About Our Church
MISSION & PURPOSE
Mission: Bringing the hope of Christ to our communities. Sharing God's Love through His Spirit, His Word, and His People.
Purpose: Our purpose is rooted in The Great Commission; to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Bit of History: Poinciana United Methodist Church was established on January 20, 1991 from a merger between Miami Springs United Methodist Church and First United Methodist Church of Hialeah.
Conference Information: Poinciana is a part of the Southeast District of Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Find more information here:
Meet Our Staff
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Rev. Emilio Chaviano
-Pastor
Lydia Sanchez
-Office Administrator
Louise & Terry Jagessar
-Youth Leaders
Vacant Position
-Children's Leader
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Ruthie
Rose
-Keyboardist
Vera
Garcia
-Pianist
Teresa
Matias
-Custodian
Meet Our Volunteer Leaders
Cheryl
Buonassi
-Choir Director
Liz Gueits-Morales &
Virginia Cao
-Praise Team Leaders
Dianne Gonzalez
-A/V Team
Leader
Liz Gueits-Morales
-Lay Leader
Committees
Core - Church's Leadership Counsil
Chairperson: Terry Jagessar
What does the Chairperson of Leadership Team/Administrative Council do?
• Lead the council in fulfilling its responsibilities as outlined in The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2012, ¶252.
• Work with the pastor(s), lay leader and others to fulfill the mission of “making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”
• Through the year, this leader prepares and communicates the agenda for meetings, leads the meetings, follows up actions by assigning responsibility for implementation, coordinates the activities of the leadership team, and maintains a healthy and growing spiritual life.
Nominations
Chairperson: Rev. Emilio Chaviano
Responsibilities:
• Lead/teach the congregation God's plan for using gifts, skills and experience that already exist in order to accomplish the mission God has for the congregation. • Develop and track a system for helping individuals discover their spiritual gifts, name their skills, interests, knowledge, and experience.
• Invite people to positions of spiritual leadership, receive their responses, and provide training and support for these individuals.
• Present a nomination list to the charge conference for a church council chair, a committee on pastor (staff) parish relations, a board of trustees, a committee on finance, a lay member to annual conference and a lay leader. Work throughout the year to name other leaders for the ministry that fulfills the mission of the congregation.
Staff Parish Relations
Chairperson: Puddy Hamlin
Responsibilities:
• Lead the congregation to encourage, strengthen, nurture, support, and respect the pastor(s) and staff and their families. Help the staff set priorities that strengthen the congregation's total ministry.
• Consult with the lead pastor to recommend staff positions to support the strategy of the church leadership team.
• Recommend staff compensation, travel, housing, and other financial matters to the church council through the finance committee.
• Create and update written policy for hiring, evaluating, promoting, retiring, and dismissing staff members who are not subject to episcopal appointment. (Procedures must comply with local and state laws.)
• Conduct proper screening (including background checks) for lay employees and volunteer staff.
• Meet with the district superintendent and/or the bishop in an advisory capacity related to clergy leadership. Considerations include the age and stage of the congregation, an understanding of feelings and desires within the congregation about the pastor's leadership and appointment, and the culture and needs of the community around the church.
• Enlist, evaluate, and annually recommend to the charge conference candidates for professional ministry.
Finance
Chairperson: Lily Mendez
Responsibilities:
• Compile a complete annual budget for supporting the mission and vision of the local church and submit the budget to the church leadership team for review and adoption. Through the year, the finance team recommends any changes to the approved annual budget to the church leadership team.
• Develop and carry out plans to raise income to support the approved budget.
• The finance team needs to engage in spiritual practices that build a relationship of attentiveness to God’s will and direction. Financial management and daily administration can shift any leader’s attention away from the purpose of the church to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
• Recommend proper depositories for church funds; carry out the church leadership team’s directions about administration and disbursement of funds; and follow procedures for the church treasurer and the financial secretary. Arrange for an annual audit of financial records.
Trustee
Chairperson: Jake Roudenbush
Responsibilities:
• Trustees, subject to the direction of the charge conference, have oversight and care of all local church property, buildings, and equipment in order to accomplish the mission of the church. This is done in consultation with the pastor.
• Trustees need to engage in spiritual practices that build a relationship of attentiveness to God's will and direction. Church administration and attentiveness to daily affairs can distract trustees from the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Trustees need to hold one another accountable to the mission and vision of the church.
• Trustees receive and administer all gifts made to the congregation, making certain that trust funds of the congregation are invested properly. Bequests and gifts to endowment projects can, by direction of the charge conference, be directed to a special endowment or legacy committee. This committee will promote, invest, and distribute the proceeds from these gifts. Congregations should seek assistance from their conference or area United Methodist Foundation.
• Trustees ensure that the Articles of Incorporation of the congregation are kept up-to-date.
• Trustees annually review property, liability, and crime insurance coverage on church-owned property, buildings, and equipment. The team also reviews personnel insurance for protection against risk, and consults with the Pastor-Parish team about other personnel insurance.
• Trustees conduct an annual accessibility audit of buildings and grounds to discover and then work toward eliminating barriers that impede full participation of all people.
• The team submits annual budget requests to the committee on finance for property maintenance and improvement, as well as new property purchases.
• Trustees are accountable to the charge conference and the church council. The term "trustees" as used in the United Methodist Book of Discipline, may be construed to be synonymous "director" of corporations when required to comply with law
Worship
Chairperson: Cheryl Buonassi
Responsibilities:
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Seeks to provide a passionate worship experience and a comfortable, welcoming environment for all of our congregants.
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We work closely with the Pastor to offer opportunities to serve during weekly and special worship experiences.
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The Team members serve by overseeing Music, Drama, Multimedia, Ushers, Greeters and Worship Assistants.