Become a Local Church Representative (LCR)

Job Description and Suggestions

Purpose: To serve as a liaison between your church and Louisiana Methodist Children's Home, and help strengthen the relationship between the two.

This can be accomplished by:

Praying for LMCH youth and staff.

Serving as a volunteer LMCH representative:

Be our hands, eyes, ears and mouth for LMCH in your local congregation.

Keep LMCH updated on how we can better serve your church.

Keep congregation informed of current LMCH events.

Receive information from the Home on a regular basis.

Insure that LMCH information is posted or given to all appropriate parties.

Show church organizations (UMM, UMW, Bible Studies, Youth Groups, etc.) how they can have an active role in LMCH. Show the LMCH video to these groups.

Organize a group from your church to tour LMCH and the Outdoor Wilderness Learning (OWL) center. Call the Development Office to schedule your visit: 1 (866) 255-5380.

Holding a fund-raiser event with proceeds going to LMCH (spaghetti dinner, video night, car wash, garage sale, golf tournament, etc.)

Promoting LMCH's Mother's Day offering.

Make announcements to general congregation regarding the importance of LMCH's only offering of the year.

Visit different Sunday School classes as Mother's Day approaches, perhaps even promoting a challenge between the classes.

Insure that the offering is being taken up at the proper time and that envelopes are in each church bulletin.

Participating in LMCH's holiday activities.

Encourage your congregation to become and Angel Tree sponsor.

Promote the LMCH Christmas Honor card project.

_{The LCR serves in a vital role for LMCH. We greatly appreciate the dedication of each LCR.}