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Browse Opportunities – Spring 2023 (January 16, 2023 – May 12, 2023)
*Registration for the Spring 2023 term opens on December 26. Hours can be completed when the term begins on January 16*
Looking to help an organization with a present need while getting CSER credit? Consider these local and remote CSER opportunities where organizations are actively looking for help right now.
Amherst County Girls Softball Association (In Person)
Supervisor
Richard Dean (Email or 434-473-9677)
Address
343 Lakeview Drive
Madison Heights, Virginia 24572
Description
ACDGSA is looking for volunteers to assist in our concession stand. You would be primarily responsible for prepping food and customers’ orders. Additional duties would be light cleaning, cash handling, taking orders, and assisting your co-workers. This is an in-person opportunity starting around 5:30 pm and ending at 9 pm. This opportunity is a great chance to give back to a local charity that provides a safe, fun environment for the next generation to learn teamwork, humility, and friendship.
We are also in need of volunteers to umpire our younger age groups like the t-ball age. No experience is required. We are looking for as many as possible as long as you can commit to being at the fields by 5:50pm.
Appomattox Christian Academy (In Person)
Supervisor
Patricia Tracey (Email or 434-352-7373)
Address
1916 Redfields Road
Appomattox, Virginia 24522
Webpage
https://www.appomattoxchristianacademy.com/
Description
ACA is a unique, classical Christian academy, serving the rural regions of Appomattox and surrounding counties as a mission of the church, bringing families to Christ through the gift of education. ACA partners with parents to provide a moral compass, pointing the way to Christ. We educate the whole child: Body, Mind, and Spirit beginning as young as 3 and continuing through graduation at 12th grade.
We are looking for 2 students who would be interested in teaching music or drama at our school. Drama is on Mondays from 11:15-3:30 p.m. and this is a co-teaching opportunity. Music is on Tuesdays from 11:15-3:30 p.m. Please call Patricia Tracey for more information.
Blue Ridge Community Church (In Person)
Supervisor
Janet Pino (Email or 434-525-7481)
Address
2361 New London Rd
Forest, Virginia 24551
Webpage
Description
DivorceCare Ministries (Janet Pino) DivorceCare offers concurrent programs that minister to the unique needs of children and teens that are experiencing or have experienced the separation or divorce of their parents. These servers should enjoy working with children and teens and have the desire to assist them in navigating a changing family dynamic. These servers should be empathetic and understanding and seek to use God’s word as a source of comfort and guidance. These groups meet every Wednesday night from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm beginning this Spring 2023. CSER students would be helping facilitate one of two programs: Split (for teens of divorced parents) or DC4K (for elementary students). Curriculum provided
Requirements: Interview, Background Check, Available Wednesday Evenings
Building Families for Tomorrow (Remote)
Supervisor
Jana O’Guin (Email or 949-842-4603)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
https://buildingfamiliesfortomorrow.com/
Description
Create a one-minute video from available footage to be used to introduce the organization at a fundraising Gala on April 27, 2023.
Refresh/upgrade existing website for nonprofit organization.
Calvary Baptist Church Lynchburg (In Person)
Supervisor
Jeryl Rowe (Email or 434-660-7045)
Address
20957 Timberlake Road
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
Webpage
Description
Primary need is childcare from Infancy through grade school during Sunday 9:30am-12pm time frame. There may be a need for the volunteer to be ready to teach lessons and guide kids in crafts and games. Lessons would be provided in advance. There could be other times during the week when there is a need for childcare as different groups may meet.
When working with children at Calvary we do require a background check and interview with our Director of Student Ministries.
Camp Piankatank (In Person)
Supervisor
Kristen Ryan (Email or 804-921-1667)
Address
1586 Stampers Bay Road
Hartfield, Virginia 23071
Webpage
https://www.camppiankatank.com/
Description
February 10-12: Camp Piankatank runs a winter camp called WinterBlast. Students would be required to get to camp by 4 PM Friday and stay until 4 PM Sunday. They would be assisting with set up, tear down, games, devotional time, prayer time, serving in our kitchen, and overall camp activities as needed. Our Winterblast is campers ages 12-17 and our mission is to develop dynamic disciples for Christ through relationships and adventure!
