Job Title: Education Programs Assistant

Hours: 20 hours/ week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday, and occasional weekends.

Salary: $15/hour

Summary:

The Maryland Historical Society is seeking a part-time Education Programs Assistant who will provide administrative support to the Education Department, deliver exceptional customer service to our patrons, and lead guided programs for students and adults as necessary.

We have been notified by the State Department of Budget and Management’s Employee Benefits Division (EBD) of the delay in the State Personnel System (SPS) implementation.  The EBD indicated this decision was made in an effort to ensure that EBD staff have a complete understanding of the system and how to use it for benefits administration in the various State agencies.  This will ensure that employee benefits enrollment and coverage are properly and accurately administered without delay or interruption. 

In the meantime, the open enrollment period will be October 12 through November 15, 2017.  All regular faculty and staff enrolled in benefits will have access to enroll for benefits, make changes to existing coverage, add dependents, etc. via the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system used in prior years.  Retirees and Direct pay employees (contractual, part-time, employees on leave of absence) will be required to complete the appropriate enrollment form to enroll and/or make changes to existing coverage.   Those not making changes will not need to take action during this year’s open enrollment.  

Our HR Benefits Staff will continue with the original testing schedule previously outlined and targeted for completion August 28, 2017.   In addition, the process changes outlined in our initial campus notification will begin January 1, 2018, namely 

1. Effective Dates of Coverage: Coverage will begin on the 1^st of the month following the start date of a new hire or the “Qualifying Event” date (such as marriage, loss of coverage, divorce, etc.). Effective dates for newborns will be adjusted to the actual date of birth. Employee will be billed by the State of Maryland back to their effective date of coverage.
2. Terminations:  Coverage will terminate on the last day of the month in which an employee separates from employment.

Updates regarding the SPS implementation, as well as the annual Open Enrollment process will be available on the HR website under Benefits. The annual health fair is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 3^rd from 11:00 – 2:00 in the University Center Ballroom.  More details about open enrollment will be distributed at the fair.   Questions about open enrollment can be directed to benefits at hrbenefits@umbc.edu 

Acts 6:1-7 (NIV) - “In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, ‘It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.’
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.”

The problem that the early church faced was a practical one - the Greek widows were not receiving the daily distribution of food as needed. It was a need/a problem that needed to be solved. The apostles acted upon this and asked the people to choose seven men who can serve to organize the distribution of food.

At Ecclesia NYC, we have lunch weekly together at the ministry center but once a month, we have lunch provided. We have a rotation schedule where each missional group takes care of setting up the tables, receiving the food, cleaning up after the meal, taking out the trash, restocking the drinks and various items at the ministry center. It takes effort, thought and work to prepare to eat together. A few times we were concerned that we didn’t have enough food we asked few of us to be ready to not eat so that there will be enough food for others. But hey, that’s a good problem because there were more people than we expected!

Imagine organizing daily distribution of food for the early church! Imagine the amount of food, cooking, doing dishes, etc. I am sure they didn’t have seamless delivery service back then. But we can all agree that these are all good “problems” to be solved.

The task of organizing the food may seem insignificant and mundane - perhaps not the most desirable role but was so needed. And what we see in this passage is that the practical service and ministry of these 7 Spirit- filled men was good for the church and their service allowed the church to fulfill the primary spiritual need of the church - to proclaim the gospel effectively. With their faithful service in the church, the word of God spread and many became obedient to the faith.

Let’s make ourselves available to do the work that He has for us to do so that the gospel will spread through our churches!

-DP

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