Ministries
No matter your stage or season of life, we want you and your family to join us! Your family is always welcome at Queen’s Chapel UMC.
Ministries
Queen’s Chapel United Methodist Church offers a variety of opportunities to use your talents, skills, resources, and spiritual gifts to make a difference in the lives of our church family and our local community.
Some ways you can help is by volunteering your time to serve others in a ministry, or by participating in one of our fellowship ministries.
Our ministries are categorized by department. Feel free to explore the possibilities.
The Nurture Ministries
Church School Team
This group of dedicated workers provides Christian education in the church school and other settings that help persons grow in their understanding of the Bible and Christian faith to live as Christian disciples. They work to make the church school a vehicle for evangelism and church growth.
This group of dedicated workers provides Christian education in the church school and other settings that help persons grow in their understanding of the Bible and Christian faith to live as Christian disciples. They work to make the church school a vehicle for evangelism and church growth.
Education Team
The mission of the Education Team is to plan educational ministries for persons of all ages so that we will have opportunities to seek, to know, and discover ways to live as Christian Disciples.
Higher Education & Campus Ministry
Working in conjunction with the Education Team, this team coordinates the ministry of Queen’s Chapel with persons in post-secondary educational institutions. It strives to keep them connected with the church by keeping open channels of communication. This team also administers and leads in raising funds to support the various scholarship programs of the church.
The Stewardship Team
This team’s goal is to help the congregation understand Christian Stewardship and practice faithful stewardship in all of life. Their task is to coordinate the planning and implementation of a comprehensive stewardship education program, inspiration, and action. They also coordinate with the Committee on Finance, an annual effort to secure pledges to support the church budget in the coming year. They must be familiar with the goals the congregation sets for itself, how these goals influence stewardship programs, and, conversely, how stewardship can influence and extend these goals.
The Age Level Ministries
At every stage of life, the church seeks to address the concerns and conditions of children, youth, young adults, adults, older adults, singles, couples, and families in the church and the community, so that they may grow in their understanding of themselves and the Christian faith and that their quality of life may be improved. These ministries strive to keep before the congregation of Queen’s Chapel issues impacting those groups bearing in mind that the configuration of families in our society has undergone (and continues to undergo) some radical changes and departures from the “traditional” family unit.
The specific duties:
- To become familiar with the congregation’s overall goals and interpret how these goals may be achieved through the congregation’s ministry with children, youth, young adults, older adults, singles, couples, and families.
- To encourage the inclusion of children, youth, young adults, older adults, singles, couples, and families in the church’s various programs and projects.
- To help plan and carry out a varied and wide-ranging program with children, youth, young adults, older adults, singles, couples, and families, including worship, study, fellowship, service opportunities, etc.
- To be a liaison with organizations, persons, and resources related to age-level and family ministries and might help build a strong program within the congregation and community of Queen’s Chapel United Methodist Church.
- To take part in the Church Council and the Charge Conference and represent children, youth, young adults, older adults, singles, couples, and family ministries in these groups.
- To prepare annual budget requests to be submitted to the Committee on Finance.
These ministries include Children’s Ministry, Young Adult, Older Adult, Singles, Adult Couples, and Youth Ministry.
Worship Arts and Media Ministry
The Worship Team’s mission is to plan worship services and activities that are alive with God’s presence and the congregation’s participation, such that people are welcomed, changed by God’s Word, and sent out to love and serve in daily life.
The Team’s Primary Tasks are:
(1) To work with the Pastor, the Director of Music, and other involved persons to ensure that Queen’s Chapel United Methodist Church provides opportunities for worship that will help persons develop and strengthen their relationship with God, so that they may live more faithfully as Christian Disciples;
(2) To work with the Pastor and Director of Music to plan worship experiences that both meet the spiritual needs of our current membership and attract others into our fellowship.
The Combined Choirs
Is made up of members from all QC’s choirs. They are responsible for providing the music ministry for every first Sunday Worship and Communion service. The genre of music ranges from anthems to spirituals and traditional gospel.
Audition required: No.
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
The Sanctuary Choir
This choir is responsible for providing music for the second Sunday. The choir genre ranges from gospel music from the Thomas Dorsey era with some current pieces as well. This choir utilizes a rich repertoire of hymns and original pieces.
Audition required: No.
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
The Male Chorus
Has been providing music for fifty years at Queen’s Chapel. The Male Chorus is still going strong and is responsible for the music on the third Sundays. Their music covers original pieces, anthems, modern gospel as well as current gospel music.
