Holy Faith Church, Lutheran and Episcopal, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Our ministry teams shift from year to year depending on our goals and priorities. Current teams are listed below and are always open to new participants. If you are interested in joining a team or want more information, please contact one of the Team Leaders or the office (429-2991 or Email the office)

Outreach Teams

Seeds of Hope Garden Team: This team, launched in the spring of 2009, launched a food donation garden raising and donating over 600 lbs of fresh produce to Food Gatherers, a food bank that distributes to the hungry in our area.  The garden is back up and running for 2010, and planning some direct donations to Saline Area Social Services and other entities as well as Food Gatherers.  New volunteers, from in or outside of the church, are always welcome.

Angel Food Ministries Team: In the late fall of 2009 Holy Faith became a site for Angel Food Ministries, selling high-quality groceries at reduced prices to anyone who wants to them.  If you eat, you qualify.  By March 2010 we were processing 60 orders a month.  The team volunteers to bring and distribute the food one Saturday morning a month.  For more information go to our Angel Food Ministries page.

World Ministry Team: This team was also launched in the spring of 2009 as a result of a congregational visioning process.  The team's mission is to find ways for Holy Faith to connect with and minister to those beyond our immediate community.  The team is currently fund-raising and planning for a service trip to raise roofs and fix homes in Appalachia through the Appalachia Service Project.  This team is also planning some education events related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and looking at ways to fight the racism that is embedded in our society and the greater Detroit area.

Standing Teams

Building, Grounds, and Tech: This team oversees the care, repair, and maintenance of church property; recommends decisions to the Pastor and PLT on projects, bids, upgrades, technology, etc.; and takes the lead on organizing and implementing church work days (approx 2 a year, as needed).  The coordinator will convene the team from time to time as needed, delegate tasks, and submit reports to the PLT.  This team will also have a list of "worker bee" parishioners with ability in some aspect of construction, fix-it skills, gardening, or computers and willingness to be contacted to help with these projects.

Finance: This team is charged with tracking and reporting the church's financial health, training worship money counters, creating each year's budget, making salary recommendations, seeing that an annual audit is done and its results reported, and making financial decision recommendations to the Pastor and PLT.  The coordinator will convene the team from time to time as needed, especially in the fall to put together the new budget, delegate tasks, and submit its reports to the PLT.

Administration: This team oversees the review, updating and construction of policies, legal concerns, insurance, bonding, by-laws, constitution, articles of incorporation, and personnel/human resources for the church.  The coordinator will convene the team from time to time as needed, delegate tasks, and submit reports to the PLT.

Hospitality: This team organizes the hospitality and legwork for special events in the church.  The Food Coordinator organizes food for events and for members of the congregation who are in need of meals (due to recuperation from surgery, illness, etc.).  The Youth/Family Events Coordinator plans fun events and outings for families.  The Liturgy Coordinator organizes parishioners to do set-up, decorating, etc for special liturgies.  All three coordinators would call on the list of "worker bees" for help with their events.