I. Church Life

Contacts: Bruce Washington

This mission of this ministry is:
"To draw Parkview family members closer to one another."

"And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works."
Hebrews 10:24

• Plan regular social activities.
• Supplies for CTC
• Plan special events, such as 'Friends, Family & Neighbor Day', new members dinner, holiday party for adults.

II. Care Groups

Contacts: Bob Mathis, Darwin Tennial, Welton Stoker, Bruce Washington

This mission of this ministry is:
"To determine and meet the needs of members as well as improve communication."

"Therefore, comfort each other and edify one another, just as you are doing."
1 Thessalonians 5:11

[read the Elder's statement]

CARE Groups are designed to be a time of fellowship between members of Parkview Church. When someone becomes a member of Parkview, they are added to one of 2 groups of families. Each group meets one Sunday of the month, getting to know each other, fellowshipping, and spurring one another on to love and good works.

• Form teams from membership, with the aim to discover needs of others and care for those needs. Select leaders for those teams.
• Organize and activate a telephone chain within each group for communication purposes.
• Work within groups to reclaim non-participating members.
• Utilize groups to provide food in case of bereavement or sickness
• Provide meals for Thursday Support Group.

III. Visitation

Contacts:

This mission of this ministry is:
"To provide visits and encouragement to in-town guests, as well as non-participating members and shut-ins."

"Pure and undefined religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world."
James 1:27

• Involve members of congregation in different phases of the visitation program.
• Hold regular meetings of visitation participants.
• Obtain cards of visitors and assign members to make calls within next week.
• Keep records on absentee members and assign visits.
• Visit those who are shut-ins, hospitalized or in nursing homes.
• Promote the visitation program in an effort to increase number of teams.
• Submit annual budget proposal to budget committee.