The Flower Ministry has served our church for the past ten years. They take flowers donated from worship services, including weddings, funerals and baptisms, and create smaller vase arrangements and deliver them to retirement communities in Charlotte. This process has been well managed over the years with few church weddings and funerals, but these days we have more funerals than before and they could use help from the deacons with deliveries.
If you are interested in being added to an email list to be contacted with a day's notice to deliver flowers, please email Lou Self, Flower Ministry Chair, at wself@bellsouth.net. For more details, please see message below.
Message from Flower Ministry Chair, Lou Self:
Thank you for your response to our appeal for assistance with delivery of flowers.
The Flower Ministry has served our church for about 10 years now, taking flowers donated from a worship service / wedding, funeral, baptism. We create smaller vase arrangements and have delivered them to the retirement communities in Charlotte. This process has served us well with the few church weddings and funerals.
These days there are many more funerals than church weddings, but in combination we have a plethora of flower arrangements to deliver. Even though there are 9 retirement communities with many residents we should be reaching out to others. Already we have made 3 deliveries to each of the residents on our current list. It is time to reach those who need encouragement and remembrance who are able to stay in their home. My hesitation through the years has been the limitation of our few ministry team volunteers. I do not want us to be an FTD Floral Delivery operation.
My goal is to add a few home residents along with the retirement residents on any given flower opportunity.
We would tag that vase with name and address and place in the Welcome Center (counter across from reception desk) for someone to pick up and make a delivery. The person who delivers does not need to visit. We typically leave the vase at the apartment door with a bulletin if available. I do ring the doorbell of any cottage or home just to alert someone about leaving at the door. This delivery person could wait to hand deliver to the person, but again a visit is not necessary.
I am thinking that I can keep a list of anyone who is able to deliver. I would contact with a day’s notice to see if that person can deliver. You might like to suggest that anyone who is willing to drive could give me their parameters for a delivery destination.
This is a quick recap of my thoughts and vision for how we can expand our mission of spreading the beauty of a floral remembrance.
Thank you for any support you can offer.
Regards,
Lou Self
Flower Ministry Chair