We would provide lodging but not bedding or toiletries and we would provide all meals for the CSER students.
Catalyst Coalition (Remote)
Supervisor
Jin Lee (Email or 404-512-2222)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
https://www.catalystcoalition.org/
Description
Catalyst Coalition provides remote service opportunities. You can do your CSER hours in the comfort and convenience of your location. We work with kids domestically and internationally with literacy and educational service. Please check out www.joy2read.org for more information on our remote program. We also have educational, coding and technology, marketing, and finance opportunity as well.
Classical Conversations Lynchburg (In Person)
Supervisor
Susan Ross (Email or 703-963-1536)
Address
3031 Memorial Ave
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Description
Classical Conversations (CC) is a Christian homeschool program. The Hill City CC community is looking for students to help care for our youngest family members while their older siblings are in class. Our community is welcoming, fun, and we’d love to have you join us as we seek to educate our children together.
We meet at West Lynchburg Baptist Church on Tuesdays. We are looking for students for the morning and/or afternoon. Morning hours are 9 am-12 pm. Afternoon hours are 1-3 pm. You will be serving alongside a mom from the group. The kids play in the church recreation room, or if it is nice, outside at the church playground.
Please contact us if you are interested!
Energize Ministries (In Person)
Supervisor
Cindy Annan (Email or 336-848-0004)
Address
1315 Serenity Drive
Martinsville, Virginia 24112
Webpage
https://energizeministries.com/
Description
We are a ministry designed to bring encouragement, refreshment, and recreation to pastors and their families as well as other ministry leaders. We own a 600-acre mountain retreat center with a 3500-square-foot log cabin on the property in Martinsville, VA. We will be having a workday on March 25-26. Our workday projects will include landscaping, wood cutting and stacking wood, trail clearing, fence repairs, fence staining, deep cleaning of the log cabin, washing windows, maintenance and repair work on all the work vehicles, and many other projects.
This is a two-day volunteer opportunity that will allow you to earn all of your 20 hours over these two days. We will provide food and overnight accommodations for all of our volunteers. We would love to have 20-30 students for this work weekend.
FAIT Foundation (In Person)
Supervisor
Mary O’Berry (Email or 434-851-0091)
Address
2011 Enterprise Drive
Forest, Virginia 24551
Webpage
Description
The FAIT Foundation’s purpose is to partner performance coaches, ambassadors, and mentors with young athletes in Lynchburg and the surrounding area whose life circumstances do not present opportunities for advanced development by providing elite performance training and mentorship.
CSER Students will help by:
- Delivering information packets and spreading the word in the community for potential scholarship recipients and potential donors.
- Tutoring scholarship recipients in their academics.
- Befriending scholarship recipients in a big brother/big sister role.
- Helping with events such as the selection committee meeting and awards ceremony.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Lynchburg (In Person)
Supervisor
Cheryl Ellis (Email or 434-942-4523)
Address
308 Crowell Lane
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
Webpage
https://www.greaterlynchburgfca.org/
Description
We are looking for students to help in the office with different tasks. We are also seeking those in ministry looking for speaking opportunities to share with Huddles (Bible Studies) at various times with different sports teams. Most of the hours are from 9:00-5:00 Monday – Friday, but speaking could be earlier in the morning or later in the evening (no later than 7:30 pm). Contact Cheryl Ellis for more information.
Fellowship Church of Christ (In Person)
Supervisor
Sylvia Kee (Email or 434-485-9005)
Address
1816 Bedford Ave
Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
Description
Fellowship Church of Christ/ Fellowship Community Outreach Center offers a variety of activities for students. We have volunteer work for the church as to media/technology/photography, social media, mentoring, nursery care, marketing, drama & arts, and food & clothing ministry. The times needed are Sunday through Saturday, any time between 9 AM – 6 PM. Our schedule is flexible.
