MEMBERSHIP CARE

New Members (Including WatchCare) and all new believers receive a digital Welcome Package from KFM Ministries within seven (7) days of their decision for membership or decision for Christ. Our Member Care Team provides continual support, ensuring that every new member or new Believer receives the very best of our ministry’s compassionate care, brotherly love, biblical discipleship, and tangible resources as they grow into our family of faith! Our KFM 101 (New Members Orientation) provides information regarding ALL THINGS KFM and serves as the entryway to ministry engagement and service.

Upon acceptance of Christ, new believers will be encouraged and invited to participate in KFM’s “All Things New” Life Group, as the first step to support them in their spiritual growth and development and as a member of the Body of Christ. Our Member Care Team will be happy to register you for attendance!

KFM will dedicate babies to the Lord, according to Matthew 19:14: “But Jesus said, Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children” (New Living Translation). The Member Care Coordinator (MCC) will meet with the parent(s) to assist in coordinating the time, date, and location of the ceremony. Requests for Baby Dedications must be received at least one month in advance of the desired date. Dedications are generally performed during Sunday morning Worship Service unless otherwise requested.  

As an expression of our love, care, and commitment to our Service Members, KFM will provide support for the full duration of their deployment. We will send (digitally) a monthly Letter or Word of Encouragement from the KFM Ministerial team and a bi-monthly Care Package. 

As an expression of our love and commitment to our young adult students and as a means to encourage, bless, and minister to them and keep them connected to the KFM Family, we will ensure all college students attending any institution of higher learning (2-yr, 4-yr, vocational or specialty school) receives a monthly Letter or Word of Encouragement from the KFM Ministerial team and a bi-monthly Care Package.

To ensure that KFM consistently provides compassionate care and support for our members who have experienced the loss of a spouse, our Member Care Team regularly communicates with our members by phone, email, and in person (also known as “well-being checks”) to determine how best we can express the love of God and provide support in tangible ways. It is vitally important that widows and widowers stay involved with life, and the KFM Family is committed to helping them do so.

KFM assists members (and their families) during this transitional period by extending prayers, compassion, love, support, and tangible aid following the departure of a loved one (i.e., spouse, child, sibling, or parent). The Member Care Coordinator (MCC) will communicate with the bereaved family to determine the family's needs (i.e., food, flowers, financial etc.) and provide information to the Executive Pastor for response/approval.

Additionally, the MCC will help to facilitate the on-site (i.e., at KFM or other designated location) Funeral Service and repast in coordination with the KFM Ministerial Staff and Hospitality Ministry. Services may be officiated by the Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor or another ordained ministerial designee, as assigned or requested by the family and based upon availability. (For off-site home-going services and/or Grave-side services, an officiating minister may be requested/selected, based on their availability and with the acknowledgement of the Senior Pastor.) 

A “WatchCare” member designation allows believers from other congregations to connect with KFM without requiring full membership. WatchCare members are welcome to participate in worship, discipleship, fellowship, and service while retaining their membership with their home church or while in transition between churches. WatchCare membership is designed to provide temporary, conditional spiritual covering through KFM and its ministerial leadership.

WatchCare membership is appropriate for college students, military personnel, and families, and those with temporary employment assignments. WatchCare members are received and acknowledged publicly and expected to adhere to ALL KFM policies, procedures, and church doctrine, as if they were a full member.

The Member Care Coordinator (MCC) will meet with candidates for baptism to identify the date for hosting the baptismal service. Additionally, the MCC will ensure that all candidates have proper baptismal attire and have received the baptismal service invitation on the KFM Letterhead, which can be shared with family and friends who would like to attend the Service.

Pre-Marital Counseling 

Couples requesting the services of the Senior Pastor to perform the wedding ceremony, are required to participate participate in a 7-session pre-marital counselling class scheduled with the Senior Pastor and the Executive Pastor or their designees, at least 3 months in advance of the scheduled ceremony. 

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Wedding Ceremony 

The Member Care Coordinator (MCC) will coordinate with the couple, their Wedding Planner/Organizer, and the KFM Hospitality Ministry to assist with ensuring that wedding activities flow in accordance with  ministry guidelines. It is our desire to make every ceremony a memorable and beautiful worship experience that the couple will cherish and honor for a lifetime. 

Military Family Support For KFM members who have one or both parents deployed and away from their families: We will send out (digitally) a monthly Letter or Word of Encouragement from the KFM Ministerial team and a bi-monthly Care Package. Specifically, for KFM families, we will ensure that each Letter contains a current or recent photo of the Service members family. 

KFM takes great care to ensure that a viable support system is available for its members who are 67 and older. We maintain a list of volunteer “care helpers” to serve our seniors and work alongside family caregivers when possible. Our care helpers conduct “well-being” checks by phone or in person when possible, assist seniors with daily living activities (when practical) make homebound/nursing home visits and ensure that KFM’s senior population receives all ministry information and services in a useful form and format.  The Member Care team coordinates with the Hospitality Ministry to ensure that seniors are provided with any form of reasonable accommodations needed during Worship Services and all other services/activities, to the greatest extent possible.

When a member is homebound, hospitalized, or in need of a hospice visit, we include their name on our official prayer list and assign a Member Care Elder and/or Deacon to visit the member or his/her loved one (family member), as requested and if appropriate. 

The purpose of the KFM Benevolence Fund is to provide assistance for an individual/family who is facing a crisis. Benevolent support may be provided in the form of financial assistance, goods or services provided by KFM. Crisis categories include but are not limited to: 

(1) Housing Assistance
(2) Food Insecurity
(3) Transportation
(4) Emergency Childcare
(5) Emergency Medical Care

All Benevolence support is approved by the KFM Benevolence Committee.