Co-Chair Responsibilities

When you are the co-chair of your service group, you will coordinate volunteers in six service areas including: ushers, communion preparers, nursery attendants, greeter, coffee hour and funeral workers (food is provided by a separate committee). A co- chair term is two years.

Recruit Your Replacement

You have been asked to serve a two year term as co-chair. After you have served for 12 months of your two year term as co-chair, you will recruit a member of your group to serve a two year term. During the next 12 months you will be training your replacement. Using this system, every 12 months one co-chair will go off and one will come on. By doing this there will always be someone with a year of experience leading your service group. Each service group will always have two chairs.

Getting Volunteers

The church office will send out a postcard to each member of your service group telling them it is their turn to serve. Once the postcards have been mailed a sign-up board is posted on the bulletin board near the office. Complete the sign up by calling members who have not signed up on the board. It is the responsibility of the co- chairs to mail completed copies of the sign-up sheets to all workers. Or, you may choose to do weekly reminder calls to all those who have signed up. Copies, envelopes, labels and postage are available at the church.

Funeral Luncheon Serving

Find and manage workers for a funeral luncheon. The six service groups take turns serving funeral luncheons on a rotational basis. You will be notified when it is your turn to serve a funeral luncheon. Co-chairs should be at the church one hour before the service and stay throughout the luncheon (or appoint someone to manage the kitchen if you are not able to attend). Lois Peterson or Nina Overland will contact you regarding the luncheon ie: what type of food will be served, number of guests, time of day, etc. Your service group workers set the tables, serve the food and clean up. They do not make the food. You are the troubleshooter as needs arise. If you are in need of workers outside of your service group list, use the funeral volunteer list. If you are short food, purchase food at Willie’s Super Valu. Direct reimbursement will be made to you through the church office when you bring your receipts to the office and complete a voucher. Do not charge food to the church.

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