selects, and purchases music, plans and conducts rehearsals for the adult, children s, and bell choirs, and practices the organ. His duties also include seeing to it that the organ is kept in tune and in working order. In addition to providing for regular and special services, he also arranges special public events and recitals.