Volunteering
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Just about everything that happens at the Vineyard, happens because there are lots of ordinary people giving their time and energy, and engaging the unique gifts that God has given them. So browse through this collection of opportunities and ask God if there is some area here where he would like to use you. BaptismBaptisms are a significant event in the lives of many people; it is a joyful celebration for the entire church community, and we want to minister to them on this special day in their lives. Ways to serve: Meeting one-on-one with individuals to go over what baptism means, answer any questions they may have, general assistance during weekend baptism celebrations, i.e., passing out towels, etc.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor BookstoreThe Bookstore exists to offer resources that promote the Vineyard priorities and values. Ways to Serve: Weekend Volunteer – Welcome people to the bookstore area, straighten clothing/books, dust shelves, operate the register and credit card machine, count cash/checks before and after your shift. Shifts are generally 2.5 hours. Weekday Volunteer – Come in once per week to straighten clothing/books, dust shelves, organize display cabinet, and restock helves with overstock clothing. 1 – 2 hours per week, very flexible. Clothing Manager – Work with Ed Knutson at Noswetts Apparel to decide what to order, sizes, colors, types of clothing, pricing, etc. Organize the display area, put size stickers on clothing. With ordering and displaying new product when it comes in, 10 hours per month. Bookstore Manager – Work with business manager and clothing manager to ensure inventory is kept stocked. Take inventory once per month. Oversee volunteers (the 3 positions mentioned above) and scheduling. Be available to cover any volunteer weekend shifts that cannot be covered by other volunteers. 20 – 30 hours per month. Contact: Robyn Schow, Current Bookstore Manager This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 218-525-3462 Clothing ExchangeTwice a year (Spring and Fall), we collect gently used clothes for a clothing exchange. Bring in all sizes from infant to adult, both genders - and take what you want/need. - Its totally Free. Ways to serve: We need help setting up tables, keeping them straightened and helping those looking for clothes, as well as cleaning up after. This is usually a fun and easy commitment.
Contact: Debbie Pensak ChildcareWe want to make our classes and events available to everyone! In an effort to do this, we offer childcare during some of our classes and events. These are paid positions, so there are a few more requirements for these roles. Please ask and we can set you up with all the information you need.
Ways to serve: Contact: Kristi Vantassel, Director of Children’s Ministry email or 218-428-2598 College MinistryIn college ministry, we help each other during this time in life by discussing our doubts, building meaningful relationships, worshiping God, and discussing what he has to say through scripture and how that affects our lives now. Ways to serve: Events—coordinating, cooking, organizing outreaches and different events we put on for young adults to bless and welcome them and connect with them (Finals Relief Night, barbecues and other campus outreaches).
Contact: John Kliewer, Associate Pastor Communion TeamThis behind-the-scenes opportunity involves just one hour every 4 weeks. Team members choose to either serve one hour before the first service of the day, or for one hour after the last service of the day. A great way to honor Jesus & bless the whole body of believers at Vineyard!
Ways to serve: Clean Up on Saturdays of Blue weekends; and Sundays of Green &
Contact: Julie Young, Communion Team Leader Connect ToursConnect tours help people feel more connected to our community by seeing the ins and outs of our facility and learning about the opportunities to serve and grow in their relationship with Jesus. Ways to serve: We need tour guides to assist in giving tours the last weekend of every month after the Saturday night service and the Sunday, 11 am service.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Cooking MinistryMany Vineyard events are brimming with great food and beverages. Ways to serve: Plan, shop, and prepare generous meals and snacks at Newcomer’s Classes, Welcome Desserts, Weekend Workshops, Barbecues, Biker Blessing, and other special events.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Crisis Response TeamAs more and more people attend our weekend services, the need to ensure that everyone in the building is safe at all times has increased. Ways to serve: Crisis Response Members at all three services.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor DiscipleshipA chance to meet with people, help disciple them, spending time talking to them and coaching them in their walk with Jesus. Ways to serve: If you have a gift in discipling folks, contact John and you can look together for different ministries to get plugged into.
Contact: John Kliewer, Associate Pastor Education MinistriesThe Vineyard Education Ministries offers individual instruction specifically designed to help students with reading disabilities or other difficulties in school.
Ways to serve: Tutoring, adult literacy, or
Contact: Elise Pechek, Director of Vineyard Education Ministries Evening Welcome Center TeamOn week nights, we have volunteers at the welcome center to welcome visitors and assist them with their needs.
