ASSISTANT OF THE DAY
As Assistant of the Day, your ministry is to be on hand for all congregational associated functions in the church building during the time appointed. If you need help or have questions, Tom Pheasant is willing to help you find all the various switches, or you may contact the Church Office. There is a building map attached to these instructions.
You are on call for any emergencies. Know where the First Aid is and the fire extinguishers. Be alert for intruders. Engage anyone who looks puzzled or strange. Be prepared for a fire alarm or to call for a lock down in the Education rooms.
DUTY HOURS: Be on hand at least one (1) hour before the scheduled service(s) and remain on duty until those services are over and most people have left. For the regular Sunday morning that would be approximately 8:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. .
BADGE: There is a symbol of the office, a silver cross on a black cord, that you will find with the key (on a black cord) when you pick it up. This will identify you as the Assistant of the Day. Pick up the AoD keys and information during the office hours, 9:00 a.m. -2:00 pm, on the Friday prior to your Sunday to serve. If that is not convenient, check with the Pastor how to pick up your key.
BEFORE THE 9:00 a.m. SUNDAY SERVICE:
Entry way
-Unlock doors: Usually the sanctuary doors are unlocked. (To unlock the outside doors, use the allen wrench to lock them in the open position).
-Sanctuary-Unlock doors and turn lights on in the music team room (on left of the altar); the communion/choir room (on the right of the altar);
-Turn on lights in the entry and the sanctuary. Turn on light for the memorial stand.
-Put Guest Register out on the shelf in the narthex along with a pen,
turn on the light.
-Remind ushers light candles 10 min before the services (or do it). ( Acolyte on duty 1st Sunday for communion.)
-Kitchen
-Turn on the lights,
-Unlock the kitchen storage door in the hall behind the kitchen.
-Make Coffee (amounts are on chart on Coffee Hour Door. Summer 30-40 cups. Fall 50-60 cups.
-Make Hot Water -30 cups. (Use hot water only pot.)
-Open drapes in Fellowship Hall and turn on the lights.
-Move the Library Book Cart-to the Fellowship Hall from the back hall by the kitchen.
-Summer only- Get the TV Cart-labeled MGM from Sunday School Office. Take to the small table in Fellowship Hall and plug in.
-Summer only- Fan/AC for Fellowship Hall-is located in office sink room on the wall by inside door.
Church Office-
-Unlock the Church Office door. Turn on lights, close door, If Pastor has not already done so.
Nursery and Education
-Unlock doors to the 1. Nursery room;
2. Education rooms (during the Fall, Winter, Spring Quarters; the work-room door; the church school room classroom doors and the Education Office and turn on lights in these locations.)
-Set Heat Thermostats to 70 in classrooms 202 and 206
-During the
-Be Familiar with nursery pager. Get it in the office.
Be sure to introduce yourself to the Nursery attendant before the service begins so that they can know who is the Assistant of the Day.
At 10:30, during the school year ring the bell for Sunday School dismissal,( which is located in Church School Supply Room-on far back wall between the electrical boxes you will find 2 buttons push both.
At 10:30
Help Education put away electronics from chapel each Sunday.
AFTER THE 9:00 a.m. SERVICE:
-Make sure offering is put in the church office in the purple folder in the drawer of the Counters Desk. Ask usher or counters if this is done. Ask Pastor to unlock the drawer.
-Make sure the projector bulb is off and the candles are snuffed.
AFTER THE 11:00 a.m. SERVICE: Lock up after most people are done with Coffee Time, approximately 12:20 PM. Anyone can get out, but not come back in.
Sanctuary
-Make sure offering is off the altar and back in the office in the “purple folder.” Ask the Secretary where that is, or ask the pastor.
- Extinguish Candles If Needed
-Turn off projector if needed
-Turn off all lights, be sure the rheostats click off.
Fellowship Hall
-Summer only- Return MGM TV Cart
-Return Book Cart
-Summer only, Close drapes in Fellowship Hall.
-Turn off all lights
-Make sure Produce Table money is in the office and be placed in the manila envelope so marked and placed in the drawer with the “purple folder”.
Office and classrooms
-Turn off all lights (check the restrooms, classrooms, and in winter check the Sunday School room thermostats that they are set at 55 or 60), Nursery, Education Workroom, Music room, communion/ choir room.
-Lock all classrooms doors and other interior doors, except the chapel and sanctuary, with the “door-knob” button, Exterior doors with the allen wrench.
-Office door be certain that the door is locked and the counters are safe. Check that the supply room is locked.
-Turn off all lights, except those needed by the counters.
Kitchen
-Lock back store room door.
-Turn off lights unless clean up continues, remind them to turn off lights.
