Get Involved!
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time and services, we have ways you can help! Find our current
volunteer opportunities below. |
New Volunteer Opportunities
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Our congregation is blessed with many people
working within the Worship and Congregational Life Ministry.
These servants faithfully give their time and expertise in a
wide variety of ministries that utilize the specific talents
God has blessed them with and continue their journey of
transformation to become more Christ-like. We encourage
everyone to consider involvement in one of the ministry areas
listed below. Contact Marguerite
McAfee for more information. |
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| Communion Preparation – Prepare
communion trays for the worship services. Rotating team
members allow for flexible scheduling. This is a
behind-the-scenes act of service involving 1-2 hours on Friday
or Saturday. |
| Courtyard Café – Help create a
welcoming, casual environment on the courtyard, where
fellowship and friendship can flourish. We provide coffee and
goodies for members and guests on Sunday. |
| Flower Team – Use your God given gift
of creativity to enhance the worship experience for the
congregation on Sundays and special events. |
| Green (Parking Lot) Team – This
awesome team directs traffic, finds parking spaces, puts
umbrellas over heads, is the first contact for visitors and
they get to wear the vests. |
| Greeters – Let people know that we’re
glad they are here on Sunday and welcome them at the entrance
to the Sanctuary as they arrive for worship. Lead visitors to
the Hospitality Center. Give mini-tours to newcomers. |
| Hospitality Center – Our ‘hub of
information’ is another great opportunity to fellowship
while distributing class schedules, flyers, first-timer gifts,
and just about everything SFC to interested individuals on
Sunday morning once or twice a month. |
| Music (vocalists/instrumentalists) – Help
to lead worship on Sunday mornings as a member of one of our
singing or instrumental teams (Sanctuary Choir, Gospel Choir,
9:00 Worship Band, Orchestra, or Handbell Choir). |
| Pew Maintenance – Refresh the various
pew cards, put out new Bibles, hymnals or pencils. Requires
one to two hours a week. |
| Platform Preparation – Help provide
the smooth transition of set-up of the Sanctuary platform from
the 9:00 am service to the 10:30 am service. Typical weekly
tasks include moving musical equipment, chairs and other
elements on and off the platform before and after the
services. |
| Projection Team – Help provide
technical support for worship services and special events by
operating the lyric projection and pre-service announcement
slide projection in the Sanctuary. |
| Sound & Lighting Technician – Help
with set up and operation of Sanctuary sound and lights on
Sunday mornings and other special events. |
| Welcome Team (Ushers) – Greet members
and guests, pass out bulletins, help with the collection of
the offering and serve communion. We welcome new team members
at all services. |
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| Other servants are consistently working to
utilize the technology that is available to create more
opportunities to see and hear the message of life
transformation, ministry expansion and heart renovation. If
you have experience or interest (training will be provided) in
the teams that comprise the Communication Ministry please
contact Nicki Mierzejewski (408) 867-1000, ext. 250 or by email. |
| Video/Photo Development – We would
like to expand this creative team to provide more extensive
use of video and photos for promotional materials, as well as,
reporting of missions trips, clips to illustrate points in
sermons or classes, outreach videos, and other possibilities. |
| Web Integration – If you have skills
in web development and integration, please consider joining
this key communication team. |
| Audio Technician – People often ask
for recordings of Adult Sunday school classes, seminars and
conferences. We would like to make those materials available.
If you have skills in capturing, editing, or distributing such
content or if you have ideas about creative uses of audio that
we have not yet realized, please let us know. |
| NEW Database Management – We have
numerous database projects in need of development. We have
projects of every size and shape that are possible with the
right skills to bring them to life. If you can design (with
staff input) and program, we would like to hear from you. |
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Robin Hood Ministry - Serving the Poor in San Jose
About twenty minutes from our church, in east San Jose, an old
double trailer sits on the edge of the parking lot of the Guadalupe
Church. No one lives inside; instead, it is used as a clothes closet
to serve the working poor. Their doors are open for distribution
every Wednesday morning and Saturday morning. |
| If you are interested in contributing used clothing,
bedding or furniture, please leave a message for Pam Glader at
(408)867-1000, ext. 401. If you would like to join the group of a
dozen men who take turns picking up and delivering furniture on
Saturdays, contact Keith Fraker at 408-867-7830. This is your chance
to receive a blessing. |
Help the Church Worship
Projecting the scripture readings and song lyrics on the screen
in the Sanctuary has greatly enhanced our worship experience. We
need several more team members to help with the projection system,
particularly at the 10:30 am service. It's not terribly complicated.
It just takes some technical competencies and a sense of timing. For
more information, please contact Jeanette Lindsay by email
or at the church office, (408) 867-1000, ext. 251. |
Office Helpers
We have monthly mailings of the newsletter, as well as other
special mailings for various ministries. Contact Kathy
Hensley to add your name to our list. |
Children's Ministry
There are plenty of tasks that need to be done: copying, room
setup, organizing, computer input, and craft preparation. Contact Debbie
Sturm and let her know when you are available. |
Student Ministry
Adults are needed to disciple and mentor our teenagers. Women
willing to work with our Jr. High and Sr. High students are
especially needed. Contact Tim
Galleher for all the details. |
Facility Maintenance/Handyman
Join the crew on Thursday mornings, 9:00 to noon, or let Jerry
Bruce know of other times when you are available for one-time or
ongoing projects. |
Hospitality Center
Would you like to help in the Hospitality Center on Sundays? We
are looking for people to help greet people and provide information
at the Hospitality Center in the courtyard (You know, the place that
looks like a ticket booth). Please contact Nicki in the office for
more information. Email works too: Terri
Goehner or Nicki
Mierzejewski. |
Visits to the Elderly
Are you interested in visiting the elderly on a one-on-one basis
twice a month? We meet at the Saratoga Retirement Health Care Center
on the 2nd and last Monday for about one hour. Please call Marilyn
Berg, (408) 867-3299, for more information.
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Church Office
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