How can I serve at New Horizon Church?

+ Stewarding & Car Parking

Could you serve on The Stewarding Team?

Are you available Sunday morning from 9-11.30am or evening at 6pm-7.30pm? Currently this team runs on a rota of serving every 1 in 2 Sundays, either in the morning or the evening.

Are you; Friendly, approachable, and able to communicate? Do you like to serve in a practical capacity?

Would you like to develop your 'people' skills and ability to communicate effectively? Serving in church is a great way to form friendships at church and develop your sense of belonging.

Please contact Julie Cousins. Email: office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

Could you serve on The Car parking Team?

Are you available Sunday morning from 9-10:10am or evening at 6pm-6:40pm? Currently this team runs on a rota of serving every 1 in 2 Sundays, either in the morning or the evening.

As a committed member of the car parking team you will be one of the first faces people see when coming to church. Could you use your cheerful and welcoming manner to bless people as they arrive at church?

Are you; Friendly, approachable, able to communicate, a good team player and happy to work outside in all weathers?

Would you like to develop your 'people' skills and ability to communicate effectively? Serving in church is a great way to form friendships at church and develop your sense of belonging.

Please contact Julie Cousins. Email: office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Welcome

Could you serve on our Welcome Team?

Are you available Sunday mornings between 9:30am and 11:30am, or Sunday evenings between 6pm to 7:30pm?

You would be involved in welcoming people into Church on a morning or evening service.

This is a job that is done during the social time of Church, so you do not miss any of the service. The current commitment is to serve about once a month on a team of around 6 people.

Do you have a friendly face, and a welcoming spirit? Can you make conversation with people you may not know?
If so, we would love you to join our welcome team!

Would you like to develop your skills in making people feel encouraged and welcome as they come to Church? A friendly face, and a warm welcome can make the difference to someone’s day. It is a great way of getting to know people in the Church and to grow in confidence as you learn to welcome people to Church. This is a great opportunity to develop your people skills, and being a part of such a wonderful team helps you to connect and make friends as well as using your gift to help others.

Please contact Becky Dilnot for more information on beckydilnot@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ New Peoples

Could you serve on our New Peoples Team?

Are you available Sunday mornings between 9:30am and 11:30am, or Sunday evenings between 6pm to 7:30pm?

You would be involved in welcoming new people into Church at a morning or evening service. This may be their first or second time at Church and it will be your responsibility to ensure they are welcomed and have some basic knowledge of what to expect. We give a little orientation of the building, explain about our connect forms, ensure they have a free drink, and if appropriate introduce them to others so they are not on their own. The current commitment is to serve every 1 in 3 Sundays on the team.

Do you have a friendly face, and a welcoming spirit?

Can you make conversation with people you will not know?

Can you connect with people in a relaxed way?

Do you like to make people feel included?

If so, we would love you to join our New Peoples team!

Would you like to develop your skills in making people feel encouraged and welcome as they come to Church? A friendly face, and a warm welcome can make the difference to someone’s day. It is a great way of getting to know people in the Church and to grow in confidence and people skills as you learn to welcome people to Church. Being a part of this wonderful team helps you to connect and make friends as well as using your gift to help others.

Please contact Becky Dilnot for more information on beckydilnot@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Coffee House And Catering

Could you serve on the Coffee House or Kitchen Team?

Are you available at any of these times?: Sunday 8.45am - 12.30 pm Sunday 5.30pm - 8,30 pm Weekdays 10 -2.30pm

Kitchen

Sunday 11.30 - 1pm Weekdays 10 -2.30pm

It is important to note that although the above outlines the hours required for each role, there is the capacity to come in for certain hours according to role and availability.

Do you have or would you be willing to gain:

• basic food hygiene - level 2
• hospitality and catering level 1,2, 0r 3
• retail experience
• customer service experience
• catering experience
• barista experience

Would you like to develop: Volunteering in any capacity can not only be rewarding but also can enable you to gain new skills that increase your employment prospects . Volunteering for a customer focused team such as the coffee house can be excellent to put down on a CV as the skills acquired are very transferable. From customer services, problem solving, cash handling, stock rotation, barista training to food hygiene training if its fast paced you are looking for in your role then the coffee house is the team for you.

Please contact Tracy Newton - tracynewton@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ SetUp Team

Could you serve on a Set Up Team?

Are you available on a Sunday mornings or evenings to put out the chairs out ready for the Sunday services?

You would then help re-adjust/put away the chairs immediately after the service.

A team of 3 or 4 people could complete the Set-Up and pack down within 20 minutes.

As a volunteer you would be expected to show regular commitment to the team.

All we ask of you is that you try it for a month or maybe 3 months? Sign up and see how you go.

Are you available:

• 08:30am set up for morning service
• 11:30am after morning service to set up for evening service
• 19:30pm take down after evening service

You need:

• Good time keeping
• Eye for detail
• To be a team player
• Be able to do heavy lifting (chairs)
• Willing to do out of sync shifts if needed

Please contact: Ps Becky Dilnot, Chester Jacobs, or Shane Barnes at office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Kids Church

Come and join our Kids Church Team!

