The Church of the Open Door
Service Opportunities Within Our Church
Below you will find listed the opportunities that currently exist for service within our congregation. If you are looking for something that is not in the list, please send a message to Deb Burich, Director for Volunteer Ministries, using this contact form.
| Opportunity | Ministry Area | Description | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Education Ministry Team Member | Adult Education & Spiritual Formation [About] | Oversee adult education offerings, small groups and retreats. This team meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7pm. [Read More] | Rev. Jane Anderson: [Send Email] |
| Adult Fellowship Activities | Fellowship [About] | Help organize outings or events. Organize dinner/theatre events; kayaking or biking outings; volleyball or basketball team or any other outing/event you and others might enjoy. [Read More] | Ellie Olson: [Send Email] |
| Association and Conference Relations | Mission & Service [About] | Represent our congregation as a delegate to regional (Association), state (Conference) or national (General Synod) meetings of our denomination. Help educate members about wider church resources and organizations, advocacy efforts & programming. [Read More] | Deb Burich: [Send Email] |
| Building & Grounds committee member | Building and Grounds Committee [About] | Oversee the maintenance & upkeep of the buidlings and surrounding grounds. [Read More] | Wayne Lannoye: [Send Email] |
| Children's Choir | Worship & Music [About] | Children in grades two through six rehearse Wednesdays at 4:30pm preparing anthems for worship, Christmas Eve and a spring musical. [Read More] | John Albrecht: [Send Email] |
| Communications Coordinator | Mission & Service [About] | Write articles for the church newsletter, website and other media about mission/service partners, projects & events. [Read More] | Deb Burich: [Send Email] |
| Communion Servers | Worship & Music [About] | Volunteer to serve as a communion captain or communion server. A communion 'captain' gathers/calls members who have indicated they are willing to serve and oversees serving and resetting/cleaning up for one worship service. Communion is normally shared on the first Sunday of each month at all services that day as well as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday and Christmas eve late service. [Read More] | Joyce Hanstedt: [Send Email] |
| Communion set-up | Worship & Music [About] | Fill the communion cups with juice, cut bread and fill trays, then organize the trays, pitcher and plate on the communion table. This can be done either on Saturday anytime (check to make sure there isn't a wedding scheduled) or early Sunday morning. [Read More] | Joyce Hanstedt: [Send Email] |
| Computer Data Input | Stewardship [About] | Help is needed to input members' participation in activities and events as well as areas of interest in the Church Management Software System. [Read More] | Deb Burich: [Send Email] |
| Confirmation Mentors (9th Grade) | Children, Youth & Families [About] | Confirmation Mentors (9th Grade) [Read More] | Rev. Nicholas Hatch: [Send Email] |
| Counting Team (Monday mornings) | Finance Committee [About] | Work on a team of 2 to count the Sunday offering on Monday mornings. A sign up sheet is located in the church narthex. [Read More] | Cheryl Stegert: [Send Email] |
| CYF Ministry Team Member | Children, Youth & Families [About] | CYF Ministry Team Member [Read More] | John Schultz: [Send Email] Rick Bollenbeck: [Send Email] |
| CYF Photographer | Children, Youth & Families [About] | Take pictures during program activities and other events. [Read More] | Kara J. Woodford: [Send Email] |
| Dancers | Worship & Music [About] | Dancers are needed for unique worship services and/or the church musical. [Read More] | Karen Leigh-Post: [Send Email] Mark Shropshire: [Send Email] |
| Family Handbell Choirs | Worship & Music [About] | Adults, youth and children prepare in mulitple-week units in the fall and spring to present music in worship. [Read More] | John Albrecht: [Send Email] |
| Floral arranging | Worship & Music [About] | Design a weekly floral arrangment for the Sanctary on a rotating basis with others. Other opportunities include overseeing or helping with the Easter and Christmas display. [Read More] | Karen Leigh-Post: [Send Email] Mark Shropshire: [Send Email] |
| Flowers - delivery | Worship & Music [About] | Deliver flowers from the sanctuary to hospitalized, ill or homebound members after the last service. [Read More] | Cindi Ritcey-Fox: [Send Email] |
| Food Server | Facilities [About] | Serve food (buffet style) for memorial services. Work with caterer to fill platters/bowls, etc. [Read More] | Cheryl Stegert: [Send Email] |
| Friends in Christ (visitation to elderly and homebound) | Pastoral Care [About] | Volunteer to visit with our elderly or homebound on a regular basis. All Friends in Christ volunteers meet together quarterly to gain wisdom from one another's experiences without violating confidentiality and to learn more about how we can be more helpful to our Friends in Christ. [Read More] | Rev. Jane Anderson: [Send Email] |
| Greeters/Welcomers | Worship & Music [About] | Greet all those who come to worship with a warm welcoming smile and handshake. [Read More] | Cathy Paynter: [Send Email] |
| Infant and Toddler Room Caregivers | Children, Youth & Families [About] | Adult volunteers serve on a rotating basis to care for infants and toddlers during worship year round. [Read More] | Kara J. Woodford: [Send Email] |
