VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

How can I serve?

As United Methodists, we take a vow to uphold the church with our prayers, presence, gifts, SERVICE, and witness. However, you certainly don’t have to be a member to serve. There are many opportunities to serve and we know you’ll find a place where you can use your talents, but can make a difference in many lives.

Special Opportunities

Serve with Family Promise: We’re honored to serve as a host church for Family Promise starting Dec. 29. This vital ministry provides shelter, meals, and support to families in our community experiencing homelessness. There are many ways to serve, from preparing meals and hosting evening activities to offering overnight support or donating needed items. Every act of kindness makes a real difference! Sign up HERE today!

Food Needs for Backpacks of Love: As we approach the third Sunday of Advent, it’s time to start shopping for food ministry donations. Donations support our Backpacks of Love program providing for children in need. We’re focusing on collecting individual cereals and breakfast bars this month. Please bring your donations to church on Sunday, Dec. 15. Your generosity plays an important role in the success of this ministry and makes a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve!

Ongoing Opportunities

Traditional Worship

  • Sign up HERE to lead the church in lighting candles on the Advent wreath. Scripts and instructions are provided.
  • Greeters: Welcoming all who attend worship and directing them to the correct place such as the bathroom or nursery. Email Sharon Knolls.
  • Ushers: Handing out worship bulletins, collecting the offering, guiding the congregation during Holy Communion, etc. Email Ken Baldowski.
  • Altar Guild: Assisting with changing the paraments (altar table runner, pulpit and lectern frontals), filling the candle oil, stripping the church during Holy Week, etc. Email Barbara Ledbetter.
  • Communion Preparation: preparing bread and grape juice and setting the altar table for services of Holy Communion. Email Barbara Ledbetter.
  • Tech Team: Assisting with audio, video, lights, and computer projection. Email Barbara Ledbetter.
  • Acolytes: Assisting the ministers throughout the worship services. Email Barbara Ledbetter.

Modern Worship

  • Sign up HERE to lead the church in lighting candles on the Advent wreath. Scripts and instructions are provided.
  • Greeters: Welcoming all who attend worship and directing them to the correct such as the bathroom or nursery. Directing them to the digital bulletin on Church Center.
  • Set-Up Team: 1-2 times per month commitment of setting up service on Fridays or Saturdays.
  • Tech Team: Support with Audio, Video, Lyrics, Camera, and or Lights.
  • Communion Preparation: preparing bread and grape juice and setting he altar table for the services of Holy Communion. Email Vicki Stuckey.
  • For all Modern Worship opportunities, email Email Barbara Ledbetter.

Music & Arts

  • Chancel Choir: Meeting every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. and leading in worship weekly at the 11 a.m. worship service.
  • Youth Choral Ensemble: Meeting with the Chancel Choir every Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. and leading in worship occasionally at 8:30 worship and weekly at the 11 a.m. worship service.
  • Instrumentalists: Providing worship leadership as an instrumental soloist or as a part of an ensemble.
  • Handbell Choir: If you have an interest in participating in a renewed handbell choir, email Kirk Grizzle.
  • Visual Arts: To explore options for visual artists, email Barbara Ledbetter.
  • Sign up HERE to serve as a local concert greeter.

Children

  • Sunday School Teacher: We need people to teach Children’s Sunday School once per month. Email Charlotte Ramberg if you can help. If can’t commit to once per month, be a substitute!
  • Sunday Morning Greeter: Serve one Sunday a month welcoming families and assisting with the Kid’s Check-In process
  • Sunday Kid’s Worship Team: Lead a small group one Sunday a month. Pre & Kindergarten, 1st – 2nd Grade, 4th & 5th Grade. All materials provided.
  • Learning to Use My Bible: This year-long class for 3rd graders begins each September. Serve one Sunday every 6-8 weeks. All materials provided.
  • Sign up HERE To volunteer in Children’s Ministries on Sunday afternoons from 4-6 p.m. Dates for the remainder of the year are: 11/10, 11/17, 12/1, and 12/15.

Youth

Middle School Sunday School Teacher: A 1-2 twice a month commitment. All materials provided. Email Nate Bramel.

College Care Pals: providing encouragement, prayers, and some goodies to college students. Learn More.

Women

  • Happy Knotters: Meeting the last Saturday of some months. A United Methodist Women (UMW) group that meets to make blankets as a source of comfort, warmth, and love to patients entering the NGMC hospice unit. Also “Memory Bears” for families of patients who have experienced a death. Open to women of all ages. Email Janet Scott.
  • Prayer Shawl Ministry: Meeting the second Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in Room 109. Creating prayer shawls as an act of comfort. Basic instruction and yarn provided. Email Michele Mack.

Upward Sports

Popsicle Distributor: Pass out popsicles at the different seasonal sporting opportunities. Email Upward.

Food Pantry

  • Set-Up Person/Team: 2-4 times a month on Sundays following 11 a.m. worship. Set up tables each week, move/stack chairs as needed to get the food pantry ready for the week.
  • Food Unloader: 1-2 times a month. Help unload food deliveries from the food banks. 
  • Community Food Distributors: A once-a-month commitment to deliver food to people in the various surrounding communities that we serve.
  • For these and other Food Pantry opportunities, email Barbara Ledbetter.

Prayer Ministry

Prayer Team: The Intercessory Prayer Ministry provides anyone in crisis a group to turn to for prayer. Prayer is a gift of love we can give, and it requires only a sincere and compassionate heart. To make a prayer request or find out how to help email Prayer.