Audition required: No.
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
Radical Sunday Choir
The Radical Sunday Choir is composed of people from the Young People’s Choir and alumni from YPC. This choir is responsible for singing on Radical Sundays, which are celebrated on fifth Sundays.
Auditions Required: No
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
The QC Praise and Worship Ensemble
This new choir is in the formative and developmental stages. It will bring very current gospel, sacred, and worship music to the Queen’s Chapel Music scene. This choir will also work very closely with the band and will consist of solo caliber singers—more information to follow.
Audition Required: Yes
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
The Mass Choir
This choir is responsible for providing music for the fourth Sundays, where there are five Sundays of the month and special occasions. This choir sings songs from a range of anthems, sophisticated gospel pieces, current and modern gospel. Artists such as Hawkins, Smallwood, and many others are often featured.
Audition Required: No
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
Young People’s Choir
The Young People’s Choir is one of the oldest choirs at Queen’s Chapel and is a proud family for young and developing singers. The choir is responsible for providing music for the fourth Sundays. Children’s ages range from 5 all the way to high school are invited and welcomed to sing. The choir sings songs from modern gospel, new worship songs, and songs that fall under the contemporary Christian genre.
Audition Required: No
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
Band & Instrumental Music
This ministry is responsible for providing music for worship services and special occasions and events. The primary instruments are drums, keyboards, guitars—bass, and lead. Other instrumentalists are welcome to play on a volunteer basis.
Audition Required: Yes
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
Liturgical Dance
Angels in Flight I and II provides liturgical dance for the worship experiences of Queen’s Chapel. Angels in Flight I is for children and youth while II is for adults. A background in dance is welcomed but not necessary.
Audition Required: No
Rehearsals: See Music Department Calendar
Drama Ministry
This ministry will research, examine, and explore how relevant messages, Biblically useful, are presented in a dramatic format. Auditions Required: No
Camera and Visual Arts
This is also a forming and growing ministry responsible for recording the service, editing, film promotions, and distribution of DVDs. Training is provided.
Media Ministry
This team is responsible for operating and providing the visual components of the Worship Experience. These components include operating laptops, projectors during the morning worship experience. The substance of these visual aids will include text for scripture text, hymn and song lyrics, announcements, prayer requests, and clips. Experience is welcomed but not necessary as training will be provided.
Hands of Praise
The Queen’s Chapel United Methodist Church’s Hands of Praise Sign Language Ministry believes that everyone should experience the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Word and Song without barriers. The Hands of Praise Ministry was officially established at Queen’s Chapel United Methodist Church on Sunday, September 1, 2002. Its mission is to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for the deaf and hard of hearing within the faith community. Currently, Sign Language interpreting is provided each month on the First Sunday and special occasions and an as-needed basis. The Ministry welcomes newcomers with or with no sign language experience to join the ministry. Sign language classes are offered 2-3 times a year. Please contact the church administrator with your need or interest.
Worship Leaders (also known as Liturgists)
One who is spiritually engaged through the church’s ministries, i.e., Bible Study, Sunday School, Ministries, and are called to lead people in worship. Worship Leaders bring different gifts to the experience. Some are gifted in prayer, energizing worshippers, etc. Training is provided.
Sound Ministry
The Sound Team is responsible for operating the soundboard, managing the ministry’s sound elements and quality, and recording the services (including CD/DVD duplication). While a background in sound is welcomed, the experience is not required as training will be provided.
Usher Board
The Usher Board consists of men, women, and children who have organized and dedicated themselves as an usher unit. The Usher is a silent evangelist, a doorkeeper in the house of God. The beauty of the Lord’s house is its order, and much of this depends upon an efficient usher board.
Queen’s Chapel is a charter member of the Interdenominational Church Usher’s Association of Maryland, Inc. (ICUA) as members of the Prince George’s County Unit.
Spoken Word Ministry
This ministry is in the developmental stage. It is expected to be up and running in the fall of 2012.
MIME Ministry
Acolytes
Greeters
This ministry is an extension of the Hospitality Ministry. Volunteers meet and greet visitors every Sunday before worship and at special services. Their mission is to welcome
Communion Stewards
Liturgy
The Team is responsible for forming, developing, and providing liturgy for the Sunday morning worship service and other worship experiences throughout the year, i.e., Watch Night, Christmas Eve, Holy Week, etc.
