Job Descriptions for Care and Keeping |
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| Flowers | |
| Provide altar flowers; vases are available in the kitchen | |
| Remove vase and flowers at end of service | |
| Communion Prep/Serve* | |
| Set up and clean up Communion vessels (more instructions in kitchen) | |
| Make/buy bread | |
| Inform altar guild if grape juice or wine is running low | |
| Assist in serving wine and juice during communion | |
| Note: If your child is going to assist with communion, inform the acolyte | |
| Acolyte Typically grades 3-6 | |
| Contact Holly Pendergast for training | |
| Light and extinguish candles | |
| Pass out and collect offering plates from ushers | |
| Assist with communion by collecting empty cups | |
| Lector/Prayers* | |
| Pick up a Celebrate from the church office before Sunday to review readings | |
| Deliver the first and second readings from the pulpit | |
| Read the leader portions of the Celebrate prayers | |
| Greeter* | |
| Arrive 20 minutes before service starts | |
| Make sure bulletins are folded and ready | |
| Tidy up pews and hymnals as necessary | |
| Pass out bulletins, children's bulletins, communion record cards | |
| Make visitors feel welcome! | |
| Usher* | |
| Collect offering | |
| Bring forward communion vessels | |
| Usher congregation forward for communion (left side then right side) | |
| Tidy up pews and hymnals after the service | |
| Hospitality* | |
| Host fellowship time after the church service | |
| Set up coffee, hot water (for tea/cocoa), and juice | |
| Set out cups, mugs, napkins, plates, silverware, etc | |
| Provide snacks - can be desserts or appetizers - does not need to be a meal | |
| Clean up after fellowship time; run dishwasher | |
| Take kitchen and fellowship area trash out to trash cans in shed | |
| Building Cleaning* | |
| Recommended to sign up for a month at a time | |
| Clean bathrooms | |
| Check/restock toilet paper and paper towels in bathrooms | |
| Sweep/vacuum entire building as needed at least every other week | |
| Dust once per month | |
| Cleaning duty is the week before the listed Sunday | |
| * Children of appropriate ages are encouraged to participate in these activities with their parents | |
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Last modified: February 24 2008.