Parish Care

Participating in our Parish Care group offers each of us a way to give a gift to our church community by helping those in need of a helping hand. It also provides a resource for those within our church family. Volunteers are comprised of members and friends of the Community Church of Sebastopol, UCC.

Suggested organization: Two coordinators for each topic –

1. Visiting 2. Transportation 3. Food 4. Miscellaneous

There will be one formal meeting a year for volunteer sign-ups with additional sign-ups through our church bulletin. You will be called upon to occasionally provide a service in the area of your interest, to someone near the location of your home.

This will not be a time consuming commitment and there are

no meetings to attend!

Process: When a call for assistance comes into the church office, that call would be directed to the Topic Coordinator. The Coordinator would check our Parish Care Volunteer Bank and contact volunteers in the area to arrange a helping hand as needed. The Topic Coordinator would be in touch with the individual or family to get details and make the arrangements for the service needed.

The main emphasis of Parish Care services are: Visiting, Transportation, Food and Miscellaneous.

1. Visiting

Home visits for those who cannot attend church services

2. Transportation

To church services, meetings and church events

To doctor, hospital, dentist appointments

Grocery shopping

3. Food

Dinners following a hospital stay, or if ill at home

Food shopping for the individual

Dinner for a bereaved family

4. Miscellaneous

Simple cell phone or computer help, pet help

More Helping Hands – you can also add your name to a list of persons in our church family willing to offer services for hire: handyman, gardening, house cleaning, house painting, window washing, house setting, etc. Include your name and contact information below.

Name___________________________________ Phone_____________________

Address____________________________________________________________

Email______________________________________________________________

Volunteer Areas (please circle your areas of interest)

1. Visiting (when someone is ill, or cannot attend church services)

2. Provide Transportation: to church services; to church events;

to medical appointments; for a grocery shopping trip

3. Food: provide a dinner when ill, dinner after hospital stay or to a bereaved family

food shopping

4. Miscellaneous (provide help with cell phone use/set up or simple computer help,

pet help or _______________________________)

Area of Residence (please circle)