Do you enjoy working with children and have you got some experience in this field? Are you patient, enthusiastic and outgoing?

Every Sunday morning during the Church service we have a Kids Church for 3-11 year olds supervised by DBS checked volunteers (who currently serve on a 3-week rota). We arrive and help set up from around 9.30. Afterwards we clean up the room, till around 12 noon.

Being part of the Kids Church Team will give you the opportunity to get to know more people in Church. Not only do you get the chance to build up a close relationship with the people on the Team but you also get to talk to the parents and get to know them better. And of course you can shine God’s light into the life of all the children coming into Kids Church.

If this is the Team for you or you would like to know more contact Pastor Andy Dilnot on andydilnot@newhorizonchurch.org.uk or Rhoda on rhoda@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Creche

Are you the person called to serve on the Creche Team? Every Sunday morning during the Church service we offer a creche for children aged 0-2 years. The under 1’s come with their parent/carer and the over 1’s are left in our care of two team members who are DBS checked.

The team sets the crèche room ready with lots of toys from 9.30am & are available for any new parents & carers before the service. While the children are in our care, we have ‘what’s in the box’ activity & sing songs after we’ve tidied up at the end. What we have found is that we build up great pool relationships not only with the others on the team but also with the carers and the children. It’s a great opportunity to be a good role model, showing the love of God through play, making the children feel safe, secure and loved.

If you feel this Team is for you, please contact Rhoda on rhoda@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Tots Team

Are you available on a Wednesday morning? Could you be part of our Tots Playgroup Team?

The Tots Playgroup for 0-4 year olds takes place on Wednesdays during Term Time only. 10-11.30am

The team set up from 9.15 & finish approx 12pm. We are very flexible on what you can do & appreciate all the help. The Jobs you could be doing include: setting up the room, setting you the music, registration of parents & children, preparing & leading crafts, preparing snacks/drinks, interacting with visiting families, singing songs, packing away toys, cleaning cups & bowls, stacking chairs and hoovering the hall.

If you have a heart for children and families in your local community, love belonging in a team that has passion for people- please come and join us and enjoy sharing God’s love through serving.

Please contact Rhoda on rhoda@newhorizonchurch.org

+ Cleaning Team

Could you serve on The Cleaning Team?

Are you available Monday morning from 10am, Wednesday from 10:30 or Saturday morning from 9am or at any other time because our times are flexible?

Do you have cleaning skills and are you to work within a team?

Would you like to develop your team building skills and cleaning skills?

The team have a wonderful time together whilst cleaning; sharing hot drinks, snacks and stories. By serving together we have developed friendships and are able to support each other all whilst keeping our lovely building clean for everybody to enjoy! We always keep our eyes open when we walk around and take initiative picking up things, we notice need doing.

Please contact Tracy Newton at office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Youth Team

NH Youth provides a holistic program that intends to cover the spiritual, material, and relational areas in the life of young people school years 7-12. The program includes: Youth classes on the 1st and 3rd Sunday morning of the month; Youth social after the morning service on the 2nd Sunday of the month and Youth Life group on the 4th Friday of the month. In addition to this there are trips that we organize on special occasions such as weekend away, youth camp, conference attendance and a lot more.

Would you like to be part of the Youth Team?

If you are passionate about seeing young people awake to the reality of heaven and Christ; if you love to see them laugh and want to have fun together; If you are willing to be ready to commit yourself to being a good example, spiritual and practical support in youth life and generate disciples then we will love to have you on board with us.

What is required:

• Maintain your personal devotional life with Jesus.
• Be an example of the Christian life both within and outside your role as a team member, e.g., social, and private life.
• Be invested in the vision of NH Youth and New Horizon Church.
• MUST have DBS check and declared safe to work with children.
• Must and be consistent in communication and ready to come along to help organize youth events.
• Right attitudes and motivation for ministry: Servanthood (Putting others before yourself); Love (Motivated by love); Upbuilding (Build others Through guidance, encouragement, rebuke, exhortation, example, spiritual gift)

If you would like to find out more and think this team is for you, please contact Paolo@newhorizonchurch.org.uk or Damaris@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Buildings Team

The overall maintenance and upkeep of the building is overseen by our building committee and they are always looking for people to join the building team. Maybe you have a trade skill or are a handyperson? If so the building team could be the team for you. The building team is made up either of people who can give regular days a week to serve, or even simply go on a database list to be called upon when certain jobs may need doing.

Email: office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Conference team

Throughout the week our building is used for room bookings and conferences. We are looking for people who can be called upon to serve at different events. Tasks may include such things as opening and closing the venue, room setup, conference hospitality and administration. Please have a think if this is something that you could get involved with.

Email: office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk or tracynewton@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Worship Team

Can you play an instrument? Can you sing? Do you love praise and worship?

Well maybe the worship team would be a great fit for you! If you love worshipping, and love expressing yourself in worship then leading people through playing in the band could help you do that. Our expectation is that you have a Christian faith, and have been attending our church for around 6 months. You will then get the opportunity to sit down with one of our worship leaders and go through our role expectations and job description.

What is required...

