We are having hybrid services with worship leaders and congregants in Cole Hall and on Zoom. We will provide three ways to attend the service — via Zoom, sitting inside Cole Hall, or sitting on the patio outside Cole Hall. Please volunteer to help in Cole Hall if you are able. (See below for how you can help.)
We encourage at risk attendees to be masked inside, using N95 (or equivalent) which are more effective than cloth or surgical masks. We have such masks available in Cole Hall on Sunday mornings. The end of the mask requirement does not mean the end of COVID-19, which will remain present in our community. We are allowing attendees to decide which tools to use to keep themselves and others as healthy as possible.
Please volunteer to help us so we can meet in Cole Hall every Sunday. Contact Don Ramie to volunteer.
While we would love to offer our traditional coffee hour after the service, we must prioritize getting volunteers to have the service in Cole Hall first so we will not always be serving food or drinks at “coffee hour” until we have volunteers to fill all of the positions below. The following functions are needed to support a service in Cole Hall (Bold functions are especially needed) :
- Set-Up/Take Down
- Aesthetics
- Greeters
- Zoom and A/V host
- Key Holder
| Task | Description | Time Commitment |
| Set-Up/Take Down | Set up chairs and put out cushions, set up the Pulpit area (lecturns etc.) and then break it down again after the service. The Tech gurus will deal with the microphones. This person will work with the Aesthetics person or one person can do both tasks. | Should arrive by 8:30 am and can leave as soon as their tasks are finished after the service. |
| Aesthetics | This person is in charge of decorating the Pulpit area. We have tons of fabric and other items that can be used for this. Flowers can be used as well. This task includes taking down and putting away the decorative elements after the service as well. | Should arrive by 8:30 or 8:45 and can leave as soon as their tasks are finished after the service. |
| Greeters | We need 1-2 people for this task. Greeters greet people attending the service and hand out the Order of Service for the day. Greeters also make sure that visitors are made to feel welcome, informed of the childcare options if necessary, and introduced to the person staffing the Membership table for the day. Greeters remain at the door for the first 5-10 minutes of the service and then are welcome to take their seats. | Should arrive by 9:30. Duties are concluded 5-10 miuntes after the service begins. |
| Zoom and A/V host | The Zoom and A/V host is in charge of setting up the A/V equipment and hosting the Zoom session | Should arrive by 9:00 am to set up equipment and stay until zoom breakout rooms are closed and equipment is put away. The Zoom and A/V host signups are on the worship hub |
| Key Holder | The Key Holder is an MPUUC member who has been issued keys to Cole Hall and who agrees to be on site at 9:00 am to open up all the necessary doors and who stays after the service to lock up again. There is a clip board in the office with the Lock-up checklist on it. Usually the opening Key Holder is the worship host and the closing key holder is Board Rep for the day. | Must arrive at Cole Hall by 9:00 am. May need to stay until 12:00 or so if doing Lock-Up |
Please contact Don Ramie to volunteer to help.