Find Your Purpose in Ministry and Mission
In
the April Newsletter, Dr. Hess wrote, “It is my prayer that the Forty Days
of Purpose has challenged you to truly seek your place of service in God’s
blessed kingdom. At the very least, I hope that it has caused you to sincerely
ask yourself, “What is my ministry? What is my mission? How can I serve
others?”
This list provides you with
opportunities to serve others both in our church (ministry) and in our
community (mission). Your Service and Outreach Committee hopes that having this
supplement will continue to help you Find Your Purpose Through Service. Please contact
Suzanne Gabel at the church office (610-696-0554 or
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) to volunteer
to serve in one or more of these roles and you will receive a call to begin
your service.
MISSION SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES in our COMMUNITY
- Help prepare
and/or serve a dinner or a lunch for 30 residents of Safe Harbor
- Support
residents of Safe
Harbor by volunteering
for one of the time slots: 6-7:30 a.m., 3:30-6:00 p.m. or 6:00-9:00 p.m. to
greet and check in residents, talk with them or share a talent or skill
- Join a Bridge of Hope Mentoring team to support a single
mother and her children
- Help to
finish current Habitat houses in West Chester
on special dates for First Pres members: Wednesday, May 5 and Thursday, May 20
- Visit
residents of The Hickman and help them with computers or arts and crafts
- Pick up food
and deliver it to the West Center Food Cupboard
- Help with
Spring Clean-up at the Barn at Spring Brook Farm
- Volunteer at
the Kindergarten Transition Program of the Maternal and Child Health Consortium
on 3 of these dates: June 1, 3, 8, 10,
15, 17, 22, 24, 29
- Help with
maintenance, painting and repairs at the Domestic Violence
Center
- Serve as a
Parent Aide or Advisory Board Member for the Exchange Club
Family Center,
a child abuse prevention program
- Volunteer as
a receptionist, bingo caller or breakfast or lunch server at the West Chester Area Senior
Center
- Help in the
garden at The Wentworth or take residents on errands
- Tutor
students after school at Care
Center for Christ
- Provide
clerical support to the administrative staff of Presbyterian Children’s
Village: filing, copying, collating handouts, preparing mailings
- Deliver
meals for “Meals on Wheels”
- Help in the after
school Arts and Crafts program at Frederick
Douglass School
in Chester
- Learn sign
language in an American Sign Language course at the Center on Hearing and
Deafness
- Mentor a
client for Interfaith Housing Corporation
- Lead a work
crew for Good Works
- Help raise
funds for Friends Association
- Provide
medical services as a doctor or nurse at Community Volunteers in Medicine
- Provide
support to children and families who have lost a loved one at Neighborhood
Health Agencies
- Provide swim
lessons for children with special needs at the ARC of Chester County
- Prepare food
baskets and health kits for Chester County Migrant Ministry
- Help
design and maintain a website for Faith Inclusion Network for Disabilities
- Prepare
a monthly newsletter for Chester County Chaplaincy Ministries
- Lead
campus ministry activities for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
- Pray
and share Bibles for Gideons International
- Provide
office support for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
MINISTRY
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES in our CHURCH
- Sunday
School Teacher
- Vacation Bible
School Volunteer
- Coordinator
for Lay Readers (call volunteers and create/confirm the schedule)
- Member
of the Prayer Band
- Prayer
Partner for Youth during Summer Trips
- Mission
Handbook Editor
- Confirmation
Class Mentor
- Confirmation
Class Teacher
- Sweet
Dreams Quilter
- Greeter
at the Welcome Center in Fellowship Hall during Sunday
Social
- WOW
Dinner clean up crew, dishwasher, kitchen team leader
- Youth
Summer Trip Chaperone
- Youth
Fundraiser Volunteer
- Swingin’
Summer Thursday booth staffer, craft leader, set up crew member
- Christian
Faith and Issues Study Leader
- Adult
Bible Study Leader
- Service
and Outreach Committee Member
- Back-up
Receptionist answering phones
- Event
Photographer
- Sound
Board Operator during Sunday Services
- Clerical
support for the office staff: stuff and label envelopes, newsletter stuffing
folding and labeling, and stuffing bulletins
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