Designated Offerings Committee Member

The Designated Offerings Committee usually meets twice a year for approximately 1½ hours each. At the first meeting, held before the Church year begins, the committee members select and schedule (in accordance with the dates assigned by the administration) 16 nonprofit organizations to receive QUUF funds from Designated Offerings for that year. (These offerings are in addition to the monthly Food Bank collection.) The Committee comes together for a second meeting a few months later, at which time they update the list and make any necessary changes. Depending on the number of Committee members, each member serves as liaison to three to five organizations. Committee members volunteer to serve as liaisons to the recipients. The liaisons’ responsibilities are to contact the recipients; write a brief description of the organization for publication in the Weekly Update and the Order of Service; and arrange to meet their representative at the Sunday service. To facilitate the process, the liaisons report to the Chair on their contacts with the organizations and their responses. Other than the two meetings and greeting the recipient representative on the designated Sunday, the Committee members work independently.