Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 BOARD OF TRUSTEES - What’s my job? “Effective Trustees are Christian stewards of the property God has entrusted to the congregation. Effective trustees supervise and maintain the property of the congregation to ensure that disciple-making ministries of the congregation are effective and that local legal requirements related to the property are satisfied. Who is qualified for this job? Spiritual gifts: servanthood, helping/assistance, administration, giving, and evangelism. Experience, Skills: Trustees should be people with knowledge and skills for property and asset management; they should have the ability to listen to and communicate with people of all ages, and work well with other ministry leaders. Trustees should show genuine interest in responding to the hopes and concerns of people in the community and a willingness to partner with community interests. The Trustees chairperson should show evidence of prior effective ministry leadership, especially in the area of stewardship of assets, and show evidence of active and growing discipleship, the ability to preside over meetings, the ability to delegate responsibility and follow up in getting the job done. Structure The Board of Trustees shall be composed of not fewer than three nor more than nine persons; one third women and one third men. Trustees shall be of legal age as defined by law, and 2/3 shall be professing members of the United Methodist Church. No pastor is a voting member unless elected as a member. Legal requirements for trustees of property are outlined in the United Methodist Book of Discipline 2012, ¶2525 through 2551. Responsibilities: • Trustees, subject to the direction of the charge conference, have oversight and care of all local church property, buildings, and equipment in order to accomplish the mission of the church. This is done in consultation with the pastor. • Trustees need to engage in spiritual practices that build a relationship of attentiveness to God's will and direction. Church administration and daily affairs can distract trustees from the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Trustees need to hold one another accountable to the mission and vision of the church. • Trustees receive and administer all gifts made to the congregation, making certain that trust funds of the congregation are invested properly. Bequests and gifts to endowment projects can, by direction of the charge conference, be directed to a

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 special endowment or legacy committee. This committee will promote, invest, and distribute the proceeds from these gifts. Congregations should seek assistance from their conference or area United Methodist Foundation. • Trustees ensure that the Articles of Incorporation of the congregation are kept upto-date. • Trustees annually review property, liability, and crime insurance coverage on church-owned property, buildings, and equipment. The team also reviews personnel insurance for protection against risk, and consults with the Pastor-Parish team about other personnel insurance. • Trustees conduct an annual accessibility audit of buildings and grounds to discover and then work toward eliminating barriers that impede full participation of all people. • The team submits annual budget requests to the committee on finance for property maintenance and improvement, as well as new property purchases. • Trustees are accountable to the charge conference and the church council. The term "trustees" as used in the United Methodist Book of Discipline, may be construed to be synonymous with "director" of corporations when required to comply with law. Our Trustee chairs are Mike McIntosh [email protected] and Nance Widdowson [email protected]

STAFF/PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE (SPRC) -(paragraph 258.2 BOD) has some of the same functions of a personnel office or Human Resources department in other organizations. The SPRC works with our pastor, lay staff, the congregations, the community in which the church is located, the District Superintendent and the United Methodist conference. Some specific tasks of the SPRC include explaining the nature and function of the ministry; conferring with the staff about ministry direction; supporting lifelong learning for staff; identifying and supporting those within the church who might be called by God to ministry; recommending staff positions, job descriptions, and benefits to the Administrative Council. The Book of Discipline requires every congregation to have a committee on pastor parish relations. These members are proposed by the Lay Leadership Team and elected by Charge Conference. The BOD provides for a rotation system to ensure continuity on the committee. It requires that at least 5 and not more than 9 members be elected for terms of 3 years each, in 3 classes. Members of this committee may succeed themselves for one 3 year term. Our lay leader (Leo Turchyn) and our lay member to annual conference (Kent Nettnay) are also

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 members of this committee. Only one person from an immediate family may serve on this committee. Our SPRC Chairs are Bev Giesting [email protected] and Mel Obermeyer [email protected]

