How do I get involved?

Help in a Class

Helping in one of our awesome Gospel Kids classrooms is the first step in serving in the Gospel Kids ministry. Gospel Kids is the ministry at Redeemer in which we help our kids find their acceptance, purpose, security, value, and significance in Jesus alone. This commitment includes minimal time, minimal prep, and lets you hang out with some great kids, all while meeting lots of people at Redeemer.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Helping in a class begins with an application in which you will be given specific steps to help make sure we keep our kids safe and secure. A Department of Justice background check is required.
• Arrive 30 minutes early to pray with the GK team and help prep the classroom.
• Help the teacher manage the classroom schedule and activities during your service time.

NEXT STEPS:

• Complete and turn in the Gospel Kids application by clicking Gospel Kids Application.
• Attend an orientation training session.

Teach a Class

Teaching children about Jesus is exciting at Redeemer! As a teacher you will be teaching through a lesson for a month at a time. All object lessons and craft items are provided for teachers each week. The primary job of a teacher is to challenge, love, and care for the kids by teaching them the Gospel.

PRACTICALITIES:

• You will be asked to serve for one service per month.
• Read through and study the lesson the week before you teach. All lessons will be sent to you through The City the Monday before you teach. You will need a couple hours or less to read and prep for teaching (less for younger ages, more for older ages).

NEXT STEPS:

• Communicate with a teacher, team leader, or GK coordinator about your desire to teach.
• Attend training with the GK coordinator.
• Complete and turn in the Gospel Kids packet to the GK coordinator.
• Complete the fingerprinting process.

Coordinator

Member

We are committed to living in community. We believe we are called to live lives not as individuals but as part of the Body of Christ (Romans 12). One of the ways we carry out this call to share our lives with others, is in community groups. We want everyone who calls Redeemer home to be in a group.

These groups meet on different nights of the week in different locations throughout the city. Some discuss the sermon, others go through a book, and others do a Bible study. While the groups may look different the purpose is the same, to glorify God by enjoying Him and to speak his love into each others lives.

PRACTICALITIES:

• As a new group member the only requirement is to show up at a group and participate. Most groups meet once a week for about 2 hours.
• If you have a desire to learn, grow, and live in the Gospel, then a community group is for you!

NEXT STEP:

• Sign-up for a group! There a several ways to get into a community group. One way is to get a community group catalog from the Information Counter, choose a group, fill out the sign up card and drop it into one of the Giving Boxes. Also you can sign up on The City. Just go to Redeemer Community Groups, click the Community button, click the Community Group Sign-Up Button and select a group. After you have requested to join the group the Leader will contact you.

Leader

As a community group leader you are responsible for the duties/health of a community group, which includes, but is not limited to: hosting, leading discussion, training an apprentice leader, discipleship/counseling of the group members, pursuing new members, inviting people, and keeping your group on mission. This does not mean that you have to do all of this, but that you coordinate and delegate to make sure these things are happening.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Becoming an apprentice is the first step to becoming a leader.
• A group leader will commit to 5-8 hours per week, including the actual group time. Don't let this scare you, if the Lord has led you to become a CG Leader he will sustain you.

NEXT STEPS:

• If you are in a community group, talk to your leader about your desire to lead by becoming an apprentice.
• If you are an apprentice, work with your community group leader until your are ready to lead your own group.

Director & Coach

Community group coaches are responsible for the training and health of no more than four community group leaders. Coaches assist the leaders by praying for them, encouraging them, providing them with necessary training and resources, and meeting with them on a monthly basis.

The community group director is responsible for the training and health of no more than four coaches. In the same way that coaches assist leaders, the directors assist the coaches.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Coaches spend time with each leader on a monthly basis. Coaches might visit a leader group to offer insight and training for the leader and apprentice. Coaches commit to serving approximately 5-8 hours per week.
• Directors spend time with coaches on a monthly basis. Directors also provide necessary training for apprentices, leaders, and coaches. Directors commit to serving approximately 5-8 hours per week.

NEXT STEPS:

• Talk to your existing coach and/or director about your desire to serve at this next level.

Team Member

Service Teams provide a ready, clean, friendly, and safe environment as the church arrives and uses the building for services and events. Service Teams include Greeters, Parking/Security, Ushers, Set-Up/Clean-Up, and Info/Welcome Center.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Service Team members serve during the Sunday service and at special events. Service Team members are asked to work before, during, and/or after the services and events.
• Service Team members attend an orientation training before they serve.
• Service Team members are asked to serve two non-consecutive months per year.

NEXT STEPS:

• Fill out a connection card or email or call the church office requesting more information on various Service Teams. Fine the one that's right for you and join!

