Volunteer Opportunities
The following are just some of the ways that you could be of service to the good of our parish community. If anything here piques your interest, please contact the parish secretary at (937) 773-1656 or send us a message.
- Church Maintenence
- Clean the church by straightening up the pews
- Take care of candles
- Vacuum, dust and clean
- Tend the bathrooms
- Decorate the church during Holy seasons.
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Bulletin Assembly each week
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Funeral Luncheon Program
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Our funeral luncheon program has been a blessing to many families who have lost a loved one. At this distressful time, the parish provides a funeral luncheon that is a ministry of love and caring. Volunteers for this program can be hard to come by as many parishioners work during the day and there is usually not much advance notice.
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Bingo
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3 Sundays a Month and Every Monday Night
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Volunteering jobs include setup, teardown, concessions, bingo calling, and running the bingo sessions
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Proceeds from Bingo go directly to subsidize Catholic School Education
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Building and Grounds Maintenance
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Requires a large amount of time and skill. We have a wonderful group of volunteers who have given much of themselves over the years. If you are skilled in these areas your help is always welcome.
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Mowing, Raking, Planting, etc.
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Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, etc.
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Festival
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The annual Summer Homecoming Festival is one of the main sources of revenue for the parish. Workers and organizers are always needed. The festival is generally the third weekend of July every year. It is held on Friday and Saturday evenings and all day on Sunday. The festival consists of: children's games. rides, food booths, special meals each evening (served from the kitchen), bingo and games of chance. Additionally there is festival planning, setup and tear-down. All help is needed and welcome!
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Serve on a Parish Commission
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Pastoral Council. Advises pastor on needs of the parish and helps carry out projects and initiatives. Members are nominated by parishioners, and selected by lot and asked to serve.
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Finance Council. Advises pastor on financial matters, reviews financial reports. Members are invited to serve by the Pastor.
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Stewardship. A new, joint effort of both St. Mary and St. Boniface parishes, pursuing involvement, planning and outreach, to encourage all parishioners to be generous stewards of their time, talents and treasure, and to ensure our parish is a community in which people are welcome to be involved with their various gifts.
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Building and Maintenance. Just show up and help!
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St. Clara Ladies Society. Provides various items needed for sacred liturgy, outreach to parishioners, sells religious items after Masses first weekend of the month. Open to all women of the parish.
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Mission Commission. Joint effort with St. Mary Parish to promote evangelization at home and abroad. Just show up!
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Adult Faith Formation. Joint effort with St. Mary Parish. All are welcome to get involved.
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Pro Life Committee. Organizes projects through the year to raise awareness about the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death. Contact Father Martin Fox if interested.
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Family Life Commission. Promotes various projects such as Giving Tree in Advent, and a thank you picnic for volunteers in June. Contact Jim and Rose Hemm.
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