FINANCE COMMITTEE (paragraph 258.4 BOD) is to identify, perfect, and manage the finance system for the congregation. The finance system is the processes of raising, managing, and dispersing the finances so that the mission and vision of the congregation can be achieved. The main tasks of the committee: provides financial direction for the congregation and regularly reports to the church council and to individual members; recommends an annual budget to support the mission and ministry of the church; develops plans for the annual funding program to ensure that the financial needs of the church are met; arranges for the annual audit of church financial records. In order to serve on this committee, a person must be nominated during our annual Charge Conference that meets in the fall of each year. Our finance chair is John Greiwe [email protected]

OUTREACH/MISSIONS COMMITTEE - Our Outreach vision is to respond in loving service to human needs. We emphasize a local area focus,but we also reach out beyond our community throughout the world. We seek a bi-level involvement of everyone in our church. Our Outreach Team coordinates the skills, resources, and giving spirit in carrying out our calling to be God's servants. In addition, we believe it is crucial for us to collaborate in partnership arrangements with other groups, especially in our community. Current examples of our LOCAL OUTREACH are: Food Pantry assistance, helping deprived families with basic needs, and assisting Safe Passage with project work and contributions of food, money, and other needed items. Our Summer Food Program provides lunch food during the summer break for families who have children on the regular school free lunch program. This lunch program is a good example of community partner relationships. The local area churches, businesses, service clubs and volunteers all come together to provide monetary and food donations, volunteering, and overall support. In order to get the program started for 2012, our church provided the leadership, working in coordination with the Batesville Community School Corporation, and the Batesville Ministerial Association. We look forward to expanding the program in the future; adding more classes. this past summer, we provided food for about 121 children. STATE AND NATIONAL OUTREACH ~ The following are the areas in which we support. For more information of any or all the following; click on the links. "United

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 Methodist Children's Home", "Six In One", "UMCOR, "Fletcher Place Community Center", “Red Bird Mission" of Kentucky. INTERNATIONALLY, we as a church have taken work project trips to Haiti, Brazil, and Tanzania in the last several years. Our major International partnership of support is with "Joy In The Harvest " mission and “Ilula Orphan Staff Program” in Tanzania. In Western Africa we cooperate with "Operation Classroom", and the "Scholarship for Pastoral Training; Kaffa Cumba". We support the ministry of "Southwest Canada/Christ For The Nation – Gerald Nussbaum". We also support "Children of Peru”, Africa University, and Brazil Partners. We feel so greatly privileged and blessed to be able to advance the work of Christ in our world of need.For more information on any of these mission programs, please contact Ted Hartshorn at [email protected] Anyone can join and serve on this team at any time!

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION - Serving on this team includes planning and visioning, working with teachers, handling administrative details, and more. This team recruits teachers, leads training or finds outside help. They nurture teachers, so that they are equipped personally and spiritually to continue in their class or group. This team arranges for substitute teachers, explores curriculum options; orders curriculum and supplies, work out and manages a budget. They are also responsible to identify, teach, and monitor the necessary policies, procedures, and Safe Sanctuary guidelines, including background checks. They also need to communicate through the church council or church business administrator the accomplishments, opportunities, and needs of the ministry. The Safe Sanctuary policy (Local Church Guidelines for Abuse Protection Policies As printed in The Indiana Annual Conference – The United Methodist Church: Abuse Protection Policy for Children, Youth, and Vulnerable Adults) We strongly encourage every church in the Indiana Annual Conference to develop and follow its own Abuse Protection Policy. Such policies protect children and vulnerable individuals as well as the volunteers and staff who serve them. Each church is encouraged to prepare a policy that best fits its congregational setting. A policy and its accompanying implementation procedures should include the following elements: 1 A description of the role staff and lay members who work with children and vulnerable adults;

