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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 2 hours of service in the Fall and 4 hours of service in the Spring.In addition to these recurring opportunities, we often offer other service events throughout the year. Please pay close attention to your email and our Instagram page to learn about upcoming opportunities!
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July 12-16: 10 AM - 5:30 PM
Meet at STM but serve throughout the Triangle Area!
Open to all STM Parishioners over the age of 14
Cost: $10
Join members of the STM community as we gather together for a local mission experience serving with various organizations in our area! To learn more about our goals, service sites, and format of the week, click here.
Other important forms:
Permission Slip
Tools use form
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Be a Kitchen Volunteer:Volunteering in the kitchen may include..
- Taking inventory of all dishes, cups, tumblers and flatware.- Running all the dishes, cups, and plastic tumblers through the dishwasher.
- Emptying the ice maker, rinsing it out with fresh water, and turning it back on.
- Sanitizing all food prep surfaces.
- Mopping the kitchen, serving room floor and pantry floors.
- Cleaning the counters, sinks and coffee pots in the many conference rooms.
Contact:
Peter Enchelmayer, Kitchen Assistant, penchelmayer@stmchapelhill.org
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Pancake Breakfasts - Postponed due to COVID-19
Dates TBDThree or four students are needed for table set up, food serving, table busing and dish drying activities. Shifts that are available:
- 3 or 4 students from 8:30 to 10:30
- 3 or 4 students from 10:30 to 12:30
Email Jim Heffernan directly at jheffernan@nc.rr.com with shift choice and date(s) able to serve.
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Habitat for Humanity - Postponed due to COVID-19
For youth who are 16 and older with a parent or guardian present!Habitat for Humanity: orangehabitat.volunteerhub.com/lp/buildinghope
Dates are shown when STM volunteers are needed and lunch is sometimes provided.
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PORCH "Double Baggers" Needed!
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. Please note: You must have two SET (Safe Environment Trained) adults to accompany you for this project. Contact Kristin Hauser, 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 Maureen Earnhardt 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. -