Non-Constitutional
Committees

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Children’s Ministry

The Children’s Ministry Committee offers activities to families for enhanced spiritual growth.

Our children will learn of God’s love as they deepen their relationship with God. Through the sharing of joys and concerns, our children will experience a community of faith, build empathy with their classmates, experience prayer, and know that God is always with them as a friend and comforter. They will foster a personal relationship with the loving God revealed in Jesus Christ by exploring Bible stories. They will engage with scripture messages through activities that provide examples of how they might become messengers of God’s love. 

Staff Liaison: Jen Enriquez

Chair:

Green Team

The Green Team has as its mission to promote environmentally responsible behavior within the church and by its members and the greater community. Toward that end, the Green Team seeks to provide guidance to our congregation and community on wise practices to preserve and protect God’s creation.

The Green Team is always working on ways to make the church and church activities more “green,” and consists of small committee groups to pursue:

  • Solar initiatives
  • Environmental education
  • Community partnerships

Staff Liaison: Jen Enriquez

Chair: Karen Crawford

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Justice & Inclusion Ministry

Staff Liaison: Meredith Onion

Chair: Karen Skerrett

Preschool Committee

The Preschool Committee is a group of church members whose children are currently enrolled in the preschool program. The committee acts as a link between the preschool community and the Church. It works closely with the staff to set and attain common goals. The committee assists the preschool with staffing decisions, planning and maintaining overall finances and a yearly budget, creating marketing and registration materials, identifying and funding capital improvements, and coordinating special events and fundraising efforts.

Staff Liaison: Marcy Dusza

Co-Chairs: Jess Frett and Erin Ortiz

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Refugee Resettlement

Working under our Mission and Outreach committee and in conjunction with an agency called RefugeeOne, our mission is to help resettle refugee families from countries like South Sudan, Syria, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. Our church has been involved with this ministry for more than 55 years.

Staff Liaison: Meredith Onion

Chair: Kim Nichol

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Welcome Team

While the purpose of our Welcome Committee is to help both new and old members feel welcome in the church, it also focuses on assimilating new members into the life of the church, getting to know them as visitors through the orientation process, and keeping in contact with them as members.

Chair: Marcy Dusza

The Welcome Committee has several connected positions and functions, including:

Ushers – Ushers hand out bulletins and seat parishioners before each service.

Greeters – Greeters need only be available once every six weeks, and serve as a friendly face by greeting members as they enter our church before services.

Welcomers – This team wears gold ribbons on Sunday morning, looking for and welcoming all visitors and being a regular presence before and after worship. All members can help by meeting visitors in their row and introducing them to Lisa McTigue or the Welcome Team member, and by wearing your name tag to worship.

Coffee Hour Hosts – Hosts greet members and guests at coffee hour. Introduce visitors to members and help old and new friends to enjoy fellowship after worship.

Sponsors – Sponsors are paired with new members during the orientation process and serve as a guiding resource to answer questions along the way.

If you are interested in learning more about the Welcome Committee, contact our chair, Marcy Dusza, or staff liaison, Lisa McTigue.

If you know of someone interested in finding out about membership, we would love to extend an invitation to our next New Member Orientation.

Woman’s Society

Woman’s Society is an intergenerational group of over 100 women who promote the values of fellowship, hospitality, and service. The group is open to all women of the church, as well as non-member friends of the church.

Woman’s Society meets once or twice a month from September through June. Once a month, smaller groups (chapters) meet in a member’s home, often for lunch, but sometimes just for dessert and coffee. Chapters meet midday on the first Thursday of the month, or in the evening. Three times a year on the third Thursday of the month, all members gather in Plymouth Hall for dessert at 12:30PM and a special program at 1:00 PM.

Staff Liaison: Nancy O’Brien

President: Nancy Diciurcio
Vice President: Lynn Odgers

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Youth Ministry Committee

The Youth Ministry (YM) Committee exists to include, inspire and empower 6th–12th grade students to grow in faith, serve others and build a welcoming and supportive community through God’s love. Specifically, the committee works to improve current programming, enhance transition times between different grades and create an infrastructure to better support the YM program. Members of the YM Committee meet monthly from September through May and serve a 2-year term.

Staff Liaison: Olena Withrow

Co-Chairs Jennifer Dunleavy and Michelle Halm

Church Committees

These groups meet to consider, plan, and carry out the work of the church.

  • Church Council
  • Christian Education
  • Christian Ventures
  • Endowment Fund Trustees
  • Executive Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Diaconate
  • Music Committee
  • Nominating Committee
  • Mission & Outreach
  • Properties Committee
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