Ministry Teams
Compassion: We all experience seasons of trials and grief. This team helps the Body “weep with those who weep” so that when God seems distant, the Body is the expression of God’s loving care. Hospital visitation, Funerals, benevolence needs, care for those in nursing homes, and unexpected trials are the focus of this ministry.
Education: Every believer needs to grow in the grace and knowledge of God. New believer follow-up, age-graded classes, small groups, and affinity groups are provided training and opportunities to grow in their knowledge of the Bible and knowing God.
Evangelism: Related to communicating the Good News of the Gospel. This can be at many levels of relationships (family, co-workers, neighbors, strangers) and social strata (church services, in a coffee shop, at public events) and multiple geographic settings (“Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, uttermost parts”). This team focuses both on the “doing of evangelism” and the equipping of believers in that skill.
Facilities: The property (internal and external) are resources that enable the Body to gather, minister to one another and the community. Its use can be creatively managed for the glory of God, and it requires maintenance.
Fellowship: The NT word koinonia translated fellowship means sharing. It relates to things shared in common. The most important among thing we have in common is the Gospel, but it also refers to our common suffering in Christ, a meal, and material resources. When we share (have fellowship) we grasp that every good gift is from God. The Fellowship team ministers in the areas of food and meals (Sunday coffee, after church potlucks, etc) which enhance fellowship, hospitality (lit. “love of strangers”), weddings, and funerals in which we share the joys and sorrows of life.
Worship: This team gives attention to all aspects of corporate worship. From “first-impressions” to room environment, music, technology, and theology, so that worshipers are free from distractions and effectively led to bring praise, glory, and honor to God.