Want to find a place to serve at First Christian? Here's where to start.

On this list, you'll find short-term or one-time needs, opportunities to give donations, and long-term volunteer opportunities.  Take a look and let us know where you want to jump in and volunteer.

Short-term and Current Opportunities

Sidewalk Sunday School
Saturday mornings, June 13-August 8
10 to 11:30 a.m. at Ninth Street Park
On-the-spot helpers; SWSS truck driver; storytellers, MC’s and singers; registration table workers; school supplies organizers

Welcome Team
Volunteers to work before and after the 11 a.m. service at the Guest Connections desk. Two rotations available: Jan/Apr/July/Oct or Feb/May/Aug/Nov.

Prayer Ministry
Greeters on Wednesdays from 11:30 to 1:30 outside the Chapel

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Kid.Nect
Actors for skits and skit writers
Computer or light system operator -- 1 Sunday each month for 1 year (training provided)

Church Office
Volunteers to cover front desk during staff meetings (2nd and 4th Monday mornings) and occasional 1/2 day Friday.

Children’s Ministry Security
Volunteers to help monitor the safety and security of our children during Sunday morning programming.

Early Childhood
Nursery - two workers for weeks 1, 2, and 3
Toddler room workers during the 9:45 hour
Toddler room Bitty Bible Teacher (2) at 11:00
Wee Worship - Helper during 9:45 hour
Wee Worship - Leader during 9:45 hour
Monkey room (2's/3's) workers and Koala room (4's/5's) workers during the 11:00 service
Volunteers to help set up, clean and organize rooms during the week

Involvement Team
Greeters are needed for Family Connections
Clerical workers are needed
People to make phone calls

Donations Needed

Love Chapel
Peanut butter, jelly & canned fruit - donations accetped at the Lafayette Street entrance, or drop off at Love Chapel, 292 Center Street

Nursery
Sturdy rocking chairs or gliders.

Early Childhood
Large bottles of hand sanitizer.

Ongoing Opportunities

55 Fellowship/Senior Adults
Volunteers serve once a year (or more often if you prefer) on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Person(s) preparing the meal need to do the following:

• Plan the meal
• Shop for groceries
• Prepare the meal
• Enlist necessary volunteers
• Clean-up

• Shopping
• Serving food
• Encouraging
• Evaluating
• Listening
• Driving
• Making phone calls

• Preparing a dish that is served at the meal (can be brought in ahead of time)
• Helping with the meal through set-up, serving and/or clean-up

• Purchase ingredients
• Prepare the meal(s) in disposable containers
• Label the containers
• Place the meal(s) in the freezer in the main kitchen

• Setting up Early Childhood rooms
• Setting out lessons
• Picking up and distributing prepared materials
• Setting up centers with appropriate toys for the lesson
• Organize rooms as needed
• Clean toys as needed

• Outside clean-up (parks, neighborhoods, houses)
• Inside cleaning
• General contracting (painting, sheet rock hangers, etc.)
• Skilled trades (electricians, plumbers, roofers)
• Interior decorating
• Sewing
• Hospitality (house warming)

• Planning the menu
• Shopping for groceries
• Preparing and serving the meal
• Creating an inviting atmosphere for guests
• Cleaning up
• Recruiting “extra hands” if needed for a meal

• Offering prayer
• Announcements
• Special event planning
• Running the tech booth
• Running the cafe
• Setting up communion
• Greeters
• Clean-up

• Sending cards whenever there is a death in the church family.
• Sending cards and making phone calls to a family to companion them through their grief for the first year.
• Helping to facilitate GriefShare sessions (includes sign-up, reminder calls, room set-up, greeting and support).

• Make coffee
• Serve coffee
• Smile and fellowship
• Restock cafe supplies as needed
• Clean-up

• Interior painting
• Interior window cleaning
• Wall paper removal
• Leaf removal
• Mulching
• Shrub pruning
• Snow removal

• Working with staff and/or ministries to provide age appropriate learning and worship environments.
• Refinishing furniture
• Caring for the live plants in the building

• Small group leaders and coaches
• Curriculum and supply helpers
• Audio & visual technical support
• Large group hosts and singers
• Greeters/guest relations
• Visitor follow-up
• Security team

• Actors/theater artists
• Stage set/environment
• Props coordinator
• Storytellers/hosts
• Singers
• Audio & visual technical support
• Crowd control
• Outside events coordinators
• Security team
• Greeters/guest relations
• Snack coordinators

• Check out library materials
• Help people find materials
• Re-shelving books and materials

Other service opportunities (training will be provided) include:

• Computer data entry
• Making spine labels
• Making circulation labels
• Preparing donated items for shelving

• Lead a (small) life group in study
• Host a life group

• Training life group leaders to lead
• Curriculum previewers
• Administration 
• Service projects

Meals for Moms
Volunteers are coordinated through an e-mail distribution list.
Those on the list will get an e-mail when a new baby or child has arrived and they may pick a date to cook and deliver the meal.