Ways to serve: Welcome Center person
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Facilities Cleaning TeamThe Facilities Cleaning team offers a powerful way to help bring people into deeper relationship with Jesus by eliminating facilities-related distractions for our visitors. By providing a clean and healthy environment, we help people feel safe and relaxed, which allows them to focus on building healthy community and spiritual relationships. Our hands help others to know His heart. Ways to Serve: The Cleaning Team helps to extend our resources and keep our facilities sparkling by working with the Facilities Management to clean and detail all areas of the building. There are opportunities to serve both on weekends and during the week.
Contact: James Smith, Facilities Manager Facilities First Impressions TeamThe Facilities First Impressions team works to put the finishing touches on our building and auditorium in final preparation for the weekend services. With their special attention to the finest detail, this team plays a vital role in staging our facilities and making them sparkle and shine for our weekend visitors. Our goal is to extend God’s love in a truly meaningful and practical way, and to ensure our facilities are as warm and welcoming as possible before every service. Ways to Serve: The Facilities First Impressions Team serves before each weekend service, and ensures our parking lot, grounds, entrances, lobby, bathrooms, and auditorium are fully staged and sparkly clean. Contact: Deena Townsend at 218-525-3462 Facilities Maintenance TeamThe Facilities Maintenance Team allows those with mechanical, construction and maintenance skills to use their unique talents to serve the Kingdom of God. This team helps maintain and repair our facilities and equipment on a scheduled and as-needed basis. Ways to Serve: Preventative maintenance, as-needed facilities and equipment maintenance, construction projects, painting, and facilities remodeling projects.
Contact: Jeff Hirschoff, Executive Pastor Facilities Setup TeamIn keeping with the teachings of Jesus, we use all of our resources and facilities in service to others and our community. The setup teams allow us to extend our love to others by helping to set up and reconfigure our facilities for services, classes, and other church and community events. Ways to Serve: The Setup Team sets up and takes down the auditorium, lobby, and other areas of the building and grounds on a regular and as-needed basis for services, classes, weddings and funerals, and special events.
Contact: James Smith, Facilities Manager First RespondersA trained team of people equipped and ready to be the first contact to a family or individual going through crisis and not yet connected to our church family through small group or other support system. Ways to serve: Meet with people, bring them care and comfort, help to organize a plan for ongoing support from setting up meal plans to professional services.
Contact: Jordan Sundberg, Pastoral Assistant Food DonationsWe need volunteers to make a one-time commitment to either prepare food in their home or purchase it and then donate it to the Vineyard for some of our larger events we offer a couple times a year (i.e., all-church work day, Free45 barbecue). Ways to serve: Preparing or purchasing salads, cookies, chips, etc.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Free Coffee TeamWe share God’s love through the hospitality that a delicious cup of coffee or tea offers, helping people to feel comfortable and welcome while attending one of Vineyard’s services or events. Ways to Serve: Brew coffee, fill in supplies (sugar, creamer, etc.), wipe down tables, wash and stack mugs, for all services and most events, all while wearing a smile and making people feel at home.
Contact: Charlie & Julie Plys Freedom for LifeFreedom for Life teaches that Jesus is the center of all our efforts to recover and he is who we seek healing from; no matter what the sin is, the solution is always the same. In addition to prayer, support, and encouragement, Freedom for Life will teach people how to abandon their sins of choice and have a functional relationship with Jesus. Ways to serve: People to help with registration as well as table group facilitators during the course who lead discussion and pray for people every week; we need a really good healthy leadership team for this ministry.
Contact: Karin Lovold, Freedom for Life Administrative Assistant Fruit of the VineOur ministry seeks to serve the poor of the greater Twin Ports area with a week’s worth of food whilst taking the opportunity to love people and point them towards Jesus. We exist to build bridges of friendship and allow Jesus to walk across them. Ways to serve: Intake (which requires computer skills), hospitality, personal shopper, prayer team, stocking, weighing, meat counter, and carry out, all of which happen on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Also, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month, we have a food delivery from Second Harvest that requires a team of people to help unload.
Contact: Edeanne Aiken, Pastoral Assistant Gospel of Wholeness/Peer Counseling/Lay CounselingOur team of spiritual mentors and lay counselors have a heart-felt desire to bring the healing love of Christ to those who are hurting spiritually, experiencing grief, in a painful life situation, an addiction, or some loss in life. Ways to serve: Prayer team member, healing team member, lay counselor, peer counselor.
