CONTACT: Keith Bjugstad

(keith.bjugstad@gmail.com)

DESCRIPTION: Help with set-up before Potluck, serve food during Potluck and clean-up following the event.

TIME-FRAME: The Potluck luncheon occurs every other month and time commitment is only the day of Potluck.

CONTACT: Paul Nixon (paulnixon@me.com)

DESCRIPTION: If you are passionate about issues that impact the LGBTQ population, we would love to know who you are as we seek to organize projects and work with community partners. Sign up to be on this list if you are open to volunteering with opportunities as they arise during 2025. Rainbow Ministries also sponsors fellowship events. No need to sign up now for those. The fellowship opportunities will be included in all-church communications and are open to all.

CONTACT: Julie Adams (jramuzik@icloud.com)

DESCRIPTION: Help us continue supporting the only community composting site in Palm Springs. Activities include weighing and measuring post-consumer food, watering compost bins, filling buckets with mulch, cleaning food bins for reuse by the feeding kitchen and community, washing tools, turning compost piles, and sifting finished compost. Choose your activity based on your skill and ability level.

TIME-FRAME: 7 AM on Wednesday mornings, twice a month.

CONTACT: Doug Oostdyk (d.oostdyk2@gmail.com)

DESCRIPTION: Welcome worshipers at door and/or the Welcome Table, provide name tags

Ushers: Help worshipers find a seat, collect offering

Communion Servers: Offer bread or cup. (We will provide training.)

Help Decorate Sanctuary for major holidays

CONTACT: Carrie Allan (Carobpt@dc.rr.com)

DESCRIPTION: Call homebound members and those in need of extra care; send cards for holidays, birthdays, etc., share God’s love with the lonely and isolated. You will be given a list of 5 people to contact on a regular basis

TIME–FRAME: About 30 minutes to 1 hr. once or twice a month (at your convenience during daytime or early evenings)

CONTACT: John Jones (eaglesnakecactus@sbcglobal.net)

DESCRIPTION: Help prepare and serve food, find clothing that fits, offer free toiletries and books, provide a loving and dignified atmosphere.

TIME-FRAME: Sunday and Friday breakfast served 7-8 a.m. This is when we most need volunteers, starting at 6:15 am either morning, with clean up after. (There is also a Saturday noon meal; if that is your best time, we can add you into rotation.)

CONTACT: Wayne Hinton (waynehinton@gmail.com)

DESCRIPTION: Choral singing, instrumental performance, small vocal ensembles, soloists, and praise band make up the multiple facets of this unique ministry — and God is in the center of it all! ALL ARE WELCOME! You don’t need to be a pro!

TIME-FRAME: Varies, but each group has a regular rehearsal through the year. Choir meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.

CONTACT: Katherine Campbell Jody Diaz (jodiaz@psusd.us)

DESCRIPTION: We are in the process of birthing an after school ministry at Raymond Cree in the Autumn of 2025 one day a week. We are looking for adults who enjoy the energy of middle school children, and could volunteer at least twice a month for two hours in late afternoons, along with a team of other adults. The form of this group is still unfolding, but it is an exciting possibility and a return of UMCPS to the adventure of youth ministry! You cannot be too old for this. Kids need elders in their lives!

TIME-FRAME: To be determined in conjunction with school administrators.

CONTACT: Joyce Nugent (jrn.cfs@gmail.com).

DESCRIPTION: Passionate about audio, video or graphic design? Or want to learn? We’ll train you! Join our team, grow your skills and make an impact.

TIME-FRAME: Negotiable based on volunteer’s personal availability.