You can register your interest to participate on
one of these ministry teams by sending an e-mail to the church office
for the Volunteer Ministry team indicating your specific team
interests.
hopelutheranchurch@thevillages.net
BUILDING
AND
GROUNDS
AUDIO/VISUAL
TEAM
This team is
responsible for the media operations conducted in the sound booth at
Hope worship services and special events.
GARDEN TEAM
The
team members meet three or four times per year to implement and manage
a
flower-planting program for the exterior grounds. Team members share
the
responsibility of caring for the plants and flowers.
MEMORIAL
GARDEN
This
team has the responsibility for the design and implementation of a
memorial garden on church property for the purpose of providing Hope
members with an interment place for the ashes of loved ones.
INTERIOR
DESIGN
This
team functions to provide a coordinated approach to the appearance of
the various exhibits in the church Narthex and other areas of the
church.
The Building and Grounds Team will also function
as a combined "Building Team" developed for any future construction
projects
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FINANCE,
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
AUDIT TEAM
The
audit team verifies correctness of
year-end
financial reports. The church's assets are identified and controlled.
Controls
for receipts and disbursements are examined; recommendations for
improvements
suggested. Time commitment required: 7 - 9 hours, depending on
experience of
Audit Team, 3 - 5 meetings.
HUMAN
RESOURCES TEAM
This
team works to encourage adoption of policy
and human resource management to achieve the mission and goals of the
church.
It also serves to assure compliance with labor related areas of the law
within
the day-to-day employee process. The team meets on an as needed basis.
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GROUPS,
EDUCATION, RECREATION
CLOWN
MINISTRY:
"Steeple
People" Hope members along with others from the community visit local
assisted living facilities. They get involved in conducting prayer
meetings, holding parties and leading services at churches. Team
members participated in The Blessing of the Animals at Hope. Team
Leaders Carl and Ray Day provide training through The Village College
of Clowning.
COUPLES'
BRIDGE:
This group
meets the 2nd Sunday evening of each month.
DINING OUT:
Meet
different people from Hope each month and dine at various locations in
small groups of six or seven.
GRIEF
SUPPORT:
Six-week
course. Group is led by Pastor Bill Corkish. See Hope
University
HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY
Our team
mission is to help convert poverty housing to habitat housing. The time
required is directly proportional to churches sponsoring homes. Many of
our church members have volunteered to help with building a Habitat
home. Habitat volunteering offers a great opportunity to
become directly involved in helping others.
HOPE 101:
Six-week
course on Lutheranism led by Pastor Bill Corkish. See Hope
University.
HOPE
CRAFTERS:
This
group meets on Tuesdays at 10:00am in the Fellowship Hall.
HOPE
UNIVERSITY:
Hope "U"
offers many bible studies, one-day seminars, etc. to uplift your
spiritual life.. See Hope
University.
LADIES'
BRIDGE:
Meets
the 2nd Monday of the month at 1:00pm in the Fellowship Hall.
LIBRARY:
The
Library
of Hope Lutheran Church is intended to supply literature and related
materials needed for, or useful to, church members and organizations.
Time is required to identify and catalogue materials and to present
them for use. The time required is probably 5 to 15 hours a month, at
the leisure of those involved.
SINGLES OF
HOPE:
This
group calls themselves the "Hope Diamond" Their purpose is to
provide a social environment for fellowship and fun Hope
members without partners. Meetings are on the 2nd
Wednesday of each month at 2:00pm.
SPECIAL
EVENTS/HOSPITALITY TEAM
Activities
special to the fellowship functions of the congregation are planned and
organized by this team. The events include potluck suppers and other
types of dinners, new member orientations and receptions, and coffee
and refreshments following Sunday services. Responsibilities are
assigned by Team Leaders and shared among team members.
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MISSION/OUTREACH
ANGEL TREE
Once
a year project to provide Hope members the opportunity to support
Sumter County School Readiness Coalition in a project to supply
Christmas gifts to needy children. The project requires a team of at
least three members beginning in September concluding in December. A
detailed "task description" is available for further information.
