At St. Mary of the Lake, we offer many opportunities to celebrate our faith as a community through events held throughout the year.
Additional volunteer opportunities can be found on the Outreach and Social Ministries. Click on the links provided or contact the Volunteer Coordinator if you would like to help with any of the following:
St. Mary of the Lake Welcomers Our Welcomers Ministry is a hybrid of a Greeter and an Usher! They handle it all at mass, from greeting people as they come through our doors, to helping you find a seat, to taking up the collection, to handing out the bulletins as everyone is leaving the church. To see all that this ministry has to offer, please click
the document on the left, "Welcomers".
Altar Servers Our Altar Servers play an important role in their ministry! Servers carry the cross, the processional candles, hold the book for the priest celebrant when he is not at the altar, carry the incense and censer, present the bread, wine, and water to the priest during the preparation of the gifts or assist him when he receives the gifts from the people, wash the hands of the priest, assist the priest celebrant and deacon as necessary. Please contact Bette Wolf or Father Zipp to find out how to enroll your student in the ministry!
Liturgical Ministers Click here to view ways one can volunteer with the liturgy.
Music Ministers Click here to view the many opportunities for involvement in our music ministry.
Faith Formation Are YOU the missing piece to our Faith Formation Puzzle? If you have a love of our Catholic faith, a love of children and a desire to share that faith, we are looking for YOU! There are still openings for this amazing volunteer opportunity to teach and share our faith. We will be exploring an exciting and inclusive new curriculum! If you are interested, give us a call. Training provided. Please email Bette in the Faith Formation Office for more information:
[email protected] Funeral Luncheon This committee arranges the luncheons for funerals held at St. Mary's. Volunteers setup, serve and cleanup after the luncheons. If you have time to help with setup, serving and cleanup, this ministry provides much comfort for family members and friends. To sign up to help in the kitchen
click here. Kitchen The parish kitchen is used heavily and is in constant need of cleaning and straightening. We maintain a list of people who are willing to launder the kitchen towels as well as those who are willing to clean the kitchen. Contact Bette in the Volunteer Office, if you are interested in helping with this ministry.
[email protected] Maintenance Parishioners are invited to help with both indoor and outdoor projects at an Annual Spring Work Day, usually held on a Saturday in May. Regular volunteers are welcome throughout the year to help with ongoing projects: dusting the church, maintaining flower gardens in the summer, fall garden cleanup, washing windows, trimming bushes, etc. The parish maintains a list of people who are willing to be called to help with other occasional projects.
Parish Office The parish office occasionally needs computer assistance or website assistance.
Annual Blood Drive We will hold at least two joint Blood Drives at St. Mary’s with Oak Knoll Lutheran Church this year. The first will be in the Winter of 2023. Please watch for the sign up at the weekend liturgies prior to the date.
