Witness Team The Witness Team oversees two aspects of evangelism. Witness refers to the way we can all tell our own story of faith in our everyday lives. This requires practice and training to be effective. This work can be coordinated by the team but the real work is accomplished by every member. Witness also refers to the ways we communicate our invitation to join us using all the communication tools we can imagine. Some of our evangelism ways and tools:
Congregation training
Publicity coordination
Church website
Facebook
Church service online streaming and videos
Service Team With a compassionate heart, the Service Team coordinates the many programs and initiatives for caring for those who need assistance with basic needs. Many people have great ideas about how we can help others, but there needs to be a way to screen ideas, and evaluate what we are already doing, as well as what we might need to stop doing. Some of our service programs and initiatives:
Food Pantry
Food Basket appeals
Family Promise (formerly known as Interfaith Hospitality)
Fair Trade coffee sales
Quilting
The Community Meal
Blood Bank drive
Youth initiatives
Mission Committee outreach campaigns
Learning Team The Learning Team not only promotes different programs for learning, but takes a long view of what is being taught, and who is involved. A mix of offerings helps appeal to different people's interests. Some of our learning programs and classes:
Children's Sunday School
Adult Sunday School
Confirmation Ministry
Vacation Bible School
Weekday Bible Study
First Communion instruction
Worship Team This team's ministry is to oversee all of the ways we worship, and provide a music program and other resources to support our worship. Some of our worship resources and events:
Traditional Worship services
Contemporary Worship services
Advent, Lenten and Holy Week services
Christmas Eve services
Adult and Children's Choirs, RLC Praise Band
Baptisms
Weddings
Funerals
Altar Guild
Sanctuary decorations
Support Team Our Support Team oversees the financial support, reporting, transparency, and stewardship of the congregation. Some of our financial support tasks:
Stewardship program
Simply Giving program
Benevolence support
Long Range planning
Budget proposal
Memorial gift oversight
Transparency in reporting
Endowment fund
Congregational Life Team This team watches over the many events and programs that enhance the fellowship and unity of the congregation. Typical events and programs are:
Arts Ministry
Congregational dinners
Sunday Coffee
Hospitality events
Youth events
Property Team Central to all of our ministries is our church that we built in 1967. Some of the responsibilities of the Property Team are:
