Christian Education & Spiritual Formation
For more information, contact Joe Young, Director, Youth and Children’s Ministry
- Includes Children’s and Adult Sunday school
- Small groups
- Training for teachers and small group leaders
- Teacher “Thank You!” luncheons
Church Council (Allison Bumgarner) – the overall governing committee
- Sense of discernment
- Spiritual formation
Clothing Closet
For more information, contact Mary Ann Dashiell or Fred Ragains
Provides essential clothing to individuals and families in need at no cost, and to all others who would like to purchase affordable clothing. Proceeds are used to support local missions in the greater Dover area.
Ways to Help
- Volunteer at the Clothing Closet as a bagger, sorter, or cashier (Monday, Friday, or Saturday mornings)
- Donate clothing and small household items to the Clothing Closet
Evangelism – For more information, contact Donna Josefowski)
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Welcoming people
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Marketing
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Signage
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Greeters
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Participate in local events – Parades, Preschool Open House
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Cards & notes as needed (“we miss you” “hope you are well”)
Family Life – Contact Jim and Sandi Thistlewood or Mardi Spangler)
Helps coordinate church and community events such as:
- Easter Egg Hunt
- Family Bowling or Game Nights
- Church Picnic
- Advent Dinner
- Breakfast with Santa
- Live Nativity
Finance (Jake Aucoin)
- Spiritual direction as to how we use our monies
- Several sub committees including audit and budget
Missions (Ray Yarnall and Jim Short)
- Offer opportunities to serve in the local community (Habitat House Builds, Community Meals, Rise Against Hunger)
- Communicate mission news and projects within the church
- Foster greater participation in hands-on mission projects
- Support mission projects at the international, national, conference, district, and local levels
- Involved with hands-on projects
Nominations & Lay Leadership (Larry Josefowski, Donna Josefowski, and Jim Thistlewood at layleader@wesleyumc-dover.com)
- Discerning who God is calling to serve
- Making contact with folks to invite them to serve
- Bring together training and equipping event(s) for leaders and servants
Preschool Board (Jill Street)
- Oversees this ministry
Staff Parish Relations – SPRC (Jim Curtis)
- Personnel Committee
Stewardship (Tom Welch)
- Annual Campaign
- Soliciting pledges
- Stewardship of monies, prayer, time, talents
Trustees
- Work with availability of facilities
- Spiritual stewardship
- Gift of administration
- Investments – made and how used
- Some committee members may be non-Wesley members such as attorney, realtor, banker
- Ability to work with people of all ages
- Interest in wide range of worship experience including music
- Sensitivity both to what makes worship effective and ways people relate to God