Your goal Volunteer for a short time a week and still have time for your life outside church.
Your plan Pick any ministry opportunity weekly to be a good steward of your time and talent.
Your payoff You'll do your part to build the Kingdom of God here on Earth, however crammed or crazy your schedule is!
No time? No problem! Whether you've been involved in ministry life before or you're set to get involved today, you can volunteer anywhere with this easy plan. I've included opportunities for
volunteering from home for weeks when you're too time-crunched to make it out somewhere. Get involved, easy!
Christian Life
Coffee and Donut Social Hosts (While you're already at church for Mass)
Host the coffee and donut social after 9 a.m. Mass on Sundays. Go to Randalls or HEB before the first of the month to get orange juice and order donuts. Pick up donuts and set up in Morris Hall on the Sunday you volunteer. Serve water, orange juice, coffee and donuts to parishioners, and clean up afterward.
Faith Formation
Children's Special Event Volunteers
Plan or lead activities for the parish's special events for children, including Vacation Religion School, the Christmas Pageant, Stations of the Cross, Our Lady of Guadalupe Festival and others. Short-term projects!
Liturgy and Sacred Music
Altar Ministry (Serve from home)
Care for alter linens by laundering and pressing the linens used during the liturgy. Pick up linens at the church then return them after Mass on weekdays or after the Sunday 5:30 p.m. Mass. With the current amount of volunteers, you would only do this once every two months.
Altar Servers (While you're already at church for Mass)
Children in the fourth to 12th grades assist the presider during the celebration of the liturgy on Sunday and holy days.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (While you're already at church for Mass)
Those who've been confirmed in the Catholic Church assist with distribution of Holy Communion during the celebration of the liturgy on Sunday.
Readers (While you're already at church for Mass)
Those who've been confirmed in the Catholic Church proclaim the Word of God during the liturgy.
Ushers (While you're already at church for Mass)
Assist the assembly during the liturgy with greeting, seating, collection and answering questions.
Social Outreach
Christian Medical Missions
Accompany medical teams to Central America to minister to indigenous people on one-week trips offered throughout the year.
Habitat for Humanity
Assist in building one to two homes per year for people in the Diocese of Austin by providing labor and / or food for the laborers. Short-term project!
Mary and Martha Guild (Serve from home)
Provide hospitality and food for parishioners for special occasions and events. Assist families with meals in their home when needed due to illness. Cut, embroider and sew baptismal garments and prayer shawls.
Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Several opportunities for the busy person to volunteer with MLF exist. Pick up Great Harvest Bread and Starbucks treats various times during the week. Breads must be sorted and stored. Purchase eggs once per month (more if you like), boil them at home and bring them back to the commissary. Help with various aspects of the Annual MLF Wine Tasting and Auction (late April or early May), including soliciting donations, handling auction paperwork, and staffing auction tables and check-out at the event. Every four to six weeks, go to the Capital Area Food Bank to pick up a food order of free or low cost food. Care for various commissary landscaping areas. The list goes on!
Stewardship
Special Events Volunteers
Assist in planning and organizing special parish events throughout the year. Short-term projects!
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