Free State Academy (In Person)
Supervisor
Merri Cleavland (Email or 434-259-8308)
Address
3234 Timber Ridge Rd
Bedford, Virginia 24523
Webpage
Description
Free State Academy is in need of volunteers and teaching assistants for the education of students in Pk-12th grade. All core subject areas as well as a variety of electives are offered.
Girls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge (In Person)
Supervisor
Hayley Jones (Email or 434-528-3767)
Address
1713 12th Street
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Webpage
https://www.girlsontheruncenva.org/
Description
Join Girls on the Run as a volunteer coach for one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences out there! Coach a team of 3rd-5th or 6th-8th grade girls at a local school to help teach valuable life skills and help them develop socially and emotionally while also staying physically active. Our practices are twice a week after school for 10 weeks and end with our Celebration 5K run to celebrate our girls and coaches, recognizing them for all their achievements and hard work throughout the season. the deadline to register for Spring is January 20th, 2023!
Global School Of Sports Ministry (In Person and Remote)
Supervisor
Alyssa Mahone (Email or 434-316-3266)
Address
1037 Rio Lane
Forest, Virginia 24551
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
This CSER opportunity can either be remote or in-person depending on the student’s needs. We also offer internships for those interested in a more long-term opportunity. Some examples of serving opportunities:
- Helping process and file information from donors.
- Assisting with mail merge and prepping mailing materials.
- Assisting in the graphic design of the monthly news briefs, mailing process, and processing responses from supporters.
- Helping with copying, filing, and sending donor receipts.
- Assisting the Executive Director – great shadowing/learning opportunity.
- Organizing and cleaning out old files/categorizing.
- Helping to prepare materials for speaking engagements/presentations.
- Helping with social media posts/reels/updates.
- Other miscellaneous office tasks and assistance as needed.
We have both remote and in office opportunities available. The remote opportunities include social media, website redesign, newsletter and publication design. In office opportunities include administrative help, assistant to the executive director (shadowing opportunities, learning the running of a non-profit organization) and help with putting monthly mailings. Along with these opportunities there is room for training too in the ins and outs of sports ministry.
GlobalRize (Remote)
Supervisor
Emmie Kaljouw (Email or 312-579-5002)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
GlobalRize offers a free chronological Bible course: Bible Basics. The course is aimed at people who want to know more about God and about the Gospel. Students come from all over the world. Some of our students are already convinced Christians, others not yet. We are looking for e-coaches who guide our students in their exploration of the Christian faith.
Tasks
- Coaching Bible Basics students. It is up to you how many students you wish to coach
- Checking for new answers or messages from your students every day
God’s Healing Hands Ministry (Remote)
Supervisor
Michelle Kohler (Email or 240-561-8542)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
We are seeking assistance with administrative tasks: Tracking prayer requests, donation requests, grant writing, and engaging our online audience. If you are interested, please send an email to GHHnow@gmail.com, tell me a little about yourself and how you may be able to support our ministry’s needs. We are looking for volunteers that desire to serve the Lord.
James River State Park (In Person)
Supervisor
Martin Liebschner (Email or 434-942-3545)
Address
104 Green Hill Drive
Gladstone, Virginia 24553
Webpage
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/volunteer-form
Description
James River State Park provides camping, hiking, and outdoor recreation opportunities for the public in a beautiful setting on the James River. We need help to keep the park functioning, trails accessible, and events staffed. Typical, volunteers would hike trails and lop encroaching growth, participate in river cleanups, paint benches, and help with scheduled events as well as various projects. We are open seven days a week so weekend hours are an option. If you are interested, please fill out the application at the link above.
