Volunteer

Meadows offers plenty of opportunities for using your gifts of time, talent and experience to advance our Lord's work in our church, the community and throughout the world. Consider getting involved by volunteering in one of the areas listed below or by serving on a Meadows committee. Please contact the Committee member listed under each area for more information.

At Meadows

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
g Teach Sunday School
g Substitute-teach Sunday School class
g Help with Meadows Youth Program
g Help with Kids Connection
g Lead a Bible study group
g Help with Christmas pageant/play
g Help with Vacation Bible School
g Schedule Children's Church parents
g Create Children's Church activities
Peggy Shupe

WORSHIP
g Serve as an usher at church
g Serve as a greeter at church
g Provide transportation to church
g Help prepare/clean church for worship
g Help prepare communion
g Provide flowers for the sanctuary
g Decorate sanctuary for special events
g Work in nursery
g Help with Children's Church
g Help with 2-3 year-old nursery
Russ Grimes and Ben Thompson

CHRISTIAN OUTREACH/MISSIONS
g Assist with clothing drives
g Work with housing projects
g Create handicrafts for mission projects
g Coordinate Operation Christmas Child
g Coordinate relief effort collections
g Help with Salvation Army dinners
g Work with Emergency Food Bank
g Go on mission trips - local, regional or
international
Kathy Floyd and Bobbye Cohen

NURTURE AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
g Participate in prayer chain
g Work with "Helping Hands"
g Visit shut-ins/hospitals/nursing homes
g Participate in Men's Bible Study/Men's Breakfast
g Participate in Presbyterian Women's groups
Sandy Reese and Drene DeGood

MUSIC
g Sing in the adult choir/praise team
g Play in the hand bell choir
g Assist with a children's choir
g Play an instrument for special events g Sing for a special program or service
g Perform in annual talent show
Jim Corbett or Bobbye Cohen

FELLOWSHIP
g Host Fellowship Hour
g Participate in Dinner Four
g Help with special activities (i.e. Thanksgiving dinner, Senior luncheon)
g Help with special celebrations
Kaki Payne

FACILITIES
g Help with repairs inside the church
g Help with kitchen maintenance
g Help with lawn and garden care
Ben Powell

ADMINISTRATIVE
g Help assemble newsletter/mailings
g Write article for newsletter
g Help with telephone contacts
g Help with church directory
g Help in church office
g Go to post office or pick up supplies
Dave Dierolf

CONGREGATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
g Photograph new church members
g Maintain picture display boards
g Follow-up with visitors (phone calls, notes and visits)
Marlyn Hochstetler and Alex Rucker

CHURCH GOVERNMENT
g Serve as an elder
Clerk of Session: Bill Stackhouse

In the Charlottesville Community

As a congregation we are Partners in Ministry with numerous local organizations. Throughout the year, there are opportunities to reach out and help others through these community groups. For more information, contact the Chairman of the Christian Outreach-Missions Committee, Kathy Floyd.

Alliance for Interfaith Ministries
Children’s Home of the Highlands
CROP Walk
Disaster Relief
Emergency Food Bank
Good News Jail and Prison Ministry
Habitat For Humanity - www.habitat.org 
Hospice of the Piedmont
Matthew 28                                    
Meals on Wheels
Medical Benevolence Fund/Ministries Division
Presbytery of the James Missions - www.presbyteryofthejames.org 
Salvation Army
Son Servants
The Bridge Ministry - www.bridgeministry.net
Wycliffe Bible Translators - www.wycliffe.org

World Missions

Meadows supports organizations that reach outside of the Charlottesville community including:

Global Opportunities for Christ
The Haiti Fund
The Outreach Foundation - www.theoutreachfoundation.org
Presbytery of the James Worldwide Ministries
Tumaini Children's Center - http://www.tumaini.faithweb.com/index.html

Short Term Mission Trips

Senior High Summer 2007 Mission Trip: Cranks Creek, KY with Son Servants - www.pfryouth.org
Fall 2007 Mission Trip: Appalachia - details to be announced.
Summer 2008 Kenya Mission trip: Tumaini Children's Center, Nyeri, Kenya - www.abigailmcconnell.com/abigailmcconnell/kenya2008.html

Past Mission Trips: New Life Community Church and Handsboro Presbyterian, Gulfport, MS