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Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

Our adult Small Group Leaders foster authentic and Christ-centered relationships with the children/teens of our parish. Our hope is that each of the children/teens that come to our parish feel known, loved, and cared for when they come to Origin. While there will be time for catechesis, the small group leader's main role is to clearly communicate the love of God.​ As a Small Group Leader, your role would be to...

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  • Facilitate small group of 8-10 children/teens each week

  • Build relationships with the children/teens so that each one feels known, loved and cared for by a leader in our Church

  • Opportunities available for Kids (K-5th), Youth (6th-12th), and God Loves All Ministries

Small Group

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Our Hospitality Team is a group of adult volunteers who create an environment that fosters a sense of belonging. Each session, we aim to make our families feel welcomed and inspired by our Church community. Being part of our Hospitality Team, your role would be to assist with...

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  • Greeting families as they arrive

  • Helping design, set-up, and tear down a creative environment for each session

  • Planning and distributing snacks

  • Patrolling the hallways and bathrooms to ensure a safe environment

  • Helping with distribution of materials throughout the night

  • Opportunities available for Kids (K-5th) and Youth (6th-12th) Ministries

Hospitality

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Our Office Team is a group of adult volunteers that assist our team with administrative support in the office.​ There are administrative elements that often go unseen, but are essential to the success of the ministry. Being part of our Office Team, your role would be to assist with...

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  • Preparing materials/activities for events

  • Entering data into computer systems

  • Translating materials (English to Spanish)

  • Other miscellaneous tasks as needed

  • Opportunities available for Kids (K-5th) and Youth (6th-12th) Ministries

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*Multiple days and times available. 

Office

Serve with Us

Serve with Us

Register

Go to our Volunteer Registration form and submit your information to us! When you submit the form, we will have your information so that we can reach out to you and provide the next steps depending on the option you choose.

Kids Volunteer

K-5th

Youth Volunteer

6th-12th

Safe-Environment Clearance

We aim to provide an inviting and welcoming environment for each of our children/teens to come and encounter Christ at Origin. Part of this environment includes the adults that we trust to care and lead our children/teens. We ask that each of our adult volunteers go through our Safe-Environment training and are cleared by our Diocese to volunteer with our children/teens. You can use the link below to find out more about Safe Environment and begin your training now! Please contact Terry Bannerman (tbannerman@stfoafrisco.org) our Safe Environment Coordinator to complete your clearance.

Why Volunteer?

Why volunteer with us?

Our volunteer team is an important and vital aspect of the mission of our Church to build a community of young disciples of Jesus Christ.

Volunteering with the children/teens of our parish is one of the many ways to answer the call of Jesus to “make disciples of all nations” (Mt. 28).

 

Why You?

The staff members of St. Francis cannot personally reach and know each of the hundreds of children and teens along with the parents of our Church. With this in mind, it is true that any adult who comes in contact with the children/teens of our parish, whether their own child or someone else’s, are ministers to the children/teens of our parish. We cannot deny Christ’s call to evangelize, to “make disciples of all nations.”

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Our ministry efforts support and enhance the efforts of our parents (the primary catechists of their children) and the parish. 

"Modern man listens more willlingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses."

- Pope Paul VI -

What makes a good Origin Volunteer?

  • Volunteers have a love for God and a heart for children/teens.

  • Volunteers aren’t perfect!

  • Volunteers don’t have all the answers and they aren’t all “cool” and “young” and “relevant”.

  • Volunteers are Catholic Christians trying to live out the Catholic faith and striving to walk daily with Jesus.

What is the Criteria for Volunteering with us?

We aim to provide an inviting and welcoming environment for each of our children/teens to come and encounter Christ. Part of this environment includes the adults that we trust to care and lead our children/teens. We ask that each of our adult volunteers meet the following criteria:

  • Be a Catholic in good standing

  • Be 18 years of age or older*

  • Be Confirmed and actively living out their Catholic identity by participating in the Sacramental life of the Church

    • Includes regular reception of the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist​

  • If married, the marriage must be formally recognized by the Catholic Church or blessed by the Catholic Church through Convalidation.​

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