Just Have Faith International (Remote)
Supervisor
Gregory Skinner (Email or 540-798-0748)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
We are a small nonprofit striving to create purposeful, sustainable change in the lives of Haitian families. We seek to mentor, minister with, and empower individuals to change lives and uplift communities while sharing the love of Jesus Christ. We currently provide education K-6 for a rural community near Gonaives; we would desperately love to grow the program to include 7-12 education.
We need help with website/social media development including the appropriate placement of relevant media content. Advertising content and strategic development of an ad campaign focused on encouraging donations are also needed.
LU College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) (In Person)
Supervisor
Natalie Akins (SAA) (Email or 678-206-4999)
Pamela Watson (SPP) (Email or 434-592-7661)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
Webpage
https://www.liberty.edu/lucom/student-life/student-professional-organizations/student-advocates-saa/
https://www.liberty.edu/lucom/about/standardized-patient-program/
Description
SAA Childcare
The primary need is childcare and set up/tear down for monthly meetings. Meetings are the second Thursday evening of the month. Other opportunities for serving the medical school community are helping with some of SAA’s main events (dates TBD) which may include but are not limited to exam snacks (Monday mornings), and helping plan our upcoming fundraiser event. Most events are on weekends/evenings. When possible, remote/online opportunities (example: event research), will be available as well.
Standardized Patient Program
The Standardized Patient Program at LU’s medical school is seeking reliable undergraduate students who are able to “act” as a “patient” for 1st and 2nd year medical students’ clinical assessments. A 60-minute in-person group interview and overview of what is required for this role is necessary. Date to be determined based on student availability.
Individuals need to feel comfortable wearing a gown and having students perform non-invasive physical exam testing. Each encounter is videotaped. Ninety-minute training sessions are provided before assessment dates as follows:
Assessment dates are:
- Monday, January 30th from 11:30-6:30pm
- Thursday, February 2nd from 10:30am-6:30pm
- Tuesday, February 7th from 10:30am-6:30pm
- Wednesday, February 8th from 11:30am-6:30pm.
Because of student school schedules, when possible, students could be scheduled in 4-hour increments. There will be additional dates available in the Spring and will be provided at a later date. For further information, please contact Pam Watson
LU Grounds Recycling Champions (In Person)
Supervisor
Jennifer Hill (Email or 434-333-5956)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24515
Description
LU Recycling Champions help the Recycling Manager educate, sort, and pick up waste/recycling around the community. LU Recycling Champions also assist with athletic games. There will be plenty of opportunities through events, city wide clean up, and athletic games. I look forward to having you on my team!
LU Office of Community Life (In Person)
Supervisor
Leanne Gifford (Email or 434-582-2320)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Webpage
https://www.liberty.edu/students/community-life/boundaries-in-life/
Description
The Office of Community Life Educational Programming team is looking for 2 female students who can serve as group facilitators for the Boundaries in Life Series for the Spring 2023 semester. These peer facilitators will need to be available for 6 consecutive Mondays starting January 30th through March 3rd from 10:15 am until 11:45 am. They will participate in the program discussion and lead a peer group through guided questions regarding boundaries. Additional hours will be flexible and include reviewing information for upcoming classes, reaching out to students in groups regularly, and meeting with the Director of the boundaries program. A working knowledge of the book Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend is preferred, but not required.
LU Office of Institutional Effectiveness (In Person)
Supervisor
Elicia Charlesworth (Email or 434-592-3011)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24515
Description
Volunteers to be Assessment Day ambassadors. This would consist of a few hours of training and then ambassador opportunities such as a few hours working an A-Day table in the weeks leading up to A-Day. This may also involve going to RA training to promote A-Day.
LU Office of Spiritual Development (OSD) (In Person)
Supervisor
Kevin Habermas (Email or 434-841-8649)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24515
Description
Every Wednesday afternoon from 12PM-2PM, and potentially on Thursday mornings from 11AM-1PM, these students will be putting seat covers up in the Vines Center arena (Wednesdays), and taking them down to be stored (Thursdays).
