Service Opportunities

Youth are invited to help tend our STM community garden with our San Isidro ministry! No gardening experience is necessary, but you must reach out to Bob Weickert at bob_weickert@mindspring.com to determind when you'd like to volunteer. 
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Usher Ministry
If you'd like to serve as an Usher after any weekend Mass, reach out to Pat Gaglione pjgaglione@gmail.com. While youth can decide what days they'd like to volunteer, this is an ongoing volunteer commitment and not just a one-time thing!
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Assisting Elderly Parishoner
Occassionally, our parish office staff will get calls from elderly or disabled parishoners, requesting help with things like grocery shopping, household chores, or other tasks. If you would like to assist a parishoner in need, please reach out to Kristin to see if anyone may be in need of help. Please note: this activity must be done with a parent or guardian. Youth are not permitted to meet with adult parishoners alone, regardless of the agreement made directly with the parishoner. 
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PORCH "Double Baggers"
The PORCH organizers need help every third Sunday of the month, from 8pm-9pm (after youth ministry), 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 youth ministry 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 or the parents of each youth present. 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.