Team Leader

Service Team leaders oversee a specific Service Team. Team leaders help attract people to the service team ministry and help train. The team leader schedules people during his/her rotation and makes sure that all positions are filled.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team leaders are responsible to attract, train, build, and develop their teams.
• Team leaders are responsible to schedule teams for each service and make sure all positions are covered.
• Team leaders commit to giving 10 hours per month (including Sunday service) two months out of the year which will be used to attract, train, build, develop, and schedule their teams.
• Team leaders commit to meeting with the Service Team coordinator on a monthly basis. 

NEXT STEPS:

• Communicate your desire to be a team leader with your existing team leader or the coordinator. 

Coordinator

A Service Team coordinator is one who is responsible for the entirety of the Service Teams and their duties. They manage the team leaders, and Planning Team members to create safe, clean, ready, and friendly environments for the church to enjoy.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Time commitment is approximately 3 hours each week outside of Sunday services.
• Works with team leaders to attract people to Service Teams, make sure positions are filled, team members and leaders are being trained, and that team members are stepping up to the next level.

NEXT STEPS:

• Contact the existing Service Teams coordinator.

Team Member

Worship Arts is primarily responsible for the Sunday services. The Sunday service is where the corporate body of Christ gathers to discover, delight, and declare God's glory. The Worship Arts is made up of teams of musicians, techies, visual artists, performance artists, and intercessory prayers. 

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team members of the Worship Arts work during our Sunday Services, attend rehearsals, and practice on their own. Each team has a different time commitment. Musicians commit to 15-20 hours per month (rehearsals and Sunday services typically twice per month), while the other teams commit to 10-15 hours since no outside rehearsal is needed.
• Orientation training, as well as ongoing training, is required.
• Worship Arts team members lead in various capacities to help the body glorify God in Sunday services.

NEXT STEPS:

• Pick up a Worship Arts application from the Information Counter and turn it into the Worship Arts director.
• Attend an interview with the Worship Arts director.

Team Leader

Worship Arts Team leaders help the Worship Arts director by overseeing the various areas of the Worship Arts Ministry. Team leaders are needed for bands, tech, visual arts, performing arts, and intercessory prayer.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team leaders are responsible to attract, train, build, and develop their teams.
• Team leader are responsible to schedule for each service, and make sure all positions are covered. 
• Team leaders commit to giving 15-25 hours per month which will be used to attract, train, build, develop, and schedule their teams.
• Team leaders commit to meeting with the Worship Arts Director on a monthly basis.

NEXT STEPS:

• Communicate your desire to become Worship Arts Team leader to the Worship Arts director.
• Attend a Worship Arts Team leader training session.

Director

A Worship Arts director is one who is responsible for the entirety of the Sunday service. They manage the team leaders, and Planning Team members to create services in which the body of Christ discovers, delights, and declares the glory of God. 

PRACTICALITIES:

• Time commitment is approximately 3 hours each week outside of Sunday services and rehearsals (if a member of the band).
• Works with Planning Team members and team leaders to create service plans distributed in advance to the teams.
• Works to attract, train, connect, develop, and schedule team members. 

NEXT STEPS:

• Contact the current Worship Arts director.

Serve and Be Involved

The Bible is clear that not many should desire Eldership because of the responsibility. In other words, walk carefully into this step and confirm God's call, through the confirmation of others. Elders are appointed by God to govern and lead the church. Their primary tasks are to "Listen to the Lord for the vision He has for the church, and then set up roughly outlined organization systems so that the whole church can be involved in this vision". Men who meet qualifications set in I Timothy and Titus, have served faithfully at Redeemer, and who have been through the Eldership Training Program, will be assessed by the current Eldership and then appointed to the position of Elder. Eldership is comprised of paid and unpaid Elders, and our hope is train and appoint both. The path to Eldership begins by actively showing a servant's heart to the body and serving faithfully in an area of ministry. 

PRACTICALITIES:

• The first step is to pick another part of the gospel explosion, serve in that part of ministry, and show yourself faithful there.

NEXT STEPS:

• Serve within a ministry and through training and experience, grow in your leadership skills.

Elder in Training

While you are serving within the fellowship, and growing that area through purposeful discipleship, the next step in becoming an Elder is to be part of the Eldership Training Program (ETP). ETP is a training program that meets over a 12 month period, following a typical school schedule. The group meets weekly from 6-7 AM as scheduled, and follows various subjects that will be necessary to understand as an Elder. These subjects include theology, doctrine, discipleship, teaching, organizational structure, financial structure, and other issued related to Eldership. 

PRACTICALITIES:

• As you enter this level, the desire is that you are teaching and equipping others to do the work of the gospel. At this point, you can express your desire to become an Elder at Redeemer to one of the existing Elders. When they believe you are ready, they will invite you into ETP. The ETP is not a mandatory course for becoming an Elder, but this step is left to the discretion of existing Elders.

