Volunteers & Leadership

Be a part of our village...

It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a village to do awesome youth ministry. There are so many ways we need the support of parents, adults without kids in the ministry, young adults, and teens. There are plenty of opportunities for more regular involvement, one-time involvement, and everything in between. Check out the list below and on the left for more details. 

The adult volunteer interest form is at the bottom of this page.
 

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Leadership & Volunteer Roles Descriptions

Core Team: This is our team of adult and young adult leaders who minister to our teens through primarily relational ministry as well as facilitating discussions and occasionally giving talks. There are two primary places the Core Team Members serve:

• Youth Group gatherings on Sunday evenings
• Small Faith Sharing Groups once a month

Servant Leadership Team for Youth: aka SLTY ("Salt"). This is our team of teens who are being formed as leaders in the Servant Leadership model. Teens develop and exercise leadership skills in the service of the Gospel mission, following Jesus' example at the Last Supper. See page on left for details. These Teen will have a chance to help lead and control Large Group events.

Food & Hospitality Team: These are adults who want to support our youth ministry through one of the key components: food and hospitality. This team makes or brings food to our youth group meetings, retreats, and/or special events (e.g. overnighters). Their service allows the Core Team to focus on being present to the teens.

Retreat Leaders: These are adults and young adults who can't volunteer at youth ministry events on a regular basis, but can commit to coming to retreat planning meetings and serving as a small group leader on retreat. Overall commitment is a handful or so of meetings over the course of a couple months, plus retreat weekend. 

Special Events Chaperones: This is a list of adults, 21+ years-old, who we can call upon when we need adults to chaperone events such as overnighters, off-site events (e.g. ice skating), etc. You are not committing to helping at every event, but putting yourself on a list of potential future chaperones when you sign-up to be a Special Events Chaperone. 

Service Outreach Team: This team is a group of adults and young adults who are able to work with the youth ministry coordinator to plan and organize various service/social justice outreach opportunities. If you're interested in being part of the Fundraising Team or have questions, please email Nancy. Our opportunities this year will be designed with all levels of comfort in mind so that everyone can participate.


Other: If none of the above speaks to you, but you really want to support the youth ministry in some way, please email Alison.  We could always use administrative volunteers, marketing help, graphic design, etc.