Volunteer Opportunities
Do you love to volunteer or do you wish you could but not sure where to get started? Nothing gets done by one person alone, so we band together to make the changes we want to see in the world.
Choose below from our wide variety of options:
Children and Families
Help with Bagels and Bibles (Grades 4 & 5) Assist the teachers and be a part of group discussions about faith with young people once a month.
Help during Children's Chapel Read stories and help the Children's Ministers at the brief 10:15 am children's service in the Chapel during the sermon. Children return to their parents after the Sermon.
Assist in the Nursery Help Leti and Papi in the Nursery with babies and children ages 6 months to 3 years for one hour on occasional Sunday mornings.
Help with the Christmas Pageant Be a helper with one of the most fun family times of the year. Help the angels, sheep and Kings with costumes or organizing the children during this priceless Nativity.
Assist the Teachers at Confirmation Classes (Grades 7-12) Assist the teachers and be a part of group discussions about faith with young people once a month.
Mentoring Teens at Domus Spend time with teens in the Dom us Work & Learn Program. You can help them pursue their path to self-sufficiency by advising them about different jobs and career paths, coaching them on resume-writing and job-interviews.
Knit for the Guild of the Christ Child Do you love to knit or crochet? We give handmade baby blankets to every newly baptized baby at Christ Church and need volunteers to knit or crochet.
Volunteer with the Youth Ministry (Grades 8 - 12) Assist on campus and field trips with games and discussions This is a faith-based group that gathers together to share life, the Bible and experiences, in a safe, wholesome environment.
Outreach
When you volunteer, it strengthens our church community and provides you with spiritual and personal growth as well as a network of friends in faith. All are welcome!
Provide a hot meal for residents of Inspirica Want to help continue our 50+ year relationship with Inspirica, the women's emergency shelter in Stamford, by providing a hot meal? Sign up for a Meal dropoff HERE
(4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Inspirica, 8 Woodland Place, Stamford, CT 06902). If you plan to stay and serve, proof of vaccination is required.
Inspirica: Service provider to 3,000 people (women, men, families) who are currently homeless or in risk of losing their homes, helping them achieve and maintain housing and overall stability in their lives.
Volunteer opportunities include: providing monthly meals to women, activities for children.
Pacific House: Men’s shelter in Stamford long associated with Christ Church, which provides financial and other support.
Volunteer opportunities include: providing meals, decorating for the holidays
Liberation House: Provider of substance abuse rehabilitation services in residential setting for women and children, as well as in another venue for men.
Volunteer opportunities include: Winter and summer clothing drives, activities with residents and their families
Midnight Run: Organization which delivers food, clothing, toiletries to NYC homeless in two – four morning and evening runs each year
Volunteer opportunities include: clothing distribution, assembling toiletry bags, preparing meals
Neighbor to Neighbor: Organization long associated with Christ Church, which provides food and household supplies to 400+ local families. The facility is housed behind the Tomes-Higgins House.
Volunteer opportunities include: working shifts during client shopping hours, acquiring items
PACK-A-THON: Hands on event to provide a designated agency with food to distribute to the hungry globally. It is held in the Parish Hall in early autumn (two hours)
Volunteer opportunity: Measuring, sorting food into packages for partner agency to distribute
Elena’s Light: Program which provides ESL tutoring, health education and legal aid to officially sanctioned refugees living in Connecticut
Volunteer opportunities: ESL tutoring, assisting with practical needs, such as home-making and obtaining a driver’s license
Harvest Dinner: Event held in Parish Hall in November to provide a special meal for family clients of Neighbor to Neighbor.
Volunteer opportunities: set up, decorating, meal preparation assistance
Mission to Cuba: San Marcos Parish (headed by Father Gil) supported by Christ Church and the Episcopal diocese: Annual visit
Volunteer opportunities include: participating in a visit to bring supplies; help plan Father Gil’s trip to Christ Church
Mission to Tanzania: School established by Christ Church 30+ years ago. Started as a one room school, it has expanded and now serves over 800 students
Volunteer opportunity: Participating in annual parishioner school visit, to work with leadership to fulfill their needs
Creation Care
Landscape Committee Volunteer to help with short term projects and to collaborate on long term planning of the entire CCG campus.
Hospitality
The Gatherings committee is an enthusiastic committee formed to create social events for our parishioners and the greater Greenwich community. The Gatherings has many upcoming events planned. Sign up to help in big or small ways. Join the fun! We'd love to have you with us!
Holy Rollers is a group of volunteers who support the mission of Neighbor to Neighbor through the sale of beeswax candles in the Dogwood books and gifts store at Christ Church. The art of rolling candles is easily learned and handwork is very satisfying. The Rollers meet during the fall and spring making candles for the various seasons including Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. The schedule is flexible.
Hospitality Team Sign up to bring and set up bagels, muffins, or any breakfast items for the 11:15 am Sunday Forums or social breakfasts.
Make n’ Bake Helpers Clergy is requesting meals or breads to be dropped off in the Parish Office to take to families and the homebound. People welcome graciousness when we visit their homes during their difficult times. If you love to bake ziti, stuffed shells, breads, desserts, or whatever your specialty is.
Pastoral Care
Caring Hands Volunteers send cards to parishioners — sympathy, get well, support, thinking of you, and congratulations for marriages, births and graduations.
Eucharistic Visitors Bring Holy Communion to our parishioners who are homebound, in nursing homes, or assisted care. People are very happy to have someone visit and pray with them from Christ Church. Knowledge of the Bible or a theological background is not required to be a Eucharistic Visitor. All that’s required is a willingness to bring God’s love to our members who cannot attend services. Training is provided.
Nathaniel Witherell Lead morning prayer on Sunday mornings at 11:30 am and bring Holy Communion to the residents in their rooms.
Pastoral Visitors Volunteer to offer pastoral care to parishioners who are in need. This is a vital ministry at Christ Church, and is needed now more than ever, in these challenging times. Christ Church is a family that rallies around each other to celebrate moments of joy and to comfort and help each other in times of trial, suffering and loss. Your compassion will make a difference in the life of the parishioner and will be a blessing to you.
River House (Adult Daycare) Lead morning prayer on Thursdays at 11:00 am to wonderful adults. Training is provided.
Worship Services
Help make our services happen. Worship services at Christ Church Greenwich are enriched and enlivened by the many parishioners who volunteer in leadership roles. We invite you to learn more about getting involved with the following opportunities to serve:
Acolytes Carry the cross! Be a part of the worship team who, together with the entire congregation, join in worshiping God. Acolytes carry the cross, torches, and the Gospel Book in procession, and help in important ways throughout the service. Training is provided.
Altar Guild Members Work together to prepare the Sanctuary for worship on Sundays, holy days, weddings and funerals. This includes the design and arrangement of flowers on the altar, caring for vestments, vessels and altar linens.
Eucharistic Ministers Distribute Holy communion during our services. Training, which leads to licensure, is provided.
Ushers and Greeters Do you enjoy welcoming people at church with a friendly smile and a big hello? Join the team of Ushers as a single person or tag team with your partner or children. You will greet people, collect the offerings, guide newcomers and answer questions.
