Social Hour Teams

Welcome to the Social Hour Teams Page

Social Hour (no matter how many minutes it actually lasts) is an opportunity to engage new attenders and visitors in conversation and promote a real sense of connection within our meeting. This is a time to especially welcome Newcomers, who can be easily overlooked in the midst of so much necessary "shop talk" that occurs at the rise of meeting amongst committee members. So after setup—and before cleanup—the most important part of Social Hour actually takes place as you converse with new attenders and visitors!

Sign Up for Social Hour Teams

You can join a social hour team by writing your name on the calendar in the kitchen. Teams are responsible for just one week a month. Contact Community Life and your fellow social hour teammates if you can’t help out during your assigned week.

Social Hour Teams Tasks

Set up BEFORE Social Hour

  1. Check Coffee and make more as needed. Coffee is in the freezer.
  2. Take out bread, peanut butter, and jelly from the fridge/freezer and put on the cutting boards
  3. Set out napkins, plates/bowls, and utensils. (See cabinet labels.)
  4. For simple meals and potluck weeks:
    1. set out large plates and bowls.
    2. Assist in setting out food and food labels.
    3. Set out serving utensils: tongs, big spoons, spatulas, ect.


Clean up AFTER Social Hour

  1. Place dishes in the dishwasher. Hand wash any remaining dishes and large pots/pans and put in the drying racks.
  2. Run the dishwasher on the marked settings. Put sticky note “Washing has begun” on the machine.
  3. Put away FMA food (PB & J, Bread, ect.) Leftovers from potluck/simple meals can be put into go containers. Encourage friends to take them home!
  4. Refill the water tanks and put them in the fridge.
  5. Wipe down tables and counters. Soiled table cloths can go in the wash.
  6. Collect dirty towels from the bathrooms and dirty napkins from the social hall. Load and start the washing machine.
  7. Refill water filter containers and put in fridge so they're cold for next time
  8. Clean the coffee maker. Unplug the machines. The grounds can go in the compost or in the crepe myrtle flower bed on the patio.
  9. Sweep the floors.
  10. Take out the trash, recycling and compost. Bin at the side of the building (facing MLK). Compost bin goes in the freezer.
  11. Water the ficus tree in the far corner of the worship hall.
  12. Check to see if anything is needed for the kitchen (e.g., drink mixes) – write a note on the bulletin board of anything which needs to be purchased.

Other important information

  • If ever needed, the First Aid Box is over the left sink! 
  • In order to reduce noise in the meeting room, please wait until actual announcements have begun. Try to be as quiet as possible to avoid disruptions.
  • Check the calendar in the kitchen to confirm your team assignment date.
  • We are trying to have teams large enough that if one person can't be there, there will be enough others to carry on.
  • However, it is helpful if your team knows ahead of time that you'll be absent.
  • It is easy in the hustle and bustle of Sundays, to forget that your team may be on duty that day, so please don't hesitate to remind members of your team if they have inadvertently forgotten that they are needed to help.