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VOLUNTEER ROLE DESCRIPTION Role: Welcoming Team Service: Saturdays at 5.30pm. Reports to: Service Coordinator (Steve Kryger)
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” -‐ Romans 2:9-‐13
Purpose: Welcoming Teams exist to provide a warm, friendly environment as we gather together each Saturday night. Welcoming Teams place a particular focus on the newcomer, connecting them with regulars and ensuring they feel welcomed, removing any barriers that exist to their fellowship with us. More than ‘writing nametags’ or ‘saying hello’, our welcoming teams are at the core of our mission at Church by the Bridge:
As we serve one another, welcome the newcomer, provide a means of fellowship, and put the needs of others before our own, we are turning this mission statement into a way of life! Responsibilities and Duties: Welcoming Teams are responsible for the following:
• Setting up inside church before the service (placing cushions at the end of pews, switching on lamps, tidying any mess, ensure sharp pencils are available in the pews).
• Preparing Bibles with handouts.
• Greeting people out the front of church.
• Writing nametags.
• Keeping an eye out for new people, welcoming them to church, giving them welcome packs (to be developed), and connecting them with regulars. This takes place particularly before the service, but also during the mid-‐service break and after the service.
• Handing people Bibles as they walk into church.
• Ushering newcomers to their seats (e.g. especially when they arrive late).
• Tidying Bibles and handouts after the service (i.e. returning leftover handouts to the white trays, and Bibles to the bookshelf).
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• Tidying up church afterwards to return it to its original state (e.g. removing any rubbish from the pews, emptying the bin next to the book stall).
• Vacuuming the church. Commitment: Welcoming teams serve for 2 weeks in a row, with 6 weeks off. On some occasions, serving on additional weeks might be required if other teams are down on numbers. Team members are required to have completed all set-‐up by 4.45pm, in order to attend the pre-‐service prayer meeting in the Hub. Therefore, this commitment is roughly 75 minutes before church (to set-‐up, pray and welcome), and 30 minutes after church (to clean-‐up). On dinner weeks (the third Saturday of each month), it would also be helpful to check if the hospitality teams need assistance with set-‐up/pack-‐up in the hall. Questions: If you have any questions regarding serving on a Welcoming Team, please contact Steve Kryger ([email protected], 0403 904 392). Thank you for serving us in this way. To God be the glory.
“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” – Romans 11:33-‐36
