Opportunities to Serve

It is through mission outreach that we exemplify the spirit of Christian love to those in our own local community and around the world. Through such giving, God changes not only the lives of others, but our lives as well.

Following are some of the current opportunities for service within our congregation and community.

Bellaire Elementary Shopping Spree - Dec. 10

 As Christmas draws near, FUMC Hurst is preparing for the annual Bellaire Shopping Spree. Members of FUMC Hurst Youth will be taking 50 students from Bellaire Elementary (our adopt-a-school)  shopping to buy Christmas presents for their families. To make this event a success we need monetary donations and wrapping supplies. Please write "Bellaire Shopping Spree" on your check and drop in it the offering plate or bring it to the church office.
Thank you for your generous support of Bellaire Elementary.      Posted 11.16.2011 

• Christmas Wrapping Paper
• Christmas Bags
• Tissue Paper
• Scotch tape
• Boxes
• Monetary donations  

Festival of Carols Volunteers

Festival of Carols is our church's largest community event. Each year we welcome more than 3,000 people from our community into our church home. How will you help with our radical welcome? To volunteer, please contact Sandra Hill, 817-282-7384, x17.

• Invitational Team: We want to invite our community to this event. On Saturday morning, Dec. 3, volunteers are needed to walk local neighborhoods, distributing door hangers with invitations to Festival of Carols and Christmas Eve worship.
• Cookie Team: We want to offere our guests homemade cookies. We need 300 dozen.
• Welcome Center Staff: Greet guests and passout tickets for one hour before the performance.
• Reception Host: We will serve cider, coffee, and cookies after each performance. Help set up and replenish refreshments for about one hour following each performance.
• Greeter: Welcome members and guests into our church for one hour prior to the performance. Also, take tickets from guests as they enter.
• Usher: Greet people at the door of the Sanctuary, pass out programs, take up the offering, and assist people in finding a place to sit.

Mobile Food Pantry

 The second Friday of each month, FUMC Hurst, in partnership with Mission Central and the Tarrant Area Food Bank, hosts a Mobile Food Pantry. Volunteers are needed each month to help set up and distribute food. This requires only a short commitment of time, but the payoffs are great! The pantry serves more than 400 families each month. If you would like to help, please contact Vicky Otterman, vickyott@swbell.net  or 817.296.3525. Volunteers should be at the Scout Building by 8:15 a.m., and the event is over by 1 p.m.    Posted 7.21.2011 

Village Garden

 FUMC Hurst is home to the Village Garden, in which volunteers grow produce for clients of Mission Central. The garden started in May 2011, and has already produced more than 100 pounds of vegetables for local families! Soon the garden will be planted for fall and winter harvests. If you'd like to help grow vegetables for local hungry families, please contact Vicky Otterman, vickyott@swbell.net  or 817.296.3525.    Posted 7.21.2011

Coat of Many Colors 
 

Coat of Many Colors Resale Ship is the largest single contributor to Mission Central's budget. With extended hours, profits could be increased. But hours can't be extended without additional volunteers.

Volunteers are needed:

• Tuesdays, 2-6 p.m. 2 volunteers (sorters)
• Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m. 3 volunteers (cashier, sorters)
• Thursdays, 2-6 p.m. 3 volunteers (cashier, sorters)
• Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 1 volunteer (sorter)
• Fridays, 2 to 6 p.m.  4 volunteers (cashiers, sorters)

Volunteers are also needed for the second, fourth, and fifth Saturdays of the month. Perhaps your Sunday School class or small group could cover one of these days!
 
All volunteers will receive training. If you will help, please contact Merle Boyd, Store Manager, 817.428.2450.   Posted 4.18.2011

Caring Friends  

A Caring Friend volunteer forms a friendship with a homebound member who is no longer able to attend church due to health or mobility issues. Some of our homebound members live at home but are no longer able to drive, while others are in retirement, assisted living, or nursing facilities.

 The Caring Friend visits their homebound friend regularly. Phone calls and greeting cards are additional ways a Caring Friend keeps in touch with their homebound friend.

 If you would like more information about how you can be a Caring Friend to one of our homebound members, contact Cathy Cartmill, 817.282.7384, x22.   Ongoing

Soul Food 

Soul Food voluteers provide casseroles for the homebound, families with new babies, or for members who have been in the hospital. For more information, contact Sandra Hill, 817.282.7384, x17.   Ongoing

Welcoming Ministries 

A radical welcome is at the core of the Gospel. Following Jesus’ model and example, we invite others to worship, to become connected in the life and ministry of our church, and to embrace the redeeming love of our God.

Volunteers are always needed in Welcoming Ministries -- to serve as Coffee Fellowship volunteers, Ushers, Greeters, and Welcome Center personnel. For more information, contact Sandra Hill, 817.282.7384, x17.   Ongoing