Alms of Love Food Pantry

  • Ministry Head: Alison Kern
  • Phone: 315.854.2370

About Alms of Love Food Pantry

The Alms of Love Food Pantry is open Thursdays from 11am until 2pm. We provide groceries free of charge to all who come. Please call the church if you need food at any other point, we will try to accommodate all needs as much as possible.

 

Blessing Shop

About Blessing Shop

The Blessing Shop is a ministry that supports members of the body as well as members of our community who have clothing needs in their families. We are here for you! All clothing is free to take. We operate on a volunteer basis, sorting through donations and hanging the articles in their designated area.

The Blessing Shop will be closed from December to January 8, 2012.

 

Children's Church

  • Ministry Head: Carina Gilchrist
  • Email: carina@carinasinclair.com
  • Phone: 315.528.2001
  • Ministry Head: Hannah Thomas (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: hannah.thomas@gmail.com

About Children's Church

After worship in the main sanctuary finishes, during the meet and greet time of our service, children pre-K to 7th grade are dismissed to their respective classrooms for an hour of Bible teaching, interactive games, skits, coloring, and fellowship. Our equipped teaching staff take their jobs seriously and you can trust that your children will learn, have fun, and remember their time in Children's Church. At the end of the service the children are escorted to the service in pairs by a Children's Church worker.

 

College Ministry

About College Ministry

The college ministry of Christian Fellowship Center has seen thousands of students throughout the years the goal is not to retain them for life (we understand our position as a place of training and sending out) but to teach them the value of local church and family. Most of the key leaders at CFC were college students who never left, so we don't mind it when that happens. But our goal is to provide a place for discipleship to happen and relationship building.

We are excited about our new location at 41 Main Street in Potsdam and plan to serve the four major campuses, Clarkson, SUNY Potsdam, SUNY Canton, and St. Lawrence through college ministry and events there!

 

Food and Fellowship

  • Ministry Head: Susan Blewett
  • Phone: 315.386.2408

About Food and Fellowship

We all know one of the best ways to facilitate fellowship is to gather a group of people together and give them something to eat. So, we also use that tactic at times! Our Food & Fellowship ministry aids purposed times for believers from the body to really connect to one another while enjoying something good to enjoy as well!

 

Greeters

  • Ministry Head: Del French (CFC Madrid)
  • Email: delwinfrench46@gmail.com
  • Phone: 315.322.5808
  • Ministry Head: Adriene Daniels (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: sunnyd3@gmail.com

About Greeters

It is important to us that when you walk through our doors on Sunday morning, you are greeted with love, warmth, and care. The Church is the representative of Christ and as such, we strive to extend the same love that we've received to those around us.

 

Info Booth

  • Ministry Head: Ann Mackey
  • Email: ann.eliz.mackey@gmail.com
  • Phone: 315.276.9250
  • Ministry Head: Adriene Daniels (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: sunnyd3@gmail.com

About Info Booth

Questions? Need more information? Want to learn about upcoming events or how you can get involved?

All of this can be handled by the experts in our Info Booth. They are there to direct you, answer your questions, and make you feel like you welcome! The Info Booth is open before and after the service every Sunday.

 

Media Ministry

  • Ministry Head: Sheila Newcomb (CFC Madrid)
  • Phone: 315.386.5715
  • Ministry Head: Pat Wilbur (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: pdub@pdub.net

About Media Ministry

The Media Team helps create a more organized atmosphere by aiding the congregation every Sunday with song lyrics during worship, announcements, and sermon notes (if the Pastor is using any) using our projector as well as other technology.

 

Ministering Prayer Team

About Ministering Prayer Team

Our Ministering Prayer Team is a group of people who have a heart to serve others and stand in faith that the Lord will work in your life. They are available after every service to prayer with you no matter how "small" the issue. They are people who believe in the power of prayer, the importance of prayer, and have faith that the Lord listens to our prayers.

"The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective." James 5:15-16

 

Nursery

  • Ministry Head: Brietta Paladin (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: briettapaladin@gmail.com
  • Phone: 315.262.0321
  • Ministry Head: Keila Levendusky (CFC Madrid)
  • Email: beandkeila@gmail.com

About Nursery

CFC is abounding and overflowing with children of all ages and they are a top priority in our ministry. To best serve you during our regular services and special events, we have qualified and trained nursery workers who will take care of your children during the services.

