To Know Jesus, and to know who Everyone is in Him, as the Father’s Adopted Children who Understand, Embrace, Enjoy, and Freely Share this Good News with the World, in the Spirit’s Multiplying Grace!

To Support the Mission and People of New Life Fellowship by participating with Jesus in the Feeding of His People.
(“And He said „I have compassion for the crowd because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat?” – Mark 8:2”)

F.O.O.D.S. Ministry is (Fellowship-Oriented, Organized, Overflowing, Diverse, Sociable)

1. F = Fellowship-Oriented: This is the value of participating with Jesus in fostering, with food, a Spirit of Fellowship within His Body that flows directly out of the Relationship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and in Him Whom we Live, Move and have our Being. Special effort is made to participate in this relationship with prayer, arranging seating in a face-to-face manner, and other creative ways inspired by the Spirit.
2. O = Organized: This is the value of participating with Jesus in making sure that the food is prepared in an organized, safe and nutritious way that actually promotes, maintains, and even increases the overall health of our minds, bodies and spirits! There should be enough food without waste or shortage. There should be safe food, prepared, cooled, and heated properly. We should also plan to economize and handle waste and garbage in an environmentally responsible way as much as is realistically possible.
3. O = Ornamental: This is the value of participating with Jesus in making sure that the physical atmosphere within which we eat is clean, attractive, and fosters our ongoing fellowship with a mark of Jesus’ good taste and grace. This would include flower arrangements, banners, signs, ribbons, cards and gifts (when appropriate), napkins, silverware & plasticware, table cloths etc.
4. D = Diversity: This is the value of participating with Jesus in making sure that ALL the diversity of his people within the congregation is also seen and experienced in the foods that are prepared. Special effort should be made to meet the eating preferences of the majority culture in the church, but also the minority cultures from time-to-time, also. This will mean communicating with the diversity of people and getting their involvement on ideas and help in preparing such foods.
5. S = Sweet: This is the value of participating with Jesus in making sure that those who serve in such a ministry do so sweetly, kindly and with grace. Oftentimes the experience of eating in the cafeterias and restaurants of our broken world are anything but sweet and self-giving. One of the marks of the Holy Spirit coming upon humanity is people “eat[ting] their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people.” – Acts 2:46-47.

1. Goals: To provide food and refreshments in a Christ-like atmosphere of love, patience, and friendliness. To extend genuine love and interest towards church members and visitors alike and make everyone feel at home. To provide attractive decorum for serving food in a simple, orderly fashion.
2. Sub-Tasks: Plan weekly food menus for serving food to the congregation; Maintain adequate inventory of paper/plastic ware, food stuff, and replace such as needed. Set-up attractive decorum, (tables, chairs, table cloths, flowers, etc.), for food to be served; Coordinate and help with clean-up and decorum inventory/furniture to be cleansed and stored away for future use. Maintain monetary record of expenditures used for Hospitality Ministry according to church budget.
3. Contact People:
   • Responsible for: Hospitality Ministry Volunteers, Social Activity’s Coordinator, In Reach Coordinator.
   • Responsible to: SAFETI Team, ECONOMY Team, Pastoral Team.
   • Work with: Ushers, Greeters, Congregation
4. Spiritual Gifts: Serving, Hospitality, Shepherding, Giving, Organization.
5. Abilities and Interests: Experience in serving large groups of people, good culinary skills, . loves cooking.
6. Weekly Time Commitment: 3-7 hours
7. Length of Assignment: Two years commitment verified by signing the Covenant of Commitment before the NLF Congregation.
8. Training: Apprenticeship in food service, reading books/listening to/looking at Cds, Dvds, Internet, and websites pertaining to food and hospitality.