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The Church of St. Timothy offers many ways to serve our parish. Listed below are just a few of the ways that people may give of their gifts. If you are interested in any of these just click on the contact to send them an email.

Index of Ministries (Click on the name to go to info.)

Faith Formation Hospitality Office Sacramental

Christian Initiation Sponsor

Christian Initiation Teacher

Confirmation Small Group Leader

Guardian Angel

Nursery

Open Gym

Special Needs Volunteers

Volunteer Faith Formation Teachers

Youth Retreat Facilitator

 

CEAP Food Shelf

Church Cleaners

Church Launderers

Funeral Luncheons

Kitchen Assistants

Meals on Wheels

 Soup Line

Thanksgiving/Christmas  Baskets 

Welcoming New Parishioners

Cornerstone

Parish Mailing

Web Help

Baptismal Ministers

Liturgical Ministries

Premarriage Ministry

Pre-marriage Retreat Team

Prepare Ministry

 

 

Baptismal Ministers

Individuals or couples serve as host couples and assist the presider during the Rite of Baptism (both during and after Mass). Training will be provided. Contact: Parish Office

Funeral Luncheons

The council of Catholic Women sponors funeral luncheons. Volunteers from the parish supply the food and also help prepare and serve the food for the luncheon. This is a special gift for the family and friends of the deceased. Contact: Diane Wiener

Church Launderers

Volunteers take Church laundry (purificators, baptism towels, albs, etc.) to their homes to wash and iron. Minor church cleaning (dusting, removing outdated materials from bulletin boards, etc.) as needed. Contact: Bill Steffl

Church Cleaners

Help is needed to keep our worship space sparkling. Wednesdays at 8:00 AM, volunteers gather to clean the church with the assistance of our janitorial staff. If you are available on Wednesday mornings, maybe you could this could be your ministry at St. Timothy's. Contact: Bill Steffl

Kitchen Assistants

Both men and women are needed to help prepare and serve food, as well as help with cleanup for special events during the year. Contact: Diane Wiener

Meals on Wheels

Volunteers deliver meals on weekdays between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Both men and women are needed to drive. The committment is only 3 or 4 times a year. Contact: Maggie Philbrook Laine

 

CEAP Food Shelf

Volunteers sort and packe the food collected at the Sunday liturgies on the first full weekend of the month after the 9:00 and 11:00 AM Masses (8:30 and 10:30 AM in the Summer) Contact: Maggie Philbrook Laine

Soup Line

St. Timothy's prepares and serves soup to the homeless at Sharing and Caring Hands and Catholic Charities. Our parish serves the third Thursday of each month. The making o the soup and sandwiches takes place on the third Wednesday at St. Timothy's. this is an opportunity to reach out beyond St. Timothy's to help others. Contact: Maggie Philbrook Laine

Thanksgiving/Christmas Baskets

An important outreach is the distribution of Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets to families in need in our community. Many volunteers are needed to make this happen. Bulletin announcements in November and December will indicate times volunteers are needed. Contact: Margaret Kelly

Cornerstone

Our Church paper is published 3 times a year. It is designed to inform and educate. We are always looking for writers, reporters, and people to help with editing and layout. Contact: Shawn Phillips

Parish Mailings

Volunteers are needed occasionally to stuff envelopes on weekdays. Contact: Mary Mueller

Web Group

This group of people offer their skills in the entering of information, design and organization of St. Timothy's Website. After training much of this work can be done at home if you have DSL or Cable and have a PC. Contact: Shawn Phillips

Liturgical Ministries

We have a variety of ways in which you can serve during our liturgies. Please click here to see the many ways in which you can offer your gifts to our community.

Welcoming New Parishioners

Parishioners extend a friendly welcome to new members by visiting with them, giving them information about St. Tim's parish and helping them complete the registration form after Mass on a monthly basis.  This ministry lets new members know that we are a community and that we value their presence.Contact: Diane Vonderharr

Premarriage Ministry

Married couples enrich and share their own married life by assisting engaged couples to prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage through Prepare Ministry or our Pre-marriage Retreat Team.

Prepare Ministry

Volunteer couples give premarriage inventory feedback on a couple-to-couple basis in the informal atmosphere of their home. Ministering couples determine how many couples they will work with. Contact: Deacon Don Hamilton

Premarriage Retreat Team

A parish-level weekend retreat (Friday evening and all day Saturday) is provided by volunteer couples in February. One couple provides hospitality and three couples give presentations. Training and ongoing consultation with the Marriage Ministry Coordinator is provided. Contact: Deacon Don Hamilton

Volunteer Teachers

This includes teachers, aides, office help and nursery helpers involved in providing religious education for preschool, elementary, and middle school students. Teachers and aides relate directly with students in a faith sharing environment. Others provide support by working in the Religious Education Office during the class time or overseeing the Nursery for children of teachers and aides. Volunteers are parents of students, other adults, and senior high or college-aged students who enjoy working with young people. The time commitment depends on the type of involvment and session length. Contact: Preschool; Robbie Raaen, Elementary; Johanna Scanlan, Middle School; Margaret Kelly.

 

 

Special Needs Volunteers

Adult or Teen volunteers are needed to assist children in the classroom who may have certain special needs.  The commitment for this would be the entire session inwhich the child is registered.  You would not be responsible for any lessons, only assisting the child with the catechist's instructions. Contact: Robbie Raaen

 Christian Initiation Sponsors

Sponsors provide welcoming and friendship, introduce the inquirer to others in the parish, share thei own Catholic faith, and accompany the inquirers at the special rites. A benefit of sponsorship is renewed faith formation and updating. We encourage all St. Timothy parishioners to consider this ministry at least once. You'll be glad you did! Contact: Diane Vonderharr

Christian Initiation Teachers

Children(7-14), who have not been baptized or had previous faith formation, need willing Catholics to help them learn and be formed in the faith.  If you could teach all or some of the sessions, please let us know.  Lesson plans and materials provided.Contact: Diane Vonderharr

Retreat Facilitaters

We are looking for those with a "heart" for youth to facilitate small group discussions for a day or overnight weekend retreat for older youth. Must be a confirmed Catholic. Contact: Johanna Scanlan

Confirmation Small Group Leader

You will facilitate a small group of approximately eight. The groups meet usually twice a month in the homes of the leaders or students. You must be at least 21, a confirmed practising Catholic and have a "heart" for youth. This is a two-year commitment. Contact: Margaret Kelly

Guardian Angels

Confirmed adults and teens commit to anonymously supporting, in daily prayer, a student in the final year of thei Confirmation process. An occasional note of encouragement is sent to the student via the Parish Office. Contact: Margaret Kelly

Open Gym

Volunteers are needed to chaperone Open Gym on Wednesday evenings between the Middle School Faith Formation Classes. Time 6:45-745 Contact: Margaret Kelly

Nursery

Volunteers are needed to do child care in the nursery on Sunday mornings during 9:00 AM Mass, as well as weekday evenings during the year. If you enjoy being with children, check out this opportunity. Contact: Robbie Raaen

 

  

Church of St Timothy * 707 89th Avenue NE Blaine, MN 55434 * info@churchofsttimothy.com * 763.784.1329