Contact: Karin Lovold, Gospel of Wholeness Administrative Assistant Greeting TeamOur greeters serve to set visitors at ease and help answer any questions they have—at times, before they have a chance to ask them! Ways to serve: Greeters are needed at all three services, as well as Welcome Desserts and Newcomer’s classes.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Grounds Maintenance and Snow Removal Teams
The Grounds Maintenance and Snow Removal Teams enable us to keep our grounds and parking lot safe, accessible, and welcoming to our visitors. By making an excellent first impression, we help people take the next steps in their spiritual journey to better know Ways to Serve: The Grounds Maintenance and Snow Removal Teams serve year round to maintain the property, grounds, and parking lot. In summer this includes cutting the grass and maintaining our landscaping and parking lot. In winters the focus shifts to snow and ice removal, as well as keeping the lots and sidewalks safe for everyone.
Contact: James Smith, Facilities Manager Healing TeamHealing teams mobilize prayers to go anywhere and pray for anyone about anything so they don’t have to come to church to get prayer. Ways to serve: A healing team coordinator arranges 2-3 trained prayer team members to be deployed to go out together and pray for someone in need.
Contact: Lynn Grandson, Pastoral Assistant Large EventsWe have several large events happening every year: Easter Egg Hunt, Blessing of the Bikes, Free45, Harvest Party & Servant Appreciation Party. Ways to serve: We are in need of volunteers for set up, kitchen duty, greeting, tear down, clean up, and various other ways to serve at these events.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Marriage & Family MinistryMarriage and Family Life Ministries serves families by extending our resources and encouragement in the areas of marriage and family life. Ways to serve: Couples that have healthy Christ-centered marriages that feel called to mentor other couples; we use these couples in three different ministry areas: marriage course, marriage mentoring, and premarital counseling.
Contact: the Vineyard church Memorial Service MinistryWe believe when people are in a time of grief, it is a great opportunity to serve practical needs and spiritual needs. Ways to serve: Teams of people that prepare food, decorating, set up, clean up, flower arranging, shopping, etc.
Contact: Lisa Matheson, Memorial Service Team Leader Men’s MinistryThe Men’s Ministry at Duluth Vineyard is committed to partnering with the Holy Spirit to see men grow in their relationship with Christ and others. Ways to serve: Events—coordinating events, cooking for events, organizing events; leadership development—men leaders to lead men small groups and healing ministries (Men Pursuing Purity), serving on a team or becoming a leader.
Contact: the Vineyard church MissionsWe consider it a particular privilege to carry God’s message of love and salvation to other parts of the world which may otherwise never hear it. Ways to serve: There are missions trips planned every year.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Nursing HomeNursing homes can be a place of loneliness, homelessness, mental and physical limitations, and spiritual oppression, so it’s incredible to be able to extend a hand of gentleness and a willing ear that will listen and encourage those who have a hunger for a relationship with God.
Contact: Pete & Sandi Ackerman Parking TeamOne of the first impressions people have of the Vineyard happens right when people enter our driveway. We strive to make their first impression positive by helping them find parking spots, directing traffic, and monitoring the parking lots. Ways to Serve: Join the team to help in the parking lot during one of the weekend services. You even get to wear a yellow vest!
Contact: Frank Haydon, Team Leader Prayer MinistryWe believe God loves to bring healing and wholeness to our lives, and he uses ordinary people to minister today just like Jesus did when he lived on earth. Ways to serve: Prayer teams, healing teams, intercession groups, small groups, one-on-one interactions, Unchained
Contact: Jordan Sundberg, Pastoral Assistant Prison MinistryEvery week faithful volunteers spend time typing the weekend message and stuffing envelopes, and because of this, inmates are able to encounter Jesus through the mail. Ways to serve: Transcribing the message, helping to stuff the message into envelopes, letter writing.
Contact: the Vineyard church Small GroupsSmall groups are the primary place to connect relationally and be cared for and grow as followers of Jesus and to learn how to walk in the gifts that God has given us. Ways to serve: Small group leaders, small group leader interns, host homes, small group worship leading, childcare, organize ways for the group to serve, organize other needs for the group.