LU School of Music (In Person)
Supervisor
Mark Greenawalt (Email or 540-535-6931)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24515
Description
I am looking for 10 friendly students to help register, greet, give directions (around the SOM), and help with any on-site needs for a two-day vocal competition conference called Regional NATS (National Association for Teachers of Singing). Many high school and college students will be here from 5 regions (Maryland, DC, VA, NC, SC) to sing and be evaluated by voice teachers.
Dates/Times:
March 10 from 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
March 11 from 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
I am also looking for 1 student to assist me in some preparation before the Conference which will include various tasks including set-up, signage, and other needs that come along in advance. This will be on an as-needed basis between February and March 10.
LU Student Health & Wellness (In Person)
Supervisor
Jessica Smith (Email or 434-582-3175)
Address
1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, Virginia 24515
Description
The Student Wellness Committee is a group of students who care about the wellness of the Liberty University student body. The committee serves on campus, as well as the Lynchburg community dealing with public health and the nine dimensions of wellness. For more information, contact Jessica Smith.
National Center for Healthy Veterans Valor Farm (In Person)
Supervisor
Rani Magee (Email or 434-426-4287)
Address
980 Wards Road
Altavista, Virginia 24517
Webpage
https://www.healthyveterans.org/
Description
The National Center of Healthy Veterans’ (NCHV) mission is to return healthy veterans to America by addressing health in terms of physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and relational wellness, as well as focusing on basic life skills such as financial management, resilience, marriage and family wellness, and professional purpose and competency. Volunteer contributions are so important to our mission here at National Center for Healthy Veterans at Valor Farm. We hope you join us in this great endeavor! Thank you for your interest and we look forward to working with you!
Current Volunteer Opportunities:
Ranch Operations: 1:30pm-4:30pm Monday-Friday
- Fencing
- Groundskeeping
- Landscaping
- Animal Care- Horses and Cows
Farmhouse Operations: 8am-11am or 2pm-5pm Sunday-Saturday
- Feeding Pigs and Chickens
- Egg Care- Collecting, Cleaning, Packaging
- Garden Work
- Maintenance
Barn Operations (Orientation required): 8am-12pm or 1:30pm-5pm Sunday-Saturday
- Mucking Stalls
- Haying
- Feeding and Watering
- Horse and Donkey Care
- Barn Projects
Community Center Operations: 11am-1pm Monday-Friday
- Preparing meals for Patriots, Staff, and Volunteers
- Cleaning up after meals
- Organizing fridges and pantry
Market Operations: 3pm-6pm Tuesday-Friday and 9am-1pm Saturday
- Customer Service/ Sales help
- Inventory
- Merchandising
- Marketing
- Cleaning
Grant Writing Operations: Varies
- Research
- Communications
- Writing
Office Operations: Flexible between 9am-4pm Monday-Friday
- Typing and Filing
- Social Media Creation
- General Cleaning
- Assist with Special Events
New London Church (In Person)
Supervisor
Megan Mason (Email or 434-238-0301)
Address
12371 East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike
Forest, Virginia 24551
Webpage
Description
Cajon (box drum) player needed for the established worship team. (Our Cajon player just graduated from LU in December.) Interested persons should already know how to play the Cajon and will need to be available each Sunday morning for worship service (10:30 am). Practice times are Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm and Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.
Cajon players will be joining a team of musicians and vocalists that are of mixed ages and genders.
New Wine Church (In Person)
Supervisor
Carmen Singh (Email or 434-771-2006)
Address
3135 Fort Ave.
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Webpage
Description
Worship Team Intern
Job Summary:
Summary: The Worship Intern will learn and develop in their gifting alongside our Worship team, both staff and volunteers. This will include collaborating on creating environments at all campuses where people encounter the presence of God, including, but not limited to weekend services. All staff are tasked with helping the mission of our church to Introduce our friends to Jesus.
