Ways to Serve
We ask that you reflect on how you supported the church this year and
prayerfully consider how you are able to support the church next year.
Read about our ministry teams below or click the 2025 Commitment Card button
to complete an online Commitment Card.
Thank you!
prayerfully consider how you are able to support the church next year.
Read about our ministry teams below or click the 2025 Commitment Card button
to complete an online Commitment Card.
Thank you!
We seek to love our neighbors through:
Being Mindful and Seeking
Children’s Moments Leader: Share brief children’s message during worship.
Children’s Informal Play Time: Supervise craft and play time with children (ages 5 through 12) in room 125 or on the playground from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM on Sundays.*
Children’s Worship Adult Leader: Help lead worship for children ages 5 to 9.*
Communion Server: Serve communion to the congregation during worship on the first Sunday of the month and other special services.
Communion Steward: Prepare bread and juice for communion in worship; clean up after.
Library: Help care for church’s library collection; assist with promotion and circulation.
Liturgist: Help lead worship by reading scripture and other portions of the service.
Prayer Chain: Lift up in prayer church members and others who are in need of God’s healing; share prayer requests by email or phone.
VBS Leader: Help lead children during summer Vacation Bible School. Opportunities available in crafts, music, drama, science, recreation, and food. *
Creating a Safe Place
Altar Holiday Flowers: Arrange flowers in sanctuary, lobby and chapel for Christmas and Easter.
God’s Gardeners: Care for church flowerbeds with cleanup, planting, weeding, and watering.
Hanging of the Greens: Decorate the church building and grounds for Advent; remove and store decorations after Christmas.
Kitchen Care: Meet quarterly to deep clean and organize church kitchens.
Nursery Helper: Assist staff nursery coordinator in providing loving care for infants and children aged 4 and younger on Sundays from 10 – 11 AM or 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.*
Pew Restocking: Tidy and restock envelopes and other items in pew pockets. 1x/month – 1 hour
Technology Support: Work with office staff to guide software and hardware upgrades. Consultation time as needed
Usher: Care for worship attendees before, during and after services. Receive offering and assist with communion.
Nurturing Relationships
Adult Mission: Assist with disaster relief or local projects, often with UM Volunteers in Mission or Habitat for Humanity. No experience or special skills required.
Advent Fair: Organize and/or help lead the children’s craft Advent Fair.
Easter Breakfast: Help prepare, serve, or clean up at Easter breakfast in Fellowship Hall.
Easter Egg Hunt Planning: Plan and help lead Easter egg hunt for MG and community.
Funeral Meals: Prepare food, deliver to church, and/or help serve families at post-funeral gatherings.
God Parents: Supporting young families through serving quarterly church meals and caring relationships.
Greeters: Arrive 20 minutes early for worship and welcome people as they arrive.
Hospitality Table: Prepare coffee and provide refreshments following Sunday worship; clear table and clean up after.
New Baby Meals: Prepare and deliver meals for families with newborns.
Office Volunteer: Fill in at church office during office administrator’s absence.
Wedding Coordinator: Provide rehearsal and wedding day support for pastor and wedding party.
Sustaining Community
A/V Tech: Assist with sound board and media for worship and special events.
Blessing of the Animals: Help coordinate annual pet blessing service.
Chancel Choir: Sing with choir to provide musical leadership in worship. Open to teens and adults. Rehearse 7:30 PM Thursdays.
Creation Care: Provide education, projects and experiences, to connect with and care for God’s creation.
Giving Garden: Help plan and plant MG’s vegetable garden; harvest vegetables to benefit food pantries & those in need; put garden to bed in autumn.
Handbell Choir: Ring bells monthly in worship. Practice Thursdays at 6:30 PM. No prior experience required.
Maple Grove Players: Perform dramatic sketches and readings for worship services, special events, and community outreach.
NewSong: Sing contemporary Christian music in worship periodically with ensemble.
Office Mailings: Either at the church or at home, stuff envelopes for church mailings.
Worship Musician: Provide music to enrich worship experience. Instrumentalists, vocalists are welcome.
Loving Inclusively
Christmas Ministries: Prepare Christmas food bags for Clintonville seniors.
Community Meal: Prepare, serve, greet, clean up for monthly last Friday 6 PM dinner.
CRC Outreach Meal: Provide hot lunch at Clintonville Beechwold Community Resource Center the last Friday of each month.
English Conversation Practice: Provide a welcoming environment for learners to practice speaking English.
Keeping in Touch: Provide caring contact with MG members via calls or cards; update pastoral care staff as needed.
Pastor’s Pantry: After worship on the first Sunday of the month, pack brown-bag lunches to be distributed at CRC.
Reconciling Ministry: Advocate for full inclusion of all people, including LGBTQ, at MG and in society.
Thanksgiving Day Meal: Help plan, shop, set up, prepare, serve, greet or clean up.
Tween & Youth Volunteers: Working with staff, attend twice-a-month TMI or Youth Group, to supporting spiritual growth through service, study & fellowship. *
