FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE BELOW
OPPORTUNITES PLEASE CONTACT:
316-788-5525, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Building & Grounds - Includes everything from planning and providing cost estimates to maintenance, trimming, painting, and weeding.
Church Gardens: - maintain one of the 16 gardens in the parking lot area.
Liturgical Laundry: Perodically launder alter server robes & purificators.
Funeral Dinners- A meal is provided for family and friends od deceased parishioners after funerals. Cook a dish and/or serve.
Welcoming Committee – Help newcomers feel welcome at St. Mary.
Childcare for parish events – In order to extend hospitality to young families, adults and teens are needed to provide this ministry of hospitality.
Coffee & Donuts host – Sundays after 9 am Mass (except 2nd Sunday), serve coffee and donuts in the Knights Hall. Put a team together to host: make coffee, socialize with guests, clean up.
Hotdog Luncheon host – 3rd Sunday after 11 am Mass, put a team together to host, socialize with guests, clean up.
Marthas’ Meal Train – Sign up to provide a meal to a parishioner in need (after surgery or serious illness) or our Priest(s).
Adult parish sports – are an opportunity for exercise, fellowship and to meet fellow parishioners (seasons vary – see bulletin):
Basketball, Fridays in winter, school gym, 8-10
Bowling, Derby Bowl, Tuesday, 7 pm
St Mary Parish Picnic team – plans an annual community gathering held on the parish grounds to celebrate parish life. There’s an ice cream social, games, hayrack rides, and more.
Art & Environment – Help with regular indoor plant care, and liturgical art and decor, especially at Easter and Christmas.
Blood Drive – help with set-up or tear-down for event, bake, provide hospitality.
NOTE: Please contact the following non-parish organizations directly for service opportunites:
Ministry with Persons with Disabilities – helps keep parishioners actively involved in parish life regardless of type, severity or age of onset of a disability. 316-269-3900
Serra Club – works to foster and promote priesthood and religious vocations in the Catholic Church.
Guadalupe Clinic – is a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita which provides access to health care for those in need and works for social justice in health care. 316-264-6464
Harbor House Shelter – a ministry of Catholic Charities Wichita, helps victims of domestic violence break the cycle of violence against women and their children. 316-263-6000
Center of Hope – works to prevent homelessness by providing emergency financial support to individuals and families who may not otherwise qualify for other social service programs. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 316-267-3999
Gerard House – provides a safe, caring, supportive home for pregnant teenagers and young women. 316-684-6581
Natural Family Planning – (NFP) is the scientific, natural and moral methods of family planning that can help married couples either achieve or postpone pregnancies. Magen Vainer: 316-650-5953, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or org/mfl/nfp/
St. Anthony Family Shelter – a ministry of Catholic Charities Wichita, works to stabilize families in crisis by providing basic needs, assistance and support to gain stable housing, parenting education, life skills, and referrals to community resources. • Ann Nash, 316-264-7233
A Better Choice – is a Catholic crisis pregnancy resource center, serving women of all ages and socio-economic levels. 316-685-5757, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
VIRTUS® SAFE ENVIRONMENT
All adult volunteers who wish to work with/around parish youth must have VIRTUS training. It is FREE. For more information, visit www.virtus.org or contact Allison at the school, 316-788-3151 or
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