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Volunteer
Opportunities
"Faith
is not complacent; faith is action.
You don't have faith and wait.
When you have faith you move."
Betty
Eadie, Native American author
If you want
to deepen and live out your faith through service, there's something
for you here at BPC, no matter your interests, passions, gifts or
time. Whether it's preparing meals for people without homes, singing
in the Chancel Choir, serving on the Chain of Prayer, building homes
with Habitat for Humanity, or greeting visitors and new BPC'ers
on the patio on Sundays, you're sure to find a place to serve.
Finding
Your Place Among the Different Ministries
For help finding
your place among the different ministries, please call the Church
Office at 310/826-5656.
List
of Ministries and their Staff and Lay Leaders
For a list of
ministries and their staff and lay leaders (elders, deacons, committee
chairs) visit the Staff/Leadership
Directory.
Current
Volunteer Opportunities
Read about current
opportunities for service at BPC, or involvement in Mission
programs.
Volunteer
Opportunities by Ministry
The following
is a partial listing, by ministry, of the ongoing opportunities
for service at BPC.
Caregiving
Ministry
- Purpose:
To spiritually nurture BPC members in need through care and prayer,
and to organize others who wish to participate in caregiving.
- Includes:
Chain of Prayer; Meals Ministry; Transportation Ministry; Flower
Ministry; Memorial Service Ministry; Home Communion Ministry;
Christmas Caroling event
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Chain of Prayer; emergency transportation;
emergency meals; flower delivery; help with memorial services
and receptions; Christmas Caroling event; home communion.
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656.
Congregational
Life Ministry
- Purpose:
Provide opportunities for fellowship and community building for
the BPC family of faith; sponsor annual all-church fellowship
events.
- Includes:
- Fellowship
Ministries -- Young Spiritual Adventurers (couples and singles
20s-40s), Men's Ministry, Women's Ministry and Senior Ministries
(TOPS and Young at Heart)
- All-Church
Events -- Congregational Dinner (February), Ski Trip (February),
Picnic (September), Golf (October), Thanksgiving Breakfast
(November).
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Be part of a creative team that publicizes,
plans and produces innovative events that offer opportunities
for people to gather in fellowship and church community.
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656..
Adult Ministry
- Purpose:
Plan and implement adult education and spiritual growth opportunities
outside of worship.
- Includes:
School of Christian Learning, Mustard Seed Group Ministry, Christian
Spirituality Ministry, Family Ministries
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Mustard Seed Group leaders
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656
Children's
Ministry
- Purpose:
Nurture children in the development of their Christian faith;
provide children with opportunities to grow in God's grace; enable
children to develop spiritual resources necessary for life's journey
and a loving relationship with God, self and others; serve as
liaison to Children's Choirs.
- Includes:
Sunday School, special events and programs, childcare (during
worship and selected church activities), summer programs, liaison
to Nursery School
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Children's Ministry Committee; Sunday School
(teachers, helpers, music, arts/crafts, drama, games); assistance
with special events (Epiphany, Lent, Palm Sunday, Easter, Pentacost,
Advent Family Workshop, Christmas Eve); miscellaneous assistance
(sewing costumes, baking cookies and cupcakes); assistance with
Passages Program (including hospitality and childcare)
- Contact:
Rebekah Clark, Director of Children's Ministry, at 310-826-5656,
ext. 3125, or rclark@bpcusa.org.
Communications
Committee
- Purpose:
Oversees BPC's internal and external communications, including
publication of Sharing and Family Matters; management of the BPC
website; production of Annual Report and invitation to Reunion
Brunch and Faith in Action Sunday; oversight of advertising and
media relations; consultation to ministries on printed materials,
media relations, advertising.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: For writers, copy editors, proofreaders, graphic
designers, illustrators, Web programmers, Web graphic designers,
photographers, publication project managers, data entry assistants.
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656.
Connecting
and Equipping Ministry
- Purpose:
Nurture new and long-term members of BPC; affirm that we are all
ministers endowed with special gifts, and that when we use these
gifts, our lives are enriched and our sense of community is enhanced;
maintain "small church" feeling by connecting every member to
a small group; help members identify personal gifts; publicize
ministry volunteer opportunities; provide education and training.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: For writers, photographers, data entry assistants,
event coordinators (including Faith in Action Sunday), publicity
coordinators, leadership trainers, mentors, training design and
development, clerical support
- Contact:
Sue Fisher, Director of Empowerment Ministries, at 310-826-5656,
ext. 3161, or sfisher@bpcusa.org.