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Procedures to be used in recruitment and selection of all employees and volunteers who will work with or have regular access to children, youth, and vulnerable adults; 3 A plan for training all employees and volunteers about all aspects of the protection policy, including provisions for routine re-training; 4 Procedures designed to reduce the risk of instance of abuse of any type and assure that instances of real or suspected abuse are promptly detected and reported to the appropriate internal and external authorities; 5 A procedure for reporting incidents of known and suspected abuse of children, youth or vulnerable adults to appropriate church leaders, including district leadership, and to appropriate civil authorities in accordance with the laws of Indiana; 6 Information about resources and strategies for adults who have questions about the policy or who confront situations that make them uncomfortable; 7 A plan to provide for the safety, protection, and ongoing emotional support of those who may have been victimized; 8 A plan for reporting known or suspected incidents of abuse to family members, the congregation and the public, as appropriate, while protecting those involved; 9 A plan for dealing with allegations against as church worker, church employee, or church volunteer; and 10 Annual review of the protection policy and procedures and of the church’s liability coverage for employees and volunteers. A copy of the local church policy should be on file in the church and District Office. Administrative bodies of the local church shall be responsible for implementing and monitoring their own policy and accompanying procedures. To see the full Indiana Conference Policy, visit link below: The Indiana Annual Conference – The United Methodist Church: Abuse Protection Policy for Children, Youth, and Vulnerable Adults The witness team will be working in conjunction with this team on publicity and advertising. Christian Education is co-chaired with Val Stutler [email protected] and Deb Obermeyer [email protected]

LAY LEADER (paragraph 251 BOD) is the primary lay representative of the laity in the church. The Lay Leader fosters awareness of the importance of living a life of discipleship and service through ministry in and beyond the church; works to recognize lay ministries; interprets the actions and programs of the Indiana Conference and the general United Methodist Church; participates in and encourages others to participate in

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 study and training opportunities provided by the Conference. The Lay Leader is a member of the Administrative Council, Finance, PPRC, and the Lay Leadership Committee. Our Lay Leader is Leo Turchyn [email protected]

LAY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE (paragraph 258.1 BOD) is responsible for getting to know members of the congregation and helping them to discern their skills, gifts, knowledge, and level of commitment; identifying leadership and service opportunities in the congregation; preparing job descriptions for leadership positions; matching potential leaders with leadership positions and inviting persons to serve in those positions; making sure that these persons represent the makeup of your congregation; presenting recommendations to the charge conference; equipping leaders through training and support. Pastor Chris is the chair of this team and can be reached at [email protected]

CHANCEL CHOIR - Our chancel choir is open to all adults who love to praise our Lord through music. We gather every Wednesday evening during the school year at 5:30. We generally rehearse for an hour. We would welcome new faces! The chancel choir often goes out after rehearsal for faith, food, and fellowship at local restaurants. For more information contact Matt Trossman at [email protected]

HANDBELL CHOIR - Joyful Outbursts are our handbell choir that have been revived under the direction of Steve Mills. They bless us with their unique way of praising God a few times per year. All are welcome to join this exciting group! [email protected]

CONFIRMATION - Our church has a confirmation class every spring. Youth that are at least 12 years old are invited to join the confirmation class. The purpose is to give youth the opportunity to explore and further understand the aspects and decisions of a life lived in relationship with God through the church. Pastor Chris is the director of this [email protected]

FELLOWSHIP TEAM - This is an open team and anyone can join us at anytime. We gather once per month on the 3rd Wednesday at 6:45 in the church parlor. We are

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 responsible for planning church fellowship activities such as Game Night, Valentine’s brunch, Hanging of the Greens etc. For more information contact Amy Jones at [email protected]

FUNERAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE communicates with user groups and coordinates kitchen needs; maintains a network of volunteers to clean and maintain kitchen equipment; procures all-church supplies and maintains storage of such. Marcy Moster is chair of this [email protected]

