Serve within the church and within 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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Education
Reagan High School is on the brink of closing down unless their students are able to improve their test scores. The closure of the local high school would be a major blow to the community of St. Johns. There will be an information session to show how small groups from the local church have adopted teachers, freeing them to focus on their teaching and test preparations and how you and your small group could do the same. Adopting teachers will begin as the spring semester kicks off. Please sign up if you are interested to learn how you or your small group can be involved. We will keep you updated as January approaches and we will provide a more specific date/time/place.
This information session will also serve as training and is required to serve in this capacity.
The Austin school district has threatened to close Reagan High School (this has been in the local news for months). This would be a major blow the community of St. Johns, but this opportunity allows our Body to partner with this community as they rally in support of their teachers, faculty, students, and students’ families as they fight to do what it takes to keep the Reagan High school open and make it a successful tool for the community.
There are ten different strategic groups that have been established by the community to try to prevent closure. To get involved, sign up for one or more of these groups. Each group has a team leader who will be communicating future volunteer opportunities. To learn more about the specific ways that the school and community are looking for support in, click the sign up link below.
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Austin LifeCare
Peer Counselors meet with Austin Lifecare clients to administer pregnancy tests, offer options counseling, and support services.
Austin Life Care is looking for individuals who are certified sonographers to help make sure this powerful tool is available to their clients.
9 out of 10 women who see a sonogram choose to carry their baby to term.
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.
Weekly time with mentee + 2 extra hours each month |
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Hannah’s Closet provides maternity clothes, baby clothes, and infant items to mothers in need.
The Closet is overflowing but some moms wait for over a month for an appointment because there aren’t enough volunteers. More volunteers = more clothes given to mothers.
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Webb Family Resource Center (St Johns)
The Webb Family Resource Center (FRC) helps families who are new to Webb Middle School and/or families from Webb who are in a state of crisis and instability. The goal of the Center is to help families to stabilize thus increasing children’s attendance at school and helping them to achieve their full potential. This project allows you to develop skills to support FRC clients in a specific area. When you sign up we will follow up with you and can discuss what you might be passionate about and get you connected.
Examples of possible skills you can help people develop (not limited to the following):
* Make resumes and business cards
* Help people search online for jobs (Statesman.com, Craigslist, SETON, etc.).
* Do the Workforce Solutions process online for job searching.
* Search for apartments/duplexes for rent or help families get into affordable housing in the Webb Attendance Zone.
* Help with Medicaid screening for low-income health insurance eligibility and assist clients in filling out applications for Medicaid, CHIP and Food Stamps.
* Teach adults English and literacy.
* Teach adult classes on budgeting and personal finances.
* Teach adult computer classes (internet, email, word processing) in Spanish or English.
The Webb Family Resource Center helps families who are new to Webb Middle School and/or families from Webb who are in a state of crisis and instability. The goal of the Center is to help families to stabilize thus increasing children’s attendance at school and helping them to achieve their full potential. The specific role of the “promotora” or family mentor is to make home visits to the families (generally in teams of 2) in order to provide families with support and encouragement and to help families carry out the Plan of Support developed by the social worker or RN. Spanish speaking/bilingual skills are extremely helpful but not mandatory.
The next training sessions are on November 22nd and December 6th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is an excellent opportuntity to get involved in the St. Johns community.
1 hour/week minimum (+ req training Nov 22 & Dec 6) |
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Church Under The Bridge
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.
Working with middle or high school students in the St. John community of east Austin, mentoring them with the love and truth of God�s word. Through spending one hour a week with a student, mentors form a safe relationship in which important mental, emotional, and spiritual growth can be cultivated and encouraged. Mentoring opportunities are available during lunch, after school and on the weekends.
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Serve The Church
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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.
Volunteers are needed to help out with the reuse and recycling of bulletins after each of The Austin Stone’s Sunday worship services. Reusing "like-new" bulletins from earlier services helps the church cut down on the number of bulletins printed each week, and recycling the leftovers at the end of the day keeps them out of the landfill. Serving should take no more than 15 minutes before or after the service you normally attend, a few times a month. Sign up for specific details.
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.
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Next Generation
To become a KidStuff volunteer, download an application, fill it out and either (a) email it to kidstuff@austinstone.org, (b) fax it to 512.287.4220 or (c) turn it in at the KidStuff registration table on a Sunday. We’ll look at your application and then meet with you to find a good place for you to serve. Sign up to request more information.
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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.
January (date and time TBD) |