First Baptist Congregational Church UCC Team Member Plan

Goals and Objectives

It is mandatory that the church begin to assist people in addressing the needs and concerns of its members (Deaths, Unemployment, Sickness, Bankruptcy, Business Failures and etc…). Rev. Dr. Arthur Griffin believes that this can be done through the structure of Teams in the church. We are asking every team to do the following:

• Verify its membership listing with the church clerk by contacting every person on the list and ascertaining whether or not the member is still a member of the church and a member of the team.
  

• Survey the members to determine their respective levels of church participation.
  

• Survey the members of the team to determine their needs and expectations of the church
  

• Adopt a service project to be implemented by the team over the next 11 month period
  

• Establish a monthly team fellowship activity
  

• Establish and maintain a team site on the church's web site
  

• Make sure that the team has a 75% tithing record of treasury, time with God and talent
  

Team Training

• Teams should train its officers in members in the following area
  

• Teams should practice Bible literacy
  

• Teams should receive technology training
  

Team Fellowship Activities

• Christian Book of the month for each team member to read and discuss together
  

• Establish a Christian movie fellowship with members of the team.
  

• Identify a sports activity, shopping activity, or other program for fun
  

• Plan a team Christian Education tour of museums, art galleries, field trip, spiritual retreat or mini vacation
  

Team Ministry or Outreach Project

• Adopt a hospital ward to visit or to send flowers or prayers
  

• Adopt a nursing home, group home, to support
  

• Adopt a senior to serve and support
  

• Adopt a single parent to mentor
  

• Adopt a prison family to contact and support
  

• Adopt a shelter or a homeless family in the church to support
  

• Adopt a street to secure
  

• Develop a job resource data bank for unemployed members
  

Wednesday Night Team Meeting

The meeting each Wednesday is designed for team members to meet, plan, and report and to receive training necessary to implement the goals and objectives of good kingdom living. Team leaders should encourage every team member to attend the weekly team meeting to stay in touch and involved with the team and church activities.