Our Volunteer Wishes

Safe Families (Child Transportation)

Drive children to doctor's appointments, Host Family homes, and/or their parents' house. Background check and training required.

For more info, contact: Kristin Harman

Safe Families (Host Family)

Host a child in your home for a designated amount of time to help a family in crisis. Background check and training required.

For more info, contact: Kristin Harman

Safe Families (Family Friend)

Provide respite care for a family in crisis or babysitting for a Safe Families Host Family. Background check and training required.

For more info, contact: Kristin Harman

Smiling Faces

If you can smile and be friendly, we’d love to have you help us welcome people as they arrive for worship. A great way for family to serve together. Our Saturday 5pm service is in particular need.

For more info, contact: Beth Sheasby

A Program in Hand

Create the programs that are handed out at our special school music events. Our music director gives you the information, you do the design and formatting.

For more info, contact: Matthew Doran

Altar Care

One weekend a month, volunteers work in teams to help set up for communion (on Friday, if possible) and clean up after the service. A rewarding and necessary service.

For more info, contact: Carla Heimsoth

Green Thumb

Join the Garden team and get exercise and fresh air while enjoying God’s creation. The team does spring planting, summer watering and weeding and fall clean-up in our flower beds.

For more info, contact: Cheryl Bokelmann

Google Sheets Guru

Our facility manager seeks a consultant to help him move beyond the basics in the asset management spreadsheet he’s creating.

For more info, contact: Jim Thomas

Bar Code Creator

Are you careful and good with numbers? Our facility manager seeks someone to assign bar code numbers, according to a provided system, to our church and school facility assets (desks, refrigerators, A/C units, etc.) as listed on a spreadsheet. 

For more info, contact: Jim Thomas

School Greeter

Our school is blessed with a greeter who welcomes students as they arrive at school each day. We’d love to have another such greeter at our other entrance, two to five days a week, 7:45 to 8:45 am.

For more info, contact: Jonathan Heinemann

Checklist Checker

Help school administrators by periodically checking classrooms for standard items (emergency booklet, maps, first aid supplies, etc.) on a checklist. Training provided.

For more info, contact: Jonathan Heinemann

Campaign Kickoff Setup

Help setup tables, chairs, decorations, displays, etc. for our capital campaign celebration kickoff. This event is TBD, but setup will be on a Saturday. 

For more info, contact: Steve Siegel

Campaign Kickoff Takedown

Join the take down crew and help stow tables and chairs and do general clean up after our capital campaign kickoff. This event is TBD, but will be on a Sunday. Take down would be in early afternoon.

For more info, contact: Steve Siegel

Campaign Kickoff Food Planner

Coordinate food and drink for our capital campaign kickoff event on a Sunday. Event is TBD, but will be on a Sunday.

For more info, contact: Steve Siegel

Campaign Kickoff Food Server

Help with food service at the capital campaign kickoff event.  Duties may include a buffet line, serving drinks, and/or other wait staff functions.  Event is TBD, but will be on a Sunday morning.

For more info, contact: Steve Siegel

Event Invitation Addressers

If you have good cursive handwriting, help hand address invitations to our capital campaign kickoff event. Addressing can be done on your own schedule.

For more info, contact: Steve Siegel

Painting Pals

To spruce up the motor room (in the back of the Life Center), we’re looking for 2-3 people who enjoy, and are experienced in, painting. Hoping at least one would be unafraid of working up high from our lift. On a day when school is not in session.

For more info, contact: Sarah Greiner 

Publicity Coordinator

Support our ministry to the grieving by coordinating GriefShare publicity.

For more info, contact: Pastor Paul Klopke

Registration Coordinator

Support our ministry to the grieving by coordinating GriefShare registration forms, fees, nametags and workbooks. The 13-week class meets on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings twice a year.

For more info, contact: Pastor Paul Klopke

GriefShare Greeters

Support our ministry to the grieving by welcoming and directing people to our GriefShare meetings. The 13-week class meets on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings twice a year.

For more info, contact: Pastor Paul Klopke

Snack Coordinator (GriefShare)

Support our ministry to the grieving by coordinating snacks for our GriefShare meetings. The 13-week class meets on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings twice a year.

For more info, contact: Pastor Paul Klopke

Child Care Coordinator (GriefShare)

Support our ministry to the grieving by coordinating childcare for our GriefShare meetings. The 13-week class meets on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings twice a year.

For more info, contact: Pastor Paul Klopke

ABLE Church

Get on board with ABLE church, a new ministry to provide an inclusive and inviting place for people with disability and their caregivers to worship and hear God’s Word. Help is needed with set up, refreshments, transportation, prayer support, photography, puppets/drama and leadership. 

For more info, contact: Pastor Paul Klopke

Meet New Members

Be a ministry guide! Three times a year, meet with a new member member, helping them connect to life at St. Peter. Training provided. Two year (6 visits) commitment requested.

For more info, contact: Karen Kogler

Meals on Wheels Coordinator

Every November, St. Peter volunteers deliver Meals on Wheels for one of Wheeling Township’s routes.  This team needs a coordinator to be a liaison with the Township; coordinate the schedule; assist with recruiting when needed; and take a turn doing deliveries. 

For more info, contact: Karen Kogler

Nose for News

Keep your eyes and ears open and do a bit of digging around. Sniff out stories of St. Peter’s people serving, so we can share them with the whole church family.

For more info, contact: Karen Kogler

Writers

Follow up on leads we provide; do interviews and write up the stories of people serving at St. Peter.

For more info, contact: Karen Kogler

Social Media Guru

Follow up on leads we provide; do interviews and write up the stories of people serving at St. Peter.

For more info, contact: Karen Kogler

Wishing Tree Leader

Love the Volunteer Wishing Tree? Ideas of how we can make it better? Take some ownership; become a leader.

For more info, contact: Karen Kogler

Still Searching?

If none of the opportunities on the tree match your interests and availability, search community opportunities at HandsOnSuburbanChicago.org.

Lutheran Home

A few blocks down Oakton, the Lutheran Home offers many volunteer opportunities.

For more info,  https://www.lutheranhome.org/wintervolunteer

Lutheran Church Charities

Many opportunities to serve are available through this great organization.

For more info, https://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/volunteer-locally.htmlz