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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.
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ONGOING OPPORTUNITIESKnights of Columbus, Pancake Breakfasts: The Knights of Columbus need help with their pancake breakfasts. Youth can help make the pancakes, serve breakfast, and help clean up. Volunteers are needed every second Sunday. All times are from 8:30am to 11:30am.
November 11,2018
January 27, 2019 This would coincide with the beginning of Catholic Schools Week
March 10, 2019
May 12, 2019 Mothers day
We can use three or four students for each of the following shifts:
3 or 4 students from 8:45 to 10:45
3 or 4 students from 10:30 to 12:30
They should email me directly at: jheffernan@nc.rr.com. And they should give me their shift choice and the date/s they wish to come.
Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Fundraiser: I had contacted you to request student volunteers for the Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser scheduled for Friday November 9th. The fundraiser is to support Veterans and the St. Michael the Defender Ministry. Dinner will be served from 5p-7p. We are looking for student volunteers to help with busing dishes and cleaning tables duty. Those students that are available to help will receive a free dinner. Thank you for your support of this event! Contact Bill Jackson at BJackson55@gmail.com
Hallowfest at the STM School: Jennifer Galloway is going to design and decorate the Hallowfest Fun/Haunted House that will be in the Youth House on Friday, October 26th from 6-9 pm. She is calling it the Witch's cottage. To that end, do you have any youth that will need service/volunteer hours that will be available to help with Hallowfest (probably in the Witch's Corner) on Friday, October 26th from 5-9 pm. We will be able to tell then what to do. But, we just need volunteers to help us. They could be at the Witch's Corner or somewhere else at the carnival (at a game, selling food, etc.) if they feel comfortable. Contact Jennifer Galloway at jenniferlgalloway@gmail.com
Holiday Shoppe: Teens are asked to help serve snacks and drinks at the Holiday Shoppe at St Thomas More or Saturday, December 1st from 10am-3pm. 3-4 Teens are needed with an adult supervisor/parent. Shifts can be broken up for convenience. Contact Georgie Clemens if you can help with this fun event!
Mission Trip 2019: Our next mission trip to help the poor and needy will be in Greenville, NC in July. Please visit our Mission Trip page for more information.
Elementary Faith Development children's workshops: Help our young christians enjoy a morning or afternoon learning about reconciliation and/or first euchartist on November 3rd and 17th. Teens can help with the 9am-11:30am session or 1:00pm-3:30pm session or both. Contact Maurenn Earnhardt at mearnhardt@stmchapelhill.org
Mass and Meal Musicians: Teens are welcome to sing with the youth choir or play an instrument for our Mass and Meal events. Rehearsal dates are the following: Sunday October 28th from 6:30-8:00pm in the Music Room in church and Sunday, November 4 from 8-9pm. Both rehersals conclude with our Mass and Meal on November 11 at 5:15pm. Contact Georgie Clemens if you would like to help out.
Hospitality Weekends
St Thomas More ministries host Hospitality Weekends 6 times a year (every other month.) Each includes service of food and drinks after ALL five weekend masses. Hospitality Weekend gatherings are generally but not always held on the 4th Sunday and include the 5:15 Saturday Mass. Youth can assist in the preparation of food trays and drinks before mass-times and can help serve and clean up after masses. If you would like to volunteer for an hour or two (or more), please contact Laura Stewart in the Parish Office.
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.
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 or Marilyn Kearns at mrkearns@nc.rr.com for more information.
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.
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!
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 Regina Mattera at rmattera@nc.rr.com for more information.
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.
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.
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 Blaire Byrley at STMLectors@gmail.com for information.
Eucharistic Minister Training
Confirmed teens interested in becoming Eucharistic Minsters are invited to training sessions scheduled a few times a year. Please contact our liturgist for more information on dates and times.