Contact: the Vineyard church Street Teams
Street Teams are just ordinary people who go out on the streets of our city and bless people in Ways to serve: Street Teams go out four times a week: Wednesday & Thursday evenings at 9:00pm, Thursday afternoons at 4:00pm, and Saturday mornings at 10:30am.
Contact: Sammy Aiken, Pastoral Assistant Street Teams DonationsAs the number of Street Teams we have increase, and the number of times they’re going out on the streets increase, we need more of the great stuff we give away as a practical expression of God’s love! Ways to serve: We are always in need of hot chocolate, lemonade, and freezies.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Student MinistriesJr. and Sr. High Student Ministries We are looking for people who want to make the Vineyard a place where students experience a radical welcome...a place where they are loved, valued, and accepted for who they are. Join us in helping students become students of Jesus. Ways to Volunteer:
- Burn team member
-Well team member -Security -Worship team member -Communion Set up -Set up/ Clean up crew -Special events volunteer (Registration, greeting, security, host home, Set up/ Clean up, cooking) -Office volunteer -Student Small group host home
Contact: Kris Sauter, Associate Pastor VBI (Vineyard Bible Institute)Vineyard Bible Institute is a top notch way we train and equip people to become life-long students of Jesus. VBI classes are offered throughout the year. Ways to serve: Teaching a class
Contact: Tammy Morton, VBI Coordinator Vineyard Brew
We offer high quality coffee beverages, flavored espressos, mochas, fruit smoothies, and other beverages at a competitive price, helping people to feel comfortable and welcome while attending one of Ways to Serve: Pull espresso shots, steam milk, assemble drinks, blend up smoothies and other cold beverages, with consistently high quality that is comparable to other local coffee shops.
Contact: Charlie & Julie Plys Vineyard KidsBehind the scenes and on the weekends we’re looking for people who are passionate about making the Vineyard a place known for loving kids, and for people who desire to be involved in allowing children to experience God’s huge love for them. If thats you, you‘re invited to be a part of our team as we see kids come face to face with Jesus every time they walk through our doors. Ways to Volunteer: -Welcome Team -Early Childhood Teacher -Early Childhood Small Group Leader/Assistant -Grade School Teacher -Grade School Small Group Leader/Assistant -Cleaning Team -Craft/Lesson Set-up -Check-In/Technology -Special Events -Worship -Security -One-on-One Buddy
Contact: Kristi Vantassel, Director of Children’s Ministry Website MaintenanceWe want our website to be an easy and natural experience for all people, whether veteran users or first-time visitors. The website maintenance team works to keep information up to date and fix any technical glitches that may come along. If you know text editing, HTML, web design, web programming, databases, or technical writing - we would love to have you join our team! Ways to Serve: Join the team and help with the ongoing maintenance of the website. This will mainly be on an as-needed basis.
Contact: Anthony Schaefer, Team Leader WeddingsWeddings are a significant event in the lives of many people and we want to minister to them in this special time in their life. Ways to serve: Wedding coordinating, food, shopping, set up, clean up, sound/music.
Contact: the Vineyard church Weekend Welcome Center TeamOn the weekends during the services, we have volunteers at the welcome center to welcome our visitors and assist them with their needs. Ways to serve: Welcome Center person needed at all three services.
Contact: Casey LaCore, Associate Pastor Weekend Workshop TeamWeekend Workshops are provided as a way of discipling people in many areas and happen monthly, and year round.
Ways to serve: Coordinating, food, shopping, producing materials, registration, set up,
Contact: Annie Harala, Weekend Workshop Team Leader Women’s MinistryWomen’s Ministry is designed to encourage, equip, and reach women. We want to equip women to become disciples of Jesus and do everything Jesus did, becoming who he created us to be, and ministering out of wholeness. Ways to serve: Events—coordinating events, cooking for events, decorating and organizing events; leadership development—women leaders to lead women small groups and healing ministries (Women at the Well, Her Choice to Heal), serving on a team or becoming a leader.
Contact: the Vineyard church Worship MinistryWorship is our response to our knowledge and experience to God. Music is just one of the ways we can do that. At the Vineyard there are lots of opportunities to help others do the same. Ways to serve (contact):
Weekend Worship Teams:
-Instrumental or vocal leading on -Sound Booth or Projection Screen work
Student Ministries:
-Leading for events and weekends on a -Sound booth
Small Group Worship Leading:
-Leading worship time at a small group
Vineyard Kids:
-Leading worship for Vineyard Kids on the |
