Dear Parent/Guardian of Student Volunteer,
We want your teens to get plugged into ministry. We want them to serve in preschool or our children’s ministry. We want them involved as greeters or serving on the production team. We want to give them a chance to be a part of church now, and not just someday when they’re older.
We want your teens plugged into ministry because we believe that it benefits them. When we serve, we grow. When we get personally involved in ministry, it does something to our relationship with God, because service requires something of us. Our heart begins to beat closer to His heart. We begin to see people the way He does. We begin to understand the compassion Jesus showed. The patience He demonstrated. The selflessness in His character. And that’s not something we can fully understand by simply being told that we should. We need to experience it. And we want to give your teen that opportunity.
We want to help your teen discover who God made them to be, and how to use their passions and gifts for others. And there’s more. In choosing to serve somewhere, your teen will be around even more adults who will have the responsibility and privilege to speak into their lives as well.
For you as a parent, this means having someone else who is nurturing and developing the spiritual life of your child. And this is a big deal.
Thank you for allowing us to partner with you in growing your teenager into the man or woman God has in mind for them to become.
Please review the following expectations with your student volunteer(s). At the bottom of this form, there is a place for both you and your student voluteer(s) to sign.
Please complete this by FRIDAY, July 31. We only need one parent/guardian per household!
Student Volunteer Expecations
The focus while serving is on the kids. Student Volunteers should engage in the lesson, looking for ways to help the lead small group leader with classroom management. More specifics will be given in our Volunteer Kickoff.
Student Volunteers should attend the Volunteer Kickoff on August 2nd after church. (If your family is out of town, talk to Christy)
We encourage all Student volunteers to attend the Student Ministry class at 9:00 a.m. Volunteers will be released from class at 9:50 and should head directly to their assigned room. On the weeks when the Student Ministry class doesn't meet, Student volunteers should arrive at 9:30 to participate in the Volunteer Huddle time.
Volunteers will be given a volunteer t-shirt and need to wear it while serving.
Volunteers should always observe the two person rule. Never be alone with a kid. Volunteers do not accompany kids to the restroom.
No cell phone use is allowed while serving, unless permission has been given by the adult in charge.
Student volunteers should look for and respond quickly to the weekly and monthly emails from Christy. It is their responsibility, not their parents, to respond.
