Volunteer Opportunities

Look through the six ministry team opportunities for servant leadership at Common Table. Each team offers different levels of commitment, relevant experience, and spiritual gifts. Read more below on the various roles and how this process works.

See a role you feel called to? Fill out the leadership interest form in person or by clicking the button at the bottom of this page.

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Church Council

is the central leadership group responsible for planning and implementing a program to live out the mission and vision of the local church. It provides for the administration of the local church’s organization and life by developing, leading, evaluating, and improving upon existing and new initiatives.

Expectations

Three-year commitment
Monthly meeting (two hours)
Attention to email communications

Relevant Experience

Managing projects or groups of people
Public service
Creating new processes, programs or groups
Operations and/or logistics

Relevant Spiritual Gifts

Administration, hospitality, wisdom, leadership, service, congregational awareness

Missions

connect the congregation to opportunities to serve our neighbors, our city, and our world.

Expectations

Regular participation in service opportunities (ex. RISC, Birdhouse Community Garden, etc.)

Relevant Experience

Physical labor
Connections to service organizations
Volunteer recruitment
Organizational skills
Communication

Relevant Spiritual Gifts

Love for your neighbors, passion for justice, availability, energy, and invitation

Expectations

Three-year commitment
Three meetings per year (one to two hours each)
Attention to email communications

Relevant Experience

Volunteer recruitment
Job needs assessment
Interpersonal skills
Organizational visioning

Relevant Spiritual Gifts

Congregational awareness, discernment, relationship, resourcefulness & prayer

The Committee on Nominations & Leadership Development

serves to identify, develop, deploy, evaluate, and monitor Christian spiritual leadership (non-clergy or -staff) for the local congregation.

The Finance Team

serves to propose a budget; then raise, manage, and distribute financial resources to support and strengthen the mission and ministry of the congregation.

Expectations

Three-year commitment,
Monthly meeting (one hour)
Attention to email communications

Relevant Experience

Accounting
Administration
Budgeting
Fundraising

Relevant Spiritual Gifts

Resourcefulness, giving, administration, encouragement & stewardship

Expectations

Three-year commitment
Quarterly meetings
Attention to email communications
Following up with assigned tasks

Relevant Experience

Safety and repair knowledge
Grounds/building codes and management
Policy management

Relevant Spiritual Gifts

Administration, on-call availability, fix-it attitude, service, discernment & prioritization

Trustees

serve to manage all things pertaining to physical assets of the church, including: building maintenance/upkeep, management of the grounds, safety, improvements of all creature comforts for the building, and the usage of the church by external or internal entities.

Expectations

Three-year commitment
Four to six meetings per year (one to two hours each)
Attention to email communications

Relevant Experience

Human resources
Administration
Communication
Interpersonal skills

Relevant Spiritual Gifts

Empathy, truth-telling, helping, administration & confidentiality

Staff Parish Relations Committee

serves to provide support to church clergy and staff, to act as a liaison between the congregation and church clergy/staff, and to provide ongoing personnel support for the church.