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Mission Statement:
To transport students to and from the Sunday Biblical.lnstitute (Sunday School) and Senior Members to and
from the 11: 15 a.m. Church Service each Sunday and to manage the church's vehicular fleet, including making vehicles
available for use by other ministries, with drivers being provided by the requesting ministries
History:
The
Transportation Ministry had its genesis in the mid-1950s, shortly after the church's relocation from Highland Park (current
Northwest corner of Highland Park Drive and Gondar Avenue) to its current location, 6801 Sheriff Road. Initially, the late
Deacon Dennis Colmes transported Sunday school students from and to their homes in his taxi cab at no cost to them or to the
School.
When this became too much of a challenge, the then Deacon Board Chairman Colmes went out and found a 24-passenger,
1954 Chevrolet used bus and purchased it from a local Lutheran Church. He and his wife, Deaconess Iris Colmes, paid $125 for
it with their own money. After paying its insurance for several months, they then donated the bus to the church.
Deacon Colmes was the first volunteer driver.
Others who assisted him in the early days were Deacons Enoch Smith and Harvey Broadie and Brother Marvin Elliot. (Oral history
by Deaconess Colmes.) Also, see "The Dreamer," an autobiography of our Pastor Emeritus, the late Rev. Dr. James
C. Wyatt, Sr., page 59.)
From this humble beginning, God has blessed this ministry to grow to a current fleet
of one 40-passenger bus, seven 14-passenger vans, one of which is equipped with wheel-chair-lift capability, and two trucks.
In support of the Sunday Biblical Institute and the transport of Senior. Members to the 11:15 a.m. Church Service, we have
a staff of 12 volunteer drivers, of which, five are deployed each Sunday. An additional 110 drivers also have volunteered
to drive in support of their ministries' transportation requirements.
Policies and Procedures:
Sunday Biblical Institute and 11: 15 a. m. Church Service - Policy - Every effort is made to transport to the Institute and the 11: 15
a.m. Church Service any passenger who requests transportation and lives within 12 miles of the church.
- Procedures - Sunday Biblical Institute and 11:
15 a.m. Church Service - Any person desiring transportation from home to the Institute or 11: 15 a.m. service, each Sunday
must call the Transportation Dispatcher, (301) 773-6655, extension 5, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., requesting
transportation. The dispatcher will request the caller's name, pick-up address, telephone number and number of passengers
to be transported. The dispatcher will inform the caller as to the approximate time that the van will arrive. Passengers must
be prepared to board the van immediately upon its arrival. (Due to time constrains and the scheduled pick-up of other passengers,
drivers are instructed to not stand and wait for passengers.)
For return trips home, vans are boarded at the same
location from which passengers were discharged. The departure time shall be not later than 15 minutes after the close of the
Biblical Institute and 15 minutes after the close of the 11:15 a.m. Church Service.
Other Ministries' Transportation:
- Policy - The leader of each ministry, desiring the use of a church vehicle, must complete a Vehicle
Requested form (blank copies are available in the church office or click here to print the form) and submit it to the Transportation Coordinator (mailbox
in the church office), not later than five days prior to the date that the vehicle is to be used. The form must include the
name of the person who has volunteered to drive.
The volunteer driver must have a valid, state issued driver's
license. The driver's age must be between 21 and 70 years. The driver shall be compensated in accordance with policy located
on the reverse side of the Vehicle Requested form, click here to view. Vehicles are provided on a first request received/first
request approved bases. A copy of the approved request form will be placed in the requesting ministry's mailbox
(in the church office), not later than three days prior to the date that the vehicle will be used. - Procedures - On the day that the vehicle is used, the driver must:
- Present to Security's staff member, located in the James J. McCord Education
Building, a copy of the approved Vehicle Requested form.
- Get
from Security the vehicle's keys.
- Inspect the exterior
of the vehicle for damages. Note and report damages to Security, prior to operating the vehicle. Ensure that the vehicle has
sufficient fuel to complete the round trip. If insufficient, get a gas card from Security, fill the gas tank and return the
card to Security, prior to departure on the trip.
- Complete
the Motor Vehicle Daily Trip Report form, located on the clip board in the vehicle.
- When the trip is completed, properly secure the vehicle and return the keys to Security. Should the church grounds
be found secured, upon return, and Security persons are not available, return the keys to Security, prior to noon the next
day.
Staff/Members:
Trustee
Mac N. Dent, Transportation Coordinator, (301) 773-6655
Deacon James W. Yates, Assistant Transportation Coordinator, (301) 773-6655
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Staff/Members:
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Biblical Institute and 11:15
a.m. Church Service (Drivers)
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Nancy Adams
Evan Blanchard
John Boyd
Mac Dent
McDonald
Dent
Angela Holloman
Gilbert Holloman
Alex Pea
Percy Thompson
Robert Thompson
Judy Worrell
Thomas Young
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Christian Academy (Drivers) |
Carol Bankston
Harriet Brown
Tara Cole
Mac Dent
Maria
Harrison
Ernest Jenkins
Inola Lewis-Aremus
Davon McNeely
Monica Moore
Paula Nesmith
Brenda
Prioe
Charles Stewart
Kampira Trasada
Toni Turner
Aniki Watkins
Geneva Whittington
James
Yates
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Senior Members' Center (Drivers)
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Evan Blanchard
John Boyd
Robert Hill
Robert Thompson
Judy Worrell
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Ministry Contacts:
Trustee Mac N. Dent, Transportation Coordinator, (301) 773-6655
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