Behind the scenes at Hinde Street

Have you ever wondered who opens up the church for worship on a Sunday? Who puts the hymn numbers on the boards at the front? Who counts the collection? Have you wondered why the ministers and local preachers look so calm when they come out to lead worship? It’s because of the service stewards! Each Sunday the service stewards take responsibility for all the practical things which make it possible for us to meet and worship together. They make a wonderful team.

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We need more service stewards!

At the start of the Methodist Year in September 2017 we have eight service stewards for the 11am service. Two of them are about to step down, which leaves six. We need two stewards on duty for an 11am service, which means the six remaining stewards need to be on duty once every three weeks. That’s quite a commitment – and makes it more difficult for service stewards to come to church and not have tasks to perform, to just enjoy being part of the congregation.

How about you?

Is being part of this team something you would like to do? The more people we have on the team, the less of a time commitment it is for everyone. Ideally, we would like to have twelve service stewards for the 11am service, which means that each person would do it once every six weeks. We would also like to appoint one or two more service stewards for the 6.30pm service, to take the pressure off the existing three stewards.
 
If you are interested, just have a word with one of the existing stewards, or one of the ministers. They’ll tell you (truthfully!) what’s involved, and encourage you to give it a go. We provide full training, an opportunity to work with a more experienced service steward to start with, and there are useful written guidelines.

Service Stewards’ Team: Tanya Corrigan, Roger Cotterrell, Gareth Evans, William Heywood, Amy McNicholas, Julie Sapsford, Judith Secker, Philip Secker, Richard Shepley, Richard Stone.

Or email Rev Val Reid to find out more.