BLESSING OF
THE ANIMALS
A
once-a-year
event held in October to offer a
"blessing service" as a gift to the community and to Hope members. All
Teams of the congregation are encouraged to participate along with
members whose special interests include "God's creatures great and
small".
FIRST- TIME
CALLING COMMITTEE
This
team
calls on the phone to people who attend
Hope for the first time. The time required for the phone calls varies
on the number of first-timers who attended worship services. It usually
requires three to four hours per week
GLOBAL
MISSION TEAM
The
mission
of the Global Mission Team is to
provide leadership, awareness, and involvement in local, regional, and
global missions. The team manages a budget and oversees the gathering
and sending of funds to specific causes. This team meets monthly for
one to two hours, September through May. Personal involvement of
members with a specific mission - one hour a month - report to
committee at monthly meetings. Committee preparations for special
events: five to ten hours per year.
(H)OME
(A)CQUAINTANCE (M)EETING
Hope
Acquaintance Meetings are held by Pastor
Barry Hunteman: Meetings are scheduled for small groups of new members
after they have been received.
NEW MEMBER
PREPARATION TEAM
Members
of
this team contact persons who have
indicated a desire to join Hope. By way of a telephone interview, the
team member provides information about the procedure for joining Hope
Lutheran Church and gathers data for the Member Information Form. The
team member also invites current members to be sponsors to the new
members. Time required for completing the interview process and
selecting sponsors can take up to two hours. New members are received
4/5 times per year.
ARCHIVIST
The
archivist provides the congregation with a historical continuity of the
operations of Hope Lutheran Church from its beginning in 1998
VOLUNTEER
MINISTRY
The goal
of
the Volunteer Ministry Team is to
encourage and assist each member of Hope to be actively involved in the
life and mission of our congregation. The Team takes part in the New
Member Orientation meetings, providing the opportunity for new members
to select an area of ministry of their choice. The Team members refer
all volunteers to appropriate Team Leaders and follow up on the
assignments. Records of all teams and volunteers are maintained.
Providing information to team leaders who request volunteers is another
task of the team. Time required: 2 hours to process records and make
referrals after each group of new members have joined (4/5 times per
year). Several hours as needed to provide information to team leaders.
WELCOME TEAM
The
Welcome
Team is responsible for assuring that
each first-time visitor is acknowledged. Team members provide each
first-time visitor with a handmade, keepsake cross, along with a name
tag that identifies them as a visitor. Teams members greet in the
narthex prior to Saturday and Sunday worship services.
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SHEPHERDS/VISITING
NEIGHBORHOOD
CARE TEAM
In the
spirit
of our caring congregation, the
mission of the Neighborhood Care Team is to provide help and support
those
parishioners in need in their immediate neighborhoods. Members of the
team will provide special services for shut-ins, as well as other "good
neighbor" services . They also provide
transportation for medical reasons or for necessary personal errands.
FUNERAL
RECEPTION TEAM
The
mission
of this team is to provide food and beverages for a funeral/memorial
luncheon or dinner. This may be at the church or in a person's home.
They call six to seven groups for the food items, help in setting up,
and they clean up afterwards.. The time involved is from two to three
hours per funeral or memorial.
HOPE FOR THE
HUNGRY
The Hope
for
the Hungry Team collects and delivers
food items to area
food shelves. They coordinate the collection of donated food on the
first Sunday of the month and deliver the items to the Wildwood Sunset
Church of God, which service three area communities.
MEN
OF HOPE
The
mission of "Men of Hope" is to provide
a Christ-centered fellowship for all the male members of the Hope
Lutheran Congregation. "Men of Hope" will also offer opportunities for
the men to share their gifts with people in need. The Men of Hope meet
on the second Wednesday of each month.
PRAYER CHAIN
TEAM
The
Prayer
Chain Team prays for members, friends, and family, as requested,
including those on the prayer list in the weekly newsletter. When
requests are received, all members of the Prayer Team are informed of
the situations and prayer begins immediately. The time required to
fulfill the duties of a Prayer Chain Team Member varies, but consists
of receiving and making calls regarding requests and spending time in
prayer.
