Our Deacons

Scott Britnell

Outside Facility & Grounds Maintenance and Usher Coordination

• Supervise grounds maintenance

• Coordinate landscaping projects

• Coordinate repairs to the parking lot to include periodic patching and striping

• Locate and correct any possible safety issues on the property

• Ensure the Closed-circuit Television (CCTV) is in working order

• Coordinate usher activities

• Train Ushers

• Coordinate and assist Security Deacon

Stephen Cooke

Community Evangelism

• Coordinate, encourage, and engage congregation in various Community Evangelism initiatives

• Prepare evangelism invitation cards (e.g., ”Big Picture”) and make available to the congregation

• Lead evangelistic outreach activities, such as the MeetUps

• Lead / Coordinate teachers for the Bible Drill Class

• Support greeting of visitors and obtaining visitor

• Bible Drill Class

Lane Crawford

Prison Evangelism

• Recruit members within and outside the Congregation to participate.

• Maintain list of members willing to serve.

• Maintain Schedule for members for Prison Services.

• Ensure all members have yearly training.

• Communicate with Chaplin about all Prison Training Schedules, Special Events, and Worship time changes.

Anthony Dempsey

Upper Grades & Adult Bible Class Program

• Coordinate the Jr./Sr./Adult Bible class program (6th grade through Adults)

• Maintain teacher surveys

• Update curriculum as required (in coordination with the elders)

• Support teachers in selection and procurement of materials

• Manage electronic copies of materials

• Ensure teachers are assigned for upcoming classes

Nathan Dial

Website Maintenance

• Develop and maintain website for local church to facilitate evangelism, publicity, and member communication

• Maintain e-mail and emergency notification services

• Upload sermons to the website

• Organize files on website and develop good naming convention for ready access

Tim Estes

Library & Workroom Management

• Library Organization (Supervise and Maintain Library)

• Publish inventory on website along with orientation information (e.g., how to check out books)

• Workroom (Arrange for organizing, stocking, and maintaining work room)

• Ensure sufficient supplies to support classes

• Classroom Material and Supplies

• Collect and maintain class material as a congregation resource, in coordination with Anthony Dempsey and Kevin Henson.

Justin Grimes

Member Assistance & Benevolence

• Oversee the provision for transportation to building for members in need, elderly, etc. and solicit help from the congregation

• Assess member needs, coordinate member assistance, and communicate to elders

• Investigate other cases for benevolent needs, provide recommendations to the elders, and coordinate relief

• Screen outsiders’ requests for benevolence and advise elders

Eddy Hammond

A/V Room Maintenance and Technology

• Provide internet access

• Copier Maintenance

• Coordinate technology maintenance

• Coordinate maintenance of the multimedia projector in the auditorium, and classrooms

• Coordinate electronic equipment purchases

John Hendrix

Visitor Welcome & Follow-up

• Visitor Welcome

• Develop and coordinate a new greeting rotation once every six weeks; share plan with Elders

• Coordinate greeting of visitors and obtaining visitor cards

• Coordinate preparation, update, and distribution of visitor handout packages

• Visitor Follow-up

• Greet visitors and collect visitor cards

• Manage visitor correspondence and ensure follow-up with all visitors via mail or phone

• Coordinate in-person visits for local, non-Christian visitors

• Ensure entry of visitor information into on-line visitor tracking system (assisted by Deborah Sims)

• Communicate status of visitor follow-up to Elders and Preachers

• Regular meeting

Kevin Henson

Elementary Bible Class Program

• Coordinate the elementary Bible class program (12-month through fifth grade)

• Maintain teacher surveys for nursery through fifth grade classes

• Update curriculum as required (in coordination with the elders) for nursery through fifth grade classes

• Support teachers in selection and procurement of materials for nursery through fifth grade classes

• Collect class materials in softcopy for nursery through fifth grade classes,

• Ensure teachers are assigned for upcoming classes

• Work with teachers to make sure maturity of the children are on level with the class material during transitions

• Conduct a teacher training for Elementary teaching program or oversee being done

Jonathan Hickerson

Baptism & Communion Coordination

• Coordinate baptism activities

• Wash and return baptismal garments following baptisms

• Purchase Lord’s Supper Items and coordinate LS preparation each week,

• Ensure supplies are stocked and preparation room is suitable for preparation

• Facilitate distribution of communion elements prior to services

Anthony Hilliard

EAP & Medical Team

• Lead in emergency evacuations and other emergencies not Security related

• Maintain a current situational awareness of current events and severe weather conditions

• Maintain and keep current the First Aid Cabinet and Automated External defibrillator (AED)

