Public Relations, Recreation & Connections
Dianna Moore
Deb Colston
Dawn Welch
Yvonne Beghtol
Jennifer Ringrose
Policies and Procedures
Public Relations
I. Committee Membership
The Public Relations and Communications Committee shall consist of at least five members.
II. Committee Duties and Responsibilities
The Public Relations and Communications Committee shall be responsible for:
A. Developing and recommending ways of communicating church programs to church members and the community.
B. Counseling the Pastor, staff, committees, and organizations on public relations needs.
C. Assisting the Pastor, staff, committees, and organizations in producing communication and outreach materials.
D. Assisting the Pastor, staff, committees, and organizations in assessing the membership’s attitude about the church and the church’s image in the community.
E. Ensuring the church website is up to date, relative, presentable and cost effective.
III. Policies and Procedures
A. The Public Relations and Communications Committee shall evaluate the overall church public relations program on an annual basis and provide recommendations to the membership.
B. The Public Relations and Communications Committee shall review the church calendar on a frequent basis and assist the Pastor, staff, committees and organizations in publicizing special events.
C. The Public Relations and Communications Committee shall ensure that advertisements of church services are kept up to date in the local newspaper.
RECREATION COMMITTEE
I. Committee Membership
The Recreation Committee Shall consist of five members.
II. Committee Duties and Responsibilities
A. The Recreation Committee shall have overall responsibility to coordinate and oversee the recreational programs of the church.
B. The Recreation Committee shall be responsible for planning and carrying out games and other activities at church-wide fellowships and other special events such as summer Sunday nights, Upward sponsored activities, VBS, etc.
C. The Recreation Committee shall be responsible for coordination activities pertaining to church-sponsored sports teams.
III. The recreation committee shall:
1. Review purchases made benefiting any approved sports team.
2. Approve coaches for all church-sponsored sports activities.
3. Review and provide the Stewardship Committee with information pertaining to league fees for any church-sponsored teams for payment approval.
4. Promote recreational activities as a means for outreach to non- Christians and individuals who are not attending a local church.
B. Coaches approved by the recreation committee shall:
1. Be held responsible for providing schedule information for practices or games to the Church secretary for publication of said practices or games for each church sponsored team.
2. Provide a Christian atmosphere for practices and game situations. Prayers are encouraged to be held before and after said games.
3. Provide copies of schedules and league rules to each participant of each church-sponsored team.
4. Require conformance with all league rules by each participant.
C. Each participant in church-sponsored athletic events shall:
1. Exhibit a Christ-like attitude and good sportsmanship while playing for any church- sponsored team.
2. Attend church services at Memorial Baptist Church.
3. Conform to all league rules for the team they are participating on.
4. Be considerate in giving coaches prior notice to planned absences from practices and games, to the extent that prior notice is possible.
D. Members and other attendees of Memorial Baptist Church shall:
1. Exhibit a Christ-like attitude and good sportsmanship while observing any church-sponsored athletic or recreational event.
2. Conform with all league rules pertaining to spectators at said events.
Policies and Procedures
Connections Team
i. The Connections Team is created to (1) explore the involvement of Memorial Baptist Church in meeting the needs of citizens of the community through partnerships with existing organizations and (2) to develop additional outreach efforts as needed.
II. The Connections Team membership shall consist of any member of the congregation who desires to be involved in community service ministries. The Nomination Committee shall propose a core leadership team of 3-5 people to the church for approval. The core leadership team shall serve without term limits.
III. From the core leadership team, a team leader shall be selected. Thie person shall ensure:
A. Community service organizations are surveyed to determine how MBC could be involved.
B. Additional community service projects to meet unmet needs are explored and plans made to carry them out.
C. Maintain and publish a menu of opportunities for community service opportunities.
D. Encourage members of the congregation to become involved in community service through all identified opportunities.
Adopted by Memorial Baptist Church May 10, 2000
Revised; March 14, 2012