Volunteer Opportunities

ESL School Welcome Desk

Ministry area

ESL Welcome Team

Gifts / interests

Care, English language, Hosting, Social, Talking

Time investment

3-4 hours / week; weekly or monthly, ideally for at least a semester
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Purpose statement

To welcome people as Christ and make sure new students are not missed.

Summary of goals

  • Creatively pray for the people you’ll connect with.
  • Prepare your area and make sure you know who is already placed.
  • Stay at the desk.
  • Welcome those who come in.
  • Give unplaced students a checklist.

To learn how to do each of these things, see the “details” below…

Details

Click here for the checklist.

Click here for training.

Prerequisites

Fill out volunteer application form (see "apply" in the main menu), Be approved as an in-person volunteer, Be an active participant of a local church

Training

We can help you understand the different aspects of the ESL School you’re in so you are as equipped as possible. We can also help you learn how to use Google Translate if you’d like.

Others you would serve with

Alongside
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Local, Virtual, Administration, Care, Cooking, Discipleship, English language, Family/Children, Hosting, Leadership, Outdoors/Active, Planning, Prayer, Social, Social Media, Strategy, Talking, Teaching, Technology, Using Hands, Writing/Editing, Monthly, One-time, Quarterly / yearly, Weekly, Most needed

ESL School Welcome Team

Our ESL Schools are our most important venue for demonstrating the love of Christ to new international friends. It requires many different functions to support the small groups (ESL Classes) that meet. The members of the Operations Team provide that.

The ESL School Support Team is unique in that there are a variety of roles or “hats” that need to be worn if the School is going to be sustainable and students and volunteers are not going to fall through the cracks. Each team member will wear more than one hat and may take them on and off even during the course of one session of School on a given day.

Functions / goals the ESL School needs in order to love well. This does not include overall ESL ministry roles that cover both Schools such as mobilization, pedagogy, training, etc.

We all long to see our halls and classrooms filled with students. But before we run out to try and find new students, we need to steward well the ones God has already entrusted to us.

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