VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
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USHERS NEEDED - MEN and WOMEN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS this is an excellent opportunity to show community/religious service. Please consider signing up to usher. NO COMMITMENT to specific Mass time is required. Dress is business casual. What better way to serve a ministry than to help out at the Mass you attend?
· Ensure collection baskets, bulletins and pews are ready for the Mass.
· Greet parishioners and help them to pews as needed.
· Assist in basket disbursement to congregation, Communion presentation and offertory.
· After Mass, replace Gather books to pew pockets, and fold kneelers up. Check pews for litter/personal items left.
· Ushers are only asked to arrive about 15 minutes before Mass and stay shortly after.
Only about an hour of your day, and a wonderful need to the Parish is fulfilled.
Sign up is in the vestibule. Please contact Patti Pagni ppagni@sbcglobal.net with any questions or for more information. Thank you for considering!
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GREETERS NEEDED
Please help us welcome visitors, newcomers and parishioners before weekend masses.
Let us welcome our brothers and sisters in Christ as they come to mass. This is an excellent opportunity for people in high school and older to be involved.
f you are friendly and a social person, please consider volunteering. Spending just a few minutes greeting parishioners and welcoming newcomers each a week could have a true impact.
Please contact Mike Iozzo to sign up or for more information at mike.iozzo@outlook.com.
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CHILDREN'S LITURGY OF THE WORD
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This program is for children age 4 through grade 4, and takes place throughout the school year (Sept - May).
Last year we had 5 adult volunteers and a few teen helpers who shared the CLOW leadership responsibilities (an average of about 1-2 Sundays per month). Leading the sessions involves about 1-2 hours of prep time during the week (using the leader's guide), arriving at church on Sunday at about 9:45 am to set up, leading the session from 10:05 to 10:30, and returning to church for the rest of Mass.
This year we're hoping to start CLOW on Sunday, Sept 22nd at the 10:00 am Mass, provided enough volunteers step forward.
How does CLOW work? --- At the beginning of Mass, after the Opening Prayer, the priest invites the children forward and gives them a blessing. Then an adult leader and teen helper lead them out of the church to the fireside room in the Parish Center. (Parents may go with their children the first few times if they are apprehensive.) The leader proclaims the Scripture readings from the Mass to the children (in a kid-friendly translation) and discusses the meaning with them (using a leader's guide). A song or brief activity is incorporated to enhance the experience. The CLOW session ends with a simplified profession of faith (Creed) and some petitions, with the children being encouraged to voice their own. Then the adult and teen leaders walk the children back into church while the collection is being taken up, and make sure the children return to sitting with their parents.
In addition to providing children with an experience of the Liturgy of the Word that is more at their own level, CLOW also helps parents in the church to hear the Scripture readings and homily in a deeper way, since they won't be distracted by their younger children fidgeting in the pews.
If you or your teenager would be interested in helping to lead CLOW, please contact Matt in the RE Office at matt.pozen@visitationcc.org or 630-279-7058 x 502. Matt will provide training, leader's guides, and ongoing support.
Come join this fun and fulfilling ministry!
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VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR MEALS ON WHEELS
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The DuPage Senior Citizens Council needs volunteers to deliver meals to frail and homebound seniors in DuPage County. Meals on Wheels are delivered five days a week, Monday through Friday, from 10:30 AM. to 1 PM. Deliveries typically take about an hour. Requirements to volunteer are a valid driver’s license, current car insurance, a background check and to attend a volunteer training that is provided at the DSCC central office located at 1990 Springer Drive in Lombard. Meals on Wheels is also always in need of volunteers for other services as well, such as seeing a senior through its Friendly Visit program, creating crafts and taking part in intergenerational activities. For more information please visit dupageseniorcouncil.org or call 630-620-0804.
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