MEMORIAL & SPECIAL GIFTS COMMITTEE has the particular responsibility of supervising and directing the use of all monies received during the year in memory of, or as a special honor to loved ones; and also special gifts to the church. They serve as a committee responsible to the Board of Trustees. They receive, acknowledge, distribute and dedicate monies and memorial gifts. They are also responsible for updating the memorial books, boards, and plaques. Margaret Wilson is in charge of this [email protected]

WITNESS TEAM - Greets visitors, keep in touch with members that can't attend due to illness, setting goals for congregational growth, and membership care .Give attention to developing and strengthening efforts of sharing with in our church and trying to increase membership. Susie Rowland has purchased greeting cards, and our new mugs, pens and note pads (with the church’s logo, address and website) are to be given to visitors. We also have the opportunity to get a table at the Apple Fest to spread the word of our church and all the service projects we do for our community and more. The witness team works in conjunction with the communication team on various ways of publicity. This team will have meetings regularly with Pastor Chris to talk about future direction of the congregation and going forward with any visions. Susie Rowland is chair of this team [email protected]

WORSHIP COMMITTEE aids the congregation in a fuller understanding of the meaning, purpose and practice of worship. They cooperate with the Pastor and the Music Director in planning and caring for worship; recruit ushers, acolytes, and liturgists; coordinate altar flowers; care for, prepare and help serve the sacramental elements; and

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 decorate and maintain the sanctuary. The communion stewards organized by Cindy Linville fall under this committee. Pastor Chris is the chair of this [email protected]

COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ~ A new committee possibility! The UMC guidelines suggest this team's ministry is to: share the church's story with the public; create an image of the church and the congregation; build community within the church; create excitement; build pride in the church and the denomination; promote opportunities and resources; maintain two-way communication (story telling and story listening) with the congregation and with the community; provide information the congregation needs to make informed decisions; help make the church's vision come alive in people's thoughts, words, and actions. The communication team does what is known in the secular world as "marketing," "advertising," and "public relations," both within the church and in the community. Specific interest areas would include: website, newsletter, newspaper, internal displays, email distribution, bulletin announcements. Val Stutler [email protected] is in charge of this team or Deb Obermeyer [email protected] Amy Jones [email protected] and Laura Apostol [email protected] are in charge of our church’s website. The children's section is handled by Linda Koon. She posts her kids club events [email protected] For newsletter and bulletin announcements, please email your requests to the church at [email protected] Newsletter items need to be emailed to the office by the 25th of each month, bulletin items by Wednesday of each week.

SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM Our Summer Food Program began in 2012. We, as a church are gravely concerned about children who are on the Free Lunch Program in their school; what happens during the Summer? Do they have enough food for their family? Hence, our program was born. We collect lunch food and distribute items for children in the Batesville Primary School,and this year we have added the Intermediate School as well; including all of the children under 18 in that household. One sack of food per child per week during the summer. Families on the free lunch program are sent a letter asking if they are interested in receiving free lunch items during the summer. Last year, we as a church were blessed by the outpouring of support from our community including various churches, grocery stores, civic groups, companies, and individuals. We welcome volunteers for packing food, picking up food, making snacks, as well as donating cans of food (fruit for Jesus). under 18) at our church between 12 and 4 P.M. The clients are well taken care of in the

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 hospitality center and seem most grateful. Our team of about 15 volunteers seems to function well and, as always, are lifted up by the opportunity to serve our Lord. Susie Rowland is head of this program [email protected]

SWEDISH NUT LOG TEAM For the past 5 years, our church family has been preparing Swedish Nut Logs around Easter time. This is a two-day event. The first day, an evening, the dough is created. We have people specifically measuring ingredients and others that do the mixing. (It can be difficult to do both as there is much fellowship in the process and you tend to loose track of your recipe!) The dough is wrapped and placed in the refrigerator to cool overnight. The next morning, people gather to roll out the dough, fill it with amazing ingredients and braid it. Although this can be a frustrating task, we are always reminded that the dough is like Jesus - it is very forgiving! The log then is set to rise, is baked, iced and set to cool. It is lovingly wrapped and ready for your pick-up and consumption. Behind the scenes helpers include cardboard cutters, dishwashers and clean-up crew. The proceeds have been used to assist in various church projects, including the recent landscaping and the electric ranges in the kitchen. Marcy Moster leads this team and can always use another volunteer [email protected]

