Parish Operations Ministries

The day to day activities that function behind the scenes are crucial to a parish for a strong church – to optimize experiences and to run efficiently, leading to expansion. These activities also provide opportunities for individual growth and stewardship. 

Miscellaneous operations keep the parish running smoothly and efficiently, help the objectives of the church to be met, and enhance growth of the parish and spiritual growth.

These teams mainly work behind the scenes, but some have interactions with others at various levels. The Front Desk Team can have minimal interaction and the Group Facilitator has interaction with a small group.

  • Do you enjoy answering phones, filing, and helping with general office tasks?
  • Do you like to handle and track money or do data entry?
  • Do you enjoy interacting and engaging in conversations?


  • Can you spare any amount of time, no matter how little, to help at the desk?
  • Can you spare about 1-2 hours once a week?
  • Can you spare 90 minutes once a week in 4-8 week sessions?

FRONT DESK TEAM

Assist with routine office and front desk work

Spend any amount of time that you can spare during Parish Office hours to help with office tasks – you choose the days, times, and amount of time you can donate.

  • work at your pace, on your schedule (during office hours)
  • work alone at the desk
  • minimal interaction with staff, phone calls, or people coming to door
  • casual
  • Tasks include answering phones, taking messages, filing, data entry, Mass cards, restocking supplies, etc (according to your comfort level and abilities)

COLLECTION COUNTERS

Counting/ reconciling weekly collections
Entering the collection data into the computer

These two teams handle counting, recording, & entering the money coming in through weekly collections - usually for about 1 hour a week

  • 1 hour per week
  • counting/recording works as a small group
  • entering works alone
  • casual
  • should feel comfortable with basic math or with basic, easy computer entry
  • Flexible
  • Counting money & recording onto reconciliation sheets or entering data into computer

GROUP FACILITATOR TEAM

Guiding casual group discussions

Providing minimal guidance for group discussions based on a pre-designed topic & format -Just being yourself in a friendly small group of "family" - usually for 90 minutes a week for the duration of the topic (about 4-6 weeks)

  • 90 minutes per week for about 4-6 week intervals
  • work in a small group of about 6-10
  • casual
  • friendly conversation
  • Hand our resources and periodically keep discussion on track if it veers off topic as needed, allowing the others to do the discussing

LINEN MINISTRY

Caring for the Linens used for Mass

Making sure all of the altar cloths used in our liturgies are clean and ironed.  This is usually done weekly - every two weeks.

  • about 2 hours weekly or every 2 weeks
  • work alone
  • casual
  • Collect the purificators, corporals, towels, altar cloth, and any other soled altar linens weekly or every two weeks
  • Launder and iron the linens & return to Sacristy
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