NEXT STEPS:

• Work with leaders of existing ministries to learn and do their roles.
• Eldership Training Program (1-2 hours weekly, 1 year commitment).

Elder

The final step in this part of the gospel explosion is to be appointed as an Elder. An Elder is responsible for listening to the vision that God has for the church, and setting up organizational structure and systems so that deacons and members can live within this vision.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Elders meet once monthly or as schedule.
• Elders meet with various ministry leaders throughout the month to ensure the health of the ministry leaders, and their ministries.

NEXT STEPS:

• After you have met requirements for Eldership, you will be confirmed as an Elder.

Team Member

Communications Teams help communicate the vision, values, events, and general information of the church so that the church and the community can be involved in the life of the church. The Communications Teams work to document the life of the church, so that they can remember what God has done.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Communications Team members join one of five teams: Website, Social Media, Graphics, Photography, or Video.
• Communications Team members attend an orientation training before they serve.
• Communication Team members are asked to invest 1-5 hours per month, depending on the team they join.

NEXT STEPS:

• Email the link below and tell us which Communications Team you are interested in serving in.

Team Leader

Communications Team leaders are responsible for one of the five Communications Teams. They work with other team leaders and ministry leaders to strategize how best to communicate with the church and/or the community and then implement that plan.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team leaders are responsible to attract, train, build, and develop their teams.
• Team leaders are responsible to work with their teams to accomplish the tasks their team has been given.
• Team leaders commit to giving 5-10 hours per month which will be sued to attract, train, build, develop, and schedule their teams.
• Team leaders commit to meeting with the Communications Team director on a monthly basis. 

NEXT STEPS:

• Communicate your dire to be a team leader with your existing team leader or the director.

Director

The Communications Team director is responsible for all communications in the church. This includes helping the teams they lead do their work, as well as working with ministry leaders to find ways to communicate their information.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Time commitment is approximately 5 hours each week.
• Works with teams leaders to attract people to Communications Team, making sure positions are filled, team members and leaders are being trained, and that team members are stepping up to the next level.
• Works with ministry leaders to meet their communication needs in the church and/or the community.
• Figures out new and creative strategies for communicating.
• Works with the executive pastor to develop a budget for the Communications Team.

NEXT STEPS:

• Contact the existing Communications Director.

Team Member

Team members of the GFG work in one of the three teams to help the church learn to be Gospel Center Givers. These teams include the Budget team, Update team, and the Discipleship team. Each team works in conjunction with the GFG director to disciple, encourage, and exhort the fellowship in the area of finances. The GFG assists the Eldership of the church by giving necessary input into the finances of the organization.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Attend the monthly GFG meeting, and work inside and outside of the group to fulfill all assigned tasks.
• Lead in their particular assigned area with the church (2-5 hours a week, depending on the season and team you are serving on).

NEXT STEPS:

• Make sure you meet all the prerequisites below.
• Talk to a member of the GFG team, or an Elder, about your desire to join a team.

Team Leader

A GFG team leader is responsible to oversee one specific team in the group. This is either the Budget team, the Update team, or the Discipleship team. Each team leader works in conjunction with GFG director and other team leaders to accomplish their tasks.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team leaders invest approximately 5 hours per week. 
• The team leader is responsible to attract, train, develop, and evaluate their team.

NEXT STEPS:

• If you are interested in becoming a team leader for a specific area of the GFG, talk to the GFG director.

Team Director

The GFG director is responsible for overseeing the GFG group and all the teams therein.

PRACTICALITIES:

• The directors spends time with the team leaders on a weekly and monthly basis. Directors might visit a team leader's area of ministry to offer support, encouragement, and feedback. Team leaders invest 2-3 hours per week into GFG outside of Sunday services.
• Directors may be asked to help plant a church by assisting on the church plant team.
• The director works with the executive pastor on a monthly basis to assist in the financial position of the organization.

NEXT STEPS:

• Talk to the existing director about your desire to serve at this next level.

Team Member

Living on Mission Group team members are responsible for helping the church live on mission in their neighborhoods, communities, and our city. Team members are also working to connect our church with missionaries that we support both locally and around the world.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team members train the church to live on mission in their neighborhoods, communities, and our city by researching opportunities, providing training, and supporting the work through encouragement and exhortation.
• Team members meet with the On Mission Group, discuss action plans, and implement plans for the benefit of the church. Team members give approximately 8-15 hours per month to this work.
• Team members will all be asked to take on a specific role within the group.

NEXT STEPS:

• Attend a Living on Mission Group meeting. Look for information about meeting times and location in the bulletin or on the church website.