Bible Study Opportunities
Bible Study: Weekly, on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Bible Study: Weekly Wednesday Evenings 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
“Off the Hook” Young Adult Bible Study: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Youth Bible Study: Teens and Middle School Age Weekly, Wednesday 6:30 p.m. to 7:30
Men’s Bible Class: Meets every Sunday morning during the Church School hour.
The United Methodist Women
The United Methodist Women (UMW) is an organization that is a division of every local church and is directly related to the District and Conference organizations of United Methodist Women and the Women’s Division of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
This local unit is part of the largest denominational faith organization for women with an approximate membership of 800,000 whose mission fosters spiritual growth, developing leaders, and advocating for justice. Membership is open to any woman who indicates her desire to belong and participate in the church’s global mission through United Methodist Women.
The United Methodist Men
There is an organized unit of the United Methodist Men (UMM) chartered and annually renewed through the General Commission on United Methodist Men in each local church. All local church men’s organizations provide a dedicated ministry for building men spiritually and involving men in the Church’s total ministry. As men are called to the model servant leadership of Jesus Christ, the UMM exists to help them declare that Christ is in the center of every man’s life. Men’s ministry leads to spiritual growth and effective discipleship.
Administrative Committees
The Church Council
The primary task of the Church Council is to lead the congregation of Queen’s Chapel in short and long-range planning and in formulating and carrying out its mission and ministry so that persons are received into this fellowship, encouraged in strengthening their relationship with God, and supported as they seek to live as Christian disciples.
The Committee on Finance
This committee is responsible for developing an annual budget for the church and finding the means to support the budget so that the mission and ministry of Queen’s Chapel are funded and strengthened.
The Membership Team
The Team works in two phases.
New Member Coordinators: The team’s purpose is to cultivate the new member experience from the time one joins to full membership. They coordinate the New Member classes and provide instruction monthly.
Membership Secretarial Team:
It is the Membership Team’s job to keep accurate membership records so that Queen’s Chapel can nurture its members as Christian disciples. This team prepares reports for the Annual Charge Conference and statistics for the church ministries.
The Committee on Lay Leadership
This Committee works year-round to ensure that our congregation has a working plan for discovering, inviting, nominating, and supporting persons for leadership positions in the administrative and programmatic areas of the church’s life. They keep church officers and leaders abreast of training opportunities, skills enhancement, and leadership development in their area of service. A slate of officers is presented for election at the annual Charge Conference (and any other time necessary) to carry out our church’s mission and ministry as defined by the Book of Discipline and the Church Council. The committee on Lay Leadership is the only committee of the church over which the Pastor presides.
The Committee on Staff-Parish Relations
The mission of the Staff Parish Relations Committee is to be the liaison between the Pastor, staff, and congregation; and to work as a team with the congregation. Our mission is to focus on discovering current reality, naming shared visions, and monitoring the faith journey of Queen’s Chapel United Methodist Church.
They inform the Church Council of the church’s staffing needs and work with the Council in finding ways to meet those needs. They also recommend to the Council personnel policies for all persons employed by the church, excluding clergy persons appointed by the Bishop. The Committee also seeks out and recommends persons to become candidates for the ordained ministry.
Church Historian & the Committee on Records & History
The role of the Church Historian and the Committee on Records & History is to help the congregation of Queen’s Chapel document its historical identity by keeping its records in an orderly fashion to preserve and build on its heritage. They work with the trustees to establish and maintain an Archives and History Center on the church premises.
Also to serve as a resource to the Baltimore Washington Conference to understand the history and heritage of Queen’s Chapel.
Membership is by appointment.
Board of Trustees
The trustees of the church supervise and maintain all property belonging to Queen’s Chapel so that the congregation’s ministries can be effective. The Board shall consist of not fewer than three nor more than nine persons and is recommended that at least one-third be laywomen and that at least one-third be laymen. They shall be of legal age as determined by the law, and at least two-thirds shall be professing members of The United Methodist Church.
Communications & Public Relations
The Coordinator of Communications and Public Relations develops how members of the congregation and persons in the community may understand and become interested in participating in the ministry of Queen’s Chapel Church.
The Policy Review Committee
Comprehensive policies and procedures are essential to aid the officers, leaders, and members in effective mission and ministry in the name of Jesus Christ. This committee’s job is to monitor the Church Council’s work to note when Council actions necessitate revisions to the manual and recommend those revisions (and others) to the Church Council.
The Coordinator of Investments & Financial Development
To increase our ability to be in mission and ministry in the name of Jesus Christ, the coordinator of investments and financial development helps the congregation become financially successful by recommending sound investments and offering programs that assist the church’s financial development and its members.
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