MARTHA’S HELPERS - As a team we have general talents. We will do anything that is needed to assist an individual that cannot do for themselves. This will be by a case by case situation. If we cannot find anyone to help we will try to recommend someone who can. Contact Hoagy Wright at [email protected] for more information if you need help or would like to help.

HOPE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP - HOPE started in June of 2014 after our Indiana Annual Conference. Bishop Mike Coyner challenged congregations to start up a new point of light. 100 New Points of Light is a campaign of the Indiana Conference to add 100 new worship services, Bible studies or other organized efforts by Indiana’s local United Methodist churches to reach new people with the light of Christ. Indiana Bishop Mike Coyner expects many of these new faith communities will be “off-site” in a location outside existing church buildings, while others will be at “off-times” to reach new people beyond our typical worship services. to the 100 New Points of Light in their local church to help fulfill the mission of the church.

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 Values undergirding this vision include: • Reach the un-churched, • Reach the dechurched, • Follow Wesleyan Theology, • Be lay-driven, • Empower laity, • Focus outwardly, • Engage with an entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, and • Accept failure and learn from it, because this is a pilot program. HOPE (In partnership with Margaret Mary Cancer Center) gathers quarterly) at 5:30 in the fellowship hall. We have a pitch in dinner each time we gather. We discuss cancer and its affects on family and friends, resources available, what to do “When Cancer Strikes a Friend” as well as “Fun” activities. Laura Apostol [email protected] coordinates this new point of light. HOPE is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. PIZZA PICK UP Weekly, on Wednesday, the local Pizza Hut restaurant donates frozen pizza products to Safe Passage . Members of our congregation serve as the delivery person. One church member arrives at the Pizza Hut at 2:00 p.m. where the products are placed in our vehicle . We drive to Safe Passage to deliver the pizza donation. The entire process takes approximately 20 minutes. If you want a quick service project this is a good opportunity. Contact Ted Hartshorn at [email protected] or Linda Crowell at [email protected] PRAYER WARRIORS - This team is composed of people who pray for those on our prayer list as well as special requests that usually come through the church office. People pray as they feel led. There are no meetings to attend…. just praying hard for those who need it, whether it be every day, or every week. We can always use another warrior. If you would like to be added to this team, or have a request please email the church at [email protected] Ginny Hartshorn leads our warriors [email protected] SAFE PASSAGE Dinner at Safe Passage In the months of January, March, May, July, September and November, on the third Thursday a group of ladies take dinner to the residents of Safe Passage. We prepare the food in our homes and deliver the food to Safe Passage in time for dinner at 4:45 p.m.The meal consists of a salad, bread, two main courses and dessert. Members of the group stay and eat with the residents enjoying fellowship and good food. To become a part of this group contact Nance Widdowson at [email protected] or Linda Crowell at [email protected] .

Ministry Opportunities/What’s My Job Description Where do you feel called to serve? 2016 Our Safe Passage team is always looking for volunteers for a variety of things such as general maintenance. Our church sponsors a suite for $100.00 per month (out of the OutReach committee) that occasionally needs items and work. TURKEY SUPPER BIBLE STUDY - During Advent and Lent, Pastor Chris leads a brief Bible study appropriate for the season. They generally gather on Mondays at 9:30 A.M. and again that evening at 6:30. There is always a sign up sheet available several weeks beforehand. These are always open to adults and youth. Longer Bible studies have also occurred such as the Disciple Class. For more information, please contact [email protected]