Who are the Care Ministers?
Care Ministry Team is a Key department in the Church. It was formed in 2005 and has been known as Ushering ministry until the year 2012. It comprises born-again sons and daughters aged above 18 years.
Role
We are currently involved in a number of activities that facilitate, support, and promote to the best of our ability, the realization of the corporate vision and mission of deliverance church Githurai 45 through selfless, dedicated, proactive, and sustainable service to all in line with Christ’s biblical Servanthood ministry in Mat 16:18
These include:
Hosting services
- Church preparation on Saturdays involves Bench/seat cleaning and arranging, Flowers settings, Litter collection, sweeping, washing and general work within the church compound.
- Manning and distribution of information at the information desk.
- Reception of members at the doors and issuance of Bulletins.
- Manning isles and directs members to easily locate vacant sits.
- Identify and attend to the needs of members and visitors in the service to ensure comfort so that they can be ministered to.
- Control of young children in the service.
- Issue and Collection of offering Bags.
- Take statistics of attendance.
Security Services
- Provide security within and outside the Church, and car park management.
- Manning with help of metal detectors entrance to the Church compound.
Pastoral support
- Win, Mentor, and disciple new converts
- Guide and support respondents to Altar calls/Escort visitors
- Worship prayer and fellowship
Hospitality
The department coordinates preparations and serving of;-
- Refreshments for Pastoral Team.
- Refreshments/Tea for all other departments
- Tea for SOL Students & Celebration service.
- Cleaning of all utensils.
Care Ministry
The segment dealing with welfare ie sourcing of alms from church members’ clothes, foodstuffs, financial assistance, etc is under reorganization.
This is to enable the ministry to reach out to Hospitals, Prisons, Children’s homes, and other institutions where the light of the gospel as well as other life support services can be delivered in love.
This department is in many ways an extension of the pastoral ministry given that it provides contact with the congregation in any given service. Visitors view a church as ” only as good as its ushers.” We, therefore, attract or repel would-be members of the body by our mere conduct.
On this understanding, we extend our hand of love, care, and compassion to our members, visitors, and others as we celebrate God’s grace in our lives.
How to join
Fill in an application form issued once annually and meet the following minimum requirements.
- Must be a born-again dependable Christian aged 18 years and above.
- Have gifting relevant to the ministry
- Have a passion to serve Christ
- Be a servant at heart
- Possess unimpaired personal character
Thereafter, you will be invited for an interview by the head of the department.
Our commitment
The ushering ministry values greatly and considers as a priority, prompt attendance to planning sessions in order to keep every usher on the same page and to sustain an optimal level of service through duty allocations
Our Mission
To deliver quality and sustainable services to all church attendants with integrity in order to multiply the sons and daughters in the Kingdom of God. (Matt 28:19-20)
“To attract many sons and daughters into the Kingdom through dedicated service that demonstrates the character of our Lord Jesus Christ in walk and faith.
Our Objectives
We seek to allow the Holy Spirit to mold us so that we can become vessels of honor to be used to reach the lost both in the church as well as in the world where we live and work. Holiness, integrity, and righteousness be our drivers in our quest to serve God.
Statement of Purpose
Our primary responsibility is to facilitate, support, and promote to the best of our ability, realization of the corporate vision and mission of the Local Church through selfless, dedicated, proactive, and sustainable
Service to all.
We believe that ushering is an integral part of the overriding servanthood ministry established and clearly demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ (John 13:5-10) in His divine service to disciples as a sign of humility for which He died on the cross.
It is also an extension of the pastoral ministry given that ushers are the contact points with members and non-members who visit our church during any given service. Visitors view a church as ” only as good as its ushers”.
It is, therefore, true to say that ushers have the ability to retain or repel would-be members of our church by their mere conduct.
With this understanding, we extend our hand of love, care, and compassion; to the members of our Church/family, visitors as well as any other person we meet to celebrate God’s grace in our lives.
