2026 Time and Talents

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How is God inviting you to invest in your faith community? Please pray and think of the ways your talents can make an impact at CLC. Simply click the area you would like to participate in. Training will be provided if needed!

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Worship and Missions: Worship is where God's grace is made real to us through the sacraments, the word, music, and more. One of our responses to the gift of faith is making a difference in the wider community. Worship & Missions is how we live out our invitation to love God and all our neighbors.

Set up/Clean up of the Altar for Worship on Sunday/special days

Usher during Worship (help collect the offering and direct people to communion)

Reading Scripture during Worship

Be a communion assistant

Be a Worship greeter (hand out bulletins and make sure every new visitor is comfortable during worship)

Deliver altar flowers to those in need

Host a Coffee Hour (on a Sunday of your choosing, you'll host a coffee hour after worship)

Sing in the Chancel Choir (Adults, 8th Grade+)

Sing during Contemporary Worship (9 am during the programming year)

Help With a Specific Mission Project (click below all that apply and all expenses are reimbursed)

--- Easter Basket Project (working with Lutheran Social Ministries to bring Easter Joy to those they serve)

--- Seafarer's Satchel Project (making hats, scarves, and putting together a package for those who sail the seas)

--- Hygiene Gift Bag Project (bags of hygiene supplies for our friends at St. John's to share with the day laborers )

--- Grocery Bag Project for the Tri-Boro Food Pantry (shopping for groceries and packaging them up)

--- Backpack Project (school supplies and backpacks for kids in affordable housing school supplies)

I'm interested in joining the Worship and Missions Committee (we meet once a month)

Do you play a musical instrument and would like to join our special orchestras during the holidays or play a piece during worship? If yes, share what musical instrument you play.

Care: We are known by the love we share with one another and our Care Committee lives that out everyday. Not everyone who offers care participates in our Care Committee but they are the ones who oversee our prayer chain, prison ministry, Knit 1 Crochet Too, meals, and more. How can you serve those connected with CLC?

Join the Prayer Chain (prayer requests are emailed and shared for you to add to your daily prayers)

Cook / bake for CLC members in need (for people who are going through a rough time, recent surgeries, are home bound, and more.)

Provide transportation to worship/events (can you drive someone to church on Sunday mornings?)

Provide transportation to doctor's appointments and more (can you help those in need visit their doctors?)

Visit Home Bound Members of CLC

Make Phone Calls and Check-in with those who might need a simple hello

Send birthday/miss you/get well cards

Help maintain the Ricci gravesite in Westwood (Christmas blanket and seasonal change of the plastic flowers)

Knit and Crochet hats, scarves, and more (for various service projects and more)

I'm interested in joining Knit 1, Crochet Too (they meet every Tuesday for fellowship, conversation, and working on a variety of crafts)

I'm interested in joining the Care Committee (one meeting a month)

CLC-Women is an active group of women who oversee a variety of projects at CLC. Through fellowship and service, they embody the love, grace, and faith we see in those who were the first to proclaim the resurrection of Jesus Christ. CLC-Women run our annual Trash and Treasure Sale, School Kit Drive with Church World Service, and more.

Volunteer at Trash and Treasure (either on the day of the sale, in the lead up to it, or both.)

Assist with Annual Christmas Gift Drive (working with Tri-Boro Food Pantry and Westwood Social Services)

Assist with School Kit Drive for Church World Service (collect in the summer, assemble and deliver in spring)

Participate in a Women's Fall Weekend Retreat

Plan a Special Program for Women

I'm interested in joining CLC-Women

CLC's Property is a big part of our ministry. We have been blessed with a building that allows us to worship, welcome, and serve all people. It takes time and energy to have a space that is welcoming to all who use it. The Property Committee keeps the building in tip top shape so we can serve the variety of groups who use our building as well as being a place where the good news of Jesus is fleshed out in physical ways.

General Maintenance (replace light bulbs, batteries, change clocks, assist in property work)

I can help with yard work

I have expertise with plumping

I have expertise with electrical work

I am skilled in carpentry

I am skilled in painting

Tend to the Memorial Garden

I am interested in joining the Property Committee

The Genesis Garden was started 40 years ago and has provided local food pantries thousands of pounds of fresh produce. This all-volunteer endeavor delivered 1,750 lbs of vegetables to the Tri-Boro Food Pantry in 2025. You don't need a green thumb to feed those in need and people at all ages can participate.

I'd like to help plant the garden (usually in May)

I'd like to tend/weed/harvest the garden (weekly work nights from July through October)

I can deliver the produce to the Tri-Boro Food Pantry (once a week in the morning)

I can help with the planning/rototilling/prep work for the garden (usually in May)

CLC's Finance and Stewardship Teams make sure your financial gifts further the mission of CLC. They plan, implement, and monitor the Annual Church Budget, maintain financial record keeping and reporting, review the insurance program, manage the church's investment accounts, assist as a resource in legal and business matters, organize the annual audit, and recommend changes to the church council (CLC's board of directors). The Finance Committee meets monthly and the Stewardship Team as needed.

I have expertise in bookkeeping, accounting, managing investments

I'm interested in assisting in CLC's annual financial audit

I'm interested in assisting in the Fall Stewardship Campaigns

I'm interested in joining the Finance Committee

Education was at the heart of Jesus' ministry and is also at the heart of ours. Growing in faith involves spending intentional time with our Bible and with God. Education is bigger than Sunday School and your gifts can help others discover the love God already has for them.

Help lead/co-lead Sunday School Classes

I'm interested in attending a Bible/Faith Class

I'm interested in participating in a small group (focused 3-5 week series on a specific topic)

I have expertise as a teacher

Be a mentor for someone exploring baptism

Be a mentor for communion students

Be a mentor for Confirmation students

Be a mentor for newly weds

I'm interested in joining the Education Committee (meeting as needed)

Evangelism isn't something only for other people. Evangelism is our responsibility to share our faith with others. Through simple acts of invitation, care, and service, we invite others into a deeper relationship with God.

Be a sponsor for a New Member

Help with Church Publicity and Marketing

I'm interested in creating content (social media) about faith and CLC

I'm interested in helping at our community events (movie nights, partnerships with other groups, etc).

Special Gifts oversees the process we developed to faithfully and prayerfully manage the annual gift we receive from the Anna and Dominick Ricci Foundation. Anna and Dominick were former members who wanted their legacy to continue at CLC and other non-profits in our area. The committee typically meets a few times in the fall and forwards recommendations to the Church Council which are then passed on to the entire Congregation.

I'm interested in joining the Special Gifts committee

How else is God calling you? If you have fun skill such as flower arranging, car repair, gift wrapping, calligraphy, making balloon animals, share it here. And if there's anything else you'd like to share, please do!

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