To be a Sunday Greeter, or "host", all you need to do is be in the narthex before and after the worship service you normally attend and seek out and greet people, particularly ones you do not already know and, if they are "new" to Bethel, make every effort to assist them in having a memorable worship experience while they are at Bethel that day. Commitment is four or five Sundays a year. For more information, contact Cathy Couchman.

Every week a small team of Bethel members are needed to make follow-up phone calls to the first-time visitors and welcome them to Bethel, as well as provide more information about our ministries here at Bethel. Requires about 1 hr a week, and schedule is flexible during the year.

The Audio/Visual Team supports all of Bethel's events, including the worship services every Sunday, with technology that enhances them through creative uses of sound and video. Volunteers are needed to run the sound and video systems for worship and other events in the Sanctuary, as well as possibly helping with video projects as they come along.

Contact Tom Hoegel if you would like to learn how to run Media Shout (the software used for projecting worship content on the screens in the Sanctuary). After an initial training period and a period of "shadowing" experienced operators, volunteers can sign up for whatever worship services they are able to help out with.

Please see the Music Page

Please see the Music Page

Are you a people person who enjoys being on the frontlines of welcoming people to Bethel? Ushers are part of a system of greeters who are responsible for extending the hospitality of the congregation. The commitment is open-ended, much like singing in the choir. Ushering is open to anyone confirmation age or older. All that is needed is regular worship attendance and a willing person. No meetings are held, however a brief training is provided. Sure, there are tasks to be done, like handing out bulletins and passing around the offering plates. However, the most rewarding part of the job is making people feel at home on Sunday mornings. More ushers are always welcome. Contact Ed Fox, or Chris Freckmann

The Altar Guild prepares the altar for worship and Holy Communion, an essential part of worship preparation. The types of tasks include:

• Set-up and clean-up for the silver service communion (about 1 hour for set up and 1 hour for clean up; once or twice a year)
• Altar Linens - Check weekly, clean and return twice a month (two volunteers needed)
• Purchase wine and grape juice (twice a year)
• Change paraments when needed
• Check candles weekly and fill when needed
• Strip altar for Maundy Thursday

If interested in joining this team, please contact Lois Eid or Claire Bollesen.

Activity bags are provided for our younger children during worship. Volunteers replenish the bags with new activity worksheets for the upcoming service and also maintain the colored pencil sets. The commitment is approximately once every six to ten weeks and takes less than an hour to complete. A brief training is provided. If interested please contact Karen Fox.

Read the appointed Scripture of the day during a worship service. Usually scheduled once every few months.

Each Sunday members and visitors have a chance to chat with one another over a warm cup of coffee on the patio. Volunteers are needed to make coffee for this Sunday morning fellowship time. Time commitment is about 3 hours on a Sunday morning twice a year. If you are interested in helping, please contact Terre Chocholaty.

A wondrous connecting link to others, altar flower deliverys Sunday afternoon volunteer arranges Bethel's altar arrangement into three to five smaller bouquets. The recipient's list is provided by Pastor Ken Bancroft and left in the Sacristy. Volunteers not only deliver beautiful flowers and the worship bulletin, but most importantly, caring conversation and Bethel warmth. Time commitment is about 4 hours each time you sign up to deliver — time well spent with people who often are ill, grieving or losing physical strength and independence. This ministry promises you will receive much more than you give as you provide an important connecting link within our Bethel community. Coordinator Phyllis Gaffney is happy to assist the volunteers on most Sundays. If this service speaks to you, please contact Phyllis.