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If you are interested in volunteering in any of these areas, please contact Cindy Booker at 214-220-2727, ext. 212 or cbooker@fumcdallas.org.

Caring for our members is a way of life at First Church. Caring takes many forms and is the outward expression of that love that Jesus taught us – agape love. Care and Concern ministries offer many opportunities for volunteers to show their love to others. Please take a moment to review the following volunteer opportunities and prayerfully consider how you might use your gifts to show you care.

HOMEBOUND COMMUNION
Homebound Communion is served to homebound members on Communion Sundays. Volunteers are provided with bags containing bread and juice that has been blessed, as well as an abbreviated reading of the liturgy for Holy Communion. Each volunteer then visits one homebound member who has requested communion. Most visits are conducted on the first Sunday of the month after the 11:00 worship service. Volunteers for Homebound Communion must undergo a background check and must be a member of a church for at least 6 months.
Chair of Homebound Communion: Joann Meek

HOMEBOUND VISITATION
The homebound of First Church Dallas consists of sixty members who, due to age or infirmity, are unable to attend worship in person. With the support of dedicated volunteers, these homebound members receive a monthly visit, written notes, telephone calls, and if desired, videos of the church service. Most volunteers visit their homebound friends once a month, and must undergo a criminal background check and be a member of a church for 6 months or longer.
Chair of Homebound Visitation: Emmet Schayot

LOVE IN ACTION
The Love in Action committee provides birthday and Easter cards to our homebound members as well as providing a special gift at Christmas. Gifts are usually handcrafted with loving care by church members. The committee also provides heirloom baptismal bonnets to the family each time we celebrate the Sacrament of Christian Baptism for an infant. These bonnets are created using handkerchief linen, imported French lace, and constructed using heirloom sewing techniques. By clipping a few stitches, the bonnet can become a handkerchief which can be used later as the “something old” at his or her wedding.
Love In Action Coordinator: JoAnn Meek

NOTE WRITERS
Note writers at First Church write a variety of notes of congratulations, bereavement, encouragement, and remembrances. Each week note writers receive a list of names and assignments conveyed by telephone or email. Notes of sympathy are sent to members who have lost loved ones. Notes of encouragement are mailed to members who have been discharged from the hospital. Congratulations are sent to parents of newly born babies and to parents who have an addition to the family through adoption. Notes are also written to the parents when their children are baptized at the church services, and all couples who are married in the church, whether or not they are members. Even notes of congratulations are sent to high school and college students following their graduation.
Notewriters Chair: Elizabeth Cummings

PRAYER ROOM
Our Prayer Room volunteers spend two hours once a month in the Meditation Room at the church, praying, making telephone calls and writing notes to those who are ill or have experienced particular joys or sorrows. An information sheet is provided each day with the names and addresses of those to be contacted.
Prayer Room Chair: Mary Ingram

PRAYER BREAKFAST
Members of the prayer breakfast group get together every Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m. for a light breakfast at the church and pray for those in the hospital and on the prayer list. The early morning meeting is formed in the tradition of John Wesley, and anyone is welcome to join the group on the Patio in devotional and prayer. All coming to the event are invited to bring your own breakfast.

WORSHIP FOLLOW-UP CALLS
Volunteers in this ministry contact persons who have missed three consecutive Sundays in worship attendance. The volunteer can either make a phone call or send a note letting the member know that they have been missed. The lists are provided by the church’s membership office and any follow-up information is returned to the office. Volunteers normally make approximately 10 calls once per month. The ministry is very important in the life of the church so that our members realize that we do notice when they are not in worship. It is also an excellent way for the church to be notified when a member is experiencing a time in their life when they need extra care.
Worship Follow Up calls Chair: Margaret Gregory

ALTAR FLOWERS COMMITTEE
One of the ongoing Congregational Care activities is the sharing of our beautiful altar flowers with members who were unable to attend our Sunday services in person. Every Sunday after the services, a dedicated volunteer gathers the flowers from the altar and narthex and personally delivers them. Therefore, our members who are homebound or in a nursing home are able to experience the beauty of these donated flowers during the week. We have a number of volunteers who are blessed by this activity.

 
 
 

 

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