Ministry - Three Reasons to "Get In The Game"

It's a way to GROW

Joining a ministry team is a great way to grow in friendships, knowledge, and in your spiritual journey

"Under his direction the whole body is fitted together perfectly, and each part in its own special way helps the other parts, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love." [Eph 4:16 (LB)]

It's a way to GIVE BACK

Has the First Free Church ministry touched your life in a meaningful way? Now is your chance to make a difference in someone else's life.

"God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God's many kinds of blessings." [I Peter 4:10 (LB)]

It's a way to GLORIFY GOD

Not only will you build relationships, and enjoy the satisfaction of a job worth doing, but more importantly, you will glorify God.

"Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies, so that God will be glorified through Jesus Christ - to him be glory and power forever and ever." [I Peter 4:11 (LB)]

Find Your Fit

Look for the place where you can best grow. Give back and glorify God!

Caring Commission: Focus on Fellowship

1. Visitor Follow-up: Volunteer to purposefully build relationships with people who visit or are new to our church.
2. Hospital/Nursing Home Visitation: Volunteer to visit people in the hospital and in nursing homes.
3. Absentees: Volunteer to call people that haven't been at church recently to let them know they are missed.
4. Sunday Morning Fellowship Hour: Be responsible for one week of our coffee & donut time per quarter.
5. Fellowship Dinners: Host a fellowship potluck dinner in your home. It's a great way to get to know each other!
6. Serving Committees: Work on a kitchen serving committee for a church event.
7. Funeral Receptions: Be on a list of people willing to assist with funeral lunches (set-up, food preparation, clean-up).
8. Transportation: Have a car you could use for God's glory? Why not volunteer to transport people in need of a ride?
9. Information Desk: Volunteer to fill in or assist at the Information Desk on a Sunday morning.
10. Greeters: Volunteer to shake hands and welcome people as they arrive on a Sunday morning.

Worship Commission: Focus on Worship

11. Ushers: Volunteer to be an usher in the Sunday morning worship service.
12. Prayer: Pray for our worship service as it is being conducted or be available to pray with people at the end of our worship service.
13. Sound & Video: Opportunities abound for people to learn and get involved in our sound and video booth.
14. Music: Become a part of our worship music ministries. Volunteer to sing on a worship team or in the choir, play an instrument or perform special music.
15. Drama: Have a flair for the performing arts? Get involved with our drama team.
16. Tapes: We need people to help copy cassette tapes of our Sunday morning worship services.

Nurture Commission: Focus on Maturity/Growth

17. Youth Staff: Come spend time with our Jr. & Sr. High youth. Come shape the future.
18. Nursery: Assist with child-care in our nursery or pre-school classrooms.
19. Library: Assist in our church library.
20. Teachers: Become a substitute Sunday School teacher or teach a children's class during the summer.
21. Coordinators: Oversee the children's Sunday School teaching schedules, or help coordinate Wednesday evening children's clubs, or coordinate a scripture memory program for grades K-6.
22. Event planning: Plan and coordinate a special event such as a nurture appreciation lunch or a senior high Christmas dinner.
23. Nurture Commission: Become a part of our church's nurture planning at the monthly meetings.
24. New Believer Study Group leaders: Real life changes, discipleship, and friendships happen here. Step out and lead one of our small group Bible studies.
25. Club leaders: Be involved in a child's life, be a club leader on Wednesdays.
26. Prayer Groups: Want to spend more time in God's presence? We invite you to spend some time praying with others in our church.
27. Women's Bible Study: Are you patient and like kids? We need help in the nursery on Wednesday mornings.

Finance and Property

28. Property: Painting, dusting, landscaping, fixing, cleaning and building projects are just a few of the items to be done around our church.

Outreach Commission: Focus on Evangelism

Mission Committee: Join this group that guides the local church in national and international missions.

29. Missionary Correspondence: Take some time to correspond and pray for one of our missionaries.
30. Bulletin Boards: Prepare displays to keep the congregation informed of local and international evangelistic activities.
31. Christmas Card Fund: Plan and organize activities for this yearly giving opportunity.
32. Special Event Weekends: Help plan mission emphasis programs a few times a year.

Local Outreach: Focus on evangelism in the neighborhood.

33. Taskforce on Local Outreach: Join this team of activity planners for local events.
34. English Teachers: Help teach English as a second language at Salem Free Church. Prior experience is not required.
35. Vacation Bible School: We need teachers, leaders, and people willing to participate in our week-long VBS program.
36. Angel Tree: Volunteer to help make this Christmas a joyful one for the kids and families of prison inmates.
37. Mentors: Do you want to be a positive Christian influence in young lives? Come be a tutor at Hale Community School.
38. Housing: Come get involved as we support new immigrants and refugees with our housing ministry.

Women's Guild: Come to this monthly meeting to learn more about missionaries.

39. White Cross: Help us roll bandages for the Tandala Hospital in the Congo and make quilts for Lydia Children's Home.
40. Birthday Calendar: We are looking for someone to build a reminder calendar of birthdays for our missionaries and their children.