Opportunities for Service

There are several opportunities for you to serve here at Gethsemane.  Greeters, Host/Hostesses, Activity Time, Ushers and Acolytes are all needed.  Please check the wall outside the choir room for the sign up sheets to volunteer your time. 
 

ACOLYTES
The church will need Acolytes all year ‘round. Sign up is on the wall outside the choir room. This is a very important role for the kids to share in the life of the church.

CALLING ALL THOSE WITH A SONG IN THEIR HEART
I would like to extend an invitation to any and all interested in singing in the Chancel Choir. No audition is required. Perhaps you sang in college or are in high school and just like to sing. If you just enjoy singing but don’t read music, you will not be alone. Several of our current choir members love to sing, contribute greatly to the music ministry of the choir and don’t read music. Either way we have a spot for you. We have a particular need for male voices this year. If you would like to talk to me, please feel free to call me at home.

We have an exciting year planned. So come join the fellowship, the ministry and the joy of singing to the Lord. Rehearsals will start on August 25 and continue every Wednesday from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Child care is available upon request.

FIRST ANNUAL VALLEY FORGE PARK BLOCK PARTY
A group of Gethsemane members have formed “Pewaukee Neighborhood Connection” to reach out to our neighbors in the community. “PNC” will have a block party at Valley Forge Park, in Pewaukee, on Saturday, September 11th from noon until 3:00pm. There will be food, soda, games and a lot of fun.

If you are interested in helping with setting up tents, tables, chairs, serving food/soda or organizing the games for kids and adults, please sign up on the board in the narthex. We are looking forward to a great afternoon with our neighbors in Pewaukee.

Valley Forge Park is located just east of the church across Highway 16 with the entrance off Morris Street. Any questions, please see Jeff Thiel or Marty Tomcek.

VALLEY FORGE PARK BLOCK PARTY CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are needed to help with the children’s duck pond, bean bag toss, jewelry making table and face painting. There are prizes for the games, simple beads for necklaces and paints for face painting. This is a great opportunity for teens to earn community service time.

Everyone come and help for an hour or two because we need you!

See Denise Conrad for more information and sign up today!

HOPE CENTER MEAL PROGRAM
Gethsemane will be serving dinner and providing desserts at the Hope Center on Wednesday, September 22 from 5-7pm. The sign up is now in place in the narthex. Currently, about 80-150 children a month come for meals compared to 12-18 children a month in the past. A growing number of hungry people of all ages in Waukesha County need our continuing help to have at least one good meal a day.

CAN YOU BAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES AND BROWNIES?
The Pewaukee Neighborhood Connection (PNC) needs bakers to help provide cookies and brownies for the Valley Forge Park Block Party on September 11th. See the sign up poster in the narthex for more details or see Denise Conrad.

FOOD PANTRY HELP NEEDED
Donations to the Pewaukee Food Pantry are coming in slower than the food is going out. We continue to get new families every week who have lost their jobs or have had their hours cut. Would you please consider purchasing a few extra items to donate to the pantry when you do your weekly shopping. Donations can be put in the barrels at the Pewaukee Pick and Saves, taken to any Pewaukee church, area businesses that have barrels or taken to the Food Pantry on Wednesdays or Saturdays between 10 and 11am. The items which are most needed at this time are: spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce/paste, crackers/snacks, coffee and cold drinks, sugar, oil, mustard, potatoes (boxed and canned), salad dressings and condiments including pickles, olives, salt, pepper, etc. Monetary donations to purchase meat and items which are not donated can be sent to the Pewaukee Food Pantry, PO Box 51, Pewaukee, WI 53072.
Thank you for helping the Pewaukee Food Pantry serve the people in our community who are in need. Judy Litvin and Karen Semrad, Pantry Coordinators

URGENT NEED FOR MEALS ON WHEELS DRIVERS
There is an urgent need for drivers for Meals on Wheels in the Pewaukee area. It takes 2-3 hours per day, but you an volunteer for only the days you are free, and you do not have to work every day. Mileage is paid based on the current federal rate. TRY IT—YOU’LL LIKE IT!!

For more information, please contact Teka Funk at 691-2750 or Hubert Anderson.

SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER
Women and men are needed day, evenings and weekends to volunteer at Sojourner Family Peace Center. We offer opportunities to volunteer on the Domestic Violence Hotline, with battered women and their children at our shelter, Sojourner Truth House, with children affected by domestic violence, with men and women in our Beyond Abuse program, at our Restraining Order Clinic and in the Domestic Violence Unit at the Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office. A minimum of 3 hours each week for 6 months is requested. A 13 3/4 hour evening training program begins on September 14 and continues on September 21, 23, 28 & 30, 2010 from 5:30-8:15pm. All five evenings are required. Please call Melinda Wall Piraino at 414-933-2722 by September 10, 2010 for further information.

VISITS MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR SENIORS & THEIR CAREGIVERS
Do you have 2 - 4 hours a week to visit with a local senior so their caregiver can take a break? Interfaith Senior Program’s non-medical respite care volunteers offer companionship for those suffering from long-term illness or disability. No medical or hands-on assistance is required, and training is provided. Currently, volunteers are needed in Waukesha, New Berlin, Oconomowoc and Sussex, but needs arise in other communities frequently. Contact Becky Cooper at Interfaith at 262-549-3348, ext. 226 or beckyc@interfaithwaukesha.org.

SNAPPIN’ MINISTRIES (Special Needs Parent Network) NEEDS YOUR HELP
Snappin’ Ministries is a nonprofit organization providing compassion, support, help and resources for parents of children with special needs in Waukesha area. They help with children with a chronic illness, disability or mental handicap. With your help they are able to provide: meals and transportation, programs for siblings and parents, meetings with guest speakers, camps, financial assistance programs, educational materials, renewal events for parents and prayer service. Snappin’ offers several ways you can support the organization without spending a penny of your own money upfront: http://www.goodsearch.com/ added to your toolbar as your search engine allows SNAPPIN’ MINISTRIES to earn $.01 for every search you do on your computer! Simply designate SNAPPIN’ MINISTRIES as your charity of choice. $.02 of every Caprisun and Honest Kids Drink pouch you donate will go to SNAPPIN’ MINISTRIES when you designate us as your organization of choice at http://www.terracycle.net/dpb/signup.htm. You can donate directly or bring them to church. Invite your friends and family to do the same! As always, if you have any questions, please contact Sharon Seegers.