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There are many community service and parish ministry opportunities!
Be sure to sign up for things early so that you don't get caught at the end of the year with no service hours!!
Please remember that people are counting on your support. When you sign up for a service opportunity it is very important that you follow through and participate in that obligation.
Teens preparing for Confirmation need 5 hours of parish based service per year of preparation.Mission Trip 2019: Our next mission trip to help the poor and needy will be in Greensboro, NC, July 21-26. Please visit our Mission Trip page for more information.
Join Team St. Thomas More for the CROP Hunger Walk! Register to walk, fundraise,or donate after Mass at the narthex table or visit www.crophungerwalk.org/ chapelhillnc. The 2019 Chapel Hill-Carrboro CROP Hunger Walk to benefitthe IFC and Church World Service takes place on March 24, beginning and ending at Carrboro Town Commons, 301 West Main Street. Registration and festivities start at 1:00PM, stepoff at 2:30PM. An enormous THANK YOU to all who have supported this effort in the past! Contact Mary Ellen McGuire or Carol Prokop (cprokop96@gmail.com for more information.
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Elementary Faith Development children's workshops: Helping hands are needed for the First Eucharist Retreats being held on Saturday, March 9th and 16th from 9-11:30 am and 1-3:30pm each day. Help is needed with the “Behind the Scenes Church Tour” (script provided), Snack, First Eucharist Banner Making and Nursery. Volunteers need to be Safe Environment Certified. Please contact Maureen Earnhardt for more information. Thank you!
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Hospitality Sundays: We are looking for 3 volunteers* for each of the 9:15, 11:15 & 1:30 Masses to help out with set up, serving and clean up. Please mark your calendar for the other Hospitality Sunday dates in 2019:
May 19
August 25
September 15
November 17
Please click here to sign up to help with the next Hospitality Sunday.*NOTE: To comply with Child and Youth Protection requirements, a parent or guardian must accompany any youth (under 18 years) volunteering for a Hospitality Sunday event.
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Feeding Children Everywhere – On Sunday March 31 from 10:30-11:30 STM’s Outreach Committee will be hosting this event for our families to assemble kits of food for people affected by the hurricanes last fall. We are hoping a few teens can volunteer to supervise children under age 6 while the event is going on in a designated area of the F&F hall. Parents will be in the same room close by but with their attentions on the assembly lines. Your job will be to supervise children under 6 who will be decorating the boxes for the food with stickers and drawings. If you can help with this please contact Susie Laidlaw at susanlaidlaw92@gmail.com. Alternatively, you and your families are welcome to participate in the assembly lines if you prefer. Thank you!
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The PORCH organizers need help every third Sunday of the month, from 8pm-9pm (after TYM), to help double-bag and to help set up for the Monday morning food sort. Youth interested can meet in St. Theresa Room right after TYM and plan to stay for an hour or less. Those in need of service hours are more than welcome to help out. Parents are welcome to stay as well. Contact Clara Neyhart at claraneyhart@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer.
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Caring and Sharing Center
Youth are welcome to assist guests find clothes during regular hours and/or assist on scheduled sorting days after hours. Youth younger than 17 years old must come with an adult. Regularly designated sorters work on early Tuesday and Friday a.m. so if youth have time off in the morning they can assist on those days as well. Please contact Marie Clark at mariepaulaclark@yahoo.com for more information.
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Homestart
Homestart is the women and children's shelter on Homestead Road. Our parish, along with other churches, provides dinners for the women each week. We are always in need of additional help. Youth can help by: thinking up a menu, shopping for ingredients, paying for the ingredients, making the dinner (at their house or the shelter), and deliver the dinner to the shelter. They would receive hours for all of the work, and it normally totals at least 5 -6 hours per dinner. Youth are encouraged to work in pairs or groups for this project. Please contact Cindy Hynes at Cindy_Hynes@dentistry.unc.edu for more information. She will help work with the youth's schedule as well.
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Youth House Maintenance
Grab a few of your friends and help us keep our Youth House clean and usable! For those who are interested in getting a few more Confirmation Service Hours, this will be the perfect job! Put on your iPod and clean, clean, clean. Contact Georgie Clemens, Director of Youth Ministry, to volunteer!
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Watering Indoor Plants
Youth are needed to help water plants in the church, narthex, and parish center for 15-20 minutes per week, one day a week, flexible time. Contact Mary Doerflein at mrdoerflein@gmail.com for more information.
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Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)
This is an ongoing commitment for “shepherds” to assist with the teachers during the 5:15 and the 9:15 Masses. The new schedule does not come out until January, but youth can sign up to be included now. Please have the youth think about how many months they wish to be on the schedule since we do a calendar for the whole year. Contact Maureen Earnhardt for more information.
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FOR WIRED MEMBERS ONLY:
RCIA-C
We need youth as sponsors for kids in the RCIA. There are several important aspects of this ministry. (1) It will be a two year commitment (until Easter 2019 with the present group), (2) Hispanic youth are encouraged to become sponsors, as many of our catechumens are Hispanic, (3) the youth need to be Confirmed. Please contact Fr. Chris for more information.
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Lectoring
The lector ministry would love to have some more young lectors. Youth are welcome to come to a new lector training. Usually youth can lector for at least a year before they head off to college. Please contact Jim Boyd at STMLectors@gmail.com for information.
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Eucharistic Minister Training
Confirmed teens interested in becoming Eucharistic Minsters are invited to training sessions scheduled a few times a year. Please contact Deacon Bob Troy for more information on dates and times.