Anyone volunteering?

[idner]

Hi everyone...

Is there anyone in this forum volunteering for any christian organisation like salvation army or such?
I want to do volunteering especially youth work but I have never dealt with it. Can anyone tell me some info about it?

Thanks everyone...

 

[COMMANDO]

i hav previously done a fair bit of volunteer work, and i feel that its far better, and has greater meaning, than my current payed job.. any way guess a good place to start would be what state do you live in? in Vic we have volunteer jobs advertised in centerlink and job employment agencies.. maybe talk to your minister, they would surely hav something you could do... failing that you could get in touch with a local Salvation Army Corps (church) and ask them about any programs that might be in the area, some run like soup vans ect: hope thats some help to start with... let us know how you go

 

[SoapySam]

I'm here at CF as part of a one-man atheist outreach "Convert Christians to Atheism " project.

I was a bit shocked to learn you have Christians in Australia at all! I thought you were all shamanist-hedonist-alcoholics down under. I reckon you should convert for the sake of your National Image. Sign in blood here...

-Serious answer- I have a lot of time for the old Sally Ann. You could do a lot worse.They seem to have a laugh at the same time as doing some practical good in the world. I actually know a rather sexy SA Captain who looks very cute in her uniform. She always sells out of "War Cry"s before the rest of her squad. I imagine if you just ask next time you see any SA person, they could use you.
Samaritans are always looking for help. Are you a good listener? It can be traumatic at times.

 

[TheListener]

I was with the SES for a few years but I haven't done any volunteering for about a couple of years now.

Hey, my wages are so low, I'm practically volunteering here at work

 

[idner]

i hav previously done a fair bit of volunteer work, and i feel that its far better, and has greater meaning, than my current payed job

I think I feel the same like u, though my volunteering at church or just helping my church selling ticket for an event, I felt like happier. But is it scary to go outside and help stranger with their problems? LoL. Like Youth work is dealing with alot of young people and give them advice and so on... Is it a hard thing to do?

 

[COMMANDO]

I think I feel the same like u, though my volunteering at church or just helping my church selling ticket for an event, I felt like happier. But is it scary to go outside and help stranger with their problems? LoL. Like Youth work is dealing with alot of young people and give them advice and so on... Is it a hard thing to do?

I believe there is no such thing as 'just' doing something when its voluntary, in other words its more i guess important than that of a payed position... eg: if you didnt help out at church (set up chairs, serve tea or coffee or whatever) that would mean your ministers would have extra work to do... and if people had to be payed to do that work around the church, well imagine how much $$$ we'll need to run a church... volunteers are extremely important this country would crash without them/us.

as for is it scary going outside helping a stranger or with youth work.... it can be scary, i guess it depends alot on personality, if your an introvert then it would be extremely hard.... probably not recomendable either... also where your passion lays, what your gifts are ect... for me all that stuff pretty much lines up and its not really scary most of the time.... however there are occaisions that you come accross someone that does scare you a bit, like you feel they may harm you (usually just the mind thinkin of the worst), i find it most scary tho when i cant find a common ground to talk with someone about, once you have established a common ground, eg: they like footy so do you or they like cars so do you it makes it alot easier...

as for giving advice, well i personally steer clear of advising about anything i havent experienced (i like to leave that up to the professionals, or think of a friend that has experienced the situation before, and ask both people if they would be comfortable chatting to each other) or if its totally obvious that a certain decision would have a disastrous outcome i would advise them, but at the end of the day it falls upon them to choose, 'you can lead a horse to water...... But you cant make it drink'
that any help at all??? feel free to ask more... doesnt mean i'll have the answer though

 

[RomishPapist]

Most parishes I know participate in a number of services, food for the hungry, homeless shelter, donating clothing for the less fortunate, etc. I would check with my local parish. I know we are usually short handed.

 

[BonnieBee]

I volunteer at an organisation that has lots of colleges and schools and orphananages in India. I enjoy helping with doing newsletters/fundraising etc

 

[whatfor]

I do a bit of volunteering at church, fixing up stuff and the odd trip going out in the comunity helping out.
I enjoy it.