Hospitality Committee
Responsibilities of MEMBERS

  • Serve as Coordinator for one month of the year:
    • Ensure that there is a greeter for each First Day.
    • Ensure that there is a host for coffee hour for each First Day.
    • Ensure that there are two people for set-up and clean-up for the potluck.
    • Arrive early each First Day of your assigned month to ensure that coffee and snacks are put out and that there is a greeter.
    • Ensure that soup is prepared on Business Meeting days.
    • Stop in the kitchen before and during potluck and coffee hour to offer encouragement and to be available to answer any questions.
    • Ensure that newcomers are greeted at coffee hour.
    • Ensure that the kitchen and fellowship are clean and the door is locked after coffee hours and potluck.
  • Provide hospitality for the annual Holiday Gathering as delegated by Clerk:
    • Purchase special food items unique to the Holiday Gathering (e.g., cider).
    • Set up tables and chairs for the potluck. One plan for set up is in the Hospitality Book. Another is in the cupboard above the stove.
    • Set tables for the potluck.
    • Create centerpieces for the tables if assigned to Hospitality.
    • Coordinate the flow of food in and out of the kitchen.
    • Assist in clean up after the potluck.
    • Take tablecloths home to be laundered and return to bins.
  • Assist in Clean-Up of the Meeting House:
  • Assist in Fall and Spring clean-ups, paying particular attention to the kitchen.
  • Assist with hospitality in special events as delegated by Clerk:
    • Assist with weddings.
    • Assist with memorial services.
    • Assist with Quarterly and Yearly Meetings when held in Providence.
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Walk cheerfully over the earth answering that of God in every person.
George Fox
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