Deacons

2021 University Presbyterian Church Deacon Neighborhoods        1.14.21

2020

Memorial Receptions– Dallas Pridgen, Kristen Stewart, Jan Simmons

This team is responsible for coordinating memorial receptions: providing food, volunteering to set up, host, and cleanup. Each member of this care team will serve as coordinator for two months out of the year

**Need daytime, last-minute flexibility since most services happen short-notice and often during the week. Members of this team should be in town often enough and flexible enough to attend most memorial services and generally be willing to stay the whole time.

Cards and Flowers– Kara Aycock, Shannon Pace, Mickey Herrin

Each member of this team signs up for two months worth of Sundays to deliver flowers from Sunday worship on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning to UPC members on the congregational care list.  Each member also takes two months of sending cards to the members on the congregational care list.

Older Adult Ministry– Jim Schultz, Chuck Osborne

This team will assess needs among older adults for transportation, fellowship, and intergenerational contact, and they will begin laying a foundation for a visitation ministry in the church.

Home Communions– Lee Ann Buck, Bill Sanford

This team will coordinate deacons to carry communion to those who are homebound four times a year.  Involves: calling those who are homebound to determine receptivity, ensuring that sufficient deacons are signed up for each session, pairing up servers and receivers.  Training and liturgy will be provided by the church staff.

Carol Woods– Katherine Savage, Jim Snapper

This team is particularly charged with caring for the Carol Woods (a continuing care retirement facility) population.  They visit residents as needed, attend the monthly worship services (3^rd Sunday of the month at 4pm), and plan at least one gathering annually.

Carolina Meadows– Lee Ann Buck, Ken Pearce

This team is particularly charged with caring for the Carolina Meadows (a continuing care retirement facility) population.  They visit residents as needed, attend the monthly worship services (2^nd Sunday of the month at 4pm), and plan at least one gathering annually.

Meal Train– Bill Sanford

These two coordinators will develop and maintain a list of congregational volunteers willing to bring meals to individuals or families dealing with short-term illness.  As needed, this team will work with the families to deduce need, dietary concerns, and method of meal delivery and then coordinate a schedule of meals for a period of one to twelve weeks.  *Need familiarity and comfort with an online system like Signup Genius

Dinner Groups– Shipley Jenkins

There has been significant interest in the formation of fellowship groups to help people get to know each other outside of the church setting and to foster a greater sense of community within out congregation. This new care team will research, organize, and launch this program at UPC.

Deacon Co-moderators/Deacons to Deacon – Ken Younts, Tracy Woody

The leaders of the Diaconate will coordinate meeting agendas, publicity items, minutes, training, etc.

They will also seek to be deacons to deacons.