Administration

The office is open for Advent’s daily business from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday through Thursday and closed on Fridays. Volunteers assist during these hours.

Office Volunteers 

This group of volunteers assist the parish administrator in a variety of tasks, which can include stuffing bulletins, putting together service books for the worship party, sending memorial letters, answering the phone, greeting and assisting visitors.

Periodicals 

This is a ministry tied to the Forward Movement which publishes for the Episcopal Church.  Samples of their pamphlets are kept available for the congregation in the Narthex.  The most popular publication is “Forward Day by Day” which is published every three months and is to be read daily.

Safe Church and Safe Communities Training 

The Episcopal Church takes the safety of everyone very seriously and has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse or exploitation of any kind.  Therefore, as a member of a ministry, you are required to complete an online training course by the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona. The course is Safe Church and  Safe Communities Training.

See the Office Administrator for details on taking the online training should you need to do so.

• Safe Church is a course on child abuse awareness and prevention education.  There are six modules in this course, one of which is a refresher that is taken five years after the initial five courses. Any ministry that has a child as a participant is required to take this course. 

• Safe Communities is a course on preventing sexual exploitation in communities of faith.  Those ministries that are actively involved in the development of a pastoral care relationship are required to take this course.