Ways to Serve

Volunteer Opportunities to Serve Our Community

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Carnegie Children’s Food Program with St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

Volunteer opportunities weekly – see sign up link

St. Paul’s is once again partnering with St. John’s Lutheran Church, Carnegie to help purchase, pack, and distribute meals in the Carnegie area during the summer. Opportunities for volunteering include shopping for grocery items, helping pack lunches at St. Paul’s on Sundays in the undercroft, and distributing food in Carnegie. Please click here to sign up to help.

Reach out to the Rev. Jane Russomano-Esmonde with any questions at [email protected] or (412) 531-7153×12.

Cooking for Neighborhood Resilience Project

Dates in Signup link St. Paul’s is preparing meals for the Neighborhood Resilience Project monthly, and you can sign up now. Join us for these special events! Contact the Rev. Noah Evans [email protected] with any questions.

Cooking for Bethlehem Haven

Dates in Signup link St. Paul’s provides 75 meals once a month to the Bethlehem Haven women’s shelter in downtown Pittsburgh. We are in need of lead cooks to help plan the menu and coordinate the meal preparation, as well as volunteers to help pack and deliver the meals. Please sign up today here to help! Contact the Rev. Noah Evans [email protected] with any questions.

Lunch Packing For Our Community Partners

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We will continue to pack lunches for the Neighborhood Resilience Project in the Hill District; Bethlehem Haven, Second Avenue Commons, and Trinity Walk-In Ministry downtown; and Light of Life Ministries on the North Side on the first Saturday of each month!

Reach out to the Rev. Jane Russomano-Esmonde with any questions at [email protected] or (412) 531-7153×12.. Sign up to take part here!

Food Packing for Casa San Jose

Sunday, May 24, after the 9:45 service in the Undercroft

Help pack food bags for families in need through Casa San Jose. These bags will be distributed the next day to families who have a newborn or a family member who is detained or recently deported. For more information, please contact the Rev. Noah Evans [email protected].

No signup necessary, just come help!

Donate to Help Our Neighbors

Trinity Walk-in Ministry

Winter weather will be coming soon! Many of those who come to the Trinity Walk-in Ministry, located at Trinity Cathedral downtown, for food will need warm hats, gloves/mittens and scarves for the cold weather. Place your donations of NEW items in the marked bin in the Undercroft at St. Paul’s. Contact the Rev. Noah Evans [email protected] with any questions.

Food Pantry Sunday

St. Paul’s collects food and monetary contributions to support the South Hills Food Pantry the first Sunday of the month. Please remember to bring your nonperishable food contributions to the service of your choice. All canned, jarred (plastic, please) and boxed items are appreciated. You can also donate financially to support the Food Pantry by clicking here. Contributions can be placed in the food box in the Undercroft at any time.

Donate Menstrual Hygiene Products

Help St. John’s Lutheran Church provide period products to clients of the St. John’s Free Fridge Pantry! Drop off packages of pads and tampons (any brand, any size) to the specially marked bin in St. Paul’s Undercroft. Then, volunteers will repack them, and provide them to the food pantry for distribution. Contact the Rev. Noah Evans [email protected] 412-531-7153 ext. 11 with any questions.

Help Refugee Families with Hello Neighbor

Pittsburgh is welcoming 100 individuals and families fleeing violence and persecution from countries including Venezuela, Syria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and beyond this month. Our new neighbors need your support!

Hello Neighbor has 2 registries to help supply our new neighbors with needed items. See links below:

Pastoral Opportunities to Care for the St. Paul’s Community

Meal Train

Providing a warm meal for someone after a surgery is such a blessing! At St Paul’s we have a ministry which offers food for people. If you would like to be on the list to receive Meal Train requests (you are not obligated to prepare a meal for every request!), our parish would benefit from your generosity. To put your name on the list, please contact the Rev. Noah Evans at [email protected].

Ride Ministry

At times, parishioners need help with rides to get to appointments. If you would like to have your name on the list to occasionally offer rides to parishioners in need, please contact the Rev. Noah Evans at [email protected].

Volunteer Opportunities for our Parish Worship

Altar Guild

The altar guild prepares bread and wine, altar candles and cloths, book, vessels and vestments prior to every service, and cleans up afterward. Members also decorate the church seasonally. Open to men, women, and older youth. If you’re interested in joining the altar guild, contact the Rev. Noah Evans at [email protected].

Lectors

The lectors read Scripture and lead the Prayers of the People during worship services. They are assigned about once every other month. Open to anyone! If interested, let the Rev. Noah Evans know at [email protected].

Ushers

Ushering is a multigenerational ministry that attracts newcomers as well as elders of the church. The purpose of the Usher is to help people feel safe and welcome at our church. As an usher you will receive a blank schedule bimonthly and will be free to sign yourself up for any available service. This can be as frequent or as seldom as you like. We are always in need of ushers and training is available. To join this ministry, please email [email protected] or call (412)531-7153×11.

Acolytes

Youth that are in third grade through seniors in high school help lead us in worship by serving as Acolytes! Acolytes help prepare for the service by lighting candles, holding candles, holding the Gospel book, and other important elements to our worship. If your youth would like to be trained and serve as an Acolyte, please contact the Rev. Noah Evans at [email protected].

Worship Band

Our worship band leads us at the 8:45am service, and at other combined worship services throughout the year. The ensemble includes piano, guitar, bass and other instruments. Both teens and adults participate in this musical ensemble. They rehearse Sundays before church. Contact Bob at [email protected] if you’re interested in joining the fun!

Chancel Choir

The Chancel Choir sings at the 10:45 liturgy and specializes in singing the great hymns and historic music of the Church. Supported by our magnificent Schantz pipe organ, 1998, and other instruments, this choir of college-age and adult singers offers wonderful choral anthems, solos, and descants, and leads our singing of Psalms and chant. We rehearse Thursdays during the program year from 7:30 until 8:45 PM and again on Sunday morning at 9:45 AM. Music reading ability and choral singing experience are a plus but not a requirement. Chancel Choir is a great source of fellowship, musicianship, and spirituality — please join us!

Bell Choir

Do you love the beauty of a bell choir? Would you like to be part of a bell choir at St. Paul’s? Being a ringer in a bell choir does NOT require a musical background. We will teach you what you need to know! The only qualifications you need are:

Interest in being part of a bell choir
Availability to rehearse once a week in the weeks leading up to performances
Willingness to learn basic musical notation
Desire to make friends and build community around music

Flower Ministry

The flowers on the altar of St. Paul’s are given in memory of loved ones, in celebration for an anniversary or a birth, or for any occasion for which we give thanks to God. The flowers are funded weekly and during festive seasons such as Christmas and Easter. After the last service they are distributed to the ill, the shut-ins, those in need, and parishioners who deserve recognition in the life and work of St. Paul’s. The proceeds from the flowers are used to fund all the Altar Guild expenses including wafers, wine, linens, candles, and seasonal decorations.For more information about how to donate flowers, email the church office or (412)531-7153×10. To volunteer to deliver flowers, contact the Rev. Theodore Somes [email protected] 412-531-7153 ext. 13.