Family Service Information - Sparta

Family Service Information

To achieve our goal of providing our students with a quality educational environment that allows each child to explore his or her God- given talents in a safe and nurturing environment, we must operate as a community. We rely on F.A.I.T.H. Center parents to assist in keeping program costs down by providing support staff. Families are allowed to choose the area in which they serve. By working together we can provide exceptional opportunities for our children to learn and grow. We can also find a place where friendships develop and where we receive support in our efforts to educate our children. This is accomplished only through the commitment of each enrolled family.

It is necessary for every family to support our program with approximately one hour of service per week. Registration cannot be completed without your family service preferences indicated on the first page of your registration form. When you list your preferred areas of service on your registration form, note the time slot also, if applicable. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.

The following pages contain descriptions of the areas of service from which you may choose. In order to fill the needs of our program, however, we may assign you other areas of service. Many tasks require more than one individual. Consider signing up for one of these jobs together with a friend! Note your friends name on your registration form, and we will try to place you together.

All areas of service are for the entire year 2011-2012. During the year, if for any reason, you need to change your area of service, please speak to the Director.Because we are unable to provide childcare, carefully consider your family's needs before selecting an area of service.

Please note that it is your responsibility to secure a substitute if you are unable to attend.

If you or your family has exceptional, extenuating circumstances that prevent you from serving in one of the following areas, we will work with you in determining an appropriate area of service.

Family Service Needs

Classroom Assistant. Each class has an assistant. The classroom assistants help the Faith Center Instructor by taking attendance, filling out practice and assignment sheets, distributing supplies, and anything else required to assist the Faith Center Instructor in providing an optimal learning environment for each student. Please select a class by course name.

Coffee Fellowship. One volunteer is needed to oversee the F.A.I.T.H. Center Coffee Fellowship each week. This ministry includes setting up coffee and tea by 9:30 a.m. each Wednesday morning and clean up by 3:00 p.m. Volunteer may provide (either personally or through other volunteers) the coffee, tea, creamer, sweetener, etc. See the Director for help in this area.

Concert Programs. This team of two individuals will provide both an electronic (Microsoft Word) and hard copy of each of the concert programs. They will work with the teachers and the Director to gather the names of the performing groups, titles of their works/pieces, and composers/arrangers. They will also work with the Director a month in advance and the week before to determine the order of performance, up-to-date class roster information and develop a list of the students performing. Assistance may be needed for printing of programs. Two concerts qualify as a service opportunity for the year. One volunteer needed for the Christmas Concert and Spring Concert and one volunteer needed for Fine Arts night and the Arts Festival.

Family Ministry Council Members. This team provides a panel of parents representing the interests and needs of F.A.I.T.H. Center families in regular monthly meetings with F.A.I.T.H. Center staff. Family Ministry Council Meetings are open to all F.A.I.T.H. Center parents, but attendance is required by members. The council helps strategize ways to:

1. 
   Foster a sense of community at FAITH Center - the Family Ministry Council will strategize ways to help both new families and returning families feel connected.
2. End-of-the-Year Celebration & Teacher Appreciation - Family Ministry Council will honor students and teachers at the end-of-the-year celebration by planning, food donations, collection of funds, and purchase of teacher appreciation gifts.
3. End of the year Student Certificates. - The Family Ministry Council will ensure that certificates of participation are prepared for all students enrolled in F.A.I.T.H. Center programs.

Hall Monitors.Volunteers needed to ensure our hallways remain safe and quiet and to assist visitors and new families. Hall monitors are to walk the halls throughout the church checking rooms and bathrooms and assisting students to find the rooms they need. Each hall monitor will fill a one hour time slot on Thursday. Two volunteers are needed for each shift.

Kitchen Mom/Dad.One volunteer is needed to be sitting by the kitchen door each Wednesday to help students who need something from the kitchen, food brought out from the refrigerator, micro- wave assistance, and help with crowd control, etc.

Performance Set-Up and Break-Down. Four volunteers are needed for set up and break down before and after the Christmas Concert, Fine Arts Night, the Spring Concert, and Spring Production. This team will arrive at least two hours prior to performances to set up the chairs, tables and music stands required for the performance and will work together with the Director to ensure all needed equipment is on hand. This team will stay at the end of each performance to ensure all equipment is broken down and put away, and the rooms are clean. This group is responsible for all concerts and this constitutes your year service opportunity:

Prayer Fellowship.This volunteer would need to coordinate, on a weekly basis, a time of prayer. The prayer time could include any F.A.I.T.H. Center parents or staff who bring concerns that need prayer. This volunteer could pray alone or with a group and it could vary from week to week. This volunteer would be part of the Family Ministry Council and work with the Executive Director. One volunteer is needed.

Public Relations for F.A.I.T.H.Center. One volunteer is needed to work with the Director to publicize F.A.I.T.H. Center. This individual will strategize to bless Sparta EFC as well as any other location used by F.A.I.T.H. Center, our towns, our communities, and families within our communities Publicity via the newspaper, flyers, webpage, etc. may be utilized.