I was raised in Edmonds, Washington and attended Western Washington University in Bellingham. My husband and I have been married for 24 years and have three beautiful daughters and a son-in-law. I have been on staff at our church for a total of 13 years.
The denomination used to have a form to track ALL changes to membership through out the year. When they stopped providing this form we created an Excel spreadsheet with seperate tabs for each area needed for the yearly Year Book questionaire. Our membership secretary then records births, adoptions, baptisms, dedications, professions of faith, new members, marriages, transfers out, lapses and deaths. Births do not need to be submitted to the demonmination but it helps our pastor track who to contact regarding upcoming baptism Sundays. We also note if a transfer out is to another CRC/RCA as this is a question on the Year Book questionaire.
We have a Zoll defibrilator at our church. Six or seven years ago our Parish Nurses had information on a grant to help pay for the unit provided we had staff trained by our local fire department in it's use. It utilizes both visual symbols and step by step verbal commands. Below is a link to their website and to information about their help in writing a grant.
Ginny, thank you for sharing your policy with us! We have a fire evacuation plan, based on procedures used at our local Christian school, but it primarily addresses nursery and all Sunday school classrooms. We have been missing details about how to handle our main sanctuary evacuation and your plan will be a great template for us to finish that portion.
Our procedure includes:
Count children before leaving the room & check the number against the attendance sheet
Bring the attendance sheet with them along with a red and green card
At the safe zone recount children and make sure it matches the attendance sheet
If everyone is accounted for hold up the green card
If anyone is missing hold up the red card
With over 150 children this allows us to identify very quickly if any of them are missing and unaccounted for.
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The denomination used to have a form to track ALL changes to membership through out the year. When they stopped providing this form we created an Excel spreadsheet with seperate tabs for each area needed for the yearly Year Book questionaire. Our membership secretary then records births, adoptions, baptisms, dedications, professions of faith, new members, marriages, transfers out, lapses and deaths. Births do not need to be submitted to the demonmination but it helps our pastor track who to contact regarding upcoming baptism Sundays. We also note if a transfer out is to another CRC/RCA as this is a question on the Year Book questionaire.
Posted in: Does anyone have advice on purchasing a church defibrillator?
We have a Zoll defibrilator at our church. Six or seven years ago our Parish Nurses had information on a grant to help pay for the unit provided we had staff trained by our local fire department in it's use. It utilizes both visual symbols and step by step verbal commands. Below is a link to their website and to information about their help in writing a grant.
Rana Velasco
Church Administrator
Sonlight Community CRC
http://www.zoll.com/medical-products/automated-external-defibrillators/aed-plus/
http://www.zoll.com/medical-products/grant-information/
Posted in: What written emergency evacuation plans are available for church preparedness?
Ginny, thank you for sharing your policy with us! We have a fire evacuation plan, based on procedures used at our local Christian school, but it primarily addresses nursery and all Sunday school classrooms. We have been missing details about how to handle our main sanctuary evacuation and your plan will be a great template for us to finish that portion.
Our procedure includes:
Count children before leaving the room & check the number against the attendance sheet
Bring the attendance sheet with them along with a red and green card
At the safe zone recount children and make sure it matches the attendance sheet
If everyone is accounted for hold up the green card
If anyone is missing hold up the red card
With over 150 children this allows us to identify very quickly if any of them are missing and unaccounted for.