Volunteer Opportunities

ESL School Student Resources Table

Ministry area

ESL Welcome Team

Gifts / interests

Discipleship, English language

Time investment

30 minutes each week during ESL class (assumes you’re already there)
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Purpose statement

Many of our ESL students will read something that they may be hesitant to talk about. We want to provide a resource table to bless them spiritually and in other ways as well.

Summary of goals

  • Regularly pray that these resources would be used by the Lord to bless our students, especially in their journey toward Christ. You could also pray that family members who are opposed to Christ would be changed or would not find resources our students take home.
  • Plan & rotate resources, in coordination with ESL School Spiritual Intentionality Coach
  • Set up & clean up resource table each week during ESL

Details

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Prerequisites

Fill out volunteer application form (see "apply" in the main menu), Be approved as an in-person volunteer

Training

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