Have you ever considered volunteering a couple hours of your time each month to help make life better for those less fortunate in our community?  How about working with the PRLC Food Bank?  There has never been a better time than now!   We are currently in need of more volunteers.

Volunteers are needed to work in the food bank – preparing food boxes and handing them out to our clients – and also answering the food bank appointment phones, scheduling times for clients to come get food.  Both positions are 2-hour monthly obligations, although some volunteers sign up for multiple shifts.

Volunteer schedulers answer the phones and schedule appointments between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Volunteers in the food bank work on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, and Wednesdays and Thursdays between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM.

Please check the Count Me in Form for specific times and days to volunteer.  If you have specific questions about volunteering, please speak with Patrick Meagher (if you want to work in the food bank) or Mary Bergstrom (if you want to help with the scheduling). For general questions about the food bank please speak with anyone of the food bank mission team (Jo-Ann Cress, Ben Maier, Karen Snedker, and Sally Thompson). Thank you for your service.

Here’s a great opportunity for a family, a couple, a single person…  Newcomers, folks who’ve been around for years and years.  How about serving as an usher for our 11:00 a.m. service?  Typically, ushers serve for a month at time, then take two months off.  Duties include arriving 20 minutes before the service, greeting and handing out bulletins, assisting newcomers, receiving the Sunday offerings, directing worshipers to the Lord’s table, straightening up the chancel following liturgy.  Interested?  Let Don know at Grace Station, sign up on Count Me In, speak to a present 11:00 a.m. usher, or talk with one of the pastors.

The Food Bank is in need of plastic grocery bags with handles.  They can be dropped off in the barrel in Narthex right next to the Tower Doors.  Thanks!

Do you have any old (but clean) sheets and blankets around the house that are no longer being used?  The Monday morning Quilters group can put them to good use.  They can be dropped of at the Grace Station or the church office. 

We are currently in need of bakers for our the Welcome Bread we distribute on Sundays to first time visitors.  If you would be interested in participating in this important ministry, please contact Ben Shaw at ben12935@earthlink.net or 206-363-8580.

There are many opportunities for those who enjoy music to lead our congregation in worship.  New members are welcome at anytime throughout the year, but the fall season is a great time to start.  For more information about any of the opportunities below, please contact the church office at office@prlc.org or 783-2350.

 

Chancel Choir is for singers who enjoy leading in worship with the classic music of the church.  Psalms, hymns, Spirituals and world music, as well as choral masterpieces from the Baroque to the present are part of the Chancel Choir repertoire.  The Chancel Choir leads congregational song and sings an offertory anthem for 11:00 worship most weeks, and rehearses Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00pm beginning Sept. 3.  Previous choir or music-reading experience is helpful but not required.

 

Gospel Choir is for singers who enjoy high-energy Contemporary Gospel, African-American Spirituals, and Global Music.  The Gospel Choir leads congregational singing once a month for 8:30 worship and once a month for evening prayer. There are also several opportunities to sing in the community each season.  Rehearsal is each Wednesday during Bread for the Journey from 6:20-7:15pm in the Tree of Life Room beginning Sept. 10.  Music reading is not necessary but must be able to match pitch.

 

Once monthly, Vesper Choir leads Evening Prayer with meditative Psalms, hymns, chant and the classic Evening Prayer service from the ELW.   Vesper Choir rehearses at 6:20pm, prior to 7:00 Evening Prayer.

 

Handbell Choir meets for 5-6 weeks in the fall and 5-6 weeks in the spring.  Each 5-6 week session includes Sunday rehearsals, 5:30-6:45pm and ringing in several worship services.   No experience is necessary, but music-reading ability is required.  (A great opportunity for lapsed instrumentalists!)