4.7.1 Community Hub Team
Role:
- To support the life of the Community Hub Missional Group (CHMG) as an essential part of Glen Waverley Uniting Church’s (GWUC) total life and mission.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that effective leadership for the CHMG is developed and maintained at GWUC.
Encourage and support faith & leadership development in all areas of CHMG ministry
- To appoint a Chairperson and Secretary to facilitate and record meetings.
- Support the CHMG Coordinator with identifying resources for CHMG ministries.
- Communicate with the wider Church community about CHMG ministry events.
- Encourage CHMG participants to connect with other missional group activities.
- Encourage connections between the different CHMG programs.
- Planning and facilitating CHMG combined events.
Ensure that leaders of CHMG programs are supported in ensuring WWCC & Safe Church requirements are met for all volunteers.
- Attend a Safe Church training session every three years, beginning in the first year of volunteering at GWUC.
- Participate in long term / big picture dreaming and planning for the enhancement and growth of CHMG at GWUC.
- Assist the CHMG Coordinator with preparing reports for the operation and development of the CHMG ministry where needed.
- Annually assess goals to ensure they are in line with GWUC goals
- Report annually to the Congregation (via a Congregational Meeting) and to Church Council (via the ministry review document in January of each year for the year preceding) to ensure accountability and transparency
- Support all CHMG programs in completing the Approval for Ministry where needed.
Requirements:
- A commitment and passion to share God’s love in the wider community of GWUC.
- Excellent communicative, strategic thinking and event management skills.
Commitment:
- One meeting every quarter.
Proposed Membership of group:
- Community Hub MG Coordinator
- Chairperson
- Secretary
- CHMG representative
- Leisure Time representative
- Playgroup representative
- The hub representative
- Welfare committee representative
- Any other member of the congregation with an interest in the CHMG ministry.