POTTERS HOUSE FAMILY
CHURCH CARING MINISTRY
MISSION
Ø To submit and support the pastoral team
Ø To serve all structure of the church with honour and dignity
Ø To ensure that the vision of the church (PHFC) is accomplished
Ushers
Objectives
Ø To ensure that church members are able to recognise ushers for any
assistance they may require in during the Sunday services.
Ø To ensure that all ushering duties are caring out accordance with the
structure of the PHFC
Ø To clean and prepare the church, make sure that everything is ready for
the service e.g. close door and open conditioner.
Ø To try and ensure easy and more convenient sitting during Sunday
services.
Ø To minimise unnecessary loitering around the church during the services
and ensure safety environment.
Ø To continuously recruit and train ushers for the service
ACTIVITIES
Ø To provide necessary service to the pastoral Team and Visiting Guest.
Ø To welcome with warm full of smile and love and greet everyone in
attendance, especial to our visitors.
Ø To arrange and organise sitting order on Sunday service, Conference and
church function.
Ø To circular all relevant stationery to the church members
Ø To assist and monitor those who are visited by Holy Spirit.
Ø To keep church clean makes sure everything in order for service
Ø Keep order and ensure the service proceed smoothly
OUTCOME:
Ø All ushers wear their uniform every Sunday services, Conferences and
Function wear nametags every services for easily identification.
Ø Implemented a structure to monitor the performance of ushers constantly
and certain people have been allocate to ensure the smooth run of ushering.
Ø We successfully recruited 9 (nine) more members who joined ushering.
Ø We successfully had a workshop for ushers facilitated by Mrs Sibiya and
Miss N Mhlongo at Blaaubosch and Emfundweni Branches.
Ø Finalized the Thanks Giving uniform for ushers & allocation which
includes both Emfundweni, Blaaubosch and volkrust branches.
Ø Big Fish show ushering & Security operation went well.
Ø Capacity building day ushers and Security
operation went well
Ø Arrangement of sitting order,our mother Pastor SI Ntombela assisted us
with laminating reserved chairs tags for church leadership e.g
1.
pastoral Team
2.
Church Governing Body
3.
Cell leaders ,Guest, artist, choir,
intercessors, Counsellors, and ushers it help us a lot for easy identification
for Bishop to give them duties e.g. closing church service with prayer
welcoming etc.
Ø Security structure added in caring ministry due to the theft of bags in
our church, Mr M Khumalo as a chairperson of Security added as an additional
member in caring ministry Committee.
COUNCELLORS
OBJECTIVES
Ø To teach and guide new believers on how to lead a holy life.
Ø To assist them to grow spiritually e.g. reading the bible, praying, testifying
and participating in all prescribed church meetings.
Ø Emphasise the importance of supporting Gods work all the time.
ACTIVITIES
Ø To counsel all new converts and back sliders.
Ø Assisted those who were repenting and returning themselves to the Lord
Ø To fill decision card
Ø To pray with them after counselling
OUTCOMES:
Ø Wear name-tags in every church service for identification.
Ø Church gain more informed members with good support in God’s work always.
Ø Church membership increased.
INTERCESSORS
OBJECTIVES:
Ø To intercede for the growth of the kingdom of God
Ø Spiritual growth and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Ø Physical and Spiritual healing in the church and the community at large.
Ø The continuous prayer for our leader and the “Bigger Picture” ( the great
auditorium)
ACTIVITIES:
Ø Pray prior and after all services Morning-Prayer on Sunday start at
9hr00.
Ø Holding fasting and prayer every first three of the month and pray
together on the third day (Friday whole night prayer) but we cancelled our
whole night prayers when there’s is something on church with same date e.g.
Church Fasting & Prayer and any other church activities.
Ø We had it on first week of July and Friday week of September we were
invited our lady Bishop
Ø Mediate between God and His mankind
Ø Still participate in Monday to Monday‘s chain prayer pioneered by Pastor
SI Ntombela.
Ø We had fasting &prayer Blaaubosch including caring ministry workshop
fasting &prayer started on the 30th October 2013 to 1st
November 2013 it went very well with god results.