Qualifications:
Collaborator: Ability to generate feedback and input to accomplish goals and objectives
A Team Player: Works well within a team and within the organizational structure
Communicator: Excellent communication skills both oral and written
Multi-tasker: Demonstrated organizational skills
Adaptable: Ability to respond effectively to unplanned changes in workflow and projects
Demonstrated follower of Jesus Christ as described in 1 Timothy
Responsibilities:
This will include collaborating on creating environments at The New Wine Church campus where people encounter the presence of God, including, but not limited to weekend services. All staff are tasked with helping the mission of our church to Introduce our friends to Jesus, learn to follow Him, and celebrate His presence in our lives.
- Learn the Mission, Vision, and Values of The New Wine Church
- Develop in ministry calling alongside The New Wine Church Worship Ministry
- Develop the knowledge of applicable skill sets (WorshipTools, Ableton Live, Presenter)
- Collaborate with Worship & Production Teams on the planning and implementation of worship services
- Build relationships with volunteers at The New Wine Church campus
- Collaborate with Worship Leadership on establishing and evaluating Worship Leadership standards at The New Wine Church campus
- Contribute to Worship Services (Playing/Leading) (MVL, SVL, DNV, WRN)
- Communication to Campus Worship & Production
- Provide weekend support to Worship Director
- Administrative support for Worship Director as necessary
- Develop relevant skill sets (Vocal, Instrumental, Leadership)
- Assist with building a collaborative culture with New Wine Church campus staff and leadership
- Planning Center Management
- Comfortable working afternoons, evenings, and weekends
- Various other tasks/projects at The New Wine Church campus (Set Builds, Special Events)
Weekly Time Allocation (4 hours):
- Weekend Service / Meetings / Training/Development / Relational Equity
- Develop personal evangelism opportunities within and outside of the church
- Live the Mission, and Values of The New Wine Church
- Adhere to and encompass the qualities and characteristics required of The New Wine Church employees, as defined by the Policies and Procedures Handbook.
Providence Transformation Church International (In Person)
Supervisor
Adebukola (Bukky) Adebayo (Email or 434-473-8372)
Address
400 Oakley Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Webpage
https://ptci400oakley.wixsite.com/providence-transform
Description
PTCI Tutoring and Mentorship Program for Kids
We offer free tutoring and mentoring programs for kids from K-8th grade. We intend to close the knowledge gap by empowering children and their families with skills and resources to become better learners. We serve all children but our main focus is serving kids below the literacy and poverty line in our community. We intend to hold out hope through one-on-one tutoring, positive mentoring relationships, and skill building. We are Partners in Education with the Lynchburg City Schools
Areas we need help with:
- The main subjects we are focusing on this semester are Science, Math, Reading, and Comprehension. We are also seeking Spanish teachers. Knowledge of other subjects is welcome.
- In-school mentoring program. We are offering in-school mentoring sessions with elementary school kids. We seek to model positive behavior and just encourage these beautiful kids to be the best version of themselves. Sit with the students during their lunchtime or come in for a mentoring session with about 6 or more kids.
- Help with managing our publicity and social media presence.
- Skill Development – Coding, Sports (football, soccer, basketball), culinary, art (dance, music including instruments, etc.)
Tutorial Sessions: Every Saturday from 10am-noon.
In-school mentoring session hours are determined by the schools we partner with.
Once every month we will go to one of our partner schools for a big science activity usually doing hands-on science activities.
Rejoice Women (Remote)
Supervisor
Cynthia McCoy (Email or 434-856-6461)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
Creating social media and web graphics for ministry events; Design of other promotional materials; Attendance needed for event on April 21, 2023, from 8 am-3 pm. Work on spreadsheets, sending emails, and other correspondence. May need to make phone calls.
