Opportunities for Service

This is NOT a complete list, but serves as an example of just a few ways you can serve. These ministries
are a result of the energies and gifts of our members who make them happen. 

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Service To Community - Local & Global Mission

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• Stock and serve groceries at the Faith & Friends food pantry (Mondays 1:00-2:30)

• Prepare and serve at Abraham's Tent Soup Kitchen

• Together We Serve (Day Of Caring) work day (held each spring on a Saturday)

• Cooking for Grace Camp (summer camp for children of the incarcerated)

• Mission Trips (scheduled annually)

• Prison Ministries (Men's and Women's)

• Lunch Buddies (partner Kaufman Elementary School for lunch the first Wednesday of each month)

• Sew Dignity Robes for cancer patients

• Donate food items to Food Pantry such as peanut butter and other staples

• Donate items to our Homeless Ministry

• Donate funds to the Communion offering which is used to assist the needy in the community

 

Service To Church

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• Usher

• Greeter

• Welcome Center attendant

• Cook

• Scripture reader

• Musicians & choir members

• Sound & Video Tech volunteer

• Photographers

• Snack makers for youth and children

• Cookie bakers for church wide events

• Answering phones

 

Service To One Another - Caring For Family In Need

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• "Soul Food" casserole ministry (preparing food for those just returning home from a stay in the hospital or experiencing other long-term health crisis)

• Visitors for the sick & home-bound

• Notes of care to those enduring grief, loss, illness, and life crisis

• Prayer Warriors

• Carpenters and skilled laborers to do minor repairs for members who can not afford them

• Meals delivered to new parents

 

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To offer your gift of service or get more information on any of the opportunities listed, call the church office at 337-436-6656 or email us at michelle.bergstedt@fumclc.org.