Empowerment
Ministries
- Purpose:
To empower the people of BPC to live into our faith together,
discover our gifts and actively respond to God's call. Empowerment
Ministries is the umbrella for the Connecting and Equipping Ministry,
the Welcome and Discovery Ministry and the Nominating Committee.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Facilitators for Spiritual Gifts Discovery
Classes, data entry assistants, coordinators for Worship Rally
- Contact:
Sue Fisher, Director of Empowerment Ministries, at 310-826-5656,
ext. 3161, or sfisher@bpcusa.org.
Endowment
Committee
- Purpose:
Stewardship education; management of monetary gifts
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Help with financial planning seminars; do record
keeping; oversee annual Endowment Grants
- Contact:
Rob Baumann, Chair, Endowment Committee, through the Church office
at 310-826-5656.
Facilities
Committee
- Purpose:
Oversee maintenance and development of physical facility so that
it meets the needs of BPC and the community it serves.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Assistance with painting, electrical work,
plumbing, carpentry, gardening, landscaping, maintenance of indoor
plants, concrete masonry repair, genearl handywork, heavy labor,
operation of sound system; serve on Facilities Committee.
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656.
Finance Committee
- Purpose:
Provide Session with information and tools to make informed decisions
regarding financial matters; manage gifts and payment of debts
and obligations; identify areas of risk and act to correct, eliminate
or avoid risks; prepare annual budget to achieve optimum stewardship
of funds contributed.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Serve on the Finance Committee and help to
prepare monthly financial statements; advise on financial matters;
provide training for leadership on financial matters; conduct
annual audit of financial records
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656.
Mission Ministry
- Purpose:
To encourage members to see themselves as ministers called by
God to bring hope and relieve suffering in our community and our
world.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Local and global. Please visit the Mission
page.
- Contact:
Nancy Munn Smith, Coordinator for Mission, at 310/826-5656 ext.
3128 or nsmith@bpcusa.org
Planning
and Organization Committee
- Purpose:
Help BPC leaders plan for the future needs of their committees
and the church; help with implementation of 5-year plan; assist
committees with annual program evaluations.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: For the following - strategic planners; organizational
development experts; consultants/trainers; program evaluation
coaches
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656.
Stewardship
Committee
- Purpose:
Provide stewardship education and interpretation; conduct fall
stewardship campaign; work with Mission in Society Committee on
special offerings; serve, along with Finance Committee, as financial
advisor to Session; work closely with Finance Committee.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Serve on Committee; assist in fall stewardship
campaign and other education activities. Need graphic designers,
writers, development and fundraising professionals.
- Contact:
Church Office at 310-826-5656.
Welcome and
Discovery Ministry
- Purpose:
Welcome friends and visitors who wish to join the BPC community.
Encourage members to invite others to join in worship, special
events and educational programs.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Phone calls to visitors, cooking, photography,
poster design, assistance at "Bring-A-Friend" Sundays, staff the
information cart on the patio on Sundays.
- Contact:
Sue Fisher, Director of Empowerment Ministries, at 310-826-5656,
ext. 3161, or sfisher@bpcusa.org.
Worship and
Music Ministry
- Purpose:
Plan and implement creative, meaningful worship services; coordinate
with Creative Arts Network to enhance worship
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Choir member (includes soloists); operators
for sound system, video, computer and lighting; ushers and greeters;
communion set-up; publicity; publications - writing, editing,
design; flowers for special services; planning special services;
assistance with Church Mice, Children's Choir and Youth Choir
(direction; rehearsal supervision; accompanist; other instrumental);
Creative Arts Network (writers, visual artists, musicians, actors,
dancers, performers, technicians)
- Contact:
Sara Jo Ward at 310-826-5656, ext. 3165, or sward@bpcusa.org.
Youth Ministry
- Purpose:
To share God's love with young people, to connect them with other
Christians, to help them mature in their faith, and to equip them
to serve Christ. Provides programs for junior and senior high
and college groups.
- Volunteer
Opportunities: Youth Sponsor, Youth Committee, Class B Driver
for Youth activities
- Contact:
Angela Williams, Director of Youth Ministry at 310-826-5656, ext.
3130 or awilliams@bpcusa.org.
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