Serve Our Church
Altar Guild
Sherry Smith
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727-519-4906
The Altar Guild's mission is to make the sanctuary and altar reflect spirituality and beauty, bringing inspiration to our church family as we worship. Members work in teams to perform monthly altar duties, and work together to prepare the sanctuary for Christmas, Easter, and other special seasons.
Children's Ministry Volunteers
Lora Ulrich
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727-894-4661 ext. 2125
Do you have a heart for working with children? Contact Lora about volunteer opprotunities. Our mission is to make and send young disciples of Jesus Christ into the world so they can S.H.I.N.E.: Study God’s Word, Help Others, Involve Families, Nurture a Relationship with God, Equip to Share the Gospel.
Communion Stewards
Tina Pinkerton
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727-320-7441
The Communion Stewards prepare for communion prior to the first Sunday of each month.
Discipleship Committee
Assoc. Pastor Margaret Rountree
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727-894-4661
The Discipleship Committee provides adult Christian study opportunities and encourages the spiritual growth of disciples of Jesus Christ. Our committee assists our connection group and study group leaders in reviewing potential study curriculum, in identifying and obtaining learning resources and promoting the growth of those groups. The committee’s role also includes developing other learning and spiritual growth opportunities outside of our connection groups and in our community.
Discover First
Susan McLean
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The Goal of the Discover First Team is to provide the opportunity for others to join us in our Mission of Disciple Making through Worship, Growth and Service. We have meetings the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM.
Discover First plans and carries out 3 membership orientations a year, and seeks to help members find a good fit for classes and service.
Docents: Stained Glass Tours
Sue Allen
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727-418-8155
Docent tours of our beautiful stained glass windows are offered every Wednesday morning, from 11:00am - 12:00pm, as well as specially requested scheduled times. We present a brief history of our church, along with significant spiritual and artistic facts about the stained glass windows.
Faith Community Nursing
Sandy Sauers, RN
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727-596-5347
FCN promotes health and healing practices from a Christ centered perspective by encouraging healthy lifestyles and helping people understand the relationship between lifestyle, faith and well-being. Faith Community nurses provide Christian health counseling, education, advocacy and intentional care of the spirit. Everyone in the health field is welcome to join.
Blood pressure and health information clinics are held the second Sunday of each month from 9 am until 11:30 am in the nurse’s area on the first floor.
God's Gardeners
Gordon Norton
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727-381-3021
God’s Gardeners are always looking for cheerful servants to help maintain the church grounds. Our church owns all the property on our block except the hotel on 3rd Avenue North. For many years, volunteers from our church have provided all the yard services.
We normally meet every other Saturday at 8:00 a.m. This is an opportunity to serve the church, get some exercise, and make some new friends.
Kitchen & Hospitality
Chad Simonds
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727-667-7169
Each week our teams serve others in love. These teams host and serve for Common Grounds (Sunday morning coffee and fellowship hub), Wednesday Night Dinner, and receptions.
Music Ministry
Derek Weston
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The St. Pete First Chancel Choir and Fellowship Handbell Ringers are always looking for new members. To sing in the Chancel Choir, all that is required is a heart for music and worship. You don’t need to read music or have a solo voice. We would love to add your voice, heart, and spirit to our group!
Fellowship Ringers have several vacancies that we would like to fill. It would be helpful if you read music, but we can work with you to learn!
Office Volunteers
Craig Wills
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727-894-4661
Looking for a fun volunteer opportunity? There is a need for office volunteers to answer phones and greet people who come into the Administration Building, as well as other light office duties as needed. The regular hours are 9 to 1 or 1 to 5, one day per week. We are also in need of substitute office volunteers.
Shield of Faith
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A church safety ministry supporting all church pillars through the performance of risk assessments and crisis intervention. Our goal is to meet the expectations of our members and guests to provide a safe environment to worship or engage in a relationship with Christ while being good stewards of all that they have entrusted to us, provide meaningful and appropriate guidance and tools to volunteers and staff in the event of on and off campus event related emergencies and incidents, and reduce interruptions to the church’s ministries and mission resulting from external forces, accidents, and related financial impact.
Our ministry is comprised of, but not limited to, current and prior industry first responders, law enforcement, private security, military, doctors, nurses, medical support professionals, industrial and business office safety personnel, fire inspectors, construction inspectors, code enforcement, CERT members, CPR/First Aid trained individuals, child and youth safety workers, lawyers, protocol developers, risk assessment, and ham radio operators.
Members of the ministry have many opportunities to serve the church, from simply staying informed of tools and procedures available to them as a Good Samaritan responder, through augmenting our safety staff during high attendance church events on and off campus, and through our committee meetings quarterly to assist in developing a culture of church safety.
Stephen Ministry
David Hall
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917-204-6494
We are all broken in some way; the only way to become whole is through the cross. Become a highly trained Christian caregiver - a Stephen Minister - and serve as the hands and
feet of God, the Curegiver.
Ushers & Greeters
Shirley Bassett
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727-310-7044
During our regularly scheduled worship services and special events, ushers and greeters assist with greeting, guiding people, sharing information, collecting the offering, distributing the communion elements and offering service of any kind to insure the needs and concerns of our members and guests are met.
Wherehouse Youth Ministry Volunteers
KayLee Bennett
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727-894-4661 ext. 2131
Contact KayLee about opportunities to work with our youth. Our Mission is to transition kids from an elementary knowledge of Christ and his teachings to learning what it means to be a Christian in today’s world and give them a solid grounding on the Methodist faith. We provide a safe secure environment for our Youth to have fun and learn through serving others.