Witness Committee (leader, Bonnie Edwards)- Our witness committee includes the welcome teams, who greet visitors and members at the entrances on Sundays, helps coordinate outreach and community events, and create hospitality. They are highly involved in Be the Church Day and Block Party, along with all of our teams and other volunteers! Contact Bonnie Edwards at bonnie-edwards@comcast.net
Nurture (Leader, Sally Arbogast)- Our nurture team leads programs to provide care, relationship building, and hospitality within our community, including helping find people to coordinate coffee time fellowship, helping meet families’ needs for our wedding and funeral ministries, kitchen work, recreation, parish nursing, church history, blood drives, and photography for events. Contact Sally Arbogast at sallyshomedesign@gmail.com
Mission (leader, Catherine James)- Our mission committee meets quarterly on weekday evenings to plan, vision, publicize, and execute mission projects in our local community, nation, and world. This includes mission trips, donations, collections of items needed for local non-profits, and local service projects. Part of the Committee, Disciples in Action, plans monthly service projects with local organizations, like Mo’ Hope and Caritas. Contact Catherine James at jamesbc@comcast.net
Worship– We have several groups responsible for helping create meaningful worship, both on Sundays and other seasonal services. These include the Altar Guild, who help create and care for the beautiful flowers and setting up for worship, Greeters and ushers who offer welcome at the door towards the sanctuary, lay readers, communion stewards, and communion servers. We are also looking for more people to assist Mark with AV in the sound booth during worship to keep our sound and video recordings strong! Contact Lyn Harding at lynwharding@gmail.com
Discipleship (new!)- We are re-envisioning our team that helps create small group and educational experiences for our community. Contact maryelder@shadygroveumc.org if you are interested!
Senior Adult Council- participates in monthly Mechanicsville Fellowship Club programs, has an activity time every 4th Thursday, quarterly Senior Adult luncheons, occasional lunches and outings, visits to homebound, and more! Contact Vicky Traylor at vicky@shadygroveumc.org