Parent/volunteer Information Sheet (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

VOLUNTEER POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

All of our volunteers, no matter what the position, are required to have a background check and complete the

“Ministry Safe” training. The information you have provided a219088bove will be used to set you up with the

ability to complete both online.

DRIVING / CHAPERONING EVENTS, RETREATS ECT.

Without a church bus or van, we depend on parents and volunteers to drive us to our events. The requirements

are pretty simple:

A. Love youth

B. Have a vehicle that can safely seat 3 or more students

C. Have a valid driver’s license and current auto insurance

D. Comfortable with driving a vehicle full of students

E. Comfortable with night driving

Most of the time if you are driving for an event, we will ask that you also chaperone the event. The more adults

we have, the safer our students are, as well as our other volunteers. However, if you do not want to drive, but

would like to chaperone, that is perfectly acceptable! Responsibilities of chaperones will vary from event to

event (and will be communicated prior to each event), but the foundational responsibilities include hanging

out and building relationships with students, and making sure our students are safe. You will never be

responsible for disciplining or punishing students, but will be asked to recognize situations where I may need to

step in and get involved.

MINISTRY PARTNERS

Ministry partners are those who are in each of our groups from week to week getting to know and loving

students, offering up insights and different perspectives, assisting with activities and –it’s worth mentioning

again- getting to know and loving students. This position is all about building relationships, we have a 5:1

philosophy, not to be mistaken for having one adult for every five kids present, but rather that we encourage

every student to have five meaningful relationships with different members of PUMC. This position is a big part of

reaching that goal. For that reason, I ask for a commitment of being here and being present for a semester at a

time. I will gladly accept a longer-term commitment, but at a minimum our ministry partners should be able to

commit to being present for the majority of meetings for a semester. This allows students to get to know you,

build trust and more importantly, develop the relationship. The goal is to have at least one male and one

female adult outside of me for each group (confirmation, impact, collide, and Sunday School), although more

than one of each are always welcome to attend.

MINISTRY PARTNER SUBS / ALTERNATES

Life happens and our ministry partners will not always be able to attend every single meeting, and for that

reason I need people who I can call to step in. This is perfect if being a ministry partner is something you would

like to do but can’t commit to being there week to week, or if you aren’t sure that it’s for you but you want to try

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