• Maintain an Emergency Action Team for medical emergencies within the building

• Coordinate EAP and emergency evacuations in conjunction with the Security and Safety Deacon

• Ensure annual fire inspection is scheduled (Currently Fire Pro, LLC Is doing our inspection)

Don Latner, II

New Member Orientation & Legal

New Member Orientation

• Arrange to have new members added to the online directory

• Assist new members will online activity / teacher surveys

• Put new members in touch with teaching coordinators

• Arrange to have new members’ photos to be taken

• Arrange to have new members’ photos added to the picture board

• Arrange to have new members’ photos added to the scrolling announcements

• Arrange to have new member’s info added to the bulletin

• Provide a general tour of the building to new members

• Notify Milton and Claire regarding new member profile for the bulletin

• Facilitate access to website and building

Legal

• File all necessary forms for maintaining tax-exempt status.

• Insurance Coordination,

• Ensure compliance with local and state tax, property, employment, and immigration law,

• Assess insurance needs for building and health insurance for local evangelist being supported,

• Maintain inventory of building contents, including video,

• Ensure insurance needs are met,

• Maintain financial files (including warranties and insurance),

• Record, publish, and retain minutes of elders and deacons meetings and other church meetings

Les Lewis

Evangelists & Worship Service Participation

• Prepare duty rosters for members

• Maintain activities survey of church members

• Coordinate the checking of duty rosters prior to services

• Coordinate guest/member speakers (as needed)

• Maintain correspondence with supported evangelists

• Review evangelists’ reports and keep the church informed

• Assess evangelists’ needs for support and advise elders

• Coordinate housing/meals/travel with visiting evangelists

• Encourage and organize member contact with and prayers for outside evangelists

• Maintain supported evangelists bulletin board

Daniel Lynn

Member Directory

• Publish and maintain directory and picture board

• Maintain picture boards

• Distribute church directory as needed

Marc Massey

Facility Maintenance

• Manage Interior facility maintenance and project improvements/ recommendations

• Assist in Large Capital Improvement Plans for Building and Grounds

• Coordinate purchase of furniture

• Locate and correct any possible safety issues in the building

• Maintain bulletin boards in hallway and foyer

• Coordinate “Bible Walkways” activities

Harold McDaniel

Security

• Develop and maintain Building Security Plan,

• Develop the Building Security team and identify duties,

• Schedule Off-Duty Sheriffs for worship times

• Identify and correct security and safety hazards within building

• Lead in emergency evacuations and other emergencies

• Maintain key cards, remove departed members access codes promptly

Brandon Miller

Public Relations & Song Worship Coordination

• Coordinate mail receipt distribution

• Coordinate messages for outside sign

• Maintain tract rack

• Coordinate the promotion and advertisement of evangelism efforts and special events

• Coordinate with the public regular advertisement with news and social media

• Coordinate special song services

• Recommend and implement actions to improve singing including training classes

Michael Molloy

Online Evangelism

• Establish an online presence for study materials,

• Select / review materials to be placed on the website,

• Populate online website with study materials,

• Establish means for online visitor feedback,

• Establish process for answering online feedback / grading of correspondence courses

• Establish process for following up with online contacts

Bryan Pennington

Small Group Coordination & Member Involvement

• Coordinate House-to-House Encouragement Group activities

• Coordinate devotionals

• Congregational Get-Togethers

• Coordinate Young Men’s Service, including training

• Coordinate Morning with the Bible, along with Greg Chandler,

• Coordinate other small group activities

Joe Sims

Finances & Treasurer

• Coordinate contribution counting and deposit of funds

• Collect receipts for single contributions of $250 or more

• Prepare annual statements for members w/single contributions of $250 or more

• Pay bills for church expenses

• Prepare and distribute payroll checks / wire transfers

• Maintain financial files

• Reconcile monthly bank statements

• Prepare tax and employee record

• Prepare monthly financial reports

• Prepare draft annual budget and present finalized budget to the church

Nick Smith

Member Communication and A/V System Operations

• Prepare scrolling announcements; ensure appropriate scrolling before and/or after assemblies

• Maintain Audio/Video room

• Coordinate/develop the worship presentation

• Supervise audio/video system and sermon recordings (to include training)

Chris Waye

Attendance & Bulletin

• Coordinate communication to members emergency plans and services cancellation

• Coordinate Survey attendance (Notify Elders of frequent absences or other member issues),

• Prepare weekly bulletin and provide to elders for review (bulletin epublished) Delegate bulletin duty as needed),

• Send bulletins to people who have requested them (monthly)

• Maintain file of bulletins for historical record