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United Methodist Community Ministries
Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Purpose of UM Community Ministries Liaisons:

The purpose of Community Ministries is to help people serve. The purpose of the Community Ministries Liaison is to be a link between the Community Ministries Board and the local church:

·         To bring information

·         To empower networking

·         To encourage every person to be in ministry

 

Job description for Liaison:

 

·       Be a Big-picture thinker who will promote Community Ministries

·         Share about apportionments/connectional structure (with local mission emphasis)

·         Serve for a 3 year term

·         Attend the Community Ministry Festival/Annual meeting each year (Sept)and invite others to attend

·         Serve as a liaison to your church’s leadership team, etc

·         Put UMCM announcements in the bulletin/newsletter/website etc (this can be weekly, focusing on one outreach ministry each week)

·         Add Community Ministry events to your church calendar so everyone knows about it

·         Make oral announcements at least once a month (or ask someone else to do it)

·         Join a liaison cluster in your geographical area to share ideas/information

·         Establish a two way communication -receiving information but also sharing about needs and what is happening in your local community (we will then share this with the other liaisons)

·         Have a willingness to learn and share

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We are a team together!

 

Liaison Team

Community Ministries: We help people serve!