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Service Descriptions
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St. Michael's provides various service opportunities. There are many more opportunities available in Woodstock and Cherokee County. It is up to each family to find opportunities other than those provided by St. Michael's.
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
TO SIGN-UP: GO TO THE SERVICE SIGN-UPS PAGE
Homestretch: (Work of Mercy)
- found on the menu on the left or CLICK HERE
Respect Life Prayer Vigil: (Work of Mercy)
Meets every 4th Saturday. See bulletin for details. Meet at 7:00am at St. Michael’s to carpool over to Governors Ridge, Marietta. This is a peaceful walk of prayer on the sidewalk. Bring your rosary. Parents need to accompany teen. Parent drivers needed to carpool. Contact: Christy WynnHomestretch is an organization that helps homeless families in North Fulton. They provide shelter in one of about 30 units that they own. Then, they provide education about how to transition to regular housing. Most families will be in the program for about 9 months to a year. We help them by providing maintenance work on their homes and duplexes. This includes painting, moving, packing, yard work, planting flowers, etc. The exact nature of the work is not known until just before the service date. Meet at St. Michael’s by 8:15am, back about 12:30pm.
http://www.homestretch.org/
Fifth Saturday- SVDP & St. Michael’s Food Pantry:
Provides a meal to those at Must Ministries in Cobb County; usually serves between 50-100 guests. Students will bring items they have committed to bringing to the event, help to set up serving lines, serve food or drinks, provide support and encouragement to guests, and help clean up. 10 teens/event.
Thanksgiving Baskets: - Sponsored by Life Teen -look for their sign-up sheets in the Narthex in early November
Catholic Charities: - (Work of Mercy)We will help them unload trucks of boxes that will arrive from a donor Catholic parish. The boxes get sorted by the volunteers. Then, as the 100-200 families arrive to pick up their donations, we will verify their identity to make sure that the proper boxes are given to each family. We will help load the boxes into cars. As well, we will provide hospitality for the kids in the form of face painting, etc. Meet at Dunkin Donuts, 875 Towne Lake Parkway, Woodstock at 7:30am. Back about 3:30pm.
Giving Tree:
Collect, sort, load gifts for the needy in Cherokee County.Catechist Appreciation Dinner: -help with set-up/serving/clean-up
First Reconciliation Retreat Teen Aides: Three sessions to choose from. Help the second graders during their retreat with snacks, crafts, skits.
Lenten Fish Fry: Fridays during Lent (sponsored by the Knights of Columbus):
Help serve and clean-up.
St. Michael's Cupertino Village Special Needs Ministry: is excited to present a service opportunity as a Sensory Mass Monitor. In addition to attending the 12:45 Mass, a Monitor’s Job duties are as follows:- Set up Parent Room to receive Sensory Mass.
- Engage participants in Mass using tools provided.
- Clean up and return Parent Room back to its original function.
- Ensure that the room is being used appropriately.
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Ongoing Service Opportunities-contact directly
St. Michael’s Food Pantry: contact Patrick Arko 904-468-0945; all teens must be accompanied by a parent. Need help most Saturdays 9:45am-noon, but must call in advance to make sure the food pantry is ready for your help.
SMA Meals Ministry: contact Amy Heil 770-592-9240 (Work of Mercy)
Monthly Senior Luncheon: every 3rd Wednesday morning; Carol Dull 678-234-5975
SVDP Thrift Store: 770-919-1458 (2722 Summer Street, Kennesaw)
HOPE Center's Seeds Thrift Store: 770-924-0864 (295 Molly Lane, Suite 120 Woodstock, GA 30189) http://seedsthriftstore.com/index.php/home/volunteer-with-us/
Next Step Ministries: This organization helps special needs teens and their families. Volunteers (14 yrs. and older) are needed on Saturdays. Visit their website: www.nextstepsministries.net
The following are examples for the Parish/Community Service Opportunity
Religious Education: contact Elizabeth Bonutti ebonutti@saintmichaelcc.org
Teen classroom aides: weekly at any session; help children/Catechists
Summer PSR clean-up days— look for email during summer sent out with datesParish Clean-up Days- as announced in the bulletin
Prayer Garden: Help with landscaping our garden. David Dull 770-924-9024
Altar Servers: Brian Middleton 770-485-5559
Youth Choir: Nila Alexander 770-966-8742 Brief music ensembles for Christmas/Easter