OUTCOMES
Ø Growth of the Kingdom of God
Ø More church members have growth Spiritually
Ø Increase number of the healing Testimony
Ø Church membership increase
Ø Number of intercessor increasing day by day.
Ø We successfully and whole night prayer Blaauwbosch including caring
ministry workshop fasting &prayer started on the 30th October
2013 to 1st November 2013 it went very well with god results.
CHALLENGES:
Ø Gap between intercessor & choir during Sunday morning prayers
SECURITY
OBJECTIVES:
Ø To keep safety during the service
Ø To eliminate thefts
Ø To keep order during the service and assist to keep all door closed
during the service
ACTIVITIES:
Ø Safety of the church
Ø No more theft
Ø To maintain order during church service
Ø To minimize unnecessary movement during service
Ø To control exit points by keeping the entire door closed during preaching
to avoid disturbance and theft of bags etc.
Ø To work hand and hand with car guards help church members with theft
measures
OUTCOMES:
Ø Safety of the church
Ø No more theft
Ø To maintain order during church service
Ø To minimize unnecessary movement during service
Ø More order during church service
Ø Exits are under control’
Ø Parking information sent to the information desk & display on the
screen though it still a challenge to church members to respond
CHALLENGES CAR GUARDS AND SECURITY
Ø They don’t have a committee
(ikomidielazivezakubabangesikhathisokulahlekakwezikhwamalabuyelanyamalala)
Ø They’ve got only two active members Mr Khumalo and Mr B Ngwenya.
Ø Their challenge was a dress code they had different views or ideas about
a dressing code during theft of bags season.
Ø Failure to control unnecessary movement due to outside ablution block
Ø Church members leaving early during church service due to commitments.
Ø They don’t want to take instructions from car guards.
Ø Challenges with traffic control
Ø They leave doors and windows open in their cars.
Ø They leave wallets on their seats
WAY FORWARD
Ø Recruits more males we need help from Mr.Dlamini to sell the idea to Men’s
department to be part of security though they are not police by profession we
going to offer workshop.
Ø Failure to obey instructions from car guard’s man will help a lot we also
have shortage.
Ø Traffic control we contacted Mr Thwala traffic control he said he going
to inform the head of their department the procedure is, they going to train at
least 3 church members to do traffic control in order to be online with their
safety measures.
Ø Car safety, please Bishop if you can allow us to involved this matter in
church announcement & that information will be displayed in screen.
Ø Due to commitment after church &outside ablution block we wish to use
3rd door exit point from the main entrance to maintain order during
service & for late coming ,and to maintain our kitchen condition as they
using kitchen entrance
MINISTRY ACHIEVEMENTS
Ø Dress code and neatness especially on ushers, church image uplifted.
Ø Sitting order well marked reserved chairs for church leadership,Pastoral
Team,Choir, Caring ministry, Cell leaders, and Guest it shows well organised
international church and easy identification.
Ø We had a well organised ushering during Big Fish show and Capacity
building events.
Ø Availability of Ushers in all rows, we have 7 row,3 Ushers in one
row(front, middle &back)
Ø One to one counselling is promoted to those who brought visitors
Ø Recruited more members who joined the caring ministry
Ø Church membership increased
Ø Breakthrough from theft.
Ø Work closely with other department
Ø Three days fasting and prayer is adopted in branches.
Ø Our Ebenezer function will be on 30th November 2013,time
14hr00,Venue Madadeni Potters House (PHFC) Section 2
Ø Successful whole night prayers after 3 days fasting we wish to involved
branches our last prayer is going to be on 6th December 2013 praying
for Big Events of Thanks Giving & Ordination of His Grace Bishop Ntombela
and existing prayer items.
Ø Intercessor number increasing they come early for Morning Prayer without
any push.
THANKS GIVING PLANNING
Ø We are going involve Ushers from the branches
Ø The allocation of Ushers is going to alternate services to avoid traffic
or disorder
Ø We already have allocation for car guards from Emfundweni-4
boys,Volkrust-4 boys and Blaaubosch -4 boys.
Ø We will increase number of the car guards using the branches male
Ushers,we will allocate ushers per service,members from man’s department will
help
Ø Increase the number of security outside and inside the church
