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The task of catechesis is
the responsibility of the entire parish community and it is a task whose
success necessitates the sharing of many gifts. For this reason we
expect participants to volunteer in some manner in the course of the
year. There are volunteer opportunities for all ages—affording families
a great way to engage together in service and drawing upon different
talents. Whether you can only help out for half the year or the full
year, there is something that needs to be done that’ll fit your schedule
and your gifts.
To help you figure out
where your gifts and time might best fit with areas of need, check out
the information below and then read the summary volunteer role
descriptions that follow:
If you are
free during the day,
you may be interested in helping in one of the following areas:
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Set up—Friday
mornings (9:00-11:00) or Monday early afternoon (1:30-3:00)
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Home Kit
assembly (Monday before festival, 9:30-11:00
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Material
preparation
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Office Help
If you’re
looking for something you can do at home,
you may
be interested in helping in the following areas:
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Material
preparation
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Registration
Team Leader
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Meal Shopper
Team Leader
If you have
interest or experience in doing presentations and/or facilitating group
learning and/or teaching,
you may be interested in helping in the following areas:
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Activity
Leader
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Substitute
Activity Leader
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Assistant
Activity Leader
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Large Group
facilitator
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Confirmation
Preparation Catechist
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Reconciliation and/or Eucharist Catechist
If you can
come early to the festival,
you and your family
may be interested in helping in the following areas:
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Registration
team
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Meal team
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Breakdown
Team Leader
If you prefer
working behind the scenes,
you may be
interested in helping in one of the following areas:
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Material
preparation
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Home Kit
assembly
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Design team
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Set up—Friday
mornings (8:30-10:30), Monday early afternoon (1:30-3:00), Sunday
evening
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Meal Team
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Breakdown
Team
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Meal Shopper
team
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Meal Delivery
team
If you can
stay at the end of the festival,
you and your family
may be interested in helping in the following area:
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Breakdown
team
If you’re
creative and have experience in lesson planning
you may
be interested in helping in the following area:
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Design team
If you want to
do something in which you can involve your children,
you may
be interested in helping in one of the following areas:
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Material
preparation
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Registration
team
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Meal Team
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Breakdown
Team
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Meal Shopper
team
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Meal Delivery
team
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Name Tag team
If you come to
the 11:00 am Mass,
you and your family
may be interested in helping in the following area:
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Sunday
morning set up (begins after the 11:00 am mass has ended)
Outside Festival times:
Friday
(morning), Sunday (after 11am Mass) &/or Monday (early afternoon) Set-up
Teams:
team members
set up spaces where
groups will meet. Includes setting up tables and chairs, dividers,
moving bins, flip charts, and other materials.
Team leaders contact team members with
reminders and follow up. Daytime
availability is required.
Home Kit
Assembly team:
meet the Monday before the festival weekend in the morning for about
2hrs at most to put together the home kits distributed to participants
at the festivals. Monday morning
availability necessary.
Meal Shopper
team: the
team leader sets and manages the
schedule of shoppers and contacts the shopper assigned that month with a
list of items needed for the weekend (which the meal coordinator will
provide). The team member purchases
the needed items at cost and submits a receipt for reimbursement. The
meal shopper must be on call during the weekend in case additional
quantities are needed.
Name Tag
team: when
assigned, team members re-hang the
name badges alphabetically by family name. Team members must arrange for
access to the hall to complete this task but the date/time are very
flexible.
Meal
Delivery Team:
when assigned and needed, team members
deliver the leftover food to one of the area food pantries or to the
convent on River Road.
Office
Helpers: when
assigned, team members assist the
office staff on the week immediately prior to the festival with
photocopying, organizing and preparing material for the festival.
Daytime availability is required.
Material
Preparation Team:
working from a list of
materials needed for the festival (provided by the team captain a couple
of weeks prior to the festival) team members
prepare/purchase one or more items. Materials may include: sample
crafts, craft pieces that need to be cut or colored, paper collaged,
etc. Cost of any purchases are reimbursed.
Design Team:
responsible for
preparing the festival outline of activities and learning.
Team members are assigned
responsibility for planning the break out for a specific age group or
festival segment and the faith formation director compiles and
coordinates the overall outline.
During a Festival Times:
Activity
Leader/Co-leader:
facilitates the learning
activities for a particular age group using the learning outline
prepared by the design team. In preparation for the festival, leaders
familiarize themselves with the outline of activities and attend the
Activity leader preparation meeting. All materials and handouts are
prepared by other volunteers.
Assistant
Activity Leader:
assists the activity leader
at the festivals. The assistant should be familiar with the learning
outline in order to have materials out and ready for the leader and
participants and in order to assist participants with the activities and
concepts.
Registration
team: when
assigned, team members arrive
at least thirty minutes prior to the
beginning of the festival to
set up registration area. As participants arrive, team members check
people in, distributing name tags and festival material and remain at
the registration area during the meal and the opening activity. Team
members are responsible for enlisting a sub if they can’t make it to the
festival. The registration team leader
sets up the yearly schedule for their session and contacts team members
with their assignments, reminders and any calendar changes.
Break-down
team: when
assigned,
team members put away materials and
resets areas at the end of the session, following the directions in
their assignment chart (which they pick up upon arrival at the
festival). Team members should
plan on staying 15 minutes past festival
end-time and are responsible for enlisting a sub if they
can’t make it to the festival. Team leaders
schedule team members for their session, send out reminders and
any calendar changes, assign areas to team members, and post breakdown
chart no later than 10 minutes prior to festival start time.
Meal Team:
when assigned,
team
members share the
following meal duties for the festivals for which they’re assigned: meal
set up (setting tables and preparing the serving area), greet & seat,
serve, and/or meal clean up. Team members are responsible for enlisting
a sub if they can’t make it to the festival.
Team captains coordinate the meal team by contacting team
members, assigning meal duties, and arriving
one hour prior to the start of the festival to begin meal set
up.
Large Group
Facilitator:
leads large
group activities/game either at the beginning and/or end of the festival
using the outline prepared by the design team. |