Media/Sound/Computer
Volunteers are on a monthly rotation; time commitment for a Sunday morning worship service is Thursday rehearsal from 5:15 to 7 p.m. and Sunday morning from 7:45 a.m. to approximately 12:15 p.m. Training is provided.

Media/Computer volunteers are responsible for:

• Computer presentation during worship services
• Ensuring all presentation slides are in place and ready to go on Sunday morning

Sound volunteers are responsible for:

• Running worship sound
• Balancing mics, monitors and speakers
• Media/Computer volunteers are responsible for
• Following the Sunday morning service
• Using the computer to display appropriate slides at the right times

• Set-up the large group room
• Facilitate a discussion group
• Provide refreshments
• Help with administration

• Breakfast preparation
• Room set-up
• Clean-up
• Devotions

• Holding babies
• Rocking babies
• Playing with babies
• Feeding babies
• Diapering babies
• Room and toy clean-up

• Pray daily for confidential requests received through e-mail

Prayer Team:

• Meets on Sunday mornings at 9:45 in Room 223
• Prays as a group for our church as a whole, for the work of the Holy Spirit, for the leadership, for the various ministry areas, for a greater desire to bring many to Christ, for unity, for spiritual maturity, etc.

Teachers provide direction and structure by:

• Sharing the day’s story
• Leading music and games
• Praying

Helpers provide assistance to the teacher by:

• Interacting with the children
• Helping children sit during story time, move during music time, or go to the bathroom
• Setting up snack

Secretaries provide assistance by:

• Helping children and parents with check-in
• Keeping attendance records
• Making bags for the classrooms
• Welcoming and assisting visitors

• Prepare food
• Decorate room(s)
• Serve food
• Clean-up

• Watching over those with special needs of all ages on a one-on-one capacity at church services or special events
• Interviewing families regarding the needs of their child or elderly parent
• Educating the church family about special needs to help raise awareness
• Providing clerical support to the team and to communicate to the church family

• Small group leaders
• Fellowship activity coordinators

• Holding children
• Rocking children
• Loving children
• Playing with children
• Preparing and serving snacks
• Diapering or taking children to the bathroom
• Reading stories
• Room and toy clean-up

• Donating good, gently used household items
• Organizing and cleaning incoming items
• Staffing the warehouse when it is open to receive items
• Writing thank you notes to donors
• Pick-up and delivery of items
• Coordinating pick-up’s and deliveries
• Praying with families
• Providing food and necessities as needed

• Using the church van to pick up people before worship services and taking them home afterward.
• Commitment is one month at a time, possibly two times a year.
• Vehicle maintenance involves:
• Doing regularly scheduled maintenance and repairs to the vans or other vehicles as needed.

• Preparing materials for classes and programs
• Shopping for supplies
• Organizing and indexing supplies

• Welcome visitors and members
• Distribute bulletins, the Update, etc.
• Provide directions
• Serve communion and collect the offering
• Sort the offering and attendance cards
• Manually count people in attendance
• Clean up the worship center after the first service

• Provide information about the church and its ministries
• Personally welcome all who enter our building
• Staff the Guest Connections desks
• Distribute gift bags to visitors
• Assemble gift bags
• Bake “goodies” for our gift bags

• Researching conferences and workshops
• Advertising opportunities to attend events and conferences for women
• Planning events and workshops to be hosted by First Christian Church or in conjunction with other area churches
• Hosting events

Cafe:

• Stock items
• Suggest new items to offer
• Commitment level is your choice

Life Group Leaders:

• Lead a small group Bible study for 8 to 10 teens weekly
• Event Chaperones:
• Help supervise events such as Sunday morning worship, Monday Night Football, lock-ins, weekend trips, concerts, etc.