Making a Joyful Sound in the City
2335 N. Orchard Chicago, IL 60614 tel 773.348.3829 fax 773.348.3858
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Current Volunteer Needs:

Lincoln Park Community Shelter - 2 Ways to Volunteer:

Monthly Shelter Dinners - 1st Wednesdays

St. Pauls is responsible for purchasing, cooking, serving dinner for 35 guests of the LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SHELTER on the first Wednesday of each month from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Take a turn participating in this on-going and fun volunteer opportunity. Families and friends are welcome. Contact Brent Carstensen at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or call the church office for more information, 773-348-3829.

Saturday Breakfast - 2nd and 4th Saturdays

The Shelter's Community Engagement Program (CEP) is held every Saturday morning at St. Pauls UCC.  The CEP provides a hot breakfast, showers, laundry, phones to help those individuals that are currently on the LPCS waiting list or are in the community and in need of important support services.
Volunteers duties include the following:
  • Purchase, prepare and serve hot breakfast for the guests using the St. Pauls kitchen
  • Assist in signing guests up for laundry, showers, and phone use
  • Hand out toiletries to guests and help them "shop" in the clothing closet

Currently serves six to ten CEP guests each week.  and a volunteer crew of 2-3 people is sufficient.  A great opportunity if you desire to have more personal, interactive contact with guests.  It is also a good way for families to share a meaningful volunteer experience.  CEP volunteers need to arrive at St. Paul’s around 8:00am.  LPCS staff will be on-site and provide direction and guidance to you.  Breakfast is served around 9:30am.  You would probably be finished and out of the church between 10:00 and 10:30am.


Good News Community Kitchen - 5th Thursdays

Feed good news to the hungry at St. Pauls night at the Good News Community Kitchen. St. Pauls serves dinner at the Kitchen whenever there is a 5th Thursday in a month. To volunteer, contact Linda Patton, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

 

Volunteer at St. Pauls:

Chapel Worship Leaders

Our Sunday Chapel Service is in need of ushers, scripture readers, and worship leaders. If you can help please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Other Volunteer Opportunities:

  1. {Connectors} show compassion to the sick and the shut-in.
  2. {Lay Ministry} (Ministers of Care) provide lay-pastoral care.
  3. {Young Adults (21/41 Club)} has regular community outreach opportunites.
  4. Sarah's Sisters make lunches for the hungry every Wednesday morning.

Volunteer Opportunities for Youth

Being of Good Service is a recurring theme at St. Pauls and has been built into the curriculum of the church school, the offerings of children's chapels, and the activities of youth groups.

  1. Primary Class & JK/Kindergarten Class make weekly offerings in Kinderchapel to support the Heifer Project International. The children this year will vote on what to save for.
  2. First/Second Grade Class holds an annual Love Drive in February to collect materials for activity packets for hospitalized children at Children's Memorial Hospital. 2011 LOVE DRIVE:  February. Class parents and children also plan and serve a special meal for the guests of the Lincoln Park Community Shelter.
  3. Third/Fourth Grade Class prepares posters & flyers for the annual Christmas gift appeal for the children and teens of the Uhlich Children's Advantage Network. They also hold a December Bake Sale to raise funds for their own gifts to an agency of their choice. 2010 BAKE SALE:  December.
  4. Fifth/Sixth Grade Class is in charge of the annual Thanksgiving Basket project to provide the makings of a holiday dinner to families served by F.A.I.T.H., Inc., a ministry to the incarcerated.  2010 THANKSGIVING BASKET DRIVE:  November. The Class also prepares and distributes Elijah Jars to the rest of the church school for special giving during Lent. On Palm Sunday, the entire church school processes with "hosannahs" and presents their Jars. Proceeds support St. Pauls own Sarah's Sisters.   2011 PALM PROCESSIONAL:  March
  5. Seventh Grade Class is responsible for the annual collection of used glasses on Spectacle Sunday for the outreach of Lions Club International.  2010 SPECTACLE COLLECTION:  October.
  6. Confirmation I (8th grade class) Confirmation II (9th grade class) collects for the Souper Bowl Hunger Drive on Super Bowl Sunday. Proceeds are given to a selected Chicago agency that provides food for the hungry.   2011 SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY:  February
  7. Both Confirmation Classes are incorporating the annual Chicago CROP WALK for Church World Service at their primary fall service project. The classes will compete to have the most walkers and to raise the most money. 2010 CROP HUNGER WALK:  October
  8. High School Class (10th-12th grades) annually participates on the Night Ministry Bus -- preparing and serving soup & sandwiches to hundreds of homeless individuals.
  9. Youth Groups incorporate service projects into their monthly gatherings. YG1 plans to work at a Soup Kitchen and to go caroling at a senior center. YG2 will plan and serve a dinner for the LPCS guests.
  10. Even St. Pauls very youngest children participate in an outreach ministry to senior citizens through the Little Friends program at St. Pauls House. {Parents of Young Children} They also help bring in collections through the UNICEF Trick or Treat boxes at the Parents of Young Children Halloween Party.    LITTLE FRIENDS:  3rd Monday of the Month at St. Pauls House;   UNICEF  at POYC HALLOWEEN PARTY:  OCTOBER. 

New Initiative for 2009~2010. The offering from the 1st-4th graders in Kids Chapel is designated each year to a new initiative. Last year Kids Chapel supported an animal shelter.  This year, Chapel will help to develop the Birthday Club Fund for St. Pauls Historical Archives.  
 

Summer Mission Trip. Youth aged 14-18 are eligible to participate in the annual summer work trip. Dubbed the JAYS, (Youth at Joyful Service) the young people and their adult leaders work throughout the year to plan, prepare, and raise the funds for their trip. In 2010, the JAYS will return to Appalachia for a work week with the Appalachia Service Project. www.asphome.org.  2010 MISSION TRIP WITH ASP-- Date of Departure: July 3.

Check the St. Pauls website for updates about this summer's adventure and reports about prior trips.

 

Chicago Focus: Elijah Jars (St. Pauls Sarah's Sisters); F.A.I.T.H., Inc.; St. Pauls House; Children's Memorial Hospital; Lincoln Park Community Shelter; UCAN; Night Ministry; Greater Chicago Food Depository

National Focus: Souper Bowl (national hunger drive); Appalachia Service Project (mission trip)

World Focus: UNICEF; Heifer Project International; Lions Club International; CROP WALK (Church World Service); Helen Franz Home in South Africa

 

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