Street to the Seat: Easter Planning Thoughts

As a private pilot I am required to go through a "pre-flight checklist" prior to every flight. We need to follow the same example as we prepare our congregations for one of the biggest days of celebration in Christianity.

Here is a list of the teams I pull together for Easter:

Easter Planning Team - 2o plus leaders from each area.
Finance Team - help determine the budget
Pastoral Team - pastoral service time assignments, locations, and responsibilities
Operations Team- Calendar Requests, Facilities, Security, Bus Shuttles, Maintenance, Food Service, Setup/Take down, equipment rental
Campus Ministry Team - traffic, greeters, ushers, first aid, bulletin stuffers, information center, patio setup, campus cleaning
Worship Team - Bands, singers, choirs, staging, Easter theme, number of services, location of services
Communication & I.T. Team - community & congregation communications, oral, print, broadcast, and digital media
Audio/Visual Team - sound technicians, staging and equipment, video walls for sunrise services, additional microphones, cameras, lights, speakers, etc...
Decoration Team - decoration of the campus and all worship services and/or venues including outdoor sunrise services in multiple locations in the city
Baptism Team - providing baptisms at all services
Bookstore Team - providing access to the resource pavilion
Follow-Up Team - Fresh Start with God Team (new believer kit distribution), response card team for decisions.
Children's Team - for all preschool and children programs
Youth Team - for all junior & senior high ministries

Within these 14 teams there are approximately 100 check boxes to be completed in preparation to launch the first of our 13 Easter services over a 4 day period.

Stay tuned...I'll post our checklist form in the next few days as a sample.