Student Ministry â–º Volunteer Opportunities

Success is seeing volunteers loving students and finding great
satisfaction in it." - spoken by a wise youth pastor

If you love God and would like to serve by spending time with young people or by doing behind the scenes work, we have many opportunities for you. Youth workers are people devoted to discipiling young people in their walks with Christ and those who seek to empower others to do so. If you desire to join a vibrant, energetic team of volunteers who enjoy working with young people, please contact Rosanne Schenck in the youth office for more information at rshenck@bumc.net or 324-7251.

All of our volunteers working with young people need to complete an online background check with BUMC (the link is provided below) as well as go through our Safe Sanctuary Training. To find out if we have record of either of these items for you or for the next training date, please contact Rosanne Scenck at rshenck@bumc.net or 324-7251.

Below is a list of our current volunteer needs:

Summer Mission Trips We need adults to serve alongside our youth this summer on our various summer mission trips. This is a great opportunity for you to serve and be in missions as well as to get to know the students in our ministry. Click here to see more information on our summer trips including dates and locations. Contact Lindsay Brooks if interested at lbrooks@bumc.net.

Barnabas Friends for College Students Remember when you were in college, far away from home and you would get a special card in the mail. Wasn’t that a great feeling to know that someone was thinking about you? If you have a desire to serve and have a passion for writing notes, we need YOU! Barnabas Friends is ministry to reach out to and encourage our college students from October - May. For more information or if have any questions, please contact Rachael Melton at roystermelton@yahoo.com or 615-331-8595.

Youth Sunday School at 11:00 in the Jr. High Room for 7th-12th Grades. This is a new opportunity for our youth, and we really need your help to make it happen! We will supply you with the curriculum. We have a couple adults committed to a few Sundays a month, but we need a few more to build a team of volunteers for the 11:00 hour. Contact Lindsay Brooks at lbrooks@bumc.net.

Sunday Morning Greeters Your primary role would be to greet students, look out for new or unconnected students, and seek to connect students to the various Sunday morning opportunities (9:30-9:45 a.m.). For more information, contact Lindsay Brooks at lbrooks@bumc.net.

Student Prayer Team We need adults to serve alongside students on our Student Prayer Team. Your primary role would be to guide the prayer team student leaders as they seek to lead other youth in meaningful prayer practices. The prayer team meets on Wednesday nights, 6:30-7:30 p.m. to pray over needs in the ministry (known and unknown), study from scripture and other resources different prayer practices, maintain the youth prayer chapel, and plan various prayer needs for our youth Sunday Night programming. For more information, contact Lindsay Brooks at lbrooks@bumc.net.

Student Connect Team We need adults to serve alongside students on our Student Connect Team. They meets on Wednesday nights 6:30-7:30, and adults can be a part of this opportunity as well (for a study on hospitality, to write postcards to or call new students, update the pictures in the hallway, assemble visitor packets, and other opportunities). For more information, contact Lindsay Brooks at lbrooks@bumc.net

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Volunteer Needs

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