Opportunities to Serve
Posted January 20, 2010
Use you gifts and resources to reflect Christ’s love to the people in our church, in the community and around the world.
Serve at Christ Church
Worship Ministries needs Greeters, Ushers, Chalice Bearers, Altar Guild and Acolytes for the 11 a.m. worship service on Sundays. Come serve the Lord during worship with our growing church family. You will be blessed!
- Contact Brenda Gribbin at 214-291-5023.
- Worship Ministries
Serve from Christ Church
- Allen Community Outreach
Volunteers are needed on Sat., March 6 from 12 – 3 p.m. and 3 – 6 p.m. to help with the ACO Bridal Sale.- Contact Marjorie
- Allen Community Outreach
- Plano Community Home East
Volunteers are needed to assist elderly residents in simple ways such as occasional driving to doctor appointments or the store, doing minor chores around their apartments, or simply calling to say hello.- Contact Joellen Knochel.
- EQUIP
Volunteers are needed to become part of a partnership Christ Church has formed with the Interfaith Housing Coalition to mentor struggling families that are at risk of losing their housing. Training is provided by EQUIP and mentors work in teams. Each team includes one financial/budget mentor and one faith/family issues mentor. Volunteers who have completed Financial Peace University are especially needed. The next training will be offered on February 6.- Contact Marsha Kostus at 214-291-5013.
- Interfaith Housing Coalition
- Meals on Wheels
Drivers for Allen Community Outreach’s Meals on Wheels program are needed. Individuals may volunteer for one day a week every week or one day a month. Volunteers may choose from several routes and leave the ACO Volunteer Office between 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. to deliver a hot meal to homebound individuals. Routes have no more than 10 stops and take approximately an hour to deliver.- Contact Deborah Russell.
- Allen Community Outreach
- Samaritan Inn
Volunteer approximately once every six weeks on Saturday mornings along with other Christ church members who do various chores at the Inn.- Contact Mark Gribbin.
- Samaritan Inn
- Collin County Adult Clinic
Volunteer doctors and nurses are needed at this clinic which provides health care to Collin County residents who have no insurance. The clinic is open on Thursday night from 6 – 9 p.m.- Contact John Ernst at 972-423-4941.
- Collin County Adult Clinic
Serve through World Missions
- Guatemala Stove Team
We are currently seeking men and women for the next stove mission to Guatemala that will be June 12–20. This will be the fourth annual trip to install stoves and water purifiers and train the families how to use them.
More information »
- Peru Mission TeamA Men’s Peru Construction Mission and a Women’s Peru Retreat Mission will take place in the fall of 2010. Details regarding each of these missions are to be determined. If interested, contact Susan Kerr »
Related
Volunteers are needed from 10: 45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 12 to help serve hot dogs and drinks and distribute food to clients at the 3 year celebration hosted by Minnie’s and The Giving Movement, 3100 Independence Parkway, Suite 217, Plano 75075.
Middle School Youth Shop for Angel Tree Gifts
Posted by Pam Coghlan, December 3, 2009
At Christ Church, we want all of our members to worship, grow, and serve (Pick 3!). You will find this simple, biblical model undergirds all of our ministries and everything that we do as a church. As we train up disciples in our Children and Youth Ministries we want to make sure that these core values are passed on to the next generation of christians in our midst. This was on display this past Wednesday night when our Middle School Youth Group took the opportunity to serve together. In fact, 87 Middle School students and 22 of the High School Teen Helpers that mentor them every week, along with a dedicated team of adult volunteers and our wonderful Youth Ministry staff went Angel Tree shopping together! Our students contributed financially and then personally selected gifts for 67 people, ranging from ages 3 to 83. This will be a huge blessing for those receiving gifts and was a blessing to our students, as well.
Extra gifting
Great things are afoot in our Youth Ministry and it is wonderful to see such enthusiastic service from our middle school students. Our high school students have a full morning ahead of them this Sunday as they worship and grow together at the 9:15 hour and then serve by going Angel Tree shopping at 11:00. Then they’ll return to the church to wrap the Christmas gifts and have lunch together. If you have a student in middle or high school, I hope you will let us partner with you to raise them as a follower of Jesus through our Youth Ministry Department and the leadership of Pam and her team.
Lana Hudson, Amanda Thayer, Christa Sherman
Margaret Taack, Faithe Vanderford, Katy Hopkins, Julia Palagyi, Sarah Bibb, Marilyn Newberry
Results: Roof Dog Run
Posted October 26, 2009
Thanks to all who made the 2009 Roof Dog Run such a success. The race results are now available from RunOn!’s website:
Building an Orphanage in Arequipa, Peru
The Roof Dogs are a group of local missionaries from Christ Church who feel especially called to minister to the needs of the orphan children of Casas Hogares in Arequipa, Peru. In Arequipa, some dogs actually live on the rooftops of their owners’ homes to serve as protectors over the family. This missionary group has therefore chosen to call themselves the “Roof Dogs” as a way of expressing their love and desire to protect these children.
Casa Hogar San Jose and Casa Hogar Sagrada Familia are the homes of orphaned children ranging in age from 3 to 18. The Roof Dogs visit the orphanages every year and continue to be deeply moved by the love of the Holy Spirit that these children exhibit.
The proceeds from the 2009 Roof Dog Run will be used to build a new orphanage. The Casas Hogares provide shelter, food, clothing and other daily necessities for children who have been abused, abandoned and neglected. They give them hope for the future.
Follow up: Project Christmas Orphan
Posted February 9, 2009
Over the past few years, during the month of July, our Missions and Outreach ministry has coordinated a church-wide effort to collect plastic shoeboxes filled with assorted gifts. Each December these boxes are distributed to hundreds of children at orphanages throughout Peru as Christmas gifts.
This past December, Christ Church parishioner Suzy Hemming traveled with Buckner International on the Christmas mission trip to Peru to distribute these boxes.
Suzy shares a unique coincidence and the impact of this ministry effort. Follow the link below to read her story:
How Last Year Led me to Today »