Renaissance Theater (In Person)
Supervisor
Cheryl Carter (Email or 434-665-0408)
Address
301 Grove Street
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Webpage
http://renaissancetheatrelynchburg.org/
Description
“Smoke On The Mountain” – Musical
Auditions – February 20, 21 7:00 p.m. at the Miller Center Theatre
Performances at the Miller Center Theatre
April 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 28 & 29, 2023
Volunteer performance opportunity for musicians, actors, and technical support of Renaissance Theatre’s spring musical. As an all-volunteer community theatre, we are always in need of volunteers and this production presents a unique opportunity for students studying music and theatre to complete any volunteer hours required for the Spring 2023 semester. Hours would include rehearsals, performances, and set build/strike.
Smoke on the Mountain – Synopsis
Our spring musical tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of a Saturday night gospel sing at a country church in the Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features two dozen rousing bluegrass songs played by the Sanders family, a traveling group attempting to make their return to performing after a five-year hiatus. Though they try to appear perfect in the eyes of a congregation who wants to be inspired by their songs, one thing after another goes awry and they reveal their true – and hilariously imperfect – natures. By the evening’s end, the Sanders Family have endeared themselves to us by revealing their weaknesses and allowing us to share in their triumphs.
Rivermont Pre-School (In Person)
Supervisor
Treasa Plude (Email or 434-846-3441)
Address
2424 Rivermont Ave
Lynchburg, Virginia 24503
Webpage
https://www.rivermont.org/preschool
Description
Rivermont Preschool serves children ages 1 – PreK on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00 – 12:00.
Thomas Terrace Baptist Church (In Person)
Supervisor
Cheryl Ellis (Email or 434-942-4523)
Address
10660 Richmond Hwy
Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
Webpage
Description
Here are the following opportunities to serve:
- Upward Program on Saturdays from 8:00 am – about 2:00 pm from January to March.
- Children’s Church registration desk from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm on Sundays.
- Nursery help from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm on Sundays.
- Awana program on Sunday evenings from 5:00 – 7:45 pm.
All of these require a simple background check from our church. Contact Cheryl Ellis for more information.
Timberlake Dixie Youth (In Person)
Supervisor
Nikki McVey (Email or 434-907-6602)
Address
311 Beverly Hill Circle
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
Webpage
https://teampages.com/organizations/4029
Description
We need assistance at the concession stands. This will include money handling and cooking food items.
TRINICY (Remote)
Supervisor
Merzamie Clark (Email or 480-796-1288)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
Thank you for your interest in becoming a TRINICY Student Volunteer!
ABOUT TRINICY
TRINICY is a nonprofit organization with the goal of providing a Christian Mentor for Every Christian Student!
To do this, we operate a global, online platform for mentorship that connects Christian students with Christian mentors.
The students we serve range from middle school to high school, undergrad to grad school, and even recent grads to young professionals! You can read Mentee Reviews here: http://www.trinicy.org/mentee-reviews.html
Our primary source of connection and outreach comes from our website (http://www.trinicy.org/) and our Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/trinicy/). Check these links out to learn more about our mission, leadership, and impact!
To help us reach our goal, we are looking for YOU, student leaders who can help us find ways to reach more youth, young adults, and young professionals and present them with this unique opportunity to experience one-on-one biblical mentorship and discipleship. There are several opportunities to serve, depending on your interests, gifts, talents!
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
Note: the following is presented in order of greatest need; You may choose more than one type of role during the term!
Social Media Managers – You will help us build meaningful relationships online! Work primarily with our Instagram account, post creative content relevant to our conservative Christian audience, respond to and send messages on behalf of TRINICY, conduct outreach to grow our accounts/ following/ and OMP, etc. Other accounts/platform to manage: YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Student Ambassadors – You will help put a face to TRINICY by recording TRINICY’s Online Mentorship Program (OMP) to the public. There are two ways: 1) recording short videos about the problem (lack of biblical knowledge and wisdom that leads to a lackluster faith in Christ) and the solution we offer (our Bible study-based Online Mentorship Program) to be posted on our website and/or socials; 2) finding as many in-person opportunities to share TRINICY’s work to a group of people (Bible study group, youth groups, churches, student clubs, classrooms)
Video Editors/ Copy Editors/ Web Publishers – You will help TRINICY tell our story through creative video-editing, and/or thorough copy-editing! Videos you create will make it on our website and socials. Looking for folks who are detail-oriented, love telling stories using different media, and have experience with (or want to learn how to use) video editing software and tools. We would love help not only with copy and video editing, but also (for those interested), with preparing content for publication and publishing on our website and platforms.
