Opportunities to Serve
Serve within the church or for the city. See below for the current list of opportunities. Have an opportunity you'd like us to add? Email us.
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Serve the City
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Disaster Relief
We as a church want and need to be even more prepared for the next disaster that hits (think everything from apartment fire all the way to Hurricane Katrina). We are partnering with the Austin Disaster Relief Network, which is a network of churches that, together, will meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of people affected by disasters in Austin (including evacuees from other cities).
Sign up here to get trained so we can be prepared as a church for the next disaster. Please feel free to ask questions when you sign up without.
Check out the following link to see two videos that provide even more specifics: http://www.adrntx.org/pages.asp?pageid=84860
Training to become a shelter manager: 8 hours
Training to be general volunteer: 3 hoursBackground checks will be required.
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Total City Sports Camp
You or your missional community can provide & serve food, paper goods, or drinks for the campers and volunteers at Total City Sports Camp. Click on the sign up link to pick your date!
You and/or your group can pick any of the following ways to provide and then serve food at Reagan at 7:30pm on camp nights:
1. Sponsor the night with $300 and we will purchase the food
2. Purchase food from commercial restaurant/kitchen
3. Purchase food from a grocery store and prepare the food onsite (per health code requirements - we can send these to you)This is a great opportunity for missional communities! Sign up for any of the following: registration, food prep, food distribution, childcare, runners (for water, and other general daily needs), &/or cleanup crew.
This summer the For the City Network is hosting the Total City Sports Camp at Reagan High School. The idea behind the camp is to create an exciting sports camp experience for high school aged students while teaching them discipline and skills and fostering mentorship relationships that will continue on into and through the school year.
Here are the details on camp:
Dates: Mondays – Thursdays, June 22nd - July 30th
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm, with dinner served from ~7:30pm-8:00pm
Sports: Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Golf, Baseball, Softball, and FootballYou can sign up for as many days of the week as you are able to commit to, but we ask that you sign up for at least 1 day per week (unless you’re signing up for food prep) for the entire eight weeks of camp (if you have to miss a week or two for vacations or previous commitments, please still sign up and we can talk about it).
When you sign up, please list the following in the comments box:
1. The volunteer opportunities that interest you most or “no preference” (of registration, food prep, food distribution, childcare, runner, & cleanup crew)
2. The days of the week you would like to serve
3. Any known schedule conflicts that would interfere with camp*Please note that we will need to perform a background check for you to serve in this capacity.
Assistant Coach
This summer the For the City Network is hosting the Total City Sports Camp at Reagan High School. The idea behind the camp is to create an exciting sports camp experience for high school aged students while teaching them discipline and skills and fostering mentorship relationships that will continue on into and through the school year.
Assistant coaches will help run practices with the guidance of that sport’s “Champion” (the one leading that sport and creating that sport’s curriculum) and build relationships with students that ideally become ongoing, long-term mentorship relationships.
Here are the details on camp:
Dates: Mondays – Thursdays, June 22nd - July 30th
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm, with dinner served from ~7:30pm-8:00pm
Sports: Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Golf, Baseball, Softball, and FootballYou can sign up for as many days of the week as you are able to commit to, but we ask that you sign up for at least 1 day per week for the entire eight weeks of camp (if you have to miss a week or two for vacations or previous commitments, please still sign up and we can talk about it).
When you sign up, please list the following in the comments box:
1. The sports you desire to serve in, in order of preference
2. The days of the week you would like to serve
3. Any known schedule conflicts that would interfere with camp*Please note that we will need to perform a background check for you to serve in this capacity.
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Pregnancy Resource Centers
Client Advocates meet with clients, complete paperwork, assess needs, run pregnancy tests, and help clients put a plan together for their particular situation. The advocate will also help the client assess the options available to them and offer the client emotional and spiritual support.
Volunteers are needed to oversee the donations given to the center and distribute them based on the needs of the clients. This also includes the sending of thank-you notes to donors.
Volunteers are needed to assist with office/clerical duties including filing, mailouts and other clerical tasks.
Peer Counselors meet with Austin Lifecare clients to administer pregnancy tests, offer options counseling, and support services.
LifeGuard is a character based sex education program emphasizing benefits of abstinence until marriage and educating students on how to establish healthy relationship skills. Volunteers present the information in local schools and conduct workshops for parents.
Welcoming clients and visitors, answer phones and assist with administrative duties.
