Hospitality is receiving and extending the welcome of Jesus. It’s the intentional act of making room for others. God has extended his welcome to us through Jesus, therefore we all have the privilege of extending it to others. Thus at Antioch we don’t just rely on a select team of servants to be hospitable for us, but we involve everyone in the ministry.

 A Word to Facilitators 

  • Leading up to the Sunday Gathering mobilize your group to serve in hospitality.

  • If needed, people may serve in multiple roles (as few as five people can do it all).

  • Make sure everyone knows to arrive at 10 AM and to find the lanyard(s) for their role(s).

  • If there are any roles you cannot fill, please let Cherise know as soon as possible. 

  • If there are youth in your group, remember to mobilize them to serve as well.

Overall Roles (copy-paste these into your group’s messaging thread to guide signups)

  • Greeting - 1-2 servants

  • Communion - 5 members - 2 on each side with bread and juice and 1 on the right with gluten-free and juice

  • Ushering - 2 servants

  • Cleaning - 1-2 servants

  • Praying - 1-2 servants

Role Descriptions (these descriptions are also listed on the specified lanyards) 

Greeting People - 1-2 servants

Main Goal: Warmly welcome our members and visitors. In this role, you have the unique opportunity to anticipate the needs of others. This may mean helping a mom carry a bag or pointing visitors to kids’ check-in or the coffee bar. 

Tasks:

  • Open and hold doors at the visitors entrance

  • Assist with umbrellas when raining

  • Pay close attention to visitors and anyone with special needs

  • Keep the entrance areas dry and clean using large flat mop to keep water from pooling

  • Greet people warmly, but make sure traffic keeps moving

  • Do not overwhelm people with a large cluster of greeters

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Serving Communion - 5 members

Main Goal: Prepare and serve communion, allowing the church to remember and proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Tasks:

  • All communion materials are in the kitchen. Crackers, platter & cups are in the pantry in the metal cabinet. Juice is the kitchen refrigerator. Put the bread loaf on the platter, covering each side with a napkin. Pour the juice into three cups. Place gluten-free crackers into a bowl. Then take everything to the communion table and place it neatly. The gluten-free cup and bowl go to the right side.

  • Come forward to serve communion while the preacher is praying (same as the worship team). One person holds the bread and the other holds the cup on each side and one additional person will hold the gluten-free bowl and cup on the right side. When serving the bread say, “The body of Christ, broken for you.” When serving the juice say, “The blood of Christ, shed for you.” 

  • When it seems that everyone has come, serve one another communion, return the materials to the table, and then be seated. 

  • After the gathering, dispose of the bread and clean the cups and bowls, then return everything to where it belongs. 

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Ushering - 2 servants

Main Goal: Facilitating the church’s act of giving, and make people feel welcome by finding seating in the auditorium. 

Tasks:

  • Pass the offering baskets during announcements. Place them back on the front table once giving is done. 

  • Look for visitors who have filled out a visitor card and offer to take it.

  • Help people find seats if the auditorium gets full, asking people to move inward if necessary.

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Cleaning Up - 1-2 servants

Main Goal: Steward what the Lord has given us by taking care of our building and supplies to offer a safe and undistracted space.

Tasks before the gathering:

  • Check men and women’s restrooms for toilet paper, towels and soap. If any of them are out or close to running out, replacements can be found in the supply closet, or check with Cherise

  • Check the kids classrooms to be sure they are neat and ready

  • Check the grounds of the facility for trash, especially around the Antioch roadside sign, the driveway, the parking lot, and around the entrances

Tasks after the gathering:

  • Clean the communion table

  • throw out and rinse out both coffee pots and water dispenser

  • Check all trash cans in and around the building and if full, empty trash

  • Check the auditorium: make sure that all communion, water, and coffee cups have been discarded; pick up any trash on floor, put away stray Bibles; straighten chairs; vacuum or sweep, if necessary

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Praying - 1-2 servants

Main Goal: Intentionally set aside time to seek the Lord and pray over the church, relying on his power rather than our own. 

Tasks:

  • Pray with the prayer team in the prayer room for 30 minutes prior to the gathering

  • Pray for the gathering that is about to take place

Rotation of Family Groups

  • Week One: Groce

  • Week Two: Flint

  • Week Three: Hunsucker

  • Week Four: Robertson

  • Week Five: Yeiser

  • Week Six: Deferio

  • Week Seven: Harrod