Be a part of the team that makes First Congo such a warm and welcoming place!
Ushers
Sundays, 8:45 & 10:30AM services
If you have a heart for welcoming people to worship and a desire to be a part of a team, consider becoming an usher. This is open to men, women and young people! Flexible scheduling allows you to be in communication with your usher captain and serve when you are available.
Contact: Don Spangler, dspangler519@aol.com
Hospitality Team
Committee – Meets monthly during the program year to explore ways to welcome our guests and engage members. Includes Welcomers, Coffee Hour Hosts, New Member Welcome Party, Church Picnic.
Welcomers – Look for visitors on Sunday mornings, welcome guests and answer questions
Coffee Hour Hosts – chat with both visitors and members during coffee hour, available as a resource but also just a friendly face
Greeters – available at entrances for worship and special events to greet everyone.
Contact: Jeannette Lloyd, jeannette@wscongo.org
Called to Care
Called to Care is comprised of volunteers who offer compassion, time, support and prayer to other members who may no longer be able to attend church or are experiencing an illness. These visiting lay care companions do not replace visits from First Congregational Church clergy or our Faith Community Nurse, but complement the visits made by the pastoral care team. Volunteers hold these relationships and conversations in confidence. Faith Community Nurse Jean Larson and Rev. Meredith Onion are the staff liaisons. Barry and Nancy Orr-Depner are the lay leaders. Please contact any of these liaisons if you would like to learn more, volunteer or be matched with a companion.
Contact: Faith Community Nurse Jean Larson at jean@wscongo.org; contact Meredith Onion at meredith@wscongo.org; or contact Barry and Nancy Orr-Depner at borrdepner@hotmail.com or norrdepner@sbcglobal.net.
Woman’s Society Rummage Sale
October and April (resuming in October 2021 or April 2022): Various times for set-up, sorting, sale, & clean-up, Education Building & grounds.
Our semi-annual all-church Rummage Sales are Woman’s Society’s largest undertakings. Sales of the proportion to which these have grown wouldn’t be possible without the generous support and involvement of all of our church members. Over 250 people come together each October and April to help Woman’s Society. Sale profits are then shared with non-profit agencies close to home and around the world as well as the First Congregational Church of Western Springs.
Contact: Jeannette Lloyd, jeannette@wscongo.org to volunteer
Sunday School Teacher or Assistant
Sundays, 10AM services
We would love for you to be part of our Sunday school teaching team! We are hoping to create an inter-generational team of teachers, so we invite all who are 15 – 99 years old to be part of this important ministry at First Congo.
Non-Constitutional Committees
- Children’s Ministry
- Preschool Committee
- Technology Team
- Welcome Team
- Youth Ministry Committee
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
Prayer Shawl Ministry
A group of volunteers who knit prayer shawls while praying for the ones who will receive them.
For information on how to be a part of this group, please contact Faith Community Nurse Jean Larson at jean@wscongo.org.
Congo Cooks Meal Ministry
The Congo Cooks Meal Ministry helps us to care for one another by providing meals to members in need of help due to a hospitalization, injury, new baby, or other life challenge. Volunteers sign up on an