The document proposes reorganizing the church's committees into teams to streamline duties, clarify decision-making, and spread leadership. It suggests teams for worship and music, Christian education, building and grounds, communication and outreach, gifts/endowments/stewardship/missions/fundraising, and finance and business administration. It notes that fellowship and nurture, and care and concern were missing and provides examples of duties and improvements for those suggested teams. It concludes by asking who would oversee the new team functions, suggesting the deacons.

1. From Committees to
Teams @ UPC

2.  Fellowship
 Membership
 Worship
 Building and
Grounds
 Education
 Missions
Current
Committees
 Personnel
 Gifts and
Endowment/Memorials
 Stewardship
 Youth Christian Ed
 Nominating
 Pastor Nominating
Committee

3. Why are we
looking at
Change?
Streamline
duties to
negate
overlap
Clarify
UPC's
decision
making
group
Spread
Leadership
across a
Broad Cross
Section of
People

4. Suggested
Team
Worship and
Music
Christian
Education
• Function
• Planning and preparation
of all worship services
• Teaching plans for
members and attenders of
the church in all aspects

5. Suggested
Team
Building and
Grounds
Communication
and Outreach
• Function
• Care & maintenance of the church
building/facilities/contents/property
• Input and output of communication
for the church and the community

6. Suggested
Team
Gifts and
Endowments/Stewardship/
Missions/Fundraising
Finance and Business
Administration
• Function
• Handling (assembly &
distribution) of money
outside of general
offering
• Financial & business
duties

7. What is Missing
Fellowship &
Nurture
Care &
Concern

8. Fellowship
and
Nurture
1) Purchase supplies
2) Sunday Fellowship
(set up, food, clean
up
3) Dinners (funeral,
Easter Breakfast)
Duties
Example
1) Sams Club
2) Donation Drive
1) Sign up sheet – if no one signs up, no
fellowship
2) Cookies and Coffee
- Members bring in boxed/frozen/
homemade cookies to supply
3) Self Lead – Deacons do it all
1) Buy Meals
2) Standard Meal with certain members
making the same thing every time
3) Self Lead – Deacons do it all

9. Care and
Concern
1) Coordinate
Homebound Visits
2) Flower Delivery
3) Member Connection
Duties
Example
1) Online Scheduling System
1) Phone tree in emergency situations
2) Letters of celebration

10. Who Would Be Overseeing These Functions?
Deacons Deacons