Austin Lifecafe’s PALS (Partners in Affirming Life) are volunteers who mentor women/girls during their pregnancy by staying in contact with them on a regular basis (phone, email or in person) to provide emotional and spiritual support. Share the love of Christ and provide these women the opportunity to live in community. In addition to spending time weekly with your mentee, there is an additional monthly meeting from 10am-12pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
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Homeless
Church Under the Bridge (CUB) is a homeless outreach by Mission:Possible! The Austin Stone serves at CUB the first and third Sunday each month. Service opportunities include breakfast setup/serve/cleanup, lunch setup/serve/cleanup, children’s ministry, conversations & prayer ministry. Read more about The Austin Stone’s work with CUB or click “sign up” below to express interest in serving.
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Community New Start
Choose one afternoon a week to build relationships with and provide support to elementary school students in the St. John community of east Austin through recreation time, homework help and bible study. Monday through Thursday from 3:00pm-5:30pm.
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Various
Imagine Art is on mission to glorify God through the restored lives of artists with disabilities living in Austin.
Join us in loving on, caring for and being in relationship with the artists we serve. Create alongside an artist in the studio as you share your life and passion for Jesus Christ. Other opportunities include cooking, exhibit set up and administrative support.
Visit www.imagineart.net for more information and detail about this organization.
If you have questions before signing up, please go through the sign up process, but ask your questions in the comments field.
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Serve the Church
We need individuals to host inside the sanctuary, and administrate and receive the offering each week at the end of service. Because this opportunity deals with receiving money from offering, we ask that you would be a Partner before considering this kind of service.
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Sunday
AVLC (Audio, Video, Lights Camera) is the behind-the-scenes team that helps everything run smoothly during our Sunday worship services. They’re doing their job when you don’t notice them, and are enabled to worship God fully. The crew is made up of creatives, gamers, artists, coders, and just your average joe’s and johanna’s. Technical prowess is a plus but not a requirement; if you want to be a part of making Sunday’s happen and are willing to learn, you’re welcome on AVLC.
Greet and welcome guests on Sundays at The Austin Stone. Both small groups and individuals are needed. Greeters will welcome people at the main entrances of AHS and assist in ushering and passing out bulletins in the worship service.
Help direct the flow of traffic in and out of the AHS parking lot one Sunday a month. The current teams serve between the 9:30am and 11:15am services (from approximately 10:15-11:15). Additional people needed for these existing teams; new teams needed to coordinate traffic between the 5pm and 7pm services.
A total of four teams are needed each month to help turn Austin High School into a place where The Austin Stone can gather for Sunday worship. Set-up starts at 6am. Each team serves once a month.
A total of four teams are needed each month to help turn our sanctuary back into the Austin High School gym after the last service each Sunday evening. Tear-down starts immediately after the 7pm service (approximately 8:30pm). Each team serves once a month.
We need individuals to host inside the sanctuary, and administrate and receive the offering each week at the end of service. Because this opportunity deals with receiving money from offering, we ask that you would be a Partner before considering this kind of service.
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Next Generation
Our preschool ministry teaches our children the basic truths about God and His Word. If you have a passion for sharing Christ with those who don’t know Him and you love working with children, we would love to have you join our team. We have a particular need for teachers at the 11:15am and 5:00pm services, but could use more teachers at each of our services.
Our grade school ministry is designed to help leaders and kids build trusting relationships through small groups. Small group leaders spend each week getting to know their kids, leading them through discussion and activities based on our Bible lesson that day. We have a particular need for more men to help in this role, but we would also love to have more women leading with us as well.
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During the week
Ten to fifteen people, either as groups or individuals, are needed to help provide childcare for the Mom to Mom small groups. Groups meet during the day throughout the week.
Groups and individuals are needed to help provide childcare for various small groups. Groups meet in the evening throughout the week.
Our communications crew is looking for a wide array of instrumental music to put in our video work. We are looking for anything ranging from ambient, electronic, acoustic, hip hop, rock, classical, and well…everything really. If you would be willing to share your material with us, please sign up below and we’ll get in touch with more info.
The communications crew is looking for volunteers with visual effects skills to help with future video projects. We are specifically interested in folks with experience in After Effects, Motion, Flash, and 3D Programs. If you are interested please sign up and we’ll get in touch.
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Serve the Nations
The Austin Stone is partnering with 2 other local churches to put on a kids camp for refugee children in our city.
When: June 29-July 2, M-Th 5:45-8PM, Sat. (July 4) 4-7PM
What: Refugee Children Kids Camp
Where: Villages of Lamar, 6309 Burns St, Austin, TX 78752-4072We need volunteers for each of the camp nights. You dont have to come to all the nights to volunteer. We need volunteers that are comfortable with children and having fun!
If you want to find out more, or want to sign up, please click the Signup link and feel free to ask any questions and someone will follow up with you soon!