Volunteers
Volunteers
Make the Difference!
Connecting
Persons and Calling Forth Gifts for Ministry
Bridge is fundamentally
a relational ministry, and you can’t do a relational ministry
by staff members alone! Because of the generosity of so many devoted
volunteers Bridge can deliver the magnitude and quality of services
that we do!
Each volunteer
-- with their unique personality and diverse skills – contributes
not only their own giftedness but also expands and enriches the
very essence of our ministry with each act of service. Our ministry
is rich because of each volunteer! We are so deeply grateful for
the host of marvelous volunteers who have chosen to partner with
us and are blessed by their presence among us.
“It
is not the work we do that is so important. It is the people we
work with.
It is the work God does in our lives through them. And it’s
the work He does
In their lives through us. That is what’s sacred.”
Ken
Gire
Volunteers play a vital role in every aspect of our ministry.
- Volunteers
choose to give of themselves and their time to engage in relationships
with persons who have disabilities -- some through one-on-one
relationships, some through involvement in a Circle (a small group)
with a person with a disability, and others through participation
in special events alongside persons we serve.
- Volunteers
choose to use their skills in office support, equipment repair,
or project planning and implementation in order to serve persons
with disabilities by assisting them to be out in the community.
One phone call, one visit, one piece of equipment giving the gift
of independence and mobility -- all of these efforts mean so much
to the persons we serve who are often isolated and who are sometimes
made to feel “on the outside looking in” in social
gatherings and in relationships with others!
- Please visit
Volunteer Opportunities to find
out more about the various type of
volunteer opportunities available for you.
- Please visit
Group Projects to find out about
various group projects available for
your small group, service group or youth group.
Serve
with us… and your own life will be enriched!
The amazing thing about investing in a relational ministry is that
relationships are always of mutual benefit – both people are
recipients in the relationship! Even volunteers who do “behind
the scenes” types of service find that they personally benefit
from engaging with the people, the issues and the work of our ministry.
Through volunteering at Bridge you can:
- Create lasting
personal relationships.
- Experience
the fulfillment of helping someone discover their value and their
gifts.
- Use your
hobby for enriching someone else’s life.
- Put your
faith into action.
- Stretch
yourself by dealing with your own fears or by being involved in
new adventures.
- Feel good
because you have given of yourself to help others and have lived
out your values.
- Invest your
special knowledge and skills to meet community needs.
- Be a catalyst
for reshaping perceptions that ostracize persons with disabilities
and devalue their contributions and wisdom.
- Improve
our neighborhood by helping to build a more fully integrated and
whole community.
- Grow personally
as you slow down to be with a person with a disability, as you
gain new perspectives and as you “see the beauty within
and beyond all that is broken” (Jean Vanier, The
Broken Body, p. 79, Paulist Press, c1988).
- Have fun
as you share life experiences with another.
- Be part
of something of eternal importance!
“Live
to shed joy on others!”
- Henry Ward Beecher
Your
opportunity is waiting to bless and to be blessed…
We invite you to come and see our ministry in action and to explore
various volunteer opportunities with us.
Please visit
How to Apply or call Colleen Dodson
at (425) 885-1006 ext 113 or e-mail her at colleend@bridgemin.org.
Bridge Ministries is a Faith-In-Action Program
If
you are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to Bridge,
please visit our Donate
page for more information.
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