If you are down to play in the band that week you will be required to attend a practice before the Sunday service at either 8:30am or 5:30pm on the Sunday, and then in addition to that we have 2 music practices a month. There will be occasions where we have weddings or extra services where we may ask if you are available to play.

The expectation is you will play on band approximately twice a month, depending on the instrument.

Being on band is a great way to get to know people and work as part of a team, everyone works together and supports one another.

If you are just starting out on the journey of playing an instrument - we do have a music room where you can practice.

An audition process will take place at one of the monthly practices.

If you are interested then please contact office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Audio/Video/Media

Could you serve on the Audio Visual Tech Team?

Are you available Sunday morning 08:30-12:00 or Sunday evening 17:30-20:30

Do you have general technical abilities, combined with an appreciation of what sounds good or is visually appealing?

Would you like to develop sound engineering and mixing, lighting, presentation, or video engineering skills?

Please contact Simon Salloway (Audio) at office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk or Paolo (Visuals) at paolo@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

There are several roles in the team that runs the live church services, no single person is doing everything. The roles are normally divided between:

• Sound engineer – operating the sound mixing desk, unique blend of technical and audio skills
• Visuals – operating the visuals computer using ProPresenter software, unique blend of technical and visual skills
• Live Stream engineer – operating the live stream, mixing visual slides and worship lyrics into the video (more info below)

Combined duties for all the above roles include:

• Initial switch on of all key sound, visual and lighting equipment
• Initial mix balance during pre-service worship band practise
• Preparing the visuals – slides decks, worship song lyrics, notices as required in advance of the service going live
• Ensuring microphones and instruments are tested and put out ready for the service
• Adjusting lighting, and visuals ready for the live service
• Kicking off the YouTube live stream and checking it is fully operational
• Mixing the worship lyrics and presentation slides into the live stream video
• Acute observation during live service as there is a lot of moving parts, requires multitasking and eyes like a hawk – you will not be bored! 😉
• Constant rebalancing of the mix, worship song words and other presentation slides, checking the live stream
• Fitting headset microphone to primary person speaking
• Recording the audio for the podcast
• Ability to troubleshoot rapidly under pressure during a live service
• … and many more !!!

+ Live Streaming

Are you available to serve on our Live Streaming Team for one Sunday morning every month? If so, we would love to have you onboard!

No skills are necessary as you would be taught everything you need to know but an interest in YouTube and video would make you the ideal person to help broadcast our services to the world!

A training document for live streaming will be made available to you as well as some buddying and coaching until you are ready to take the reins yourself. On the Sunday morning you would need to be here 40 minutes before the service starts to set things up and get the broadcast ready for go live!

Live streaming is a very exciting opportunity and you’ll get to use some very advanced broadcasting equipment that is used in the likes of the Motorpoint arena in Nottingham, for when they put on live shows and display it on the large screens either side of the stage.

If you want to take your technical knowledge up a notch and this sounds like an exciting opportunity for you then please speak to Ray Krzeminski, who will get you all trained up and on the Live Stream team.

+ Photography

Could you serve on our Photography Team?

Are you available Sunday mornings between 9:30am and 11:30am?

Would you be interested in joining the media photography team? This involves taking photographs during the morning service, including the social time before the service, during worship, and the word. You would be involved in setting up the camera, taking photographs in a creative way, editing the photos, and uploading them to a drive. You would be required to serve around 1 in 3 Sundays currently. We operate a rota for this team. There may be occasions where you are asked to take photos at other events if you have availability.

• Do you have a creative flair?
• Do you have an eye for detail?
• Would you like to use your creativity for God?

Would you like to develop new skills like; setting up the camera, teamwork, and developing your artistic eye to create appealing and striking photos that would help encourage people to think about the Church?

Social media is an important tool in how many people get to hear about the Church. This is a great ministry for the glory of God, as well as developing a great skill that can be used in lots of areas of life. Being part of a team will encourage you to make friends, and develop your confidence, as well as using your skills to serve Gods house.

Full training will be given.

Please email office@newhorizonchurch.org.uk or speak to Matthias Keuter for further information.

+ Chuck The Chicken

Have you got a secret Chuck the Chicken inside you?

If you don’t mind attention. If you like dressing up. If you like interacting and engaging with everyone. Then you are the person we are looking for!

We need you on our Team to be Chuck the Chicken once a month during the morning service, the second Sunday of every month. You get the exclusive chance of dressing up in his very special costume.

We need you to guide the kids to Kids Church while engaging with the rest of the Church. Be the jolly appetiser that shows the children that Kids Church is lots of fun whilst they are learning lots of important things about God and the Bible.

If you want to join please contact Rhoda on rhoda@newhorizonchurch.org.uk

+ Baptism Pool Team

Would you like to be involved with the set-up and filling of our Baptism pool?

Are you able to spend a few hours at church during the day of the Baptism and stay to help during the Baptisms (and have a front row seat)?

When?

Are you available 3-4 times a year on Sunday during the day and evening?

If you are interested speak to Ilke Keuter or send an email to ilkekeuter@newhorizonchurch.org.uk with your enquiries.