Other – TRINICY has many needs and there are other roles that may interest you, especially if you plan on serving through us for more than one term!
For those interested in applying, our main values are:
Biblical
Prayerful
Personal
We pray for every volunteer who joins us to have a biblical worldview, have an active prayer life, and have a love for people.
Other Desired Characteristics:
Ability to set, pursue, and attain goals in a timely manner
Must be an excellent communicator, winsome public speaker, and relationship builder
Must have the desire and ability to create opportunities and open doors for TRINICY
If you ABSOLUTELY LOVE what you just read about, please CLICK HERE (https://forms.gle/kg1FJkJyMRsitaRu5) to fill out our short application form.
What happens after you fill out the form?
We will reach out to you, get to know you, and get you started!
Waters Edge Church (Remote)
Supervisor
Andrew Tillotson (Email)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
https://www.watersedgechurch.net/
Description
We are one church, in multiple locations! During the pandemic, we were awakened to the need for online church. Since March 2020 we have been championing the Waters Edge Church Online Campus, which has reached hundreds of thousands of people GLOBALLY!
A big part of being the church is being able to provide care and community. We utilize volunteers to make care and community a reality for our Online attendees. When you volunteer with our Online team, we’ll train you to be an excellent host during one, two, or three of our weekly online services. In addition, we’ll provide weekly zoom huddles to check on you, update you on what’s happening in and around our church, and celebrate life change! You’ll work with our Online Engagement Manager to schedule hours that work best for you. Whether you want to serve weekly, or every other week, we have ample opportunities for you to reach your 20 hours and beyond.
We look forward to working with you and changing the way people think about church!
WoMen of Connections Ministry (Remote)
Supervisor
Aanu Adewusi (Email or 804-467-9684)
Address
Remote CSER Opportunity
Webpage
Description
WoMen of Connections Ministry has several full remote volunteer opportunities in Web Development, Marketing, Accounting, Bookkeeping, and Program Planning (Mentoring and Reading Program, Prayer Conference, NICU Unit Easter Basket Presentation, lesson plan. etc.). We are also looking for students that will continue to create a budget for our Nutritional- International Balance Recipes for our Mentoring and Reading Program.
Double CSER and Internships are available. Remote Volunteers will be expected to work and complete their assignments within work operating hours of 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, Monday – Friday. If interested, please call us at 804- 513-0124 /Ms. Adewusi at 804-467-0684 or email us at info@mywork.org.
YMCA of Central Virginia (In Person)
Supervisor
Tereika Grooms (Email)
Haley Jennings (Email or 434-582-1900)
Address
1315 Church St.
Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
Webpage
Description
The Downtown YMCA is looking for tutoring/mentoring services for our teen program: Power UP Potential. We also need help at some of our events listed below:
- February 7, 2023, from 6-8pm (Black History Trivia For Teens)
- February 21 , 2023, from 6-8pm (Black History Trivia For Teens)
- March 29- Minute To Win it (Teen Program)
- March 31, 2023, from 6-8pm (Teen Minute To Win It)
- April 10-14, 2023, from 11am-6pm (Spring Break)
- April 18- CSI Night (Teen Program)
- May 11- Dodgeball in the dark (Teen Program)
The Jamerson Family YMCA is looking for volunteers for the upcoming youth sports seasons. The youth basketball season dates are January 10 – February 25. Practices are Tuesday – Thursday from 5-7pm and games are on Saturdays from 8:30am-3pm. We are in need of volunteer coaches and help with the setup/takedown of practices and games. We will also be looking for volunteers for the spring soccer season (season dates: March 27 – May 6).