| Instrumentalists | Worship & Music [About] | Brass ensembles, harpsichord, string quartets and chamber ensembles celebrate God's gift of instrumental music in worship. Opportunities are available throughout the year. [Read More] | John Albrecht: [Send Email] |
| Labyrinth Care and Upkeep | Building and Grounds Committee [About] | Weeding and general maintnance of the gardens surrounding the labyrinth from May through Sept. Sign up for one or more weeks and/or participate in the spring clean up/mulch spreading day. [Read More] | Wayne Lannoye: [Send Email] |
| Lay Reader | Worship & Music [About] | Read scripture lessons during worship. [Read More] | Ernestine Whitman: [Send Email] |
| Library Operations and Upkeep | Congregational Life [About] | Review, order, catalog and display books for the church library. The committee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. [Read More] | Gretchen Revie: [Send Email] |
| Middle School Evening Teachers | Children, Youth & Families [About] | Lead a small group of middle school students on Wednesday evening during the church school year. Lesson plans and supplies are provided. [Read More] | Georgia Berceau: [Send Email] |
| Middle School Handbells | Worship & Music [About] | Middle School Handbells [Read More] | Karen Leigh-Post: [Send Email] Mark Shropshire: [Send Email] |
| Ministry Team Member | Pastoral Care [About] | Oversee the Friends in Christ, Stephen Ministry and Parish nursing programs. [Read More] | Rev. Jane Anderson: [Send Email] |
| Mission Bulletin Board Upkeep | Mission & Service [About] | Keep pictures current of mission activities and events. Highlight mission partners with information obtained from the partnership leaders. [Read More] | Deb Burich: [Send Email] |
| Photographer - Fellowship Events | Fellowship [About] | Take photographs at events of the church. Photos are needed for the website, newsletter, bulletin boards, picture directory and history of our church. [Read More] | Ellie Olson: [Send Email] |
| Piano Accompanist | Worship & Music [About] | Pianists are needed to accompany choirs, church musicials, Easter Sunrise service and on other occasions. [Read More] | John Albrecht: [Send Email] |
| Punch on the Lawn | Fellowship [About] | Serve lemonade or punch after worship during the summer months. This is usually served outside the front doors, weather permitting. Tables are set up by our maintenance staff and directions are available for the amounts of lemonade/punch to prepare. [Read More] | Ellie Olson: [Send Email] |
| Rally Sunday and Church Picnic | Fellowship [About] | Help in a variety of ways: set up tables and chairs; decorate; prepare food; serve food; scoop ice cream; organize chidren's activities; clean up. [Read More] | Ellie Olson: [Send Email] |
| Sanctuary Arts | Aesthetics Committee [About] | Oversee the decor of the church buildings (paint schemes, furniture, plantings, artwork,etc.) [Read More] | Andrea Tatlock: [Send Email] |
| Sanctuary Choir | Worship & Music [About] | Adults and Senior High youth rehearse Wednesdays at 7pm (no audition required), preparing a broad variety of choral literature, including major works with orchestra. Sanctuary Choir sings most Sundays at alternating services from mid September through May. [Read More] | John Albrecht: [Send Email] |
| Schedulers (for communion set-up, flower delivery, etc.) | Worship & Music [About] | Create schedules for communion set-up and flower delivery from a list of people who have indicated they are willing to serve in those ways. [Read More] | Karen Leigh-Post: [Send Email] Mark Shropshire: [Send Email] |
| Senior High Activity Chaperone | Children, Youth & Families [About] | Chaperone and/or drive for various senior high school activities throughout the year. [Read More] | Rev. Nicholas Hatch: [Send Email] |
| Small Group Leaders | Adult Education & Spiritual Formation [About] | Lead/facilitate a small group in your area of interest. [Read More] | Rev. Jane Anderson: [Send Email] |
| Sound System Technicians | Worship & Music [About] | Volunteers are needed to run the audio and video for Sunday morning worship and weddings. [Read More] | Rick Behm: [Send Email] |
| Stephen Ministry (one-on-one care to people in transition or crisis) | Pastoral Care [About] | Stephen ministers go through a training designed to equip them with skills needed to journey with others in the community of faith during times of life transitions or crises. They are matched with a care receiver and build a confidential caring relationship during a particular time of need. [Read More] | Rev. Jane Anderson: [Send Email] |
| Sunday Coffee Servers | Fellowship [About] | Serve coffee and juice on Sunday mornings during fellowship time after the 8:45 service. This is a great way to meet others and also serves as a wonderful arm of hospitality! [Read More] | Ellie Olson: [Send Email] |
| Teachers and Guides for Church School Program " Pathways" | Children, Youth & Families [About] | Teachers and Guides - committment of 5-6 weeks rotation model church school program [Read More] | Kara J. Woodford: [Send Email] Micki Heimer: [Send Email] |
| Ushers | Worship & Music [About] | Hand out bulletins, light candles, help seat guests and help with the offering during worship. Teams are scheduled for each worship time. Usher teams for the 10:30 worship service are especially in need of more members [Read More] | Mark Shropshire: [Send Email] |