--Serve as Liturgist: Liturgists lead multiple times throughout the service including the Call to Worship, the Opening Hymn announcement (not singing!), Opening Prayer, Prayers of the People, and the Lord's Prayer. The Prayers of the People is the time for you to lead the congregation in a prayer that you have written before the service. Pastor Zach and Pastor Tawny are always happy to provide help with writing or checking over the prayer throughout the week. You can find a more detailed description here. You can sign up to serve on the SignUpGenius or contact the church office.

--Serve as Scripture Reader: Scripture readers are responsible for only the Scripture reading each week. This is emailed each Thursday, and a print copy is provided at the lectern to be used during the service. The pastor will announce your name at the appropriate time. You will come to the lectern, announce and read the scripture, and then end with the response (typically, "This is the Word of God for us." to which the congregation will reply "Thanks be to God."). You can sign up to serve on the SignUpGenius or contact the church office.

--Serve as a Greeter/Usher: At our 8:30 AM service, our ushers and greeters act in a hybrid role. We welcome everyone who comes through our doors, first time visitors and longtime members alike. This important ministry includes handing our worship programs (aka bulletins), directing newcomers to a seat, to our restrooms, the nursery (staffed and unstaffed), and more. We collect offering and direct worshippers for communion. Most importantly, we make people feel noticed and welcome. You can sign up to serve on the SignUpGenius.

The A/V crew work together to provide a meaningful worship experience for our in-person and online worshippers. Whether we are live-streaming a service, assisting with a musical group rehearsal, or working after hours to update equipment and programming, we are always bringing glory to God through our efforts. We need many people with musical ears, multiple people with an eye for art and presentation, and a handful of more technical electronic focused people. If you've ever thought "that doesn't sound right" or "that slide is hard to read" then come help us make it better! You can get involved by training to be a worship sound technician, praise band sound technician, or video technician. For more information, please contact Jen Hopple. You can sign up to serve on the SignUpGenius.

--Serve as Acolyte: Volunteers of all ages, but especially our children, are encouraged to assist during worship as acolytes. Acolytes are the volunteers who light the candles in worship as well as assist with communion and offering. You can sign up to serve on the SignUpGenius. (Children must be tall enough to reach the altar table.)

There are many other volunteer opportunities available at our church throughout the year. Many of these are recurring events, such as the Spaghetti Dinner and Santa Breakfast, seasonal clean-up days, and weekly youth meetings and rehearsals, while others are special one-time events. No matter the type of event, one consistent area in which we are always looking for more people to serve is as our second adult for any event that involves children and youth. 

If you enjoy working with children or want to help guide our students on their journey toward faithful adulthood, this ministry is for you! Any interested adult needs to be Safe Sanctuary Approved before they can serve as a second adult within the church. This approval process, open to adults who have had an active relationship with our congregation for at least 6 months, requires clearances and a brief training session with one of our staff. If you have ever served as a volunteer at your student’s school, you likely already have the majority of the work completed! 

If you are interested in being added to our list of Safe Sanctuary Approved Adults, please contact Pastor Tawny or complete the interest form here.

Each Sunday, we provided refreshment snacks for between services and the end of the 11:00 service. Volunteers donate prepackaged snacks so that we can provide this hospitality to all who worship at CUMC. Please provide 30 prepackaged snacks. ***ALL SNACKS MUST BE NUT/PEANUT FREE.*** Common choices are granola bars, rice krispie treats, etc. Please drop off snacks to the cafe the week before with the labeled date or before the end of 8:30am service.  There will be label stickers in the drawer for you to label your donation.  Please place them in the leftmost cabinets above the counter or the cabinet under the cafe. You can sign up to provide snacks on the SignUpGenius.

Please review the available slots to sign up for either Tractor duty, Push Mower duty, or both. The dates indicated are the Monday of the week that you are signing up for. Feel free to perform your job any day between Monday and Saturday of that week. If weather prevents you from completing your job, please email Tim Weir. Please delete your name from the Sign Up if you do not actually mow on the week you scheduled. Every effort should be made to avoid cutting grass on Sunday and grass should not be cut on Sunday morning. You can sign up to serve on the SignUpGenius. 

If you would like to be trained on the tractor, please email Tim Weir.

Youth Group is typically held on the 2nd Sunday of each month, though this can vary some months. Youth Group starts with dinner from 5:30-6:00 and leads into the Youth Group meeting from 6:00-7:15. Typically there are about 11-18 people in attendance.

If you would like to provide dinner and join in fellowship with the youth, please sign up on the SignUpGenius. All meals need to be free from peanuts and tree nuts, as well as free from risk of contaminations with peanuts and tree nuts, due to allergies within the Youth Group.