The duties of the Board of Deacons include the following:

1. Elect a Chairperson and a Secretary

2. Assist the Pastor with the spiritual care of the congregation (i.e. Newsletter's Social Corner, Church Bulletin's Miracle Grow for the Soul).

3. Consider matters relating to the worship of the congregation and make recommendations to the Council or at the annual meeting.

4. Develop new and maintain on-going programs of evangelism - which is sharing the Good News in a loving and respectful way (i.e. name tags, tape ministry, tri-fold brochures, church booklet).

5. Assist at services.

6. Assist with communion and clean-up (1-3x per month).

7. Maintain a lector and communion assistant schedule.

8. Maintain a membership list (check on those who haven't attended, communed or given an offering each year).

9. Identify and encourage the involvement of inactive members.

10. Have a representative attend and report to Church Council meetings on a regular basis.

11. Have minutes of Deacons meetings printed for the newsletter after each meeting.

Terms are for 3 years in duration with meetings held monthly.

2010 Members

Robert Rust

Joan Ford

Howard Baillargeon

Starr White

Teri Adams

Barb Larson

If you are unable to serve communion on the assigned date, contact one of the other volunteers and arrange for a substitution or switch. Communion assistants will come forward to receive Holy Communion, serve the Pastor, and then move to the sides to serve the congregation. The words for distribution of the bread are "Body of Christ, given for you" and for the wine are "Blood of Christ, shed for you." If you need some direction or instructions before serving, contact Pastor John; most questions can be answered in 5 minutes. Thank you for your willingness to serve our members.

Communion Preparation:

Laura Bishop (or substitute) will prepare 4 or 5 communion trays. The communion trays and the basket will be placed on the altar before the service. Extra wine and grape juice (in squeeze bottles) and an empty tray will also be on the alter.

8:00 A.M. Communion Assistants

After the 8:00 a.m. service, remove any trays that are only partially filled and the basket of used cups to the kitchen. Empty the used cups from the basket into the garbage and clean the liner of the basket. Refill the trays so that there are 5 full trays for the 10:30 a.m. service. Fill about ten (10) glasses with grape juice (found in the refrigerator) and the other glasses with wine. Place the filled trays and the basket on the altar. On special occassions, fill more trays. Place the bottles of wine and grape juice in the refrigerator.

10:30 A.M Communion Assistants and Wednesday Night

After the 10:30 a.m. or 6:45 p.m. service, return all the trays, the basket of used cups, and the extra wine and grape juice to the kitchen. Empty the used cups from the basket into the garbage and clean the liner of the basket. Dump any unused grape juice from the glasses into a container and drink it or pour it onto the ground outside. Do not put it down the drain as it has been blessed and must be disposed of appropriately. Dump any unused wine back into the squeeze bottle and place it in the north refrigerator. Cups that had wine or juice but were not used should be washed and placed on a towel to drip dry. Wednesday nights often use intinction so that requires washing the bowls and cups and dispersing of the grape juice and extra bread.

Extra Information

Extra wafers are kept under the altar. Wine and juice are kept in the north refrigerator. Let the office know when the wine or grape juice are low so more can be purchased.