Each nursery (0-2 infants and 3-4 toddlers) is staffed by at least two workers and a plethora of age appropriate toys. We also have a nursing mothers room for mothers with infants. Every family is assigned a number which will flash to the right of the stage should their child(ren) need them.

Also, feel free to contact: Renee Ockrin at 518.338.7490 or Liz Daniels 315.244.3474

 

Pastors' Prayer Team

About Pastors' Prayer Team

Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you. Hebrews 13:17

Our Pastors are amazing! It is astounding how much time and energy they put into serving us and seeing our lives flourish. These great men of God are constantly giving, constantly pouring into us, and we want to make sure that they are, in turn, constantly being strengthened and renewed.

The Pastors Prayer Team is simply a team of people who commit to pray for these two men of God—that He would continue to strengthen them, renew their vision, and continue to protect and bless them.

 

Photography Ministry

About Photography Ministry

There are so many great people who come here and events that happen around this place, and it's our goal to capture some of these special moments and share them with the rest of the family. At the end of every year, we have a New Year's Celebration and during the service there's always a slide-show displaying some of the memories of what happened in the last year.

 

Security

About Security

Our aim is to make this church a safe and protected environment where all those who are a part feel comfortable and at home. Every Sunday morning there are a few men whose job it is to make sure that everything runs smoothly and to take care of any problems. These are men who have proved themselves to be faithful and who we know we can trust.

 

Sound Ministry

  • Ministry Head: Kevin Kern (CFC Madrid)
  • Email: k.kevin1234@gmail.com
  • Phone: 315.244.7927
  • Ministry Head: Tim Swyka (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: tim@timswyka.com

About Sound Ministry

Our sound team is extremely vital to our Sunday mornings! They show up early, make sure that everything is set for the service, and then work throughout the service so that there are no malfunctions with the equipment. We owe a lot of gratitude to these dedicated individuals!

 

Upward Basketball

About Upward Basketball

Upward Basketball is a great tool for all kinds of ministry! Upward Basketball is a program built for grades K-6 to them teach the basics of basketball and how to have a great time playing competitive sports.

 

Ushers

  • Ministry Head: Dave LaFaver
  • Phone: 315.590.3005

About Ushers

The ushers handout the monthly bulletin, collect the tithes and offering, pass out the communion, and complete a variety of other tasks to keep our weekly Sunday service running smoothly! Contact Dave LaFaver if you'd like to be involved in this important, practical ministry.

 

Visitor's Hospitality

About Visitor's Hospitality

If you attend CFC Potsdam, we meet every Sunday at 10:30am before the service for a time of fellowship (with refreshments!). If you planning to visit CFC Potsdam, we encourage you to arrive early and join us, we want to meet you!

 

Worship Team

  • Ministry Head: Camilla Sinclair (CFC Madrid)
  • Email: sinclaircamilla@gmail.com
  • Phone: 315.322.4115
  • Ministry Head: Daniel Paladin (CFC Potsdam)
  • Email: danielpaladin@gmail.com
  • Phone: 315.262.0222

About Worship Team

The book of Psalms is clear about praising God with singing and instruments and we've found that this is an amazing way to express to the Lord our hearts of worship, love, thankfulness, and declare who He is and what He's done.

We have a worship band that prepares and leads us in worship for the first 30 minutes of our weekly Sunday service. Our Worship Team does a great job of leading us in songs which focus our hearts so that our time doesn't turn into a tradition, but continues to be something that leads us into the glory of the Lord.

Contact Camilla Sinclair (Worship Leader) at 315.322.4115

 

Youth

About Youth

We're so excited about what God is doing in our youth! We're learning what it means to be wholly surrendered to him; doing whatever He calls us to do wholeheartedly and above and beyond the bare minimum. Going beyond our comfort zones into the plans He has for us—that's what we're after.

We meet weekly at Nate & Sarah LaFaver's house at CFC Potsdam, Thursdays at 6pm