Committees

Organizations & Committees

Meeting dates for committees appear in the Calendar and This Week at Messiah.

For information on a committee, click on the name:

Worship and Music Committee
Evangelism Committee
Stewardship Committee
Fellowship Committee
Property Committee
Messiah Lutheran Women
Christian Education Committee
Social Ministry Committee
Publicity Committee

Worship and Music Committee

Chairperson: Pam Knouff

Objective: In cooperation with Pastor and the Congregation Council, provide conduct of worship in accordance with the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). The organizations included are choir, assisting ministers, lectors, ushers and the Altar Guild.



Evangelism Committee

Mission Statement: To stimulate and lead our church members by proclaiming the Christian Gospel and to extend this effort to our community.

Chairperson: Charlotte Varone

Members:    Marian Bowman
                       Joan Smith
                       Harry Hatt
                       Sharon Garner



Stewardship Committee

Chairperson:

Members:       Anita Keisch
                          Dorothy Daub



Fellowship Committee

Chairperson: Karen Hatt

The purpose of the Fellowship Committee is to plan and help carry out the Christian Fellowship activities with members and friends of the Messiah community. Some of these activities are planned specifically by the Fellowship Committee while other Fellowship activities are planned and carried out in partnership with other committees in the church – i.e. working with the Christian Education Committee for Rally Day / Annual Church Picnic. Our mission is to promote fellowship by developing opportunities to bring our church community together to talk, laugh, play, work, nurture and break bread together.

Fellowship programs at Messiah include:

Monthly Activity Nights
Easter Breakfast
Welcome Time (first Sunday of each month prior to Living the Faith Education hour)
Annual picnics
Freezer Food Bank

Look for dates and locations of these and other events in the church bulletin and newsletter. Come enjoy one another’s fellowship, and bring a friend!



Property Committee

The Property Committee oversees and is responsible for the care of our buildings and grounds. Minor repairs and major projects are part of our work. This committee also works closely with our sexton for the coordination of tasks.

Members:    Mike McGinty - Chairman

                       Daryl Artz
                       Laura Ebright
                       Joe Hartman
                       Rev. Barry Kendall
                       Rick Knouff
                       Jim Matthew



Messiah Lutheran Women

Messiah Lutheran Women is an organization within the church that supports the ministry of Messiah. We reach out to all women of the congregation of Messiah. All women of the congregation are welcome to attend any and all of the Messiah Lutheran Women meetings.

Every year the members of Messiah Lutheran Women support an orphan with the Independent Church in India, make Christmas stockings for Wernersville Hospital and, with the help of the Confirmation and High School Sunday School classes and the generosity of the congregation, we assemble school kits for Lutheran World Relief that are distributed to children in the US and around the world.

Our offerings are sent to support the Independent Church in India, Church Women United, CWU Leprosy Fund, and also to purchase gifts for the shut-ins of the congregation as a way of brightening their holiday season.

We have the Deborah Circle which meets monthly for Bible study and brown bag lunch at the church on the third Sunday of January, February, March, April, May, August, September and October at 12 noon. We also meet each year for our annual General meeting in November. Please come and join us to become part of this ministry.

OUR 2012 OFFICERS:

President               Kathy Lilley
Vice President      Pam Knouff
Secretary               Sharon Garner
Treasurer               Carey Kendall

http://thenalc.org/congregationally-focused-womans-ministry.htm

http://www.wnalc.org (webpage will be up and running soon!)



Christian Education Committee

Chairperson - Nancie Whelan

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Christian Education is provided for all ages. Living in Faith meets weekly at 10:30 following the worship service. Our classes are as follows:

Ark Angels: Nursery – newborns through 3 year olds

Shepherd’s Flock: Pre K through Kindergarten


God’s Squad: First through Fifth Grades


Confirmation Plus: Sixth through Ninth Grades

High School: Tenth through Twelfth Grades

Adult Classes:

Pastor's Class

Catherine and Martin Luther Class

Keen Agers – Bible Study Group

Summer Living in Faith:

During the summer, our sessions are combined for students from 4 years old to high school. This give the students an opportunity to know each other and the older students to help instruct the younger students along with help from the Living in Faith teachers. Summer sessions begin the first Sunday in June and end on Rally Day, which is the second Sunday in September.

Library Time:

Each class from Nursery through Confirmation Plus has the opportunity to visit and choose book from the library.

Adult Library:

Messiah has an extensive library of books, videos and resources for adults. The library is located in the Conference Room next to the Church office. Everyone is welcome to sign out the resources for their enjoyment and study.



Social Ministry Committee

This committee shall be responsible for fostering the extension of Christian compassion and help to persons in need. To this end, the committee shall strive to enlist in such efforts the members and organization of this congregation.

Current projects include:

The Angel Tree for providing Christmas presents to needy families in the area.

A recruitment program was started to enlist drivers to provide transportation to church services for members of the congregation who have the need.

Also recruited are people to make a meal or two for a Messiah member who has an emergency.

This committee also coordinates the Messiah team participating in the annual Crop Walk to help stop hunger.

40 Days Before Thanksgiving was a project to benefit the Lutheran World Relief program.

Committee members:

Kay Zellers, Chairperson

Mary Ellen Dietrich
Marion Bowman
Rita Savant
Joan Smith
Ernestine Batdorf



Publicity Committee

This committee, in cooperation with the pastor and the parish secretary, shall be responsible for the public relations affairs of this congregation. To this end, the committee shall endeavor to develop contacts with area news media for the purposes of channeling appropriate news releases and publicity. This committee shall also be responsible for advertising done on behalf of this congregation as approved by the Congregation Council and for matters pertaining to radio broadcasts in which this congregation participates.

Committee members:

Ernestine Batdorf, Chairperson

Mary Ellen Dietrich
James Matthew



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