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Worship Ministry Team Leader (¶254) : Leads the congregation in providing opportunities for worship celebrations that focus on God, help people of all ages grow in their understanding of the Gospel, and become better equipped for daily living as faithful disciples. Spiritual gifts: servanthood, teaching, exhortation (encouragement), leadership, wisdom, knowledge, faith, discernment, administration, evangelism, and shepherding. Experience, skills: This leader should show evidence of passion for worshiping God and helping others worship through music, liturgy, and in personal and community practices. Useful skills for this position are the ability to listen to and communicate with people of all ages, interest in a wide range of worship experiences, interest in music and other worship-related arts, skills for researching worship issues, and sensitivity both to what makes worship effective and ways people relate to God.
WORSHIP COMMITTEE
   Chairperson:                                         George  Button, convener
    Fay Flanary, Susan Andrade, Clara Very,  Mary Avery, Lucy Klein, Pat McClure
    Communion Stewards:                              Cyndi Goss, Shayna Goss
     Acolyte Coordinator:                              Beverley Button
    Usher Team Leader:                              Brian Rooney
     Music Director:                                     Julie Jonassen
    Altar Care:                                                  Debbie Dunbar
     Alltar Visuals Coordinator:                        Susan Andrade,  Pat McClure
      Children’s Choir                                          Susan Andrade  

Committee’s Goals Set at Individual Retreats
Worship - 2011
§ Audio System and a live feed downstairs
§ Visuals Enhancement/expansion-altar team
Worship – 2011 continued
§ New Songs to practice/New Hymns
§ Find the large Print Bibles and Hymnals (Now or by Easter at the latest)
§ 3 more choir members who preferably can read music
§ Committee speakers (i.e. Mission Moments) shorter (2 minutes)
§ Planners
§ Move candles to behind the altar
§ Use space opposite the choir loft, don’t leave it as wasted space
§ More P.R.
§ Better definitions for responsibilities
§ Better format alignment of Bulletin
§ Large print bulletins
§ Greeters in Fellowship Hall mostly for elevator users
Worship - 2012
§ Enlarge Choir Room (Trustees working on this)
§ Children’s Choir/Director
Worship - 2013
§ Hospitality Upgrade
§ To be done in the near future
§ Larger Choir Loft (2015)
§ New Choir Robes of lighter materials
§ New Carpeting (Trustees)
§ Upgrade the organ?
§ Sell the Old Organ? (Church Council working on this)