Team Leader

Living on Mission team leaders are responsible for overseeing one specific team: local or foreign. Team leaders recruit, develop, and care for the team members in their work.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team leaders are responsible to attract, train, build, and develop their teams.
• Team leaders are responsible to make sure all positions are covered within the Living on Mission group.
• Team leaders commit to giving 15-25 hours per month which will be used to attract, train, build, develop, and schedule their teams.

NEXT STEPS:

• Communicate your desire with your existing team leader or with the director.

Team Director

The Living on Mission director is responsible for overseeing the entire Living on Mission Group.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours each week.
• Work with Elders, pastors, and team leaders to develop and implement strategy for the church to Live on Mission both locally and outside of our city.
• Work with the executive pastor to develop the Living on Mission budget annually.

NEXT STEPS:

• Contact the current Living on Mission director.

Group Member

Redemption Groups are a crash course on living in the gospel. These groups use the book Redemption by Mike Wilkerson, and the Israelites story of redemption form Exodus, to learn what it means to live out the redeeming work done through Jesus.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Groups meet over an eight week period. Groups start by meeting on a Friday/Saturday, then follow up by meeting every Tuesday night for the following eight weeks.
• Once the groups start, they are no longer open to new members.
• Commitment to the group is very important. If you cannot attend each of the meetings, you cannot sign up for the group. 

NEXT STEPS:

• Sign-up for a group. You can sign up for Redemption Groups by going to the church website or by talking to a Redemption Group leader.

Leader & Co-Leader

As a Redemption Group leader you are responsible for the duties/health of a Redemption Group, which includes, but is not limited to: hosting, praying, leading discussion, training a co-leader and apprentice, discipleship/counseling of the group members, and pursuing new members.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Becoming a co-leader is the first step to becoming a leader.
• A group leader will commit 5-8 hours per week, including the group time (while groups are in session). Don't let this scare you, if the Lord has led you to become a RG leader he will sustain you.

NEXT STEPS:

• Talk to your RG leader about becoming an apprentice or co-leader.

Director & Coach

Redemption Group coaches are responsible for the training and health of no more than four RG leaders. Coaches assist the leaders by praying for them, encouraging them, providing them with necessary training and resources, and meeting with them on a monthly basis.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Coaches spend time with each leader on  monthly basis. Coaches might visit a leaders' group to offer insight and training for the leader, co-leader, and apprentice. Coaches commit to serving approximately 5-8 hours per week.

NEXT STEPS:

• Talk to your existing coach and/or director about your desire to serve at this next level.

Team Member

Team members for Student Ministries (junior high, high school, and college) are responsible for building purposeful relationships with students. They do this through serving in leadership capacities such as event coordinator, teacher, worship leader, or general staff. Student Ministries is a great place to love and disciple students who will be forever changed by the work that God is doing in them.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Attend student functions for the specific ministry you signed up for. These include weekly meetings (typically Tuesday from 6-9), staff meeting (included in the weekly meeting schedule), and special events. If possible, we'd ask you to attend two camps per year with the students (summer and winter). Events and camps are free to staff...we just appreciate the fact that you are serving our students. 

NEXT STEPS:

• Fill out the application for Student Ministries leadership team and talk to the Student Ministry director.
• Once the application is approved, attend Student Ministry training and orientation.

Team Leader

Team leaders serve in the Student Ministry area by being responsible for one specific area of the ministry (junior high, high school, or college). Team leaders are responsible for attracting, training, caring for, and discipling their leadership team for their specific area. Team leaders are responsible for each part of their specific ministry, including interactions with the students' parents.

PRACTICALITIES:

• Team leaders invest approximately 10-15 hours per week in the ministry, not including Sunday worship services. They spend two weekends at camps per year, and attend special events in evenings and on weekends as scheduled.
• Team leaders are also responsible for promotion for new leadership and orientation training fro those who choose to join.

NEXT STEPS:

• If you are interested in becoming a team leader for a specific area of Student Ministries please contact the Student Ministries director.

Team Director

Student Ministries director is responsible for the entirety of Student Ministries at Redeemer. The director is responsible to attract, train, care for, and develop the team leaders that oversee each of the individual areas. The director is responsible to set up and maintain an organizational system for the Student Ministries that will enable the leadership teams to work with students and parents.

PRACTICALITIES:

• The directors spends time with the team leaders on a weekly and monthly basis. Directors might visit a team leader's area of ministry to offer support, encouragement, and feedback. Team leaders invest 10-20 hours per week into Student Ministries outside of Sunday services. 
• Directors may be asked to help plant a church by assisting a church plan team.

NEXT STEPS:

• Talk to the existing director about your desire to serve at this next level.