STEWARDSHIP
TEAM
Stewardship
is "everything I do after I say I believe." The Stewardship Team has
four areas of responsibility: the financial component; the education
component; the promotion component; the commitment component. The
time commitment for Stewardship team members is 10 monthly meetings per
year (3rd Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m.) and 1 - 3 special project
meetings per year.
WOMEN OF HOPE
The
mission
of the Women of Hope is to come together for study, support, and
actions through mission projects for the community and church-wide
women's organizations. Women of Hope meet monthly, on the third
Thursday morning, for a light breakfast and a meeting that features a
speaker, progress reports on all ongoing missions, and fellowship with
one another. Meetings usually last under two hours. All women of Hope
are members of Women of Hope.
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WORSHIP
AND
MUSIC
ALTAR ANGELS
This
team is
responsible for making ready the Altar for all services - general
service, communion service, healing service, and others as required. We
store and maintain the altar paraments, altar cloths, brass, and
candles.
Additionally, we maintain the flower chart and order flowers.
Team members are scheduled one month at a time, which equates to about
one hour per week during
the scheduled month.
ASSISTING
MINISTERS/COMMUNION SERVER
This
team is
responsible for helping lead worship. Assisting Ministers assist the
Pastor with liturgy and prayers as well as with communion. The
Communion Servers assist in the distribution of the sacraments. Some of
the team members assit with the Rite of Healing. At this time there are
46 volunteers on this team. The time required is during regular worship
on Sunday/Saturday, once or twice a month. There is occasional need to
serve at additional services, such as during Lent or on Festival days.
BANNER TEAM
The
Banner
Team meets when needed to assemble banners for the church, usually 3 or
4 times a year. Each banner takes approximately 6 to 12 hours to
complete. New members need to know how to trace, cut, measure, and glue
to join other team members. No sewing is involved. We can always use
new ideas and suggestions.
GREETER TEAM
This
team
leader calls the members who have indicated a desire to be a greeter.
The greeters provide a welcoming, smiling face to each person as they
enter the church to worship. They give them directions, if needed. The
time involved for the team leader can be from one to three or four
hours a month.
READER TEAM
Members
of
the Reader Team share the Lessons of the Day from the Bible with the
congregation at each worship. Members are normally scheduled to read at
a regular worship service on a quarterly basis.
SPIRIT
RINGERS (SEE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES)
This is
the
chime choir at Hope. Similar in technique to bells, the chimes produce
a beautiful tone that compliments the worship experience. Ringers play
two or more chimes and the ability to read music is strongly suggested.
SPIRIT
SINGERS
(SEE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES)
This is
a
ladies' ensemble, which provides special music for services throughout
the year. Vocal selections are written for 3-parts: soprano, 2nd
soprano and alto. Rehearsals are held on Monday afternoons from
2pm-2:45pm.
USHER TEAM
This
team has
three sub-teams: Head Usher; Lead Ushers; Usher at Large. The ushers
assist people attending church, and assist the Pastor and his
assistants with communion and rite of healing. Ushers report to church
45 minutes to one hour before services to prepare the church for
communion, prepare the Order of Service and Newsletters, and take care
of any other needs for a particular Sunday. Ushers are provided for
special services during the special seasons of the year.
SOUNDS OF
HOPE
This
group
sings at the 4pm worship service on Saturdays. It is a smaller ensemble
than Voices of Hope and rehearses at 2:30pm. Most of the
repertoire is in 2-3 parts,
and one anthem is prepared and sung each week.
VOICES OF
HOPE
This
group
provides music for the Sunday morning worship services. This is the
largest choir and singers experience a variety of repertoire from
classic to contemporary. Arrangements are written for 4-parts: soprano,
alto, tenor and bass; solo opportunities area also available. The
Voices of Hope rehearse on Thursday evenings at 7pm.
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