Ministry Teams

Ministry Teams

Bethany Board

The 12-member Bethany Board provides general oversight for church-wide programming and administration. It is accountable to the Bethany Charge/Church Conference.

Coordination and Visioning

  • Discern changing needs and opportunities in the church and community, envisioning new ministries and initiatives in response.
  • Coordinate and support the work of the programming teams; keep informed of teams’ goals and progress toward those goals.
  • Establish church calendar/room-use priorities.

Financial Stewardship

  • Provide financial oversight, so that resources are best used for achieving ministry goals.
  • Prepare annual budget recommendation for the Bethany Church Conference. Revise budget mid-year when necessitated by changing financial circumstances.
  • Coordinate arrangements for annual stewardship campaign.
  • Distribute endowment earnings, scholarship funds, memorial gifts, and bequests; promote planned giving.

Leadership Recruitment and Development

  • Annually recruit four Board members to replace those rotating off (a three year rotation schedule will be put in place in 2019). Annually recruit chairs for the six programming teams. Provide assistance throughout the year for recruiting new program team members.
  • Coordinate ongoing leadership development and team training.
  • Put systems in place for ongoing recruitment of volunteers.

Personnel

  • Provide for the staffing needs of Bethany – hiring, evaluating, and supporting.
  • Personnel issues will be discussed confidentially (other agenda items will be public).

Property Management

  • Coordinate care of church property, including providing support to volunteers.
  • Provide oversight to occasional insurance and legal issues.

Program Ministries

Adult Ministries Team

Connect new people to the church family, and connect all people to a fuller experience of the Christian life.

  • Coordinate programs that welcome and support guests, including recruiting hosts (usher-greeters), membership classes, etc.
  • Foster communication about Bethany’s ministries (social media, website, brochures, advertising, etc.)
  • Develop and support small groups, classes, forums, and fellowship opportunities (including weekly coffee fellowship and annual spring and fall festivals)

Caring Team

We want to share Christ’s love in real, meaningful ways that make a difference and addresses the actual challenges people are facing.

Being a supporting, caring congregation calls us to prayerfully reach out with compassion, understanding, and empathy to people where they are in their lives. This entails connecting person to person to fit individuals and circumstances.

The team strives to foster the communication that brings about these congregation interactions of support.

Children & Youth Ministries Team

Encourage the spiritual awareness, knowledge and growth of children and youth.

  • Education ministry
  • Family fellowship ministry
  • Support for scouting ministries

Outreach

Create a sense of ownership, excitement, and urgency for outreach through missions and social witness.

  • Missions ministry
  • Church & Society ministry

Sub Teams

Peace Fellowship – Explore peace issues and focus on positive action for the advancement of peace in our lives, our community, our country and our world.

Worship Ministry

Envision, prepare, and bring to life meaningful and exciting worship experiences.

  • Coordinate worship volunteers, including ushers, liturgists, acolytes, AV techs, communion preparers
  • Support worship arts, including music and drama
  • Set sacred space through visual arts
  • Prepare for special seasons (e.g., Christmas & Easter)

Sub Team

Archives – Preserve and celebrate Bethany’s history.