Church of the Saviour does so many great things for our community, and we need helping hands to get the word out! Christine Radigan, our Director of Communications, is looking for a team of volunteers to help with tasks related to marketing, advertising, publishing, web development, social media, graphic design, photography, journalism, and more. If you have an artful eye, creative spirit, or just a wilingness to learn, your skills can help grow the church by communicating our mission and ministries in meaningful ways.

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Several times a year, Church of the Saviour hosts or sponsors special events that invite our neighbors to see what we’re all about in a big way. In other words, we throw great parties! If you have a heart for hospitality and a desire to bring joy to a lot of neighborhood kids and families, this is the volunteer team for you. Some of our most popular events include SummerFest, Music Hop, Heights Halloween Festival, Advent Festival, COTS Easter Egg Hunt, and the Tiger 5K. We need people of all abilities on the special events squad – greeters, crafters, planners, organizers, cooks, clean-up crew, and beyond. If you’re a “host or hostess with the most-est” we want you! 

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In many cases, our church office is the first point of contact for anyone interacting with Church of the Saviour. Whether they be calling for information or visiting the church for a service or event, they deserve to be greeted by warm, friendly individuals who can help them with their needs. Plus, office volunteers get to hang out with the staff, who are a really fun bunch! Jobs include receptionist duty at the front desk during weekday office hours or Sunday mornings, or helping at with occasional special projects like mailings. Specific computer or administrative skills are not a prerequisite! If you can hold a friendly conversation you can help.

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Join the team of Church of the Saviour volunteers who serve dinner on the second Thursday of every month at The City Mission Crossroads Men’s Crisis Center. Dinner preparation usually takes place in the the church’s commercial kitchen the preceding Wednesday evening. After serving the meal, volunteers typically enjoy sitting down to dinner and conversation with the men of the shelter before cleaning up. New volunteers are welcome to take part in any piece of this ministry, either on Church of the Saviour’s traditional nights, or more broadly through coordination with The City Mission. Let us introduce you!

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What’s better than a cup of coffee and a treat on a Sunday morning? A cup of coffee and a donut on a Sunday morning with friends! One of the small but meaningful ways we show hospitality to anyone and everyone who enters our church during worship hours is to make sure they have a place to make connections and feel welcome.

That’s where you come in. If you like to bake (or shop for treats and pretend you baked them, wink) you can host a coffee hour in the church parlor from 10-10:30 a.m. any given Sunday. All it requires is a little bit of coordination with our coffee hour team leader and custodial staff, and the ability to supply a treat. Host once a month or once a year. The level of commitment is up to you. 

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Every Saturday from 10am-2pm, for almost 10 years, Church of the Saviour has supported Jesus’ command to love one another by providing free assistance to under-resourced residents of East Cleveland through the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

This metropolitan ministry is located at the Father Michael Wittman Ozanam Center in East Cleveland. One in five people in Cleveland experience hunger. At the Center, over 4,000 people are given food and 10,000 clothing items are distributed annually. As a registered agency of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, the Center provides free food, fresh produce, and clothing to East Cleveland residents. In addition, Church of the Saviour and other partner churches and organizations provide high-need goods that are generally not available from the Food Bank such as diapers and various hygiene products.

Saturday staffing at the Center is 100% volunteer based. Volunteers are welcome, once, occasionally, or regularly. Any time you can give will be gladly accepted.

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This opportunity is for the book lovers. Church of the Saviour’s Genevieve Seese Library includes a wide variety of books for all ages, encompassing religious and secular topics, fiction and non-fiction. Volunteers can help curate offerings, monitor collections, or staff the library on Sunday mornings. 

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Church of the Saviour works with two organizations that aid, connect, and resource international students at nearby Case Western Reserve University: International Student Fellowship (ISF), which is CWRU’s InterVarsity chapter, and United Protestant Campus Ministries (UPCaM).

A few times throughout the year, mainly at the start and end of the academic cycle and over winter break, these organizations seek volunteers through Church of the Saviour to provide opportunities and services for international students – things like providing transportation to or from the the airport, inviting a small group of students to Thanksgiving dinner, or offering a student a short term stay in you home between periods of campus housing availability. Our church also hosts a huge furniture giveaway through ISF every August. The event requires lots of hands to help move, load, and haul donated furniture and household items for students who often arrive in Cleveland with little or nothing of their own with which to furnish their new homes.

Volunteering with either one of these organizations is a wonderful way to help a young person who is new to our country and enrich your own life through international relationships.

 

 

 

Church of the Saviour is home to a little free pantry on Bradford Road that is kept stocked with food and hygiene items available to anyone in need 24/7. Volunteers work to ensure the pantry stays sufficiently full with items that are donated by church and community members. This is a great role for people with enough strength and mobility to box and carry items, and can complete a shift midweek during church office hours (9am-3pm) or on a Sunday morning (9am-12pm). Sign up as an individual or a family. (Kids love to stock the shelves!) Join a regular rotation, or just step in once in a while.

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Do you ever notice new neighbors moving onto your block and want to offer a friendly welcome, but you’re a little too shy to say hello without a conversation starter? You can join Church of the Saviour’s welcome wagon!

Loving our neighbors is a really important part of Church of the Saviour’s identity. We want to make sure everyone feels welcome within our walls – whether they are Christian or not, whether they intend to worship with us or not – and can look to our church as a place to find community.

The role for volunteers of this ministry is simple – offer newcomers a small gift supplied by the church and a few kind words of welcome.

 

 

 

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The Kairos Inside Prison Ministry is a great opportunity for men and women at Church of the Saviour to play a role in sharing the light of the Gospel in one of the darkest places on earth: prison.

Through Kairos Inside, volunteers have an opportunity to share the transforming love of Jesus Christ with incarcerated men. Volunteers for participate in a process of preparation that is both spiritual and practical, so they grow deeper in faith themselves as they prepare to minister to the participants in the program.

The participants consistently share their deep appreciation for just having been seen and listened to—a first step on the journey toward realizing God’s hope for their lives. One volunteer explains, “I am always amazed by the transformation that comes about through seemingly simple things like sitting with an incarcerated man, listening to him talk about his fears and hopes, and sharing the love of Christ with him. It’s like having a ringside seat to watch the Holy Spirit at work.”

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