Volunteer Opportunities
Staff and volunteers come together at St. John's to work towards achieving the mission and vision of the church. We value the experience and insights of our volunteers and encourage feedback about our church, processes, and programs. Such feedback can be passed through the Rector or Vestry Members.
Click here for Volunteer Manual or printable Volunteer Interest Survey
Administrative Office
Position Title: Office Volunteer
Responsible To: Joni Mack Weed
Responsibilities:
Assist staff with projects, such as copying and folding brochures and bulletins, preparing the church for Sunday, special services and children’s Sunday school, preparing and mailing postcards for church events and the monthly newsletter.
Reception: greet visitors, answer telephone calls, answer general questions
Miscellaneous things to do:
- Water plants in St. John’s House
- Make copies of Chapel of the Transfiguration flyer (we go through hundreds) and cut them in half
- Check the little box at the labyrinth and make sure it has a children’s bulletin, the tri-fold bulletin, and the tall information slip. Make more copies after you fill the box.
- While you’re out there, check all 3 mutt mitt stations; if any are empty, get the key and fill them.
- Roll sepia Chapel posters up and put them in the plastic sleeve.
- Make more copies of the CT notecard, count 10 with envelopes and put them in plastic ziplock bags with a $5 sticker.
- Fill the paper trays in the big Xerox machine
- Check the brochures in the wood trifold in the narthex of the church; refill with extras. Straighten tables while you’re there.
- Check the Forward Movement rack, straighten and refill from green box in volunteer office as necessary.
Copying: Browse N Buy donation sheets, Browse N Buy vouchers, Doodles card for pews, Chapel information brochure, Bulletin inserts, New Member folders
Filing: Accounts Payable and miscellaneous files
Visitor Cards: Send thank you for visiting
Selling Chapel Prints: Kingwill print is $50 and goes in a tube. If you are mailing the print it costs $5 additional. The Photo is $10. We do not take credit cards. Ask them to mail a check and we will mail it when we get it
Recommended Skills: Prior knowledge of, or willingness to learn use of copier, computer, telephones.
Caring Ministries
Position Title: Volunteer
Responsible To: Joni Mack Weed
Responsibilities:
Caring Cooks: respond to requests for home-cooked meals to be delivered to parishioners being discharged from hospital or other emergency, on an as needed basis.
Visitors: call on and/or provide companionship to the elderly or homebound in our parish; schedule could be flexible – once weekly or as available.
Transportation: provide a ride to church or doctor for those without a car; has flexibility in scheduling.
Transportation to Idaho Falls for radiation: periodically we have parishioners who need to travel for care on weekdays. A rotating schedule would be developed with many drivers.
Funeral Luncheon: organize or help with receptions for funerals
Stephen Ministry: Stephen Ministry equips lay people, through 50 hours of training and follow-up bi-weekly supervision sessions, to provide confidential, one-to-one Christian care to individuals in our congregation and community who are experiencing difficulties in their lives. Stephen Ministers are there for his or her care receiver, meeting faithfully for about an hour each week, for as long as there is a need. Consider becoming a Stephen Minister if you are a good listener and a compassionate person.
Healing Ministry: train to pray one-on-one with parishioners during communion.
Shepherds: sign on to assist an individual or family with orientation to St. John’s, answering questions and introducing them to others in the parish.
Living History Interviewers: visit elderly parishioners with recorder and interview them, particularly about their connection to St. John’s. Each interview would become a part of St. John’s historical legacy, and the basis for a profile of the person in Revelations newsletter and the website.
Children
If you have an interest in children and their spiritual development, you are welcome to join in our programs. Teaching Sunday School, Children's Church or Godly Play is a valuable way to share your gifts with children. We also have opportunities for the parish to help with events like our Jerusalem Marketplace, Vacation Bible School, field trips or our Fourth of July children's games.
E-mail us today to start tommorow.
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