Ministry Teams

1. Adult Ministries – Oversees adult activities including Sunday School Classes, bible studies, small groups, intergenerational events, church library, reader’s group, quilter’s group, and couple’s group.
 
2. Children’s Ministries – Promotes programs for children ages Preschool- 5th grade; including Sunday School, Jr. Church, Epic, Explorers,  VBS, TAFFY, Summer Camps, Musicals, Family Movie Night, Tomato . Children’s Ministry Director- Kalvari Kershner
 
3. Disability Ministry Team- Provides resources  and training on inclusion for all ministries of the church.  It supports the purchases of accommodations to enable persons of all abilities to worship in Sunday School and in Church.  Disability Ministry Director- Mary Elder
 
4. 12:2 Student Ministries –Oversees programs for 6th-12th grades; including Sunday School, Confirmation, Mission Trips, After School Ministries and Youth Group. Youth Ministry Directors – Brian & Julie Zimmerman, Team Leaders – Neil Kirkpatrick, Ryan Wenger, Helen Hassel, & Robin McClay
 
5. Food Services Ministries – Provides food for Wednesday Community PeaceMeals, mission dinners, friendship meals, funeral dinners, VBS, youth events and special occasions. Volunteers purchase food and supplies, cook, serve meals, donate food, and clean the kitchen. Team Leaders – Sharon Fitzpatrick, JoAnn Baugher, & Betty Smith
 
6. Media Ministries – Provides recruitment of and training for sound system, power point, digital camera, and video camera operators; computer support, church marketing, Web Page, and sign ministry.  Technology Director – Brian Hassel, Team Leaders – Kathy Toms, Wade Grogg, Ross Carter & Stephanie Broerman
 
7. Membership and Evangelism Ministries– Provides prayer support through intercessory prayer team and prayer chain; manages Welcome table, new member mentors, and Sunday morning attendance records.
 
8. Missions Ministries – Provides support to mission projects including mission trips, making school/health kits, Jackson Area Ministries (JAM), Blanket Sunday, mission dinners, FACA, Habitat for Humanity, Heifer Project and OASIS project. Team Leader- Bob Moore
 
9. Music Ministries – Provides recruitment and support for all aspects of music for Sunday morning worship including senior choir, praise team, organist, pianist, vocal and instrumental soloists. Team Leaders – Mary Elder, Susan Link, & Ross Carter
 
10. Nursery Ministries – Manages the Church nursery, recruiting volunteers, and teachers. Schedules, helps new parents, and promotes programs for infants and toddlers for Sunday School, Worship Services and special events. Children’s Ministry Director- Kalvari Kershner                      Nursery Coordinator – Emily Carter
 
11. Special Services Ministries – Provides support to the staff, worship & music teams in planning – Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Scout Sundays, All Saint’s Day, Leadership Commissioning Service and Special Methodist Sundays. Team Leader – Joy Campbell, Ross Carter, Robin McClay & Rhonda Goeppinger
 
12. Visitation Ministries – Provides delivery of cookies to visitors, friendship meals, visits to shut-ins, nursing home residents, and hospital patients, letters to visitors and phone calls to inactive members. Team Leader – Morris James
 
13. Worship Ministries – Provides recruitment of and training for ushers, greeters, communion stewards, acolytes, and lay readers for Sunday morning worship. Team Leaders – Joy Campbell, Ross Carter, & Kalvari Kershner