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Community Relations Team Assuming a public face in the community is important. Community Relations looks at alternative ways to make Calvary known within the community and beyond. They are the link between Calvary and our movement into cyberspace. This team plays an important role in making decisions concerning Sunday School, Faith Formation, Confirmation, VBS, and other educational opportunities for people of all ages. This is your group if you like Christian education. This team works to bring the "good news" in concrete ways to the community of Calvary. Tape ministry, prayer chains, inactive members, new members, visitors and outreach ministry throughout the community. This team brings a loaf of bread to first time visitors at Calvary. Council President, pastors, secretary, and leaders of Life and Growth, Operations and Management, and Worship Outreach make up this team. They structure the agenda for the Council meetings and make executive decisions in their respected division. Annual budget and accounting of the financial situation is where the gifts of this team are found. They make wise decisions, as they understand their role as good stewards is an important part of ministry. Making our worship spaces look beautiful in an artistic way is the charge of this team. Through their artistic design they invite us into the wonder and mystery of our faith in God. If you like the way that Calvary looks . it's this group. This team works with employment policies, staff evaluations, and are responsible for any staff concerns. The Service Teams at Calvary are numerous and involve many people who regularly give of their time for important functions. The wedding, funeral, kitchen, and usher teams are visible groups that support and ignite ministry. Paying attention to the needs of the community is incredibly important! This team works with the Refugee Coalition, Parish Nurse, Food Fellowship, Dacotah Oyate Lutheran (mission church at Tokio, ND), and tries to get connected with the latest Greater Grand Forks event to help those in need. This team organizes Consecration Sunday each fall which highlights the generosity of God and how God's people might live within that generosity. It is a celebration with a special speaker, brunch, and a day that ignites people to be good stewards of God's gifts. The youth team works together to serve and ignite the youth of Calvary by providing guidelines, developing new ideas, and encouraging congregational involvement to uphold our congregational-owned youth ministry program.
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