Author: Kim Burkhardt

I develop websites to share current interests. Currently blogging about faith.

Volunteer profiles (homeless dinners, Seattle): rejoicing in church volunteers!

January 15, 2025
Community Dinner

Several North Seattle Catholic parishes (St. John the Evangelist, Christ the King, St. Luke’s, St. Alphonsus, St. Bridget, Our Lady of Fatima, Assumption, and Holy Rosary – Edmonds) collaborate to provide weekly free dinners for homeless and low-income residents.  A pop-up dinner is set up at a local park each Wednesday evening – in every kind of weather.  Deacon Frank DiGirolamo (shown below), Deacon Joe Sifferman (shown above), and Deacon Craig Lundberg (shown above) coordinate the dinners on-site, while Deacon Craig’s wife – Marti Lundberg – supports the dinners by doing paperwork behind the scenes. 

These photos are profiled in our book: Rejoice: Celebrating Church Volunteers (yes, the book is available to order through the link provided!).

At faithvolunteers.org, we rejoice in acknowledging church volunteers – through books and blog posts. If you would like to submit a photo of a volunteer at your church to be profiled here, read here about how to submit photos.

Volunteer profiles (St. John’s, Seattle): rejoicing in church volunteers!

January 14, 2025
Photo of altar server at St. John's

At St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Seattle, altar server Julius Temba visits with a parishioner before a 5:00 pm Saturday vigil service.

This photo is profiled in our book: Rejoice: Celebrating Church Volunteers (yes, the book is available to order through the link provided!).

At faithvolunteers.org, we rejoice in acknowledging church volunteers – through books and blog posts. If you would like to submit a photo of a volunteer at your church to be profiled here, read here about how to submit photos.

Rejoice! Book celebrating church volunteers now available!

December 7, 2024

Our book celebrating church volunteers is now available! Check out the book – and ordering information – here. A potential Christmas gift for the church volunteers in your life!

We are currently getting in touch with the church volunteers who are profiled in this book. Rejoice!

What is https://faithvolunteers.org/? We are a place that acknowledges the contributions of church volunteers via a (pending) book about church volunteers, blog posts about church volunteers, and a growing set of ways to acknowledge and support volunteers. Thank you for tuning in!

Contact us to acknowledge your church volunteers!

September 26, 2024

Church volunteers contribute meaningfully to churches and communities. At faithvolunteers.org, we celebrate church volunteers.

We would love to blog about your church’s volunteers. Contact us with a photo and a story about one or more volunteers at your church.

We will consider each photo-with-short-bio/story submitted. We reserve the right to determine which photos and stories to post on our blog.

Submission requirements:

  • The volunteer/s must have consented for their photo/s to be posted on social media.
  • The photo(s) should be simple to view and the activity/setting should be easy to understand.
  • The photo(s) should not be copyrighted or otherwise unable to be blog-posted).
  • A story of the volunteer and setting should be explained in a few sentences. You know your volunteers and the setting in which they volunteer – explain it clearly so that our blog readers get a sense of how your volunteers contribute to your church and/or community. Our blog followers don’t yet know them – the bio you submit needs to provide introductory info about your volunteers and what they do.

There’s a possibility that your submission could be included in next year’s edition of the book, Rejoice: Celebrating Church Volunteers!

Contact us by email: kburkhardt@faithvolunteers.org

We look forward to your submission(s)!

Volunteer profiles (St. Ben’s, Seattle): rejoicing in church volunteers!

September 19, 2024

Coffee hour is a social time after church.  Coffee hour at many churches consists of coffee and donuts.  Maybe juice for children/ At St. Benedict Catholic Church ( Seattle, Washington), coffee hour after the 8:00 am mass was a very valued social matter for a number of years.  The coffee hour host each week – who picks up the donuts, makes the coffee, etc. – wore a headpiece of plastic donuts in recent times – as shown in these photos. 

This photos are going to be profiled in our upcoming book: Rejoice: Celebrating Church Volunteers .

At faithvolunteers.org, we rejoice in acknowledging church volunteers – through books and blog posts. Way to go, Chris Covey at Our Lady of the Lake! If you would like to submit a photo of a volunteer at your church to be profiled here, read here about how to submit photos.

Volunteer profile (OLL, Seattle): rejoicing in church volunteers!

September 16, 2024
Photo of altar servers

Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church (Seattle, Washington) has a number of parishioners – from elementary school-age to adulthood – who serve as altar servers.  Altar servers – typically three – serve during a church service to assist the pastor. In this photo, parishioner Chris Covey served as an altar server.  

This photo is going to be profiled in our upcoming book: Rejoice: Celebrating Church Volunteers .

At faithvolunteers.org, we rejoice in acknowledging church volunteers – through books and blog posts. Way to go, Chris Covey at Our Lady of the Lake! If you would like to submit a photo of a volunteer at your church to be profiled here, read here about how to submit photos.

Volunteer profile: rejoicing in church volunteers!

September 7, 2024
Photo of food pantry and volunteers

Woodland Park Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington) has a free food pantry outside their church – open to passersby and neighbors who need food assistance.  A group of parishioners at Woodland Park Presbyterian, shown above, oversees the food pantry.

This ministry helps nurture the local community through food. 

This group is going to be profiled in our upcoming book: Rejoice: Celebrating Church Volunteers .

At faithvolunteers.org, we rejoice in acknowledging church volunteers – through books and blog posts. Way to go, Woodland Park Presbyterian!

Rejoice! People want to acknowledge church volunteers!

September 4, 2024

In talking to people about acknowledging church volunteers (i.e., “there’s a book coming out soon with a sole focus of acknowledging church volunteers”), people are responding favorably.

People like the idea of rejoicing in the contributions provided by church volunteers. The contributions of church volunteers are essential to the functioning of churches and the well-being of both church communities and communities at large.

Because there is value in the social and institutional contributions of church volunteers, it is important that we recognize the value provided by church volunteers.

Therefore, we acknowledge – in those blog posts – those of you who support the acknowledgement of church volunteers at https://faithvolunteers.org/ . Thank you for appreciating church volunteers!

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What is https://faithvolunteers.org/? We are a place that acknowledges the contributions of church volunteers via a (pending) book about church volunteers, blog posts about church volunteers, and a growing set of ways to acknowledge and support volunteers. Thank you for tuning in!

Contact us to acknowledge your church volunteers!

August 27, 2024

Church volunteers contribute meaningfully to churches and communities. At faithvolunteers.org, we celebrate church volunteers.

We would love to blog about your church’s volunteers. Contact us with a photo and a story about one or more volunteers at your church.

We will consider each photo-with-short-bio/story submitted. We reserve the right to determine which photos and stories to post on our blog.

Submission requirements:

  • The volunteer/s must have consented for their photo/s to be posted on social media.
  • The photo(s) should be simple to view and the activity/setting should be easy to understand (and not copyrighted or otherwise unable to be blog-posted).
  • A story of the volunteer and setting should be explained in a few sentences. You know your volunteers and the setting in which they volunteer. Our blog followers don’t yet know them – the bio you submit needs to provide introductory info about your volunteers and what they do.

Contact us by email: kburkhardt@faithvolunteers.org

We look forward to your submission(s)!

Volunteer profile: rejoicing in church volunteers!

August 24, 2024

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Seattle, Washington) has a vegetable garden.  A St. Andrew’s parishioner, Karen (shown above), oversees the vegetable garden with plots being made available to people in the community who are looking for gardening space.  “This ministry literally ‘grows community’. 

At faithvolunteers.org, we rejoice in acknowledging church volunteers – through